Welcome to Grade 5
On Wednesday, March 18, the St. Gerard School community will head over to the church to take part in Stations of the Cross. Feel free to join us at 11:00 a.m. if you are available.
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 are about half way through our novel. We have done chapters and questions together, and students have been reading and working alone. Ask your son/daughter what happened with Reuben, Arlene, and the ring.
In Social Studies, we began looking at the 6 culture groups that were in Canada. From west to east; the Northwest Coast people, the Arctic people, the Subarctic people, the Plateau people, the Plains people, and the Eastern Woodlands people. We recorded where in Canada they are located, and their way of life. Students also completed map work, labeling and colouring where they were in Canada.
In Science, we have completed our look at "Maintaining a Healthy Body." A test date has been set for March 26. Students have been informed about what they can start reviewing. We took a brief look at the Excretory System, discussing how our body eliminates liquid waste. We will be reviewing together, but I encourage my students to begin reviewing our glossary for the matching portion of the test.
In Math, we began our look at Division. We are looking at how we can share objects. With the given information, students are able to determine if we are looking at how many items can be shared by a given group number, or how many groups can share a given item number. I encourage my students to keep practicing their basic multiplication facts, as it will help with division. 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
