Welcome to Grade 5
February is going to be a busy month with I Love to Read activities, as well as Catholic School's Week. Refer to the school calendar for themed NUT days all month long. Catholic School's Week will begin with a celebration during the 9:30 mass at St. Gerard Parish on February 8.
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.
Novel Study: We are working on our novel, "Pay it Forward," the young reader's edition. We are 4 chapters in, and have met Jerry, the person Trevor wants to help. Ask your son/daughter how Trevor met Jerry, and what Trevor's mom thinks of his Pay it Forward assignment.
In Social Studies, we talked about the 6 Geographical/Natural Regions of Canada. Students labeled and coloured a map showing these regions. As a class we filled in a chart labeling specific landforms and vegetations that belong to each of the 6 regions.
In Science, we continue working on, "Maintaining a Healthy Body." We read, discussed, and worked on worksheets regarding the Nervous System. We looked at the 3 main parts of the brain, and the functions of each part. Students also completed an open-book assignment about the Skeletal, Muscular, and Nervous System.
In Math, we continue our look at Multiplication. We have been looking at multiplying by 10, 100, and 1000. Students have also been completing questions using mental math where 1 of the factors is a multiple of 10. We are practicing our basic facts using worksheets, Mad Minutes, as well as the game, "I Have, Who Has?". Along with the basic facts, students are solving 2x1 and 3x1 questions. Word 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
