Welcome to Grade 5
Advent is just around the corner. Advent is a Christian season of preparation for the birth of Jesus at Christmas and the anticipation of his second coming, starting on the forth Sunday before Christmas and lasting four weeks. Is is a time for prayer, reflection, and celebration.
In Language Arts, students continue to work 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 continue in our Communicating Skills grammar workbook. Students are also reading and answering questions with our comprehension stories. We have begun looking at handwriting as well.
In Social Studies, we continue working on our first cluster about the "First Peoples." As a class we discussed and took notes to fill a chart comparing a story and a theory. Ask your son/daughter to name a few differences/similarities.
In Science, we continue working on, "Maintaining a Healthy Body." We completed our look at how the Design Process works. We worked through the criteria we were using to determine which was the healthiest cereal.
Cheerios
Frosted Flakes Donut Holes
Froot Loops
Vector
Raisin Bran Crunch
We filled in our chart as to the nutrition level in each cereal. Students picked the box that looked most appealing. Of course a taste test needed to take place, and everyone picked the one they thought tasted better. We found the healthiest cereal to be Cheerios.
In Math, we have finished our unit on Patterns and our brief look at basic Algebra. A test date has been set for December 2. Students have been given an outline of what they can start reviewing. Students will be writing their test this Tuesday, December 2. They have a review that they have been working on, which we will correct before testing. 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
