Welcome to Grade 5
With Fr. Peter and the St. Gerard School community, we celebrated the first mass of the school year. Our theme was Thanksgiving, as well as the Feast Day of St. Gerard.
In Language Arts we focus on a specific Spelling unit each week. Students are given a pre-test on Monday. They receive the assignment, which we correct together on Thursday, correct their words, then use the rest of the class to work on the weekly assignment. We continue to work on comprehension stories, and handwriting.
In Social Studies, we are working on Cluster 1--The First Peoples. We read information about Canada 15 000 years ago and what was found in the Blue Fish Caves in the Yukon Territory. Students completed a mapping assignment labeling and colouring the decrease of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet, as well as the Laurentide Ice Sheet. They labeled the Blue Fish Caves and described what was found there. The ice-free areas also increased.
In Science we began our first unit, "A Healthy Body." We continued looking at nutritional labels, comparing yogurt, bread, and pop. Students read the nutritional label and stated which they would choose and why. The healthier food items chosen had lower sugar, carbohydrates, and an increase in dietary fiber. Diet pop does appear healthier in regards to the nutritional label, but has more unhealthy additives when you look at the ingredient list.
In Math, we continue our unit on Patterns. We have begun looking T-charts and In/Out boxes where there is a specific rule to follow to find numbers. We are using mad minutes to practice our basic facts. Problem solving will take place throughout the school year.
Please feel free to visit often to see what is happening in Grade 5.
Feel free to contact me at any time:
204-667-4862
grade 5.stgerard@shaw.ca
Mrs. Cunningham
