PEEK
AT THE WEEK!: September 10th to 14th
Whoosh!
What a first week! What a
super start! We set up class
expectations and got a load of housekeeping out of the way last week and now we
can begin getting down to it in grade five!
Here is what’s happening this week:
Language
Arts
Monday marks the beginning of Reader’s Workshop
aboard our ship. Students will
have plenty of opportunity to review what good readers do when reading and be
able to respond to, not only their own books, but also to our first class
novel. Speaking of which, we are
going to begin reading Cressida Cowell’s hilarious novel How to be a Pirate by the end of the week. Check out the link on the side to learn more about her novels! You may be familiar with her work as
her novel How to Train a Dragon was
recently turned into a movie by Dreamworks!
Handwriting
lessons begin this week as we work toward becoming solid hand writers by
Christmas! As well, the
class will be hammering away at the Top 100 words listed in The Reading Teachers Book of Lists. It is absolutely essential that the
students learn to spell these words and therefore they will be tested regularly
until mastery is achieved.
Math
This week
will be dedicated to a review of some basic addition, subtraction and
multiplication facts. An
assessment will be given later in the week just to see how comfortable the
students are with their facts. In
addition to review we are heading into our first unit. Statistics and Probability will be no
match for the pirates of 5A!
Science
What makes
a scientist? What is the
scientific method? As soon as we
answer these questions (and have a little fun!), we begin Weather, our first
unit of science!
And from
Ms. Bourassa…
Social Studies
We will open our study of Canada by finding out what
students already know about our great country...and the world! Students will
also be preparing for and giving a 1-minute presentation of 'My Special Place
in Canada'. Though we will review expectations for the presentation in class,
I've included the guidelines here in order to help students get set for
success.
Guidelines for informal oral
presentation:
1) Pick any location in Canada.
It may be a spot you’ve visited, somewhere a relative or special friend lives
or a place to which you would like to travel someday.
2) Be prepared to:
a) name the place,
b) locate it on the big map of
Canada and
c) explain why it is special to
you!
3) You may choose to
enhance your one minute presentation with a picture or other
souvenir/significant object.
French
Bonjour les amis et bienvenue a la classe francais!
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Students
will be discussing and sharing viewpoints about why learning a second language
is important and will also explore why Canada is bilingual. We will review what
students remember from their second language learning last year and begin a
more formal review of concepts with l'alphabet!
Wowzers! Hang onto your hat, crew!
This is
going to be an awesome week!
