Monday, June 17th - Heritage Park
Tuesday, June 18th-All Humanities work and Amazing Race Finished Monday, June 24th- Track Day AM Monday, June 24th- Family BBQ 4pm-6pm Wednesday, June 26 - Cribbage Tournament (9:30-11:00am) Wednesday, June 26th Year End Potluck and cribbage sign-up Thursday, June 27th- Last Day of School and Report Cards Dear Parents, The students are working hard as year end approaches. A lot was accomplished this week, but we are still in learning mode and expect the students to remain focused as we finish the year. Ipads will not be coming home after Tuesday, June 18th. Please back them up before Tuesday, as they will be wiped out and reset before the year ends. We will be having a year end celebration with a cribbage tournament and potluck lunch on Wednesday, June 26th. You can sign up to play crib and bring an item here, or email us and we can add you to the document. 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. Humanities: The students have worked hard this week to complete their ABC Books. Most are done, or are in a good position to finish on Tuesday. Many have been taking their iPads home this week to work on them for homework. If the ABC book was submitted ahead of Tuesday’s due date, you will be able to see it on Seesaw. If the book isn’t on Seesaw then it wasn’t turned in. The assignment is due Tuesday. We also spent time working on the last Amazing Race Tasks. Students completed a reading reflection and counted up the books they read in class this year. In the upcoming weeks we will explore Arctic Art and learn some cursive writing. Math: This week we explored simple (one-step) algebraic expressions and patterns. We will continue with this next week and students can expect a check-in on Wednesday of next week. We will be wrapping up our math year with a cribbage tournament on the morning of June 26 before the potluck. If you would like to come in (grandparents are welcome too!) and play in our tournament, please drop me an email so we have an idea of numbers. The tournament will go from 9:30-11:00am with a break for recess from 10:20-10:35am. Science: This week we continued our investigation of mixtures with some videos and did a quick project where the students were tasked with designing tools to separate mixtures. We began to look at the properties of water today with a lab. Next week we will continue this, examining cohesion and surface tension. We will also perform a lab with acids, bases, and a pH indicator.
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Monday, June 17th - Heritage Park
Tuesday, June 18th-All Humanities work and Amazing Race Finished Monday, June 24th- Family Bar B Que 4pm-6pm Monday, June 24th- Track Day AM Thursday, June 27th- Last Day of School and Report Cards Math: We will have wrapped up our decimals topics (adding/subtracting/comparing) by early next week. Students can expect a check-in on Tuesday or Wednesday next week. We will spend the last few weeks of school exploring patterns and relations (pre-algebra). We have already done regular work this year in the area of algebra (simple expressions) so this will be a celebration of our learning and some time to explore these topics in a more indepth manner. Please refer to my email earlier this week regarding Khan Academy decimal assignments and due dates. Humanities: Our Humanities time this week was spent working on Amazing Race Tasks and Novel Reading. Most students have finished, “The Girl Who Drank the Moon.” Students started their final task that will demonstrate their understanding of the novel. Many of the students are on the 5th or starting the 6th region of the Amazing Race. All work with Amazing Race and the novel study will wrap up June 18th. After June 18th, we will engage in a short inquiry that examines Inuit art work and focuses on how the regions we live in impacts the art we create. Science: Our focus in science this week was on mixtures and solutions. The students completed a lab where they tested different substances to see if they were soluble in water. An assignment has been posted to Seesaw where students are asked to create 6 different mixtures, identify what is in each mixture, and then upload their neatly formatted results (due Thursday June 13). This task will need to be done at home as there will be no class time for the students to work on this. Please assist your child in whatever way possible as they complete this mini-project. We will move in to separating mixtures and examining the distinct properties of water next week. Health: In health, we have covered the first 3 lessons of the human sexuality unit. We reviewed the changes that occur during puberty and learned about the female and male reproductive system. Our final lesson will occur on Wednesday, June 12th, followed by a class for answering questions from the question box. June Procedures: During the final month of school there are a few things to keep in mind for a successful closing to the grade 5 year.
May 27-May 31
June 6- instrument rental night Friday, June 7th - No School Monday, June 17th - Heritage Park Monday, June 24- Family Bar B Que 4pm-6pm Monday, June 24- Track Day AM This week in class students completed a google form to make their band instrument choices. On Wednesday, we enjoyed a trip to Inglewood Bird Sanctuary. In health, we have covered the first 2 lessons of the human sexuality unit. We reviewed the changes that occur during puberty and learned about the female reproductive system. Humanities: Our Humanities time this week was spent working on Amazing Race Tasks and Novel Reading. We are ⅔ through, “The Girl Who Drank the Moon.” Students started their final task that will demonstrate their understanding of the novel. All work with Amazing Race and novel study will wrap up June 18th. Math: In math this week we worked in decimals up to the thousandths place. Students visually represented decimals using grid paper as well as recognizing how fractions and decimals are related. Next week we will work on comparing and ordering decimals as well as adding and subtracting decimals. Today students wrote a check-in for equivalent fractions. Keep and eye out on SeeSaw early next week for the feedback from this check-in. Science: The students continued to work on their Amazing Race science challenges this week. We started classroom chemistry today with an experiment involving oobleck. We will continue this unit over the next few weeks with more experiments in the lab. The students are very excited about this unit. |
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