We had a great week in the Grade 5 classroom!  Yesterday was a bit crazy for me personally as my lunchtime included a quick emergency room drop-off for my oldest son as he fractured his thumb during a game of basketball!  We are praying Quinn heals quickly as he’s hoping to play basketball this winter!

Other than that bit of craziness, we had a fantastic week!  Here’s a snapshot of what we’ve been working on:

Math:  problem-solving using addition and subtraction, as well as rounding numbers up to the ten thousand

Writing:  Wrote a personal narrative piece on a time we were brave.  Our focus for writing this week was adding a fact and then including details about the fact.

Science:  We are in the middle of learning about the rock cycle.  This week our focus was sedimentary rocks – students ‘made’ rocks using playdough and sediments from our school.  Next up – metamorphic rocks!

French:  We learned how to say “My name is… & What is Your Name?” and reviewed the terms ‘oui’ and ‘non’.  We will continue this next week.

Bible:  We are working on the memorizing the books of the old testament and starting to learn important Bible basics.

Art:  We have started a fall pumpkin art project.  This week we ‘drew’ our pumpkin scene with liquid glue and once it dried we outlined it with thin sharpie.  Next up…watercolour!  They will be beautiful!!

PE:  Volleyball has started!

A Few Items…

Bible Memory Verses:  Students did a GREAT job on their Bible Memory Verses this week.  I was very impressed!  =). Just a note that they will be in the Bible Memory Verse tab at the top of this blog – just in case your child can’t find the sheet I sent home.  This week I will be testing on Thursday as we have another short week.

Pumpkin Math:  On Tuesday, October 25th we will be having a Pumpkin Math afternoon.  We will be using estimating, measuring, counting and graphing skills while we have fun with pumpkins!  We will be proving all of the materials but ask that you send along a large t-shirt and gloves on Tuesday morning.

Upcoming Dates:

Friday, October 21st – Pro D Day

Tuesday, October 25th – School Photo Retakes

Tuesday, October 25th – Pumpkin Math afternoon (after retakes)

Wednesday, October 26th – Fall Colour Day

Thursday, November 10th – Remembrance Day service at 10:30

Friday, November 11th – Remembrance Day (school closed)

Have a great weekend!