Humanities
We have completed our study of the Little Prince and completed our ABC project based on the characters, lessons and locations in the book or movie. We are continuing on with some reading comprehension. We also completed our last reading comprehension assessment for the year. We have begun a new mini project researching festivals in Canada. This will take us through the end of next week. 5.2 will be covering all the lessons for the sexual health portion of the Health curriculum by the end of next week. The workbook that the students will be using for this will then come home for completion and review with the parents. Math We have worked on areas and perimeter of rectangles last week and have continued our understanding of measurement by looking length, volume/capacity. We also looked at converting cm to mm and vice versa. We sharpened our estimation and measurement skills through an activity at school and at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary. Lastly, students worked on an open-ended word problem that dealt with perimeters and areas of rectangles. Science We discussed acids and bases and their characteristics. We did a lab where students used a homemade pH indicator - red cabbage juice - and tested a variety of liquids. Students will have their work on Seesaw. Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Thank you so much to our parent volunteers (Mrs. Crysdale, Mrs. Hobel, Mrs. Cowie, Mrs. Walker, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Judin, and Mr. Pidlisny), who joined us at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary. Heritage Park On Monday, we are heading to Heritage Park with all Grade 5 students and teachers. Students need to bring a bagged lunch and snack, sunscreen, water bottle, and hat. Please do NOT send spending money with your child as we will not be permitting students to purchase items at the park. Lastly, there are several students whose forms have not been signed digitally. Please have these signed ASAP. Thank you.
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Humanities
We have continued with “The Little Prince” reading and have been working on the ABC Novel project. Please ask your child about this project. There have been many significant life lessons that have been realized through the interactions with the characters. Have your child tell you about what they have remembered from these lessons. Math We finished our studies of decimals by comparing and ordering them. Seesaw assignments are available for parents to view. If your child does not have this in their Seesaw, it means they have not handed it in. We also started our studies of shapes by looking at quadrilaterals and different ways to classify/sort them. Looking ahead: measuring length, volume, and capacity Science We continue to see progress in our rock candy experiments. The water is slowly evaporating and the solutions have finally begun crystallizing. The other separation of mixture experiment we did this week is ink chromatography. Looking ahead: recycling sand and salt Health 5.1 we finished looking at the female reproductive system and the menstrual cycle. As before, please have a conversation with child about these topics. Looking ahead: Reproduction |