Newsletter Aug. 27-31

Weekly Newsletter Grade 5

Dates: August 27-31, 2018

Dear Parents,

Curriculum Information for the Week:
Literacy: We will soon begin book clubs! During this unit students will be reading novels, short stories and sophisticated picture books.  Students will participate in whole class discussions as well as book clubs. Discussions will focus on connections, predictions, characters, and most importantly THEMES (life lessons).

Math: We will be continuing our work with place value.  Classes will apply their knowledge of the place value system to multiplication.  We will begin with the area model, solidifying the conceptual learning and understanding prior to moving on to the traditional algorithm.

Unit of Study: Grade 5 will continue to learn being role models and leadership.  Being part of a community is a big responsibility.  Classroom discussions will identify roles of leaders as well as the roles and responsibilities of citizens. This will lead us into global citizenship and the importance of making positive change.

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

Important Reminders/Information:(also see GLC updates)

Grade 5 schedules have been adjusted by 30 minutes.
Students will have lunch recess 12:35-1:00 and lunch 1:00-1:25

Band Master Class is 12:20-12:50.

Day 1-Flute
Day 2-Clarinet
Day 3-Saxophone
Day 4-Trumpet
Day 5-Trombone
Day 6-Baritone and Tuba
Day 7-Percussion
Day 8-No Master Class
Tuesday, August 28-Parent Orientation for Grade 5
Frida, August 31-No School-National Day.

After School Activities begin Monday, September 3.

Highlight of the week:
Grade 5 students all earned their Red Hats!

Newsletter Aug. 20-24

Weekly Newsletter Grade 5

Dates: August 20-24

Dear Parents, 

Curriculum Information for the Week

Literacy: Readers Workshop will focus on how students grow as readers. In order to grow, readers choose strategies such as building stamina, monitoring their reading and taking the time to reflect and goal set. One strategy is using thinkmarks to keep track of their thinking while reading. This week students are expected to keep track of their reading as well as their THINKING!

Math: Place value and powers of ten will be the focus this week. Students will notice patterns and basic fact multiplication, using arrays, area model and algorithms. 

Unit of Study: Grade 5 classes will continue to participate in Red Hat team building activities focusing on the importance of collaboration, and what it means to be a role model and leader. The week will culminate with students receiving their Red Hats, taking on the role of leaders in the Elementary division of our Ampang Hilir Campus.

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

Important Reminders/Information (also see GLC Updates)

Tuesday, August 21-Welcome Back Assembly, 11:00-11:30 am
Wednesday, August 22-No School-Hari Raya Haji
Friday, August 24-Red Hat Free Dress Friday -RM5 donation for students
Friday, August 24-ASA registration closes

A Highlight from the Week
Red Hat Training Days were great fun! New students are not “new” anymore! We are ALL a part of the ISKL Ampang Hilir community!

Welcome!

Dear Parents,

Welcome to 5CC!  I am excited to get the year started as your child’s new teacher!

Last August I moved to Malaysia with my husband and our now 20 month old son, Bennett. Before living in Malaysia I spent 7 years at an international school in Monterrey, Mexico. In the early party of my teaching career, I was in Phoenix, Arizona and I grew up in Washington and Michigan.  This will be my 13th year teaching mostly 4th and 5th grade.

A little about the year to come:

The 5th grade team is ready for a great year.  Amy Schneider is our resource teacher and Andrea Bongarzone is our EAL support teacher they will be supporting in a variety of groupings as well as collaborating and co-teaching with teachers.  We have some great lessons, trips and activities ready, which you will find out about as we go through the year. I am eager to get started and share them all with you.

I am looking forward to getting to know the students and families here at ISKL.  Please feel free to share any news with me. I have attached a form to this letter that will allow me to get the ball rolling on getting to know students a bit better as well as their parents.  Please fill it out and return it to me. If there is anything else you wish to share that has not been asked, please write it on the back of the paper or send me an email.

School communication will happen through ISKL email and class blog (https://5cciskl.blogspot.my/). The class blog will have all grade level and class information, including photos and a weekly newsletter. Please make sure you check these on a regular basis. There is an option to follow the blog by email (see “follow by email” on the right side of the blog).  If you wish to contact me or schedule a time to meet at any point in the year, my email is cchavez@iskl.edu.my

I look forward to collaborating with you, getting to know your children and having a great year!

Clarrissa Chavez

Newsletter May 28-1

Weekly Newsletter Grade 5

Dates: May 28-June 1

Dear Parents,

Curriculum Information for this Week:

Literacy & Unit of Study: This week (like last week) is Blackboard mania. The end is in sight, as the first share is on Wednesday for the 4th graders and the parents are coming in to see them on Thursday at 2:00. We hope every parent is able to make it. They are looking fabulous and the students have worked VERY HARD.

Math: Students are now doing their final math unit of the semester on 2D Figures. They are reviewing the properties of polygons and will use this knowledge to help categorise them.

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

Important Reminders/Information: (also see GLC Updates)
May 29-Wesak Day holiday-no school
May 30-Social Change Blackboard Learning Celebration with G4: 2:00-2:45 -G5 classrooms and common area
May 31-Social Change Blackboard Learning Celebration with parents: 2:00-2:45 -G5 classrooms and common area
June 1-Teacher Inservice Day-no school

Highlight from last week:
So much work on blackboards...they look amazing!

Newsletter May 21-25

Weekly Newsletter Grade 5

Dates: May 21-25

Dear Parents, 

Curriculum Information for this Week:

Literacy & Unit of Study: This week students are finishing up their opinion or informational essay on their chosen social issue and notable person/people, which will form an integral part of their ‘Social Change Blackboard Project’.  Students will also continue to use their research to complete other portions of their blackboards, such as poems, magazine covers and timelines.

Math: Students are now doing their final maths unit of the semester 2D Geometry.  They are reviewing the properties of polygons and will use this knowledge to help categorise them.

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

Important Reminders/Information: (also see GLC Updates)

May 21-G5 Orientation to the MS Visit, 10:30am-2:30pm. All Library books are to be returned

May 21-GR5 Middle School Visit

May 25-Wet and Wild Day-G5 from 8:15-9:50am

May 30-Social Change Blackboard Share with G4: 2:00-2:45 -G5 classrooms and common area

May 31-Social Change Blackboard Share with parents: 2:00-2:45 -G5 classrooms and common area

Highlight from last week:

An excellent music concert!!

Newsletter May 7th-11th

Weekly Newsletter Grade 5

Dates:May 7th-11th

Dear Parents,

Curriculum Information for this Week:

Literacy & Unit of Study: This week students will reflect on their Global Goal that we researched and think about how they as students can make a difference and impact others.  Students will reflect on their performance in the Night of the Notables and understand that as students they too can be activists. This week students will use their research to start compiling an opinion or informational essay on their chosen social issue and notable person/people, which will form an integral part of their ‘Blackboard Project’.

Math: Students will continue our Volume and Measurement Unit. 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. They will also use formula such as V = L X W X H and V = B X H to solve problems.

Night of the Notables (NotN): In addition to the above, students will continue our Social Change unit by presenting to 4th grade in our dress rehearsal and then finally to the parents on Tuesday evening.  The NotN presentation will be on the evening of Tuesday 8 May. The show starts at 6:30pm but please note that the students will need to be back at school by 6:00pm so they have time to change into their black & white presentation clothes and assemble in the G5 common area.
For more information and ways to support your child please visit the Parent Learning Connection page.

Important Reminders/Information: (also see GLC Updates)
Night of the Notables Show: Students need to be at school by 6:00 pm
Show Begins: 6:30pm
Hospital Visit: Sunday, May 13th (if you signed up!)
GR5 Middle School Visit: Monday, May 21st (Permission Slip to be sent)
Blackboard Share: Thursday, May 31st -> 2:00-2:45

Highlight from last week:
*Last week students really had a chance to show their skills in speaking and organization. As the presentations started to come together, students were able to see how hard work pays off.

Newsletter May 2- May 4th

Weekly Newsletter Grade 5

Dates: April 30-May 4        

Dear Parents,

Curriculum Information for this Week:

Literacy & Unit of Study: Students will continue to learn about social issues and human rights. They will continue to research their individual social issue and notable person involved in the issue using the Melawati Library online resources and library books located in the common area. Students are taking notes as they go in their social studies notebooks or on a Google doc. Sources used will also be noted and included in a bibliography. Shortly, the students will use their research notes to begin writing an information or an opinion essay on their chosen social issue and notable person/people, which will form an integral part of their ‘Blackboard Project’.

Math: Students will continue our Volume and Measurement Unit. This week they will continue to decompose three-dimensional shapes and find solid and liquid volumes of right 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. They will also use formula such as V = L X W X H and V = B X H to solve problems.

Night of the Notables (NotN): In addition to the above, students will continue our Social Change unit by preparing for their class NotN 2018 presentation. The class scripts have been finalized and all classes have had several practice sessions in the studio. The NotN presentation will be on the evening of Tuesday 8 May. The show starts at 6:30pm but please note that the students will need to be back at school by 6:00pm so they have time to change into their black & white presentation clothes and assemble in the G5 common area.
For more information and ways to support your child please visit the Parent Learning Connection page.

Important Reminders/Information: (also see GLC Updates)
Please continue to help your child review their lines for their class NotN presentation. They should be LOUD and CLEAR. Take videos of your child to allow them to hear exactly what they sound like. It’s very helpful  helpful.
On Wed. Thurs. and Fri. this week from 10:30am all G5 classes will be involved in practicing our NotN class items in the studio.

Highlight from last week:
* Last Wed. morning, G5 students met a young 10-year-old social change maker from Perth Australia - Olive Forbes - who is campaigning against plastic microbeads in cosmetic products. The students were involved in a Skype interview with Olive on the big screen in the common area. Olive is a very articulate and passionate young person, so it was a fantastic experience for our students to meet her and ask her questions. Thanks to 5CC for organizing this event.
* NotN Yearbook photos were taken in the studio last Friday morning by Mr. Fauzi Agung! Look out for those in the Yearbook.