5-1 & 5-2 2019-2020 Grade 5

5-1 and 5-2 have been reading their book club books, and are welcome to begin their project at home. A letter has been sent home, and it includes the five project options students can pick from. They are to pick only ONE project to complete. On Friday March 6, we will bring our books and completed projects to share with the class in a cafe style atmosphere. The five project options are:   ·  Artifact Basket – Collect 8-10 items that represent a significant event, character, or conflict.  Each item must have a one-sentence explanation. ·  Drawing and caption – Create a six-frame comic strip with one caption and two dialogue bubbles each. ·  Write two letters – The first letter will be a letter from you asking the main character a thought provoking question. The second letter will be from that character replying to you, taking on their persona. ·  Draw - Make an advertisement on large card stock to “sell” this book, be sure to be convincing....

Greetings Friends It's been a cold week, and we have officially come to the end of indoor recess! This week in HUMS we continue our explorations about the 6 Canadian regions, with the topic of creativity. We learned about haiku poems, colour poems, and short stories. We also considered the physical landscape of our regions through an artistic lens.  At home, you can talk about the Japanese Haiku, which consists of three lines. The lines have:       5 syllables        7 syllables        5 syllables Example:         A flower blossoms                    Against the rage of winter                         Promising new hope You might also like to talk about the difference between a simile and a metaphor. We used these figures of speech to write colour poems.  Sim...

Math:   Students have explored the following methods for two digit by two digit multiplication: Array Partial Product Box Metho d Lattice Traditional Students can practice and review the various methods. We will continue using our fact families and multiplication as we further explore area, perimeter and measurement. Math quiz Monday, January 20th. Science We continue to explore weather including cloud types, instruments used and weather fronts. Students are practicing their note-taking skills after reviewing weather wiz kids. The information gathered will help them complete their weather meteorologist assignment (details, slides and links are shared in Drive). Science Quiz Jan 23 includes wetlands and weather topics.  Students should understand key terms as listed on the Blog pages and in the assignment for wetland writing.