Why actors need to be well-prepared.

Spelling Week 32

Spelling Words

1. fact
2. factual
3. locate
4. location
5. perfect
6. perfection
7. subtract
8. subtraction
9. elect
10. election
11. populate
12. population
13. select
14. selection
15. habit
16. habitual
17. decorate
18. decoration
19. punctuate
20. punctuation                          

Challenge Words

1. inverse
2. equality
3. equation
4. climate
5. latitude
6. satellite
7. nonviolence
8. discrimination

Academic Words:

1. exaggerate
2. exaggeration
3. participate
4. participation
5. autobiography
6. scientific
7. author
8. precipitation

Week 31 Update

5^th Grade Weekly Update

Dear Parents,

With just one week of April to go, the end of our Fifth Grade year approaches steadily. We still have more lined up before we could possibly say we are ready for it to be over. With the month of May comes our annual May 1^st Field trip along with a number of school-wide and in-class activities that include our Art Exhibition and research-based argument essays.  

What we learned this week

Maths: Topic 15 Solving and Writing Equations and Inequalities

Literacy: Comparison Essay Writing/A Focus on Plays – The Case of the Runaway Appetite

Science: Chapter 5 – The Water Cycle

Social Studies: Chapter 12 The Years After The War – Chapter Wrap-Up and In-class comparison poster project. 

What we will learn After Spring Break

Maths: Topic 16 Ratio and Percent

Literacy: A Focus on Plays – The Case of the Runaway Appetite

Science: Chapter 5: The Water Cycle – Chapter Wrap Up and Test.

Social Studies: Chapter 13 Decades of Change.  

Announcements:

Student of the Week:

Well done, Eaton E. Lin.

Reminders

1.     Our Science Fair will be held on Thursday, April 27th. Although the Grade 5 class will not be presenting this year, please feel free to visit and take a look at some of the projects and presentations based on experiments conducted by our Kindergarten, Grade 2, Grade 4, and Grade 6 students.

2.     IOWA Week: The IOWA tests will be written next month, during the week of May 15^th to 19^th.

Have a good weekend.  

Mr. Robus

Happy Birthday Shogo and Tae Min

Hyperrealistic/Photorealistic Drawing

Week 30 Update

5^th Grade Weekly Update

Dear Parents,

Welcome back! I hope that you had a pleasant Spring Break. With the vacation over and the first week back at an end, we’re already halfway through month of April. This month brings with it our Grade 5 Heroes Week, which involves speeches about each of our heroes each day of the week. It also involves Write Now activities involving ideas about people who inspire us. In addition to this, Tuesday brings with it an Art lesson about photorealism during which the students will draw a picture of their hero in such that way that it looks like a black and white photograph.

What we learned this week

Maths: Topic 14 Measurement Units, Time, and Temperature/Topic 15 Solving and Writing Equations and Inequalities

Literacy: Comparison Essay Writing/A Focus on Plays – The Case of the Runaway Appetite

Science: Chapter 5 – The Water Cycle

Social Studies: Chapter 12 The Years After The War

What we will learn After Spring Break

Maths: Topic 15 Solving and Writing Equations and Inequalities

Literacy: Comparison Essay Writing/A Focus on Plays – The Case of the Runaway Appetite

Science: Chapter 5 – The Water Cycle

Social Studies: Chapter 12 The Years After The War – Chapter Wrap-Up and In-class comparison poster project.  

Announcements:

Student of the Week:

Well done, Ashley Wang.

Reminders

1.     Our Science Fair will be held on Thursday, April 27th. Although the Grade 5 class will not be presenting this year, please feel free to visit and take a look at some of the projects and presentations based on experiments conducted by our Kindergarten, Grade 2, Grade 4, and Grade 6 students.

2.     IOWA Week: The IOWA tests will be written next month, during the week of May 15^th to 19^th.

Have a good weekend.  

Mr. Robus

Heroes Week Presentations

Monday, April 17:

Yuka

Takahiro

Winston

Boffi

Shogo

Tuesday, April 18:

Richard

Hohomi

Heather

Ibuki

William

Wednesday, April 19:

Natalie

Duncan

Hector

Ga Young

Jia Qi

Thursday, April 20:

Ashley W.

Tae Min

Kristopher

Jim

Eaton

Friday, April 21:

Anita

Yu

Koharu

Yebin

Ashley C.