News Letter 3/19-3/23

Weekly Newsletter Grade 5

Dates: March 19-23         


Dear Parents,

Curriculum Information for this Week:

Literacy: Students continue to learn about Social Issues and Human Rights through historical fiction, biography and autobiography texts. We will focus on Informational text throughout this unit.  Students will revisit informational and opinion writing in this unit.

Math: The students will begin the unit titled Order of Operations. We have been practicing this skill using daily warm ups, so they are familiar with these skills. Students will evaluate how to use numerical expressions with parentheses, brackets and braces.  They will explain how to use these symbols in order to identify, write and describe simple numerical expressions.

Unit of Study: We have started our Social Change unit by tuning in to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as well as looking at the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

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

Important Reminders/Information: (also see GLC Updates)
Tuesday, March 20-Body Changes Talk
Friday, March 23-Terry Fox Run-wear your Terry Fox shirt or Pink to support the cause
Break-March 24-April 2

Highlight last week:
Track and Field day was a day of celebration.  What joy to see students doing their personal best, smiling and cheering on classmates.

News Letter 3/12-3/16

Weekly Newsletter Grade 5

Dates: March 12-16   

Dear Parents, 

Curriculum Information for this Week:

Literacy: We will be taking the Fantasy Writing Assessment Monday and Tuesday. Students will have two 60 minute sessions to plan, draft and revise. They will have their trusty rubric by their side to guide their writing, as well as the anchor charts and writing tools that they have been using throughout the unit.

Math: The students continue working on Unit 5: Multiplying & Dividing Fractions. The focus continues to be on conceptual understanding of these skills using a variety of manipulatives and also drawing models to show their thinking. The assessment will be this Thursday.

Unit of Study: We are beginning our unit on Social Change. This will conclude with the famous “Night of the Notables” in May. 

This week we will:

• Start a historical fiction read aloud
• Begin reading historical fiction and social issue picture books
• Tune in to ‘Social Change’ learning about the ‘Human Rights’ UDHR and the Global Goals
• Review the presenters from our ‘Social Change Makers Conference’ in semester 1

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

Important Reminders/Information: (also see GLC Updates)

Fri. 16 Mar: G3-5 Track ‘n’ Field Day, 8:15-11:00

Highlight last week:

The Student-Led-Conferences were a big success. The students did a wonderful job of sharing their learning, parents asked probing questions to help facilitate the conference, and I was so proud. Thank you for making this a success.

News Letter 3/5-3/9

Weekly Newsletter Grade 5

Dates: March 5-9           



Dear Parents,

Curriculum Information for this Week:

Literacy: Grade 5 students will be celebrating their writing by sharing it with other classes.  Check out the  flipgrid to hear some blurbs from their writing.  They will be taking an end of unit reading assessment.  Next week will be the writing assessment.

Math: The students continue working on Unit 5: Multiplying & Dividing Fractions. The focus continues to be on conceptual understanding of these skills using a variety of manipulatives and also drawing models to show their thinking.

Unit of Study:  As we move from our science unit to our social studies unit, we will be using our unit of study time to prepare for parent conferences.

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

Important Reminders/Information: (also see GLC Updates)
March 7 & 8 - Parent Conferences
March 9 - MS will be visiting our students to begin the transition process. This meeting will be an introduction.  More information will follow.

Highlights last week:
Book Week was wonderful with many activities.
We also had a great science share to end the Human Body Unit.  You will see these at parent conferences!