Thank you to all of the families that came out last night to the art gala!  It was a lovely evening, indeed!  A HUGE ‘well done’ to all of the students who performed in the talent show last night – you did an excellent job!!

We had a great week here in the Grade 5 classroom!  Here is a short synopsis of what we have been working on:

Math:  We finished up our unit on fractions and are beginning our next unit on measurement

Science:  We are working on centers and learning all about the digestive system

Writing:  We are learning about fairy tales and fractured tales.  We chose the fairy tale that we are going to ‘fracture’ and next week we will work on planning out our new fractured fairy tale

Reading:  We are working on our novel Holes

Social Studies:  We are continuing to work on our Immigration research project

French: We are getting ready to begin learning French numbers

Spring Sing:  Please have your child in their classroom by 6:15 pm on Monday evening.  Students can wear their knight’s shirts and jeans.

Cinderella Field Trip:  This is next Friday.  If you are one of the parents joining us, please pay $7 at the office before Friday.

Victoria Day on Monday:  No School

No Spelling next week due to a short week.  There is still Bible Memory Verse.

Upcoming Dates:

May 21st – Victoria Day (school closed)

May 25th – Lighthouse Theatre Field Trip

May 28th – Spring Sing

May 30th – Knight’s Day

June 4th – Wave Pool (more information to follow)

June 15th – Sports Day & half-day

June 18th – Cultus Lake Waterslides

June 20th – Last day of school & half-day

Here are a few pictures from the track meet we had a couple of weeks ago!  Enjoy!