Welcome to Grade 5
Happy Friday of the first full week of Grade 5.
In Language Arts we have already read and completed comprehension type questions on a couple stories about being back in school. We have also started looking at handwriting, and forming our letters properly. Students have also set some goals for themselves to work on this year. We already have been discussing how to formulate complete sentences with capitals and proper punctuation.
In Social Studies, we have started discussing the Ice Age, and how the first peoples arrived in what we now call Canada.
In Science we began our first unit, "A Healthy Body." We brainstormed, how to keep ourselves healthy. We also began looking at cells and how they function in our bodies, (this is a new concept). We have watched videos on what a cell looks like, the parts of the cell, and their specific function in our daily lives.
In Math, we began our unit on Patterns. We made patterns with towers, and made marshmallow pyramids, using marshmallows and toothpicks. We took information an placed it in a chart, and then took that information and graphed it. Students also completed an assignment on drawing the next pattern in a series. We will be using mad minutes to practice our basic facts.
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
