Friday, November 30th

Good afternoon everyone!

Happy Friday! It has been a busy week. Just a reminder that report cards went home today for Term One.

A couple of quick reminders:

·      Monday is Day 1.

·      Permission forms and waiver forms were sent home today for our upcoming ski trips in the new year. These must be returned and signed by Tuesday, December 11^thfor those attending.

·      The website to book times to meet for the student led conferences is open.

Gym – The students started the day doing gym with Mr. Orr, which you can read about on his blog (http://tysonorr.blogspot.com)

Music – Then, we had music with Mr. Oliver, which you can read about on his blog (https://mrolivermusicclass.blogspot.com).

French – In the afternoon, we had French with Mme. Rawan, which you can read about on her blog (https://mmerawansja.blogspot.com).

Inquiry into Ancient Civilizations – Today, we had our showcase for our artefacts, which concludes our unit on Ancient Civilizations! Thank you to all the parents and classes who came!

For homework:

·      Mid-unit Decimal Review sheet

·      Choose a book to read.

All homework for the day is placed here, but time may have been given in class to complete this work.

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

Thursday, November 29th

Good afternoon everyone!

I hope everyone is having a great week so far! We are busy here in grade five.

A couple of quick reminders:

·      The lunch website opened for the month of December, and will close on November 30^that 3 p.m. sharp. The special for the month is spaghetti and meatballs.

·      Tomorrow is the last day to hand in any funds raised for the Poinsettia plants for our Oakwood fundraiser.

·      Tomorrow is a Day 6.

·      Permission forms and waiver forms were sent home today for our upcoming ski trips in the new year. These must be returned and signed by Tuesday, December 11^thfor those attending.

This morning, we started with reading buddies with Ms. Brew’s class. After this, we did some reflection. We reflected on our summative tasks for ancient civilizations, as well as reflected on our first few months of grade five. We wrote about what we’ve learned, some of our strengths, our areas of improvement, and what we love about grade five!

French – In the afternoon, we had French with Mme. Rawan, which you can read about on her blog (https://mmerawansja.blogspot.com).

Inquiry into Math – Today, we continued our unit on Decimals by learning how we estimate the sums and differences of decimals.

Let’s say you have the numbers 5.657 & 1.231.

For addition…

·      You can round them to the nearest whole numbers (6 + 1 = 7)

·      You can round one of the numbers to the nearest whole number (6 + 1.231 = 7.231)

·      You can round to the tenths (5.7 + 1.2 = 6.9)

·      You can round to the hundredths (5.66 + 1.23 = 6.89)

For subtraction…

·      You can round the second number to the nearest whole number (5.657 – 1 = 4.657)

·      You can round to the tenths (5.7 – 1.2 = 4.5)

·      You can round to the hundredths (5.66 – 1.23 = 4.43)

Inquiry into Ancient Civilizations – We presented our summative tasks today to the class! Invitations were sent home yesterday for our showcase happening this Friday between 2:30 and 3:15. Parents are welcome to attend!

For homework:

·      MMS Pg. 52 – 53 (due tomorrow)

All homework for the day is placed here, but time may have been given in class to complete this work.

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

Wednesday, November 28th

Good afternoon everyone!

I hope everyone is having a great week so far! We are busy here in grade five.

A couple of quick reminders:

·      The lunch website opened for the month of December, and will close on November 30^that 3 p.m. sharp. The special for the month is spaghetti and meatballs.

·      Tomorrow is the last day to hand in any funds raised for the Poinsettia plants for our Oakwood fundraiser.

·      Tomorrow is a Day 5.

·      Permission forms and waiver forms were sent home today for our upcoming ski trips in the new year. These must be returned and signed by Tuesday, December 11^thfor those attending.

Inquiry into Math – Today, we continued our unit on Decimals by learning how we round decimals. The process is very simple. When you go to round any decimals, you start by checking the number that follows on the right. If the number is between 0 & 4, you do not change the number. If the number is between 5 & 9, you round your number up.

For example, the number 1.153. If we are rounding to the nearest whole number, the whole number is one; the number following is a 1, which is between 0 & 4, so you do not change it – the answer is 1. If we are rounding to the nearest tenth, the number is 1.1; the number following is a 5, which is between 5 & 9, so you round up – the answer is 1.2. If we are rounding to the nearest hundredth, the number is 1.15; the number following is a 3, which is between 0 & 4, so you keep the same number – the answer is 1.15.

Inquiry into Ancient Civilizations - We completed working on our summative tasks today. Invitations were sent home today for our showcase happening this Friday between 2:30 and 3:15. Parents are welcome to attend!

French – In the afternoon, we had French with Mme. Rawan, which you can read about on her blog (https://mmerawansja.blogspot.com).

Inquiry into Ancient Civilizations - We completed working on our summative tasks today. Invitations were sent home today for our showcase happening this Friday between 2:30 and 3:15. Parents are welcome to attend!

For homework:

·      MMS Pg. 50 – 51 (due tomorrow)

All homework for the day is placed here, but time may have been given in class to complete this work.

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