Weekly Newsletter October 30-November 3

Weekly Newsletter Grade 5

Dates: October 30 - November 3

Curriculum Information for the Week:

Literacy: Students will be continuing their Nonfiction reading and writing unit.  This unit will be integrated with our science unit, so students will be using texts about sustainable energy to improve their nonfiction reading. This week we will focus on text structures and finding the main idea.

Math: Students will continue their work with coordinate planes.  They will be plotting ordered pairs, as well as reading and interpreting data on coordinate planes.  Students will continue to review our learning from Unit 1 and Unit 2 in the daily warm ups.

Unit of Study:  We will continue to work with the Sustainable Energy unit.  Classes will continue to get into the labs working with circuits. The classes are all reading a non-fiction book on Energy.

For more information and ways to support your child please visit the Parent Learning Connection page.

Important Reminders/Information: (also see GLC Updates)

2 dress up days...Halloween and Deepavali...(free-no donations necessary)

This Tuesday is HALLOWEEN. Remember that you can wear your costume to school, but if it’s elaborate you should bring it separately.

Friday is Deepavali Day at ISKL. Students are encouraged to wear clothing to celebrate this holiday. There will be an assembly, cooking and hallway activities!

There are two U11 basketball games this week and the big tournament is this Saturday.

Highlight - Last Week:

We began our Non-Fiction writing unit and on Friday the students wrote about what they know. They wrote about: horses, cats, cars, football, dogs, and other fun topics. Ask your 5th grader what they wrote about.

Weekly Newsletter October 24-27

Weekly Newsletter Grade 5

Dates: October 24 - 27

Curriculum Information for the Week:

Literacy: Students will be starting their Nonfiction reading and writing unit, including taking a writing pre-assessment.  This unit will be integrated with our science unit, so students will be using texts about sustainable energy to improve their nonfiction reading.

Math: Students will continue their work with coordinate planes.  They will be plotting ordered pairs, as well as reading and interpreting data on coordinate planes.  Students will continue to review our learning from Unit 1 and Unit 2 in the daily warm ups.

Unit of Study:  We will get started with our Sustainable Energy unit.  Classes will begin tuning in activities to spark curiosity.  Students will also do the lab safety lesson and do their first science lab exploration.

For more information and ways to support your child please visit the Parent Learning Connection page.

Important Reminders/Information: (also see GLC Updates)

Red Hats KL Children’s Hospital visits: Please click on this link  There are a few more spaces available and a link to a folder of photos from our last visit.

Highlight - Last Week:

We have completed our literary essay unit.  Students worked hard to show their learning on the on-demand assessment.

Weekly Newsletter October 16 & 17

Weekly Newsletter Grade 5

Dates: October 16 & 17, 2017

Curriculum Information for the Week:

Literacy: Students will demonstrate their learning and understanding of the literary essay during our “on-demand” assessment.  Students will examine a text, then independently write their opinion essay stating the thesis, appropriate reasons and support these reasons with relevant evidence.

Math: Tuning in to coordinate planes will take place this Monday and Tuesday. We will introduce important vocabulary, focusing on one quadrant of the coordinate plane.

Unit of Study:  Our next unit will be Sustainable Energy.  Classes will begin tuning in activities over the next  couple of weeks, starting with electricity and circuits.

For more information and ways to support your child please visit the Parent Learning Connection page.

Important Reminders/Information: (also see GLC Updates)
Free Dress Day this Tuesday....proceeds to go the SPCA!

October Break-October 18-22....See you Tuesday, October 24....Day 4!

Red Hats KL Children’s Hospital visits: Please click on this link  There are a few more spaces available and a link to a folder of photos from our last visit.

Highlight - This Week:

Thank you for attending the 3-way conferences. What a beautiful way to celebrate our children’s learning!

Weekly Newsletter October 9-13

Weekly Newsletter Grade 5

Dates: October 9-13, 2017

Curriculum Information for the Week:

Literacy: Students will continue to work on their literary essays focusing on strong introductions and conclusions as well as revising and editing.  Students will also continue to read articles online, learning about children around the world who are making a difference. They will continue to take notes to determine how children solve problems.

Math: Subtracting and adding mixed numbers continues this week as we continue with operations with unlike denominators. Students will develop conceptual understanding using manipulatives and models to show their thinking. Students will also have a chance to show what they know as we finish up the fraction unit and begin to review fraction concepts and take the summative assessment.

Unit of Study:  Students will be showing their learning as they pair up with other classrooms to summarize their knowledge about government, the role of government and the role of a responsible citizens. They will be sharing a virtual museum that highlights the main concepts in the unit.  The summative assessment will follow the all grade level share the end of this week.

Student three-way conferences are Mon. 9 and Tues. 10 Oct:

This week, students will be busy sharing and reflecting their work, work habits, behavior and setting learning goals.

For more information and ways to support your child please visit the Parent Learning Connection page.

Important Reminders/Information: (also see GLC Updates)

Monday and Tuesday, October 9 and 10: Three-way Conferences involving students, parents and teacher(s).

Red Hats KL Children’s Hospital visits: Please click on this link  There are a few more spaces available and a link to a folder of photos from our last visit.

Highlight - This Week:

Student three-way conferences, virtual museums and concluding our literary essays!

Weekly Newsletter October 2-6

Weekly Newsletter Grade 5

Dates: October 2-6, 2017

Curriculum Information for the Week:

Literacy: Students will begin their literary essays this week, starting with stating their claims (or thesis) based on the books they have read in book club or our class read aloud Home of the Brave. Students will also continue to read articles online, learning about children around the world who are making a difference.

Math: Adding and Subtracting fractions continues this week as we move into operations with unlike denominators. Students will develop conceptual understanding using manipulatives and models to show their thinking. In addition to the current unit, students are continuing to practice two and three digit multiplication and division from unit 1 to consolidate their learning.

Unit of Study:  We conducted a very successful ‘Social Change Makers Conference’ last week. The students experienced 13 presenters and hopefully will be inspired to make changes in our own school and local community. It was great to see so many parents attending the conference this year. We hope you found our presenters engaging, informative and inspiring.

Student preparation this week for our three-way conferences on Monday, October 9 and Tuesday, October 10.

This week, students will be busy reflecting on their work, work habits, behavior and setting learning goals.  Parent letter regarding conferences

For more information and ways to support your child please visit the Parent Learning Connection page.

Important Reminders/Information: (also see GLC Updates)

Mon. 2 Oct: ISA make-up day for students who missed one or more of the tests last week

Tues. 3 Oct: G5 Parent Band Workshop from 9:00 - 10:00am in the Studio

Mon. 9 & Tues. 10 Oct: Three-way Conferences involving students, parents and teacher(s). Please return your conference appointment reply slip to your child’s class teacher.

Please note - hearing screenings by our School Nurse - Bethanie Christensen, previously scheduled for this coming week, have been postponed until after the Oct. Break.

Red Hats KL Children’s Hospital visits: Please click on this link  There are a few more spaces available and a link to a folder of photos from our last visit.

Highlights - Last Week:

1. Our Social Change Maker’s Conference was FANTASTIC! Photos from SCMC.

2. On our Red Hats Free Dress Day last Fri. 29 Sept. Melawati students raised RM2,775, which was donated to the Chin Women’s Organization (CWO) School, via Janine Williams - one of our Social Change Makers. Our donation paid the rent for this month for the CWO school building.  

Highlight - This Week:

G5 Parent Band Workshop - please support your child and Kim Endel our G5 Band Teacher by attending this important event.