Category: Events

Hello! Thank you to those who were able to attend parent conferences, and students who braved it themselves! ;). We hope you all have a wonderful week and for those celebrating Thanksgiving, have a great evening celebrating togetherness, family, friends, and community.

Literacy

• Reading – we will begin a new Storytown unit with a short story titled The Night of San Juan
• Grammar – we will look at Main verbs, Helping Verbs and Linking Verbs
• Writing – students will complete their fiction narrative writing

Numeracy

• Students will review their skills in addition, subtraction, and multiplication and apply them to practical problems.
• We will review how to multiply multiple digits; 2 by 1 digit, 3 digits by 1, 4 digits by 1, 2 digits by 2 digits. (column method)

Science

• Students will learn to use their understanding of energy forms to compare and contrast how they are transformed and how they are converted.

Social Studies

• Students will complete a Unit 2 Test  and work on Figuring distance in Maps

Homework

Literacy

• Monday – Spelling Lesson 6 pages due Friday
• Tuesday – Grammar workbook Pg 40
• Thursday – Grammar workbook Pg 42  

Numeracy

• Monday – Practical problems in composition book (+ and -). Due Tuesday
• Tuesday – Mathletics, addition and subtraction logic problems. Due Friday                    We will review how to access these in class.
  • Totally Magic Grid and Navigate the Number Maze.
• Wednesday – Column Multiplication, due Thursday   (Due to field trip, students lost class time). Homework is cancelled for now and will be moved to another day. 
• Thursday – Study for test on Friday. Finish work that was started in class.                                         Practical problems and multiplication work in composition book.
  • 3-4, Skills Practice (#10-16 and #29-30)
  • Practical problems (5 problems to complete)

Science: Assigned on Friday from last week, due Monday. 

• Science Video Activity:
  • Students will choose ONE topic for the videos
  • Write a paragraph:
    1. What did you learn about?
    2. Did anything surprise you?
    3. What is a fact you enjoy the most from the video?
    4. Do you have any questions about that form of energy?
    5. Was your KWL question answered?

Videos:

1. Mechanical: https://youtu.be/Omt6vOpc_UQ 
2. Electrical: https://youtu.be/Uf76pThNXZc 
3. Light: https://youtu.be/d65mdTJaJTI
4. Thermal (Extended) : https://youtu.be/gNM_9etcJT0 and https://youtu.be/f1eAOygDP5s
5. Sound (Intro video and lesson): https://youtu.be/HblEhc0gses and  https://youtu.be/NygthknRzqk

Tests

1. Friday – Addition and Subtraction practical problems. POST PONED till Tuesday, Dec. 3rd. Due to multiple lessons being missed this week

Reminders/Announcements

1. Field trip on Wednesday, $8 cost from 8:30 – 10:30-45 at Mission House in Bodden Town
2. Half day, Thursday for Thanksgiving: ASC available
3. Monday 2^nd December – Christmas Concert – students are to wear red or white tops and jeans

Literacy 

Reading:

• In  Reading we will starting our Global Read Aloud novel ‘The Bridge Home’ by Padma Venkatraman, students will be exploring the setting.

  We will be connecting with a class in Winnipeg, Canada through a shared Padlet and a google hangout.

Writing:

• In Writing students will be working on the structure of an expository  essay and will be have some class time to help with writing their ‘Biography of a Remarkable Person’.

Grammar:

• In Grammar students will review run-on sentences

Numeracy:

• Students will be reviewing their quiz and make corrections
• Review concepts of place value
• Students will take a quiz. Then take home and be signed by parents then returned the next day. This is an opportunity for parents to see how their child is doing at the beginning of the quarter.
• We will continue with number sense and review equivalent decimals and fractions.

Science:

• We will continue observations of students oreo models, descriptions on Earth’s layers and plate tectonics.
• Students will also learn how the geospheres are connected and impact earth’s surface.

Social Studies:

• This week in Social Studies we will look at slavery and emancipation

Bible:

• We will continue to look at the life of Joseph and the theme of forgiveness.

Homework and Assessments 

Literacy:

• Spelling pages 16-18
• Grammar pg. 17 – TUESDAY
• DRA Reading Assessment this week
• Unit 1 test – THURSDAY

Numeracy:

• Place Value review test – on Wednesday. Students will take home test on Thursday, must return Friday with a parent signature.
• Mathletics: Place Value, Tuesday and Thursday 

Social Studies:

• Assessment on how to use directions on a map

Science:

• Quizizz on scientific method

Reminders and Events 

1. Friday, 4th October: Dress Down and Fruity Friday! Grade 5 will be selling for FF. Please consider donating healthy snacks that can be sold for class fundraising. This money goes towards field trips, bus expenses, and special class events.
2. Sunday, 6th is Education Sunday! It’s a great opportunity for students to perform, families to connect with the FBC family and join our potluck after service. Hope to see you there! Service is at 10:30am, Ms. Janelle will give students a specific time for arrival.

Weekly Bible Verse

‘Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:5-6