Welcome to Grade 5
We have begun our last 3 months of school. There is still lots of learning ahead. I encourage my students to do their best in all that they do.
We have our annual Learning Fair taking place this upcoming week on Thursday, April 16. Come and see the Art activities that have been taking place.
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: 4 chapters to go!! Lots has happened. To list a few: Ricky, Trevor's dad has come back into the picture; after a short stay, Arlene asked him to leave; Chris, the reporter, is interested in the pay it forward movement, and is trying to find out how it stated. Ask your son/daughter what has been happening with Trevor, Arlene, and Reuben.
In Social Studies, we began looking at the 6 culture groups that were in Canada. We continued our discussion on technology and dependence on nature for survival. As a class, we came to the agreement that we at times do depend on nature to survive, and technology can help with that. We discussed an upcoming group project where the class will be split into groups to research 1 of the culture groups and report their findings back to the class .
In Science, we began our next unit, Properties and Changes in Substances. Students completed a title page and a word search with vocabulary that we will be coming across in this unit.
In Math, we continue with our look at Division by completing 2 by 1 digit dividing without remainders. 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
