Welcome to Grade 5
The Grade 4 and 5 classes went on their first field trip this past Thursday afternoon. We traveled to MTYP to watch "Gather," where two friends go on a mission to find one another and rediscover their town after it enters into a deep freeze. Thank you to our parent volunteers who came with us.
In Language Arts, students are working on a weekly Spelling unit, with a pre-test on Monday, an assignment to complete, and a test on Friday with a bonus word and sentences to write. We have begun our Communicating Skills grammar workbook. We have begun reading comprehension stories as well as
In Social Studies, we continue working on our first cluster about the "First Peoples." Students read and discussed information about the Ice Age and Beringia, and reviewed some glossary terms that we have been exposed to. They then worked on an assignment based on Beringia and how the First Peoples came to Canada.
In Science, we continue working on, "Maintaining a Healthy Body." We reviewed how carbohydrates help give us energy to complete daily activities. We discussed how starch is present in some of the foods that we eat. In groups, students were given some food items, and once iodine was put on them, they could tell if the food item contained starch or not. Ask your son/daughter what happens to the colour of a food item when iodine combines with the starch in it.
In Math, we continue our unit on Patterns. Students have been working on identifying the rule for number patterns. The rule consists of either completing 1 operation, or a sequence to follow.
Ex) 25, 23, 21, 19, ___, ___ (rule is -2)
13, 15, 19, 25, ___, ___ (rule is +2,+4,+6 .....)
Mad Minutes are being used to practice our basic skills, and problem solving will take place throughout the whole year.
Feel free to check out our blog to find out what the Grade 5's are up to!!! Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns.
grade5.stgerard@shaw.ca
204-667-4862
Mrs. Cunningham
