Friday 30 September 2016
Thursday 29 September 2016
Weekly Update
5th
Grade Weekly Update
Dear Parents,
Welcome to the
end of an unexpectedly short week at HIS.
As many of you
will know, it is quite rare to have two consecutive Typhoon Days declared in
the Hsinchu area so one can only imagine the amount of damage caused by the
typhoon this week. I hope that all is back to normal and that all is well.
What we learned This
week
Math: Topic 2 – Adding and Subtracting Whole Numbers and
Decimals/Multiplying Whole Numbers
Literacy: Realistic Fiction. Descriptions/Styles of Narrative
– Journaling(Dear Mr. Henshaw)/Personal Narratives
Science: Part One – The Nature of Science: How Do Scientists
Collect and interpret data/support their conclusions?
Social Studies: Ch. 1 The Land - Landforms/Land Use/People and Regions
What we will learn Next
week
Math: Topic 3 – Multiplying Whole Numbers
Literacy: Styles of Narrative – Journaling(Dear Mr. Henshaw)/Personal
Narratives
Science: Part One – The Nature of Science: How Do Scientists
Support Their Conclusions?
Social Studies: Ch. 1 The Land Chapter Open Book Test/Ch. 2
The Nation Divides
Announcements:
Student
of the Week: Due to the short week, there is no Student of
the Week this week.
Dojo
Masters: Well done to Anita, Ashley W,, Boffi, GaYoung, Heather, Hohomi, Ibuki, Katrina, Koharu, Kristopher, Richard, Shogo,,
Yebin, Yu, and Yuka who are our Dojo Masters this week.
Reminders
- Please
ensure that your child logs in to Achieve 3000 every time an article is
assigned as homework.
- Also
ensure that your child logs in to his or her RAZ-Kids account as often as
he/she possibly can and make sure that they understand what they read.
Have a good weekend!
Mr. Robus
Wednesday 28 September 2016
How to Review for the Topic 2 Maths Test
- Step 1: Make sure that you know there are 8 lessons.
- Step 2: Look at the heading for each lesson and make sure you understand what each lesson covers.
- Step 3: Read the example in the Visual Learning Bridge of each lesson and make sure that the answers make sense to you.
- Step 4: Make sure you understand all of the guided practice.
- Step 5: Do the Topic Test (pages 50 and 51) to check that you understand and do the Reteaching (52 to 55) if you feel you need extra practice.
Tuesday 27 September 2016
School cancelled tomorrow, Wednesday, September 28th
Dear Parents and students,
Monday 26 September 2016
Typhoon 'Megi' - NO SCHOOL TOMORROW
Dear Parents,
Sunday 25 September 2016
Spelling Week Starting September 26, 2016
Spelling Words
- hare
- scar
- torch
- soar
- harsh
- sore
- lord
- flair
- warn
- floor
- tore
- lair
- snare
- carve
- bore
- fare
- gorge
- barge
- flare
- rare
Academic Words:
narrative
description
procedure
investigation
scientific
population
agriculture
rural
Challenge Words
- folklore
- unicorn
- ordinary
- marvelous
- hoard
- despair
- awareness
- partial
Friday 23 September 2016
Thursday 22 September 2016
Spelling Bonus Questions
Due to the fact that a Fire Drill interrupted our Spelling Test, your bonus questions are now posted to the blog. Feel free to answer each of the questions in the comments section of this post.
Have a great weekend!
Why did Mr. Robus use only one slice of bread cut into four quarters when we did the Science Experiment on Monday?
What is the third way in which oceans move? Clue: If it is NOT currents or tides, it must be ?????
WEEK 3 UPDATE
5th
Grade Weekly Update
Dear Parents,
Welcome to the
end of yet another week at HIS.
We are now well
into the swing of things in Grade 5 and the students are starting to develop more skills each day. Here's what we got up to this week.
What we learned This
week
Math: Topic 2 – Adding and Subtracting Whole Numbers and
Decimals
Literacy: Realistic Fiction. Writing a Description
Science: Part One – The Nature of Science: How Do Scientists
Investigate?
Social Studies: Ch. 1 The Land - Landforms/Land Use/People and Regions
What we will learn Next
week
Math: Topic 2 – Adding and Subtracting Whole Numbers and
Decimals/Multiplying Whole Numbers
Literacy: Realistic Fiction. Descriptions/Styles of Narrative
– Journaling(Dear Mr. Henshaw)/Personal Narratives
Science: Part One – The Nature of Science: How Do Scientists
Collect and interpret data/support their conclusions?
Social Studies: Ch. 1 The Land - Landforms/Land Use/People and Regions
Announcements:
Student
of the Week: Well done to Duncan Tseng. Find
out more about how Duncan earned the award by checking out our Student of the
Week page right here on this blog.
Dojo
Masters: Well done
to Ashley W, Boffi, Eaton, GaYoung, Hohomi, Ibuki, JiaQi, Katrina, Koharu,
Natalie, Shogo, William, Yebin, Yu, and Yuka who are the first masters in the
Grade 5 Dojo for the year.
Reminders
- Please
ensure that your child logs in to Achieve 3000 every time an article is
assigned as homework.
- Also
ensure that your child logs in to his or her RAZ-Kids account as often as
they possibly can and make sure that they understand what they read.
Have a good
weekend!
Mr. Robus
Joke of the Week
Why does the Mississippi River see so well?
Because it has 4 eyes...get it? The letter 'i'...hahahaha!!!!
Get it? Oh dear...
Tuesday 20 September 2016
Because of... Presentations
Please be sure that you are ready to present on the day you are supposed to.
Monday 9/26
- Richard
- William
- Ashley W
- Katrina
- Yebin
Tuesday 9/27
- Duncan
- Heather
- Ashley C
- Ibuki
- Koharu
Wednesday 9/28
- Hohomi
- Yu
- Eaton
- Yuka
- Kristopher
Thursday 9/29
- Takahiro
- Winston
- Jim
- Shogo
- JiaQi
Friday 9/30
- Natalie
- Boffi
- Anita
- TaeMin
- GaYoung
Monday 19 September 2016
RAZ Kids
Please note: RAZ -Kids is in the process of upgrading it's program. It is possible that students will not be able to log into their account at the moment. We look forward to continuing with RAZ-kids as soon as possible!
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