It has been a busy and productive week here in the grade 5 classroom!  We have begun our Olympics Unit and that will be in full swing for the next two weeks!  We will be watching highlights, graphing the medals, digging deeper by researching individual sports, writing a biography on an Olympic athlete, doing some fun STEM Olympic activities (building an Olympic skiier & bobsled), learning the ‘Science’ behind various Olympic sports and more!!  It will be jam packed with fun Olympic learning!

Chapel:  Tuesday was our anti-bullying assembly and many of the students helped with a reader’s theater and acting out scenarios.  They did an AMAZING job – worked hard and performed so well!  They earned 5 class points for their hard work and efforts!  Well done!

Science Quiz on Wednesday:  A study guide went home this week and we will be having a small quiz on the first portion of our Science unit on Force, Motion & Simple Machines.  We will do a review in class on Tuesday to help students prepare – studying at home will be very beneficial.  Duotangs will be coming home today as well.

Valentine’s Day:  This is such a busy day!  Handing out cards (if you choose), hot dog lunch and skating!  Phew!  Students can wear pink and red with casual bottoms.  We will be heading out to the skating rink at 12:30 and should be back around 2:30.  Please remember that students need to bring a helmet to go onto the ice.  We are also saying goodbye to one of our students on Wednesday!  Joshua, we will miss you and have loved having you in our class this year!

Valentine’s Class List – Caleb, Megan, Steffen, Zara, Benjamin, Leah F., Ellie, Aliya, Colby, Sam, Daniel, Lucas, Leah K., Arella, Blake, Ethan, Kirsten, Kai, Kayleigh, Hunter, Jerah, Riya, Matthew, Ashlyn, Joshua

February Dates:

February 12th: Family Day (no school)
February 14th: Valentine Dress up – Pink and Red, Hot Dog Lunch & Skating
February 19th: Skating
February 23rd: Pro D Day (no school)
February 28th  Anti-Bullying -Pink Shirt Day

Spelling:  olympics, athlete, podium, medals, skeleton, snowboarding, skiing, ice skating, Canadian, biathlon

Have a great long weekend!