I hope you have been able to enjoy this beautiful weather this week!  It has felt like summer this weekend, hasn’t it?  We had a great week in our classroom and the students have been very productive, despite the summer weather outside!  Here is a snapshot of what we were working on this week:

Math:  we continued our work with fractions, with a focus on equivalent fractions as well as ordering fractions.  Next week we will wrap up this unit and move on to decimals.

Writing:  We kicked off our poetry unit this week with our poetry slam!  Students chose a poem and we have been having a poetry reading contest at the beginning of each writing block.  We also wrote three poems this week…and they are amazing!

Science:  We started a new unit on the human body this week.  We learned the relationship between cells, tissues, organs and systems and then students acted out the digestive system!  That was fun (and there may have been some giggling in there as well).  Next week students will work their way through centers as they explore more about this system.

Bible:  Students are beginning an independent topical study.  Students looked over a variety of topics and chose a few that might interest them.  This week we will dig in to the Bible to see what it has to say!

Reading: This week we explored the city of Lahore, Pakistan in order to better understand the journey of our protagonist. Students also responded to some reading comprehension.

Social Studies: As we continue our current unit, we are now trying to figure out what our class colony on Mars should be like since in our hypothetical story we are now immigrating there. Students are in different groups with specific focuses. Next week we will talk about areas we all agree on and things that we would like to change.

Art: Due to the beautiful weather we paused our current art project and instead did a nature found object activity. The theme was ‘beach’ and with some strict guidelines and a limited amount of time the class used found objects in the school garden to create some incredible pieces of art! See for yourselves!

Things Coming Up,,,

Save the date:  We have a field trip to Lindeman Lake on Thursday, May 27th.  We would love parents to join us on this trip.  You will need to ensure that your criminal record check information is up to date at the office and meet us at the trailhead.  We will plan to leave school at 9:15 and return around 2:00.

Interim Reports:  These will be coming home on Friday and are meant to give you a snapshot of how your child is doing as we head toward the final stretch of Grade Five.

Upcoming Dates:

Apr. 23 – Interim Reports go home & Knights Day

Apr. 30 – Pro-D Day

Here are some photos for you to enjoy…