A good time was had by all at the grade 5 retreat, I hope everyone is rested from their holiday and we are ready for the next adventure in 5D.
There is a lot happening this week to keep us busy. First up is class photos - these are on Thursday Oct 17 right after lunch. Next is sports day - this is Friday October 18th from 8:30 - 12:30. ERB will be Tuesday and Wednesday.
Our next math unit is on Fractions and Mixed numbers. This is the first of he units on fractions that students continue with all year long. Later it will mix with decimals. The final assessment from unit 2 will come home this week.
Our next writing unit is on research report writing and is tied in directly with our UOI on matter. There is a lot of technology with this unit for the research so it is important that computers come to school fully charged each day. The assessment for the previous unit will come home this week.
Tackling Complexity is our next reading unit and it is the first of several non-fiction units. While many students enjoy reading these books, very few know how to get the information out of them in an organized manner. This unit will help with this. It is also tied in with our writing unit which is based in non-fiction writing.
Out next UOI is on matter and the scientific process. We will look at the changing of states of matter, both reversible and non-reversible, types of matter (did you know there are seven), how to conduct a scientific experiment through some really neat and interesting demonstrations and experiments. This is a unit that most students really find fun.
Monday is a Day 5 so students have library,. We did not have time before we left for retreat and holiday to get this into out planner, so they may need to be reminded to bring their library books back for this day. There are also several students with overdue books and I would like to get these books either renewed or returned a well.
Home learning will continue this week as should instrument practice and reading. All together this should take no more than an hour a night.
There is a lot of technology in these units so please help your student to make sure their computer is plugged in each night and fully charged before they come to school. It will be a shame if they have to miss any of this due to a computer out of power. All students also need some kind of head set since there are videos and computer simulations to take part in as well.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.
