Weekly Newsletter Grade 5
Dates: May 27-31, 2019
Dear Parents,
Curriculum
Information for this Week:
Literacy: Students have chosen a social change issue of
interest, done their research and taken notes. They have written their
essays linking their social issue to a notable person/people who have worked on
or are working on improving their social issue. The students will continue
working on various other pieces of work to be included in their Social Change
Blackboard Project, such as poems, magazine covers and timelines. Parents
are invited to attend a ‘G5 Social Change Blackboard Project Share’ on Tuesday
4 June from 1:30-2:30pm in G5 classrooms and common area.
Math: Students are now doing their final math unit of the
semester, Unit 8: 2D Figures. They are reviewing the properties of polygons and
will use this knowledge to help categorize them.
Unit of Study: Students are immersed in understanding the impacts
of social change on a society. The four main areas of focus are…
- Understanding the rights and responsibilities of the individual
- Understanding how some people can influence the lives and thinking
of others
- Developing open-ended questions to guide research and understanding
- Using the research process to answer inquiry questions
For more information and ways to
support your child please visit the Parent Learning
Connection page.
Important
Reminders/Information: (also see GLC
Updates)
- Our Librarian - Suji Dehart - has updated the Summer Reading list page on the ES Library website. This page gives you a
wide range of books to choose from, both in age of your kids, and also
from different places. Also, here is a list of questions you can ask your child about their reading.
Looking ahead...
- Monday May 27: G5 Orientation Visit
to the Middle School. G5 students and teachers will be involved in
a MS Orientation Visit. The orientation program will be conducted from
9:00- 11:00 am. All G5 students will be involved in the program. G5
students will not go to their usual PE or World Language lessons on this
day. Even if your child is leaving ISKL at the end of this school year,
they are expected to participate. The main purpose of the visit is for the
students to meet the MS Administrators, their G6 teachers, learn about the
Middle School 1:1 laptop program and be introduced to their G6 schedules.
**The MS will make a snack available, so the students will need to
bring RM10, or a snack from home. Since it’s Ramadan, alternative
arrangements will be made during snack time at the MS for those G5
students who are fasting.
- Tuesday 4 June: ‘G5 Social Change Blackboard Project Share’ from 1:30-2:30 pm in
G5 classrooms and common area. (blackboards and art portfolios will go
home afterwards)
- Wednesday
June 5 and Thursday June 6: No
School-Hari Raya Puasa holidays
- Friday June
7: Final Red Hat Free Dress Day-suggested
RM5 donation for local charity
- Thursday
June 13: High School Social Change
Maker’s Conference. Five HS presenters will share their work with G5
students and teachers from 1:30-2:30pm in classrooms.
- Friday June 14: Moving on
Ceremony from 8:30-9:30am in the Robert B. Gaw Theater, followed by a
reception in MPR5/6, also known as the Community Room, from 9:30-10:15am. Parents,
you are welcome to take your child home after the reception.
Highlight from last
week:
Amazing ES Music Concert, thank
you to our Music Department!
THANK YOU to the PTA, our G5 GLC
John Beattie and all our Room Parents for all of your support for a fantastic
‘Wet and Wild Day’. These amazing events take place because of YOUR support!
