We had a great week here in the Grade 5 classroom.

Here is a snapshot of what we have been working on over the last several weeks:

Math:  We have finished up our unit on place value.  This unit included place value up to the millions, adding and subtracting large digits, rounding and estimating.  This week students will have a unit quiz, do a self reflection on this unit and then we will begin working on multiplication.

Writing:  We have been working on narrative writing over the last month.  Students have written an ‘All about Me’ piece, a piece about bravery and will begin a new piece on friendship this week.  We will then choose our favourite piece to bring to a good copy -including having it written on the chromebook and made into a class book.  We are also working on grammar through our mentor sentence program.

Science:  Students have been learning about heterogenous mixtures and homogeneous solutions.  They have done a variety of experiments to learn about terms like solute, solvent, diluted and concentrated solutions.  Over the next couple of weeks they will look at ph and a variety of different ways to separate solutions.

Reading: continuation of reading skills with a focus on visualization as we begin our first novel study of the year.

Social Studies: levels of government and the areas of our lives affected by government.

Art: Colour theory

French:  We are learning about various greetings and leave-takings.

Bible:  We are finishing up our Growth Mindset unit and beginning to look at ‘The Case for Christ for Kids’ book together.

Here are some upcoming events:

Pumpkin Math on Monday: On Monday we will be exploring Math with pumpkins!  Students should bring a large t-shirt to wear over their uniform as well as some kitchen gloves if they don’t like to get their hands goopy!

Genius Hour:  We will be having our genius hour kickoff on Tuesday, November 2nd.

Upcoming Dates: