Grade 5s
started their Year Ahead Day discussing expectations in Grade 6, the skills
they will need to be successful, and what they need to work on for improvement
to be better prepared for Grade 6.
Next they had
a math challenge. They were asked to build a decagonal prism using the
materials supplied (modeling clay and toothpicks). They needed a couple of
hints before most were able to complete this task. They described their 3-D
structure by recording the number of the faces, edges, and vertices.
Next up, students
built a simple circuit. Their challenge was to include a switch and have the
light bulb light up. Once this was done they added a second bulb and noted how
this affected the brightness of the bulbs. They did this again, but with two
loops, and again noted the brightness of the bulbs.
Finally we
had a language art lesson. Students drew monsters, wrote a detailed paragraph describing
the monsters, and then had someone else attempt to draw an exact replica of
their monster following only the details in their paragraph. Twin monsters were
displayed in a gallery for students to appreciate. They noted monsters that
were better matches, and read the paragraph to discover the amount of detail
that was used in the writing. Students then reflected on how they could have
improved their paragraph to allow for a better monster match.
It was then
time for students to head back to their Grade 5 teachers for dismissal time.
See you in Grade 6!
Student-Led Conferences
take place this Thursday, December 7th.
Bring 25 cents
to support the Candy-o-Gram sale at SJA and Oakwood tomorrow.
Our Very
First Book Fair is Coming Soon – Yee-Haw!
“Saddle Up
& Read” with the first Scholastic Book Fair at St. Jude’s Academy – December
7 to December 14
There will
be lots of exciting books, posters, bookmarks, pens and pencils, etc. to choose
from!
Proceeds
will go to buying great new books for our library.
Students
interested in being part of the Student Crew will be meeting tomorrow
(Nov.21) at lunch.
More Parent
Volunteers are also needed. If you’d like to help out please contact
Ms. Hayward at hhayward@stjudesacademy.com
Keep an eye
out for more information here on your teacher’s blog, on Facebook, and on the
Library blog: https://libraryatsja.blogspot.ca/
Homework and Reminders
·
Tuesday, December 5th
o
Year
Ahead Day. The Grade 6s spend a day in Grade 7
o
Complete
and correct all Data Management work until p. 120
o
The
Data Management unit test will be written on Thursday, December 7th
·
Thursday, December 7th
o
PYP Student-Led Conferences.
o
Data
Management unit test
·
Tuesday, December 12th – JK – Grade 2 Christmas Concert, Bake
Sale
·
Monday, December 18th – Grade 6s on trip to Crawford Lake
·
Tuesday, December 19th – Casual Day
·
Wednesday, December 20th – Grade 3 – Grade 8 Christmas
Concert, Bake sale
·
Thursday, December 21st – Spirit Day: Christmas Dress Up Day
(Green, Red, White)
·
Friday, December 22nd – No School!
·
Wednesday, January 10th – Back to School
No comments:
Post a Comment