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.