Remember that this is a long weekend and there is no school on Monday. It is Labor Day here in China and the whole country celebrates it with a day off of work. The class has also earned this with all the neat and exciting things they have completed.
This week was a week of packed activities and happenings. The biggest were the three times the students started their transition to middle school with their grade 6 buddies and a concert by MS choir, orchestra and band. One of the nice things about these in Middle School is they are a part of students regular school day and not an after school activity. Students will sign up for their enrichments next month some time.
Here are next weeks current events.
Tuesday - no current events
Wednesday - Annabel
Thursday - Robinson
Friday - Poppy
Tuesday - no current events
Wednesday - Annabel
Thursday - Robinson
Friday - Poppy
The big event this coming week is Celebrate and Share the Arts (CASTA) starting on Thursday. The class has been busy in Performing Arts preparing a presentation which will take place in the theatre. The other grade 5 classes will be the audience and we will be the audience for their presentations. I would like to see all students in their CASTA shirts on Thursday.
We have finished our unit on Fractions with Area and Volume and now move to Graphing on the Coordinate Plane. Students usually really like this unit as it involves a lot of problems that are using graphics and drawing.
We will also continue with our reading unit on Economics and Trade and our writing on Persuasive Essays which will both lead into our debates toward the end of May or beginning of June. We are well on track with this and moving nicely forward. It is not an easy unit and one that really stretches the brain.
Have a great long weekend and regenerate the batteries for next week.
