Lots going on this week, check it out!
Literacy
Reading – Students will continue on with Chapters 8 – 15 of The Bridge Home. We enjoyed a google hangout with our partner class in Winnipeg this week and connected via a Padlet to explain the similarities and differences between the Cayman Islands, Winnipeg and India – the setting of the novel. Next we will explore description in the book and write our own description of a favourite food item.
Grammar – Students have completed their Unit 1 Grammar test on sentence structure , imperatives, subjects, predicates and correcting run-on sentences. We will begin unit 2 – Nouns. This week we will start with identifying, capitalizing and proofreading common and proper nouns.
Writing – Students continue on with learning the structure of an expository essay and writing a second assessment – their biography projects and dioramas will be presented in class on Friday. If students have a rough draft to bring in they will be able to work on the editing in class.
Numeracy:
Students will review fractions, models, and decimals. Then find equivalents between them using models and without.
Science:
Students will continue our new topic of rock cycles by completing their own diagram and beginning an in class project on comparing and contrasting igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. Their final notes will be put into a venn diagram.
Social Studies:
Grade 5 will explore what life was like in Cayman for the early settlers – comparing aspects of early life with life today.
We will also begin a research unit on India – to compliment our Global read Aloud novel.
Bible:
5A will finish their study on Joseph, while 5B we will begin looking at the Life of Moses – and discussing Spiritual Gifts and how we can use the talents that God has given to us.
Homework and Assessments/Projects
Literacy:
- Vocabulary words to study and definitions: ALL WEEK.
- Tuesday: Grammar workbook p.19
- Thursday: Grammar workbook p.21
Numeracy:
- Tuesday: Math Connects worksheet
- Wednesday: Mathletics
- Thursday: Math Connects worksheet
Science:
- Wednesday: Students will be given a study guide for test on Thursday. If not finished in class, they will take home to complete.
Assessments and Projects
- Tuesday: 5B Bible test on Joseph
- Thursday: Earth’s structure for science – involves knowing the 4 main structures of Earth, plate boundaries and their affects on earth’s surface. (study composition book and study guide)
- Friday: Vocabulary test
- Friday: DUE – The Biography of A Remarkable Person and diorama
Reminders
- FIELD TRIP! Wednesday and Friday. Cost in total is $6 per student. Waiting on final count from Fruity Friday to know if we can use some towards this trip. If possible money will be returned to each student. We will be visiting UCCI to participate in their STEM Conference.
- 1/2 day, 17th October NO ASC
- Midterm break: 18th – 25th (:
Weekly Bible Verse
‘The God we serve is able to deliver us.” Daniel 3:17 (taken from the story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego)