We had another great week of learning this past week as we
move towards completing the grade 5 year.
All students have now completed their research and this week we will
work on the first draft of the report.
We have been busy learning about paraphrasing and report writing in
preparation for this week.
Our next unit in Math is on Geometry and Volume. We will learn about the various forms of
3-dimensional geometry as well as look at ratios of circumference to diameter
of circles. Curves and circles are
always interesting to learn about as they form a whole section of geometric
learning. We will also continue with
coordinate graphing as students learn to graph the results of equations. The final assessment for Unit 9 will be in
this week’s Monday folders. As I have
done all year, please sign it and return by Wednesday.
I have some dates and times for you to put on you
calendar. Parents are invited for all
these culminating events.
May 28th – 5HD performs Monkey King in the
theatre at 1:10-1:50
June 4th – Impact Fair in the grade 5 rooms
10:10-11:35
June 8th – poetry Café from 9:00-9:45 in the
classroom
I hope to see as many of you as possible at these
events. Let me know if you have any
questions.
Some of the groups for the Impact Fair have been moving
quite well. Not surprisingly, some have
found it more difficult as they are turned down at outside agencies and have to
regroup and rethink their projects. The
process is quite educational for the students and they are working through some
of the obstacles that are coming up to the best of their abilities.
This week the forms for Grade 6 electives come home. They need to be completed and returned by May
25th please. If you have any
questions it would be best to contact the MS office and talk with one of the
counselors. Ms. Bertha Knox has been
assigned to our room and can answer your questions much better that I will be
able to.
Homework returns to normal for the next three weeks now that
the research for the report has finished.
Please offer any assistance you can to help students continue with the
work assigned as we reach for the end of the school year. I know at this time
of the year it gets harder for students to remain focused but it is important
as there are plenty of things to finish off the learning for this year.
As always, if you have any questions please feel free to
contact me.
Harold Daw
