Friday, December 14th

Good afternoon everyone!

I hope everyone has had a great week - it certainly has been a busy one in grade five.

A couple of quick reminders:

·      Monday is Day 5.

·      The lunch website has opened for the month of January – it will close on December 19^that 3 p.m. The special for the month of January is French Toast with fruit. Please keep in mind the grade five classes are going skiing on Wednesday, January 23^rd, so lunches should not be ordered for that day.

·      Aftercare invoices are due on December 15^th; if you are unsure if you have any owing amount, please email Ms. Chiappetta at echiappetta@stjudesacademy.com

·      Pictures were sent home this week for the students who ordered them.

·      Our grades 3 – 6 Christmas concert is this Tuesday, December 18^that 12:30 p.m., and 7 p.m. We hope to see you there!

·      Wednesday, December 19^this casual day for all participating students.

·      Thursday, December 20^this Christmas Spirit day where everyone is encouraged to dress in Christmas colours or Christmas-wear.

·      Wednesday & Thursday is our monthly bake sale.

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

Inquiry into Math – We wrote our final unit test on Decimals today.

Inquiry into Language – We wrote our OWA post-assessment today.

The remainder of the day was spent doing rehearsals for our Christmas concert performance and making our props. We are excited for everyone to see on Tuesday.

Inquiry into the Human Body - We have a quiz on the heart next week.

For homework:

·      Study for spelling test on Monday (lesson 14).

·      Study for heart quiz this upcoming week.

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, December 13th

Good afternoon everyone!

Our week is almost over, and what a busy week it’s been!

A couple of quick reminders:

·      Tomorrow is Day 4.

·      The lunch website has opened for the month of January – it will close on December 19^that 3 p.m. The special for the month of January is French Toast with fruit. Please keep in mind the grade five classes are going skiing on Wednesday, January 23^rd, so lunches should not be ordered for that day.

·      Aftercare invoices are due on December 15^th; if you are unsure if you have any owing amount, please email Ms. Chiappetta at echiappetta@stjudesacademy.com

·      Pictures were sent home yesterday for the students who ordered them.

Inquiry into Math – Today, we started with taking up our math review. The final assessment for this unit (Decimals/Fractions) is tomorrow.

Inquiry into Language – We read our persuasive announcements for the class today during language. Tomorrow, we will write our term two OWA. A reminder:

1.    O – Opinion

2.    R – Reasons (3 of them)

3.    E – Examples (2-3 examples per reason)

4.    O – Opinion (restated differently)

There should be five paragraphs, with indentation, and proper spelling and grammar.

Inquiry into the Human Body – We built a model of the heart today for the human body to conclude our understanding of the circulatory system.

We also rehearsed for the Christmas concert in the morning.

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

In the afternoon, we worked on our props for the Christmas concert (no pictures as it is a surprise). We also attended the Oakwood Christmas concert.

For homework:

·      Study for the math test tomorrow

·      Study for the spelling test tomorrow (words on my blog)

·      Study for the OWA

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, December 12th

Good afternoon everyone!

I hope you are having a great week so far. It has certainly been a busy week here in grade five.

A couple of quick reminders:

·      Tomorrow is Day 3.

·      The lunch website has opened for the month of January – it will close on December 19^that 3 p.m. The special for the month of January is French Toast with fruit. Please keep in mind the grade five classes are going skiing on Wednesday, January 23^rd, so lunches should not be ordered for that day.

·      Aftercare invoices are due on December 15^th; if you are unsure if you have any owing amount, please email Ms. Chiappetta at echiappetta@stjudesacademy.com

·      Pictures were sent home today for the students who ordered them.

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

After gym, we had some rehearsal time for our Christmas concert performance.

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, the students worked on their review sheets for the final unit test Friday.

Our final math assessment for the decimals unit will be this Friday.

Inquiry into Language – Today, we furthered our knowledge of persuasive writing. Yesterday, we learned the OREO method:

1.    O – Opinion

2.    R – Reasons

3.    E – Examples

4.    O – Opinion (restated differently)

Today, we extended that knowledge. Students now know that to support our points, we need to provide two or three examples for each reason given in different paragraphs. There should be five paragraphs, with indentation, and proper spelling and grammar.

For homework:

·      Math Review (due tomorrow)

·      Spelling Lesson 14 (due tomorrow)

·      OWA sheets (due tomorrow)

·      Practice for Christmas concert 

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