Week 19 Update

5^th Grade Weekly Update

Dear Parents,

Time has grown wings and taken flight once again. We’re looking ahead to Literacy Week already next week and before we know it, we will be choosing a country to discover more about for our International Expo. Between now and then we still have Chinese Week and our fast-approaching Chinese New Year. If they keep the fun levels running this high, time will melt and our current Grade 5s will be filling out college applications before we know it.

What we learned This week

Math: Topic 9 – Fractions and Decimals

Literacy: Informational Reading and Writing – War Horse (World War One Historical Fiction).

Science: Chapter 3 – Growth and Survival

Social Studies: Ch. 7 World War One

What we will learn Next week

Math: Topic 9 – Maths: Topic 10 – Adding and Subtracting Fractions and Decimals/TOPIC TEST

Literacy: Literacy Week – Zootopia (A Disney movie about prejudice, bias, and stereotypes).

Science: Chapter 3 – Growth and Survival

Social Studies: Ch. 7 World War One – Chapter wrap up and test.

Announcements:

Student of the Week:

Well done, Kotaro Chiba. Check out the Student of the Week page on the blog to find out more.  

Dojo Masters:

Thanks for all of the hard work this week. Please check the Dojo Masters page on the blog to see who our masters for this week are.

Reminders

1.     Literacy Week runs all of next week.

2.     The last day of Semester 1 will be Friday, January 26^th. Semester 2 will begin on Monday, September 29^th.

Have a good weekend!

Mr. Robus