Weekly Newsletter Grade 5

Dates: October 9-13, 2017

Curriculum Information for the Week:

Literacy: Students will continue to work on their literary essays focusing on strong introductions and conclusion as well as revising and editing.  Essays will be completed on Friday. Students will also continue to read articles online using Newsela, learning about children around the world who are making a difference. They will continue to take notes to determine how children solve problems.

Math: Subtracting fractions continues this week as we move into operations with unlike denominators. Students will develop conceptual understanding using manipulatives and models to show their thinking. In addition to the current unit, students are continuing to practice two and three digit multiplication and division from unit 1 to consolidate their learning. Students will also have a chance to show what they know as we finish up the fraction unit and begin to review fraction concepts and take the summative assessment.

Unit of Study:  Students will be showing their learning as they pair up with other classroom to summarize their knowledge about government, the role of government and the role of a responsible citizens using a virtual museum platform. They will be sharing a virtual museum that highlights the main concepts in the unit with their second grade buddies.  

Student three-way conferences are Mon. 9 and Tues. 10 Oct:

This week, students will be busy sharing and reflecting their work, work habits, behavior and setting learning goals.

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

Important Reminders/Information: (also see GLC Updates)

Mon. 9 & Tues. 10 Oct: Three-way Conferences involving students, parents and teacher(s).

Red Hats KL Children’s Hospital visits: Please click on this link  There are a few more spaces available and a link to a folder of photos from our last visit.

Highlight - This Week:

Student three-way conferences!