Halloween/Fancy Dress Day

Students of the Week for October

Joke of The Week

From William Lu this week:

Q: Why can't Elsa hold a balloon?

A: She will 'Let it go, let it go!"

Week 8 Update

5^th Grade Weekly Update

Dear Parents,

Our eighth week together has come to an end which means we’re nearly halfway through the first semester of Grade 5. With this in mind, please note that our mid-semester break begins next Friday, November 4^th and there is also no school the following Monday, November 7^th.  

It will be the middle of November before we know it, so please keep in mind that our Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held on the evenings of November 16^th and 17^th. I look forward to discussing your child’s progress with you then.

What we learned This week

Math: Topic 4 – Dividing by one-digit divisors. Topic 4 Test next Friday.

Literacy: Introduction to Informational Writing/My Side of the Mountain/Nouns

Science: Chapter 1 – Properties of Matter

Social Studies: Ch. 3 The Civil War and Reconstruction/Chapter Review and Test

What we will learn Next week

Math: Topic 5 – Dividing by two-digit divisors. Topics 1-4 Cumulative Multiple Choice Test next Tuesday.

Literacy: Introduction to Informational Writing/My Side of the Mountain/Nouns Test/Unit 3 Verbs/MOVIE – Because of Winn-Dixie

Science: Chapter 1 – Properties of Matter

Social Studies: Ch. 3 The Civil War and Reconstruction/Chapter Review and Test/Ch. 4 The Move Westward

Announcements:

Student of the Week:

Well done, Jim Wu! Check out the Student of the Week page on the blog to find out more. 

Dojo Masters:

Thanks for all the hard work this week. Please check the Dojo Masters page on the blog to see who our masters for this week are.

Reminders

1. Mid-Semester Break: No school on Friday, November 4^th and Monday, November 7^th.
2. Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held on November 16^th and 17^th.

Have a good weekend!

Mr. Robus

Happy Birthday Yuka, Yu, Anita and Kristopher

Beware: This is what a dihydrogen monoxide molecule looks like.

Spelling Week 6 - October 24 to 28

Grade 5

My Side of the Mountain

Spelling Words

1. fashionable
2. comfortable
3. different
4. suitable
5. merchant
6. profitable
7. student
8. possible
9. resident
10. terrible
11. absent
12. vacant
13. servant
14. valuable
15. accident
16. horrible
17. honorable
18. reasonable
19. remarkable
20. laughable

Challenge Words

1. excellent
2. prominent
3. extravagant
4. durable
5. reversible
6. urgent
7. distant
8. migrant

Academic vocabulary

1. atomic theory
2. compound
3. molecule
4. assassinate
5. reconstruction
6. quotient
7. dividend
8. divisor

Spelling Week 5 - October 17 - 21

Spelling Words

1. a lot
2. because
3. school
4. its
5. it's
6. tonight
7. might
8. right
9. write
10. again
11. to
12. too
13. two
14. they
15. that's
16. struck
17. mistake
18. junk
19. squirrel
20. stomach

Challenge Words

1. opposite
2. scenery
3. questionnaire
4. excellence
5. pennant
6. tropical
7. speckled
8. peculiar

Academic Words

1. resist
2. confederacy
3. civil war
4. president
5. fossil fuel
6. atom
7. weight
8. volume

Global Awareness Week Part 2 - Gender Equality

Global Awareness Week Hunger Statistics

One of our superb Grade 5 researchers, Dr. Eaton E. Lin sent this information to me this weekend.


Hunger Statistics | WFP | United Nations World Food Programme - Fighting Hunger Worldwide Poverty.com - Hunger and World Poverty

HIS in blue for water conservation.

Weekly Update

5^th Grade Weekly Update

Dear Parents,

Week 6 has ended and we find ourselves in the middle of October. The end of the first quarter of Grade 5 is approaching and it is heartening to see how much the students have grown and learned in these first few weeks.

What we learned This week

Math: Topic 3 – Multiplying Whole Numbers – Topic 3 Test.

Literacy: Styles of Narrative – Journaling(Dear Mr. Henshaw)/Personal Narratives/The Sentence (Unit Test)

Science: Ch. 1 – Part One Test/Properties of Matter

Social Studies: Ch. 2 The Nation Divides

What we will learn Next week

Math: Topic 4 – Dividing by one-digit divisors.

Literacy: Styles of Narrative/Friendly Letters/Introduction to Informational Writing

Science: Chapter 1 – Properties of Matter

Social Studies: Ch. 3 The Civil War and Reconstruction

Announcements:

Student of the Week:

Well done Richard Chung! Check out the Student of the Week page on the blog to find out more. 

Dojo Masters:

Thanks for all the hard work this week. Please check the Dojo Masters page on the blog to see who our masters for this week are.

Reminders

1. Please be aware that your child now has a username and password to log in to their Pearson Realize Interactive Science account. Please feel free to log in with them and take a look at what is available for them to review for their Science test next week.
2. Please ensure that your child logs in to Achieve 3000 every time an article is assigned as homework.
3. 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.
4. Please sign your child’s homework book every day and ensure that they have completed their homework.
5. Please sign any tests sent home and send them back the very next day.

Have a good weekend!

Mr. Robus