Good afternoon everyone!
I hope you all had a wonderful
weekend. We had a very busy day in grade 5.
We started our day by meeting with our
Reading Buddies in Ms. Brew’s class for the first time. We had a lot of fun
reading with the grade ones.
Inquiry into Language – Today we
did our second spelling lesson for the year. Our focus was learning about the
letters ‘c’ and ‘g’ and when they make soft and hard sounds. The general rule
is, if ‘c’ or ‘g’ is followed by the vowels ‘e’, ‘i’, or ‘y’, it will usually
be a soft sound and if they are followed by the vowels ‘a’, ‘o’, or ‘u’, they
will usually be a hard sound.
While our grade five spellers
worked on their lesson work, our grade six spellers were engaged into an
inquiry of their own on lesson two where they discussed similar concepts and
the sound of ‘dge’.
Our spelling tests from Friday were sent home today as well. All incorrect words need to be written five times correctly, and all tests must be signed by parents.
In the afternoon, we had French,
which you can read about on Mme. Rawan’s blog (link on the left).
Inquiry into Math – Today, we
started our inquiry into prime and composite numbers. A prime number is a number that is only divisible by one and itself
(for example: 5). A composite number
is a number that is divisible by more numbers than one and itself (for example:
4). We also reviewed factors which
are numbers that can be multiplied to make a composite number (for example: 3 x
6 = 18). We took that knowledge then to discuss prime factors, which are prime
numbers that can be multiplied to give us a composite number (for example: 3 x
3 x 2 = 18).
We did some inquiry as a class to
discuss the numbers from one to twenty, find all of their factors, and figure
out which ones are prime numbers and which ones are composite numbers. It is
important to remember that the number one is neither prime nor composite.
Tomorrow, we will continue our
inquiry by working on questions 1, 3, and 4 out of our text.
Inquiry into Matter – Today, we
started our Matter posters. A good poster is one that: has a title, has
information about the three states of matter, has a lot of examples, and doesn’t
have too much explaining! Imagine a movie poster that was all words – we wouldn’t
want to have to read it all; we like pictures! We were hard at work on our
posters.
For homework:
A couple of quick reminders:
- · Mr. Beresford and our athletic division have planned a trip to the golf range for our grade. This trip was included in the athletic fees for grade fives. A permission form was sent home to be signed – it is due back to me by September 24th.
- · Terry Fox forms were sent home today in the student agendas.
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
