Weekly Newsletter Grade 5
Dates: April 16th-20th Dear Parents,
Curriculum Information for this Week:
Literacy: Students continue to learn about Social Issues and Human Rights. They will continue researching about their topic and begin narrowing down their ideas. They will reinforce and build on their note-taking skills as well as learning more about trustworthy resources and identifying perspective. As they research, they will be writing down their ideas to help them solidify their thinking around the topic.
Math: We will continue our Volume and Measurement Unit. Students will explore volume by building and counting unit cubes as well as learning the relationship between different units of volume measurement.
Unit of Study: We will continue our Social Change unit by preparing for ‘Night of the Notables’ 2018 presentation. The has been finalised and we have begun practicing in the studio. Students will dig deeper into the Change Maker or Social Issue that they are exploring for their blackboard presentations. The Night of the Notables presentations will be on the evening of Tuesday, 8 May.
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Important Reminders/Information: (also see GLC Updates)
This week is Earth Week!
Bring in any reusable bags that you do not need. These can be given to people who do not have enough, borrowed by those who forget or exchanged for a new design!
Friday is Free Dress Day - proceeds will go towards adopting an animal through World Wildlife Fund Malaysia
Send in a picture or video of your child doing something Earth friendly for our Friday Assembly video.
Math MAP Test on Thursday
Highlight from last week:
Our song is sounding better and better each week and our class scripts are powerful! Night of the Notables is coming together.
Letter about Night of the Notables
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