This Week in Grade 5/6

We are working our way into February and it's cold outside but our minds are warm with knowledge!  This is what we have coming up in the next week:

Math:  We are wrapping up our unit on Data and will be having a test on Wednesday.  A formal review will be given tomorrow.  Our next unit will be "Decimals."  We are going to be spending a significant amount of time on comparing and ordering, adding and subtracting and multiplying and dividing decimals.

Reading:  We continue to summarize both fiction and non-fiction pieces.  Last week we summarized stories from Haunted Canada.  This week we will be looking at the "newsela" website.  Ask your children to show you this website so you can help them at home!

NEWSELA



Writing:  We are writing summaries and examining point of view in writing.  More details to come.

Media:  We are wrapping up a unit on media right now.  Students will be given an assignment and write a test about "overt and implied messages" this week.

Science:  We have begun a unit on flight for grade 6 and structure and force for grade 5.  We will continue this for the next few weeks.

Religion:  We are wrapping up our study of the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus.

Phys-Ed:  Our dance presentations will be held on Tuesday.  We continue to work out and will begin playing basketball in gym.

Health:  We are looking at how to maintain a healthy lifestyle while eating out.

Notes:  Tuesday is our "Wintry Wizardry Math Day!"  Come and join us at 9 am or 1 pm for half an hour of Math with your kids!

This Week in Grade 5/6

This week was an absolute blast in our class.  It is definitely up there as one of my most favorite weeks in my career.  It just flowed, was easy.  We worked hard, all of the kids were invested in the learning and behaving well, and the activities were fun!  We worked out and exercised in Math, we danced in gym, we competed in Social Studies and we studied things from summarizing to media to data to creating goals.  I LOVED our week.  Hopefully we can keep it up next week as well!

This week we will be studying...

MATH:  We continue with our unit on Data Management.  Please ask to see your child's notebook.  The Learning Goals for thew unit are posted there.

READING:  We continue looking at how to summarize both fiction and non-fiction pieces. 

WRITING:  We continue our new Word Study program by entering our second week.  Please ask your child to see their notebook.  Some students did not hand in their work Friday.  I will follow up with this by leaving you a note in your child's agenda.

SCIENCE:  We will begin a new Science Unit this week.  Grade 5s will  be studying Forces Acting on Structures and Grade 6s,  Flight

MEDIA:  We are analyzing how the media affects our food choices, and the overt and implied messages in ads and commercials.

RELIGION:  We will be looking at the Parable of the Rich Young Man to identify what it means to strive for a life of holiness (God is the source of holiness; to strive for holiness we are to obey the commandments, follow Jesus Christ and live a life of justice and charity toward God and neighbour.

PHYS-ED:  We continue running the beep test and working out on Tuesdays, while doing dance on Thursdays.

HEALTH:  We are looking at making healthy choices while eating out of the home.

NOTES:

TUESDAY the sixth graders will be heading to Assumption Middle School for a transition day from 9 am to 1:30.

Agendas are a very important tool for learning.  The students are not using them enough, so I am initialing them daily.  I will leave you a note in the agenda if your child does not complete their work.  PLEASE check these nightly.

Happy New year!

Welcome back everyone!  I know that 2019 will bring us great opportunities and memories to make, and I am so looking forward to sharing these with your children!



Let's start the year off right!  The kids will be bringing their December mark booklets home on Monday.  Please sign and return ASAP.  If your child is coming home with a booklet that has some assignments labeled "not submitted," please discuss this with your child.  Most assignments are posted on google classroom, with the expectations in writing. 

Math:  We are starting a unit on data management.  We will be analyzing and interpreting graphs, creating graphs, and making calculations with graphs.

English:  We are going to work on analyzing messages in the media in regards to food advertisements and how they affect our choices.

We are starting a new word study program on Monday.  Ask your child what this entails.

We will continue with our guided reading groups with a focus on "summarizing."

Social Studies:  We will be wrapping up our unit on government and trade this week. 

Phys-Ed:  We continue running the beep test, doing aerobics, and we begin working on our basketball skills.

Religion:  We are finishing up our study of the Beatitudes.

Dance:  We will continue to dabble in various dances.