It was a great week in our grade 5 classroom!  We had some first’s this week – first class party & our first class store!  Students got paid for the jobs they did this month, paid their rent for the desk they use and then got to spend some of their money at our store.  This is always a super exciting day for the students as they see what their hard work can get them!  Below are some things coming up…

Spelling:  No spelling next week as there is no school next Friday.

Bible Memory Verse:  We encourage students to be diligent in practicing their Bible Memory Verses each week.  The new verses for October are up on the blog and came home yesterday.  We test every Wednesday morning.

Social Studies Test on Levels of Government – Wednesday

French Quiz – Thursday

Below are some video links to help your child study for their quizzes.

https://youtu.be/_LYy3P2okyw ( french alphabet)

https://youtu.be/EcEJNu3NnYk (what does a mayor do according to kids)

https://youtu.be/7C8uDuhLqvg ( levels of government in Canada)

Upcoming Dates:

Friday, October 5th – Pro D Day
Monday, Oct. 8th – Thanksgiving Holiday no school
Monday, Oct. 15th Photo Retakes
Friday, Oct. 19th – Pro D Day
Wednesday, Oct. 24th – Parent Teacher interviews day K-12 (no classes)
Wednesday, Oct. 31 -Fall colour day K-6

Here are some pictures of our week for you to enjoy!

It has been a great week here in the grade 5 classroom!  We are excited to see students settling in and are happy to witness new friendships being formed!  Every couple of weeks I will give a brief overview of what we have been learning in class.  Here we go…

Math – we have had a great start to our place value unit.  Students are able to show numbers in place value form, expanded form as well as written form.  Students have also begun working on their multiplication flash cards and we are happy to see so many students move onto the next level.

Language Arts – students have been working on using their Schema (background knowledge) to help them read books and are learning how schema + text evidence = inference.  They are using picture books to practice these skills.  We are also starting grammar flip books to refresh our memories on essential grammar skills.  Today we worked on nouns, verbs and adjectives.

Science/Health – we are busy learning about the brain.  Ask your child how the brain is like a sponge and how the brain is like a muscle!

Social Studies – students have been busy learning about government…just in time for our upcoming election!

Below is some additional information for you and a list of upcoming dates:

Purdy’s Fundraiser: Catalogues are available at the school office.  25% of each student’s sales goes in their Student reserve account and prizes will be given to Families with the highest sales.  Orders are due at the school office by Friday Nov. 23, 2018 and will be available for pick up on Friday Dec. 7, 2018.

Knight’s Day:  Our first Knight’s Day is this coming Wednesday.  Students can wear their Highroad Knight’s t-shirts and casual bottoms.  If you need to purchase any Knight’s wear, the store will be open in the lobby on Wednesday before school.  For those of you who ordered hot lunch, this will also be happening on Wednesday.

Scholastic – Scholastic order forms came home this week are are due back to the classroom teacher on Wednesday.

Student Photos – these are coming home today…your kiddos look amazing!  Please return order forms to the office by September 27th.

P.E. Schedule Change:  There has been a slight change to our weekly schedule and our P.E. times will now take place on Tuesday and Friday.

Toonies for Terry:  On Friday, September 28th we will be having our annual ‘Toonies for Terry’ run.  Students generally run around the field as many times as they grade they are in.  If you are able to donate a toonie to the Terry Fox Foundation, that would be greatly appreciated.  We will collect the toonies in the classroom or at the office.

Class Economy:  Thank you to those of you who have brought class store items in.  Next week we will have our very firsts class store!  If you are able to send something in before Friday, we’d greatly appreciate it!

Spelling List:  confidence, exercise, sometimes, written, crowd, allow, tender, toss, breath, running

Upcoming Dates:

Wednesday, September 26th – Knight’s Day & Hot Lunch

Friday, September 28th – Terry Fox Run
Friday, October 5th – Pro D Day
Monday, Oct. 8th – Thanksgiving Holiday no school
Monday, Oct. 15th Photo Retakes
Friday, Oct. 19th – Pro D Day
Wednesday, Oct. 24th – Parent Teacher interviews day K-12 (no classes)
Wednesday, Oct. 31 -Fall colour day K-6

Here are some pictures for you to enjoy!  Have a great weekend!

We have had a great second week of school.  Students seem to be settling in and getting back into the routine of school.  We have our first units of study underway and the students have proven that they can work hard and are ready to learn!  Great job, grade 5!

Below are some dates and other information for you:

Parent Night on Tuesday at 6:30 – we would encourage all parents to come out and meet the teachers, have some delicious snacks and hear some important information about Highroad.  Hope to see you there!

Comfort Kits – a letter came home this week asking each student to bring in a comfort kit.  Please hand these in as soon as they are ready.

BMV – Students will be tested on their first Bible Memory Verse this Wednesday.  It is on the blog under Bible Memory and a paper copy has also been given to them.

School Supplies – we are still missing some Bibles and other important school supplies.  Please bring these in as soon as possible.

Class Economy – this has been going well and in a few short weeks we will have our first class store.  We would LOVE some items brought in to help stock up our store.  These can be items that your kids don’t play with anymore or anything you can contribute.  Thank you!

Spelling List – whose, quick, entire, terrible, wonderful, select, calm, smooth, private, self.

**If your child goes on spelling city and gets 10/10 please put a note in their planner as they can get a bonus mark on their spelling test.**

Upcoming Dates:

Monday, September 17th – Pro D Day

Tuesday, September 18th – Parent Welcome Night (6:30 – 8:00 in gym)

Wednesday, September 26th – Knight’s Day

Friday, September 28th – Terry Fox Run

October
Wednesday, October 3rd – Staff Chapel
Friday, October 5th – Pro D Day
Monday, Oct. 8th – Thanksgiving Holiday no school
Monday, Oct. 15th Photo Retakes
Friday, Oct. 19th – Pro D Day
Wednesday, Oct. 24th – Parent Teacher interviews day K-12 (no classes)
Wednesday, Oct. 31 -Fall colour day K-6

Good morning!  We have made it to the end of our first official week!  Mrs. Ellis and I would like to let you know how THRILLED we are to have such an amazing group of students in our class this year!  This week was full of fun get-to-know-you activities as well as some learning about Metacognition (thinking about your thinking), introduction to French, starting our classroom economy, self portraits and meeting our grade one reading buddies.

Thank you for filling out the Student Information sheets and handing them in so quickly.  We love reading these as it gives us important insights to your child and helps us understand them better.  Please feel free to send us an email or come in after school if you want to chat about anything.

We usually send out blog posts every Friday or Saturday – this will be an exceptionally long one as there is lots to tell you.  Usually it will have upcoming dates, spelling information as well as information about other things happening in our classroom or school. And, we love to include pictures so you can see what is happening in our classroom.   Let’s get started…

School Supplies – thank you for sending these on the first day of school.  Some students still need to bring in their oil pastels (can be purchased from Staples), Kleenex, Bibles and the prescribed amount of pencils.  If you could get those in next week, that would be great.

Pizza Day on Tuesday – Pizza day starts this Tuesday.  It is $2 a slice and pizza cards can be purchased from the office.

Bible Memory Verse – we are starting with Hebrews 1: 1-3 and the first verse will be due on Wednesday, September 19th. On Monday the students will been given a sheet with the entire passage and keep it in their planners.  It is also on the blog under the Bible Memory tab.

Class Economy – there has been quite a buzz in the classroom about our classroom economy.  Students have applied for, and received their first classroom job.  They will start earning money and hopefully not incur any fines this month.  At the end of the month students will pay $500 rent for their desk as well as receive their monthly salary.  With their profits, students have an opportunity to purchase items from a classroom store.  We would love donations from parents to help run this store.  I have purchased some things to get us started but this will not sustain us through the year.  A couple of chocolate bars, Halloween candy, unwanted toys from home, etc. make excellent store items.

Spelling – below I have included the spelling words for next Friday’s spelling test.  We will do both spelling and vocabulary work each week.  The students will have ten words that they will need to practice for Friday’s test and also do vocabulary work for those ten words.  This will also be due on Friday.   Students will have class time to complete these but they may need to be finished at home from time to time.  Spelling words will be posted on spelling city (link can be found on the right hand side of the blog…just follow way down) and if students get a perfect score on the spelling city test they will get an additional bonus mark on their quiz.  In order to receive this mark there must be a note in the planner or an email to myself (pgoosen@highroadacademy.com) stating that they got a perfect score on spelling city.  A certificate from spelling city can also be printed out and handed in.

Spelling Words – claim, measure, represent, position, suppose, arrange, similar, continue, action, touch

Dates for September

Wednesday, September 12th – Individual Student Photos (full dress uniform)

Monday, September 17th – Pro D Day

Tuesday, September 18th – Parent Welcome Night (6:30 – 8:00 in gym)

Wednesday, September 26th – Knight’s Day

Some pictures of our first week…enjoy!

Welcome to Mrs. Goosen and Mrs. Ellis’s grade 5 class blog.  We are so excited to be starting a new year with you and look forward to getting to know you and your families.

On the first day of school a letter will be sent home for parents.  It will be one of the last paper newsletters that you will see, as all class information, notifications, assignments, important dates, etc will be posted here during the year.

Please subscribe to our blog (on the right hand side bar) so that you will receive an e-mail when we make a new post.  Looking forward to a great year together!