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26Sam ple Spring Newsletter from Grade 5
W e have had an excellent start to third term in Grade Five! We are continuing to work on
cooperation and collaboration and will be trying out new ideas and celebrating our successes!
Hom ework
Hom ework is posted by your child in his/her agenda daily. Please review and sign the agenda
each day. There is always at least 30 m inutes of independent reading each night. For Grade Five
curriculum related activities, please see:
Language
In Reading, the students have been working diligently on Literature Circles. The students are
leading form al discussions in relation to the text they are reading and reflecting on different literary
elem ents. They are also working on com prehension activities related to the text.
In W riting, the Grade Five's have been creating their own newspapers that will be published at
school. We have been using the school laptop com puters to write front page, editorial, sports and
entertainm ent articles.
Mathem atics
This term we will be covering the Grade 5 Mathem atic strands: Patterning, Geom etry, Num ber
Sense and Num eration, and Probability. The students will com pare, order and represent
relationships between fractions, im proper fractions and m ixed num bers and solve problem s
involving decim als and fractions. In Geom etry I the students will focus on coordinate system s on
m aps, transform ational geom etry, translations, reflections, and rotations. In Probability, students
will pose and solve problems involving the concepts of probability.
Social Studies
W e have spent the last several weeks studying Ancient Egypt. The students will soon be
presenting their Ancient God Research Projects and will begin to look at other ancient civilizations.
W e will also be com paring ancient civilizations to m odern day tim e.
Science ~ Technology
The Grade Five students have just com pleted a unit on Changes in Matter and will now be
learning about the Conservation of Energy. They will be distinguishing between renewable and a
non-renewable sources of energy and recognizing that energy cannot be created or destroyed, but
can only be changed from one form into another.
Leadership
Som e of the best learning happens outside of the classroom . The grade five students have
m any opportunities to get involved and m ake the m ost of their school experience. This past
m onth, the students perform ed in front of the school for the Junior Dance Com petition and did an
incredible job. Som e of the students also presented their speech in front of a large student/teacher
audience. Other leadership opportunities include the environm ent club, library helpers, office
helpers, kindergarten helpers, chess club, student council, character assem blies, garden club,
sports team s, peer m ediators and the school m usical. Getting involved creates com m unity spirit
and builds confidence. It's never too late to join!
New Teacher Induction Program - 2011
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