Weekly Newsletter Grade 5
Dates: 14-18 Jan. 2019 Dear Parents,
Happy New Year and welcome back to semester 2 in G5! We hope you had a relaxing holiday with your family and friends.
Curriculum Information for this Week:
Literacy: This week the students will start new reading and writing units on Fantasy Genre.
The students will begin by doing a tuning-in to the fantasy unit by identifying the
elements of fantasy. In the first part of the reading unit, readers will read alongside the
characters keeping track of problems, identifying internal and external character conflicts
and themes that run through fantasy books and history. The students will begin their writing fantasy unit next week by completing a writing pre-assessment.
Math: The students will continue Unit 4: Place Value and Decimal Operations.
They will begin the week reviewing adding and subtracting decimals, before they move
into multiplying decimals.
Unit of Study: The students will begin their second science unit: Modeling Matter: The Chemistry of Food. In this unit, students take on the role of food scientists working in a lab for a large food-production company. Through some hands-on experiments the students will investigate different properties of matter and how chromatography works.
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Important Reminders/Information: (also see GLC Updates)
Mon. 14 Jan. Day 1: First day of semester 2.
Highlights in the week prior to the semester break:
The students completed their first science unit titled, ‘Sustainable Energy’ and showcasing their innovation through Design Thinking. A G5 ‘gallery walk’ was also held on Friday. 21 Dec. in the G5 classrooms from 1:45 to 2:20 pm, which was a celebration of learning where
students and teachers experienced the variety of presentations outside their own classroom.
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