I do hope everyone had a great holiday. While it is was short, I am sure the respite from the regular routine was well worth it.
Here are some important happenings this week;
Band is on Tuesday and Thursday. Thursday is to make up for the missed lesson last week.
Swimming ends this week.
Tuesday is our sewing of the cloths for the babies at the orphanage.
Tuesday from 12:45-1:30 is our class celebration. Hope some of you can make it.
Thursday is the SFS bazaar. If students want to purchase something they will need some money - I would suggest no more than W10,000.
Thursday is also our Holiday Service Celebration. More later on this.
Friday is a class with Mrs. Breedlove on the digital portion of our Governance unit.
Whew - that already sounds like a full week but there is still more.
Our unit on Algebra is progressing nicely and will finish this Friday with the final assessment. It is a short unit with only three lessons and some review. I have the previous math assessment all finished and it will go home on Monday.
Our writing unit on Poetry will look at the Cinquain, the Lune and the Sense poem. Students will be writing their own poetry within all three of these forms. Our literary device we will look at will be Alliteration which is the repetition of the starting sound - “Chubby cheeks on the child”. I expect some funny responses to some of these.
The reading of poetry continues to look a verse, symmetry and form. Within all this is the reading out loud of poetry. All students have to do this over the week and I am very pleased with what I have seen so far. Finding and maintaining a rhythm is not always easy. We will also look a memorizing a poem this week and then reciting it from memory.
Our unit on governance started with a look at what it takes to govern. We did an activity where leadership, cooperation, communication and teamwork all played an important role. The students really had a good time and a lot was learned. This week we will look at our needs and wants starting with the individual and moving up to the class, school, and community.
I have completed report cards now and if there is anyone needing to meet with me about these, please let me know. I will set up a time with you.
This week we have a grade 5 Holiday Service Celebration planned for Thursday afternoon. Students will be able to move between five stations as they make and do things for charity and service. As I have talked previously, I believe this to be an important part of a Childs growth so this will give them yet another opportunity to experience helping others they do not even know. My station will be making things for the ES bazaar sale.
If anyone is planning on leaving for the Christmas break early, please take the time to let me know. There is a lot of planning in the last week of school and I want everything to run smoothly. I also really appreciate knowing in advance so I can plan as well.
As always, if you have anything you need to talk to me about please let me know so I can make a time for us to meet.
