Welcome to Grade 5
The month of February brings us 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 is just around the corner, and begins with a celebration of mass at St. Gerard Parish on Sunday, February 8, at 9:30. Hope to see you there.
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 continue reading, discussing, and working on questions in, "Pay it Forward." We know what Trevor is trying to do for his Social Studies assignment, beginning a pay it forward movement. He explained to Jerry how pay it forward would look. Ask your son/daughter to explain the 3 circles used to show how it would work.
In Social Studies, students completed an "open-book" test to answer questions with the information that we have been discussing so far in regards to the First Peoples. The test has been sent home for parents to see, sign, and return.
In Science, we continue working on, "Maintaining a Healthy Body." We have moved onto the Integumentary System, which is our skin, the largest organ in our body. Students coloured and labeled a picture of the skin, read and discussed the functions of our skin, and were assigned a comprehension worksheet on the skin.
In Math, we continue our look at Multiplication. We are practicing our basic facts using worksheets, Mad Minutes, as well as the game, "I Have, Who Has?". Along with the basic facts practice, 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
