February 20-24 Update

General Announcements:
*Homework due Monday
*Connect to SEESAW (see homework folder)
*Bring $ for cupcakes Tuesday
*Library Tuesday
*Monthly assembly for Faith is Friday

The LOVE assembly was an absolute HIT! I am so proud of the grade 5s.

Tuesday is Shrove Tuesday. The Chamois family have graciously offered to make our class pancakes (safe for all to eat). Thank you SO much!

Language Arts:
We have been working on The Sword in the Stone play. Students will be presenting their adaptations next week.

Math: The tentative date for our Decimal math test is next Friday, March 3rd. Students will be receiving "Decimal of the Day" sheets to practice. They can recreate the sheet to try their knowledge with different decimals.

Science:
We have been learning about the Skeletal System this week. Ask your child how the Skeletal System is connected to the Circulatory System.

The Arts: We will be DANCING from now on....

Have a great weekend.

Weekly Update: February 13-17

I am a touch late on my post! I hope everyone had a good long weekend.

General Announcements:
*Homework due every Monday
*Book Fair Thursday February 23rd- send $ to buy books
*Love assembly presented by Mrs. Scharfe's grade 5s & Mrs. Campbell's grade 2 class on Wednesday afternoon
*Skating will be cancelled for tomorrow due to the Spring-like weather !

Thank you to the Chamois Family for the delicious cupcakes for the class on Valentine's day.

Report cards: I hope your child's report card found you well. Please send back the form requesting a telephone or in person interview if needed.

Love assembly: We have been working with Mrs. Campbell's Grade 2 class to present the theme of LOVE to the school. We have an amazing video and skits- it has been so amazing seeing the grade 5 students being leaders in the school and spreading the love!

Math: We now know SO much about decimals. We learned how to add decimals last week and will be working on subtracting decimals this week.

Language:Students are still working away on their independent novel studies. Everyone is working at their own pace. Some are reading, others answering questions, but everyone is engaged. We will also be working on presenting different versions of The Sword in the Stone.

Science: We had a sneak peek into our Human Body unit last week where students calculated how much skin they've shed since they were born. Their homework on Thursday was to find out how much skin had been shed by one of their parents. I was very disappointed in the number of students who did not do their very small homework assignment :(

Weekly Update: Feb 6-10

Brrr it's cold outside!!

General Reminder:
*Library Tuesday
*Homework Due Monday
Please do not send any treats on Valentine's day. There will be a treat provided that is safe for all students. <3

I am very excited to begin using SEESAW in my classroom. This is a way that your child can take videos and pictures of their work and YOU can see exactly what they are doing in class. Keep an eye out for the note home on how to access coming to you Monday!

Language: We have started our novel study. I am so thrilled with how excited everyone is to read their books!! There is a lot of work to be done to work towards our Book Talk. 

Math: We know how to round decimals, write decimals, multiply decimals by 10, 100 and 1000 OH MY!! Next week we will tackle Adding and Subtracting Decimals.

Science: We will finally complete our Unit Test today. We start our exciting Human Body Unit next week.

Have a WARM weekend!!

Weekly Update: January 30-February 3

It was a really tough week for me as we had to put my dog, Meika, to rest on Wednesday. The students were so supportive and knowing they were praying for me and Meika warmed my heart.

Meika

General Reminders:
*Cross Country Skiing form (we are going Tuesday, February 7th)
*Return signed math test
*Bring in Novel for Novel Study (starting next week)
*Play day afternoon next Thursday

Language Arts:
We are finishing Kensuke's Kingdom today and we will be putting our sequencing skills to the test!! Next week students will be starting their own guided novel study and I am hoping they continue to ask all the questions we did throughout Kensuke's Kingdom.

Our Vertical Learning -Sequencing activity:

Math:
We are well into our Decimals unit now. We know the place value of decimal points up to the thousandths, we understand equivalent decimals (0.5 = 0.50) and we can compare decimals to decide which is greater than or less than.

Science: 
Presentations for their Natural Disasters Project today and Monday.  Our unit test is on WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 8th. 
Our next unit: The Human Body.

We will be skating:Wednesday Feb 8, Feb 15, and Feb 22. Please bring skates and a helmet!