Weekly Newsletter Grade 5
Dates: May 13-May 17, 2019
Dear Parents,
Curriculum
Information for this Week:
Literacy: Students will continue to learn about Social
Issues and Human Rights. They have chosen a social change issue of interest,
done their research and taken notes. They will now work on creating an
information or opinion essay about their chosen social issue. They will also
link their social issue to a notable person/people who have worked on or are
working on improving their social issue. In addition, to writing their essay,
the students will continue working on various other pieces of work to be
included in their Social Change Blackboard Project. Parents are invited to
attend a ‘G5 Social Change Blackboard Project Share’ on Tuesday 4 June from
1:30-2:30 pm in G5 classrooms and common area.
Math: Students will continue our Volume and Measurement
Unit. They will select appropriate units, strategies, and
tools for solving problems that involve estimating and measuring volume. They
will decompose three-dimensional shapes and find volumes of rectangular prisms
by viewing them as decomposed into layers of arrays of cubes. They will measure
necessary attributes of shapes in order to determine volumes to solve real
world and mathematical problems. Students will
also convert like measurement units within the metric system and solve word
problems relating to those conversions.
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
I would like to remind all that the Music Performance and Art Exhibitions are on this week.
For more information and ways to
support your child please visit the Parent Learning
Connection page.
Important
Reminders/Information: (also see GLC
Updates)
Looking ahead:
- Monday, May 20th: NO SCHOOL ISKL Holiday in lieu of Wesak Day
- Tuesday,
May 21st: NO SCHOOL
ISKL Faculty In-Service
- Wednesday,
May 22nd: NO SCHOOL Nuzul
AlQuran
- Friday, May 24- ES Wet + Wild Day. Parents please sign up HERE
- Monday May 27- G5 Orientation Visit
to the Middle School, from 9:00-11:00am. G5 students and teachers
will be involved in a MS Orientation Visit. The orientation program will
be conducted from 9:00- 11:00am. 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 provide our G5 students with
a morning snack. Since it’s Ramadan, alternative arrangements will be made
during snack time at the MS for those G5 students who are fasting.
Highlight from last
week:
THANK YOU! The NON performance was
a success because of your support. Below please see the link to the video and
pictures taken by Fauzi Agung and Max Wright.
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