Weekly Update

I hope you had a wonderful Mother’s Day weekend and enjoyed the beautiful weather today!  My apologies that this is coming later than usual!  Here is a breakdown of what we did this week:

Math:  Students have worked hard on decimals and will be focusing on adding and subtracting decimals this week, as well as working with money.

Writing:  We have completed our poetry unit and students chose their poems for the poetry book.  A BIG congratulations to Jason who won this year’s poetry slam!  Well done, Jason!  This week we are starting a story writing unit.

Science:  We have come to then end of our digestive system unit and students will write a quiz tomorrow, before moving on to the respiratory system.

Bible:  Students completed their independent Bible study this week and learned what the Bible had to say about a variety of topics.  We are turning our attention to our LEADS program, which helps students deal with conflict, and integrating both picture books and Bible stories to help deepen our learning.

Reading: We finished Amal Unbound! The class was held in suspense until the final sentence when everyone cheered at the result of a happy ending. We will be continuing some activities related to the novel in the coming week.

Current Events: “Chasing a Prairie Fireball” is due on Wednesday.

Social Studies: This week we did a mini lesson combined with our Reading block on the history of silent reading and the English language. This included a look at ancient Hebrew, Latin texts, scriptio continua (writing without spaces), and an Indo-European family tree. This was to learn why silent reading is so new and how it changed the way we learn and communicate. Some great conversations were sparked.

Things coming up:

Lindeman Lake field trip form is coming home tomorrow.  We would love some parents to join us on this trip!  Please make sure your criminal record check is up to date at the office.

French Quiz on Tuesday:  A study guide came home last week.  Students will match up days of the week and months of the year.

Upcoming Dates:
May 14 – Knights Day
May 21 – Pro-D Day
May 24 – Victoria Day – No School
May 27 – Lindeman Lake Field Trip
June 18 – Last Day of School

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