Good afternoon everyone!
Hope everybody is having a great
week. It’s almost Friday!
Inquiry into Math – In the past few
days we have been exploring and understanding large numbers. Now, we are
working on comparing and organizing them. We started off with an activity.
The activity was to help us
organize countries by area. Here is what we came up with:
After this, we reviewed our
understanding of ‘greater than’ and ‘less than’. We made sure to use our
strategies. Starting from the left hand side of our place value chart, we see
the highest number in each column. If any two numbers are the same, we move to
the next column.
For the rest of the morning, we
worked on our math, and reviewed our comprehension questions for chapter one of
Percy Jackson, and our fill in the blanks for our UOI.
Inquiry into Language – In the
afternoon, we did a practice spelling test to warm up for tomorrow. We had a
lot of high scores out there!
Inquiry into Matter – Today, we had
another day of experiments and observation. We did three experiments today:
Experiment 1 was to explore the
properties of solids. We discussed that solids have a fixed shape, and do not
take the shape of any containers.
Experiment 2 was to explore the
properties of gases. We discussed that gases do not have a fixed shape, and fill
the space they are in. It is also important to note that you can change the
volume for gases.
Experiment 3 was to explore the
properties of liquids. Liquids take the shape of their container and keep a
consistent volume.
In the later part of our afternoon,
we had a discussion to start our technology section of the year. We started off
discussing internet and social media safety, the effects of technology on our
world, and why technology matters to us.
Inquiry into Language (cont’d) – We
read the second chapter of Percy Jackson
and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. Our chapter was called "Three Old Ladies Knit the Socks of Death". We started our comprehension
questions for this chapter as well.
For homework:
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 TOMORROW Friday, September 14th.
- · 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 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.
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
