Hello everyone!
I hope you all had a fantastic
weekend – I know that I definitely did. Unfortunately, we had a rough start to
our week with this weather, but hopefully we see that turn around soon.
In Grade 5 today, we had a busy
morning or Gym with Mr. Orr, and Music with Mr. Oliver. You are welcome to read
about it on their blogs.
In the afternoon, we delved right
into our math pre-assessment for whole numbers. We will be starting our first
math unit of the year tomorrow.
After this, we jumped into our
first spelling lesson of the year. We have a few of us spelling at the grade 5
level, and some of us spelling at the grade 6 level. Both of us were focusing on
spelling the sounds for k, kw, and n.
For Grade 5, we focused on the following:
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‘kw’ written as ‘qu’
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‘n’ written as ‘kn’
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‘k’ written as ‘ch’
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‘k’ written as ‘ck’
For Grade 6, we focused on the
following:
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‘kw’ written as ‘qu’
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‘n’ written as ‘kn’
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‘k’ written as ‘k’
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‘k’ written as ‘ck’
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‘k’ written as ‘que’
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‘k’ written as ‘ch’
I will post the spelling words for
our test on Friday tonight on my blog.
After spelling, we started our
first Unit of Inquiry for the year! We started our unit ‘What’s the Matter?’ where we will be exploring matter through a
scientific lens. We completed a KWL chart (What we know, what we want to know,
and what we learned) to start, and started designing our title pages for
matter.
Once this was done, our day was
over! Time really does fly by.
A couple of quick reminders:
- The last page of student handbook (given out on orientation night) needs to be signed and returned to me no later than this Friday, September 14th.
- If anyone in the class has to pick up their younger siblings from the cafeteria afterschool (JK – Grade 1) to bring them to the gym for dismissal, I need the permission form signed and returned to me as soon as possible.
- · The permission form to bus to and from the city church and athletic centre must be signed and returned to me as soon as possible.
- · Order forms for the Welcome BBQ were sent home last Wednesday. If you are attending, please fill out the form and return to me by no later than Friday, September 14th, 2018. This event is not only for parents or students, but for both.
- · Mr. Beresford will be holding co-ed soccer tryouts this Thursday afterschool.
- · Starting tomorrow, uniform violation notices will be sent home for missing/incorrect uniform pieces.
As always, please feel free to
reach out to me with any questions or concerns by email, and I will respond as
quickly as possible.
Mr. Conte
