GV Christmas Spirit Week (next week!)

 

Week of Dec 8-12th

 This week:

-Dec 11th: White Elephant Sale

Grade 5 AM group

Language - Fractured Fairy Tale presentations (We didn't do them last week because I was away most of the week)

Science - new unit: Properties of and changes in matter

Math - Number: Addition and Subtraction of whole numbers

Grade 6 PM group

Language - Novel study: A Long Walk to Water (chapters 10-12)

Science - new unit: Flight

Math - Number: Addition and Subtraction of whole numbers

Examples of a stacked-bar graph

 

Week of Dec 1-4th

This week:

-Dec 5th: PD day

Grade 5 AM group

Language - Fractured Fairy Tale presentations

Science - Human Organ Systems: Finishing up the Circulatory system

Math - Data literacy: Finishing up data with a final assessment (Stacked-bar graph); Starting new unit: Addition and Subtraction

Grade 6 PM group

Language - Novel study: A Long Walk to Water

Science - Finishing up Biodiversity

Math - Data literacy: Finishing up data with a final assessment (Broken-line graph); Starting new unit: Addition and Subtraction

Grade 5 Pyjama Day Friday

 The Grade 5s have earned a free block on Friday, November 27th. 

We will be watching a movie and the students have asked to wear their pjs. 

Week of Nov 24-28th

Thank you to all of the parents that attended the parent-teacher interviews last week. If you were unable to book a spot, please feel free to write a note in your child's agenda with preferred days and times, and we can schedule a phone appointment this week or next.

This week:

-Nov 27th: First Advent Liturgy with Father Kevin from St Isidore

Grade 5 AM group

Language - Good copies and peer editing of Fractured Fairy Tales and getting ready to present them

Science - Human Organ Systems: Looking at the Circulatory system

Math - Data literacy: Looking at different types of graphs

Grade 6 PM group

Language - Scary stories will be handed back this week; Novel study: A Long Walk to Water

Science - Invasive species presentations; Finishing up Biodiversity

Math - Data literacy: Looking at different types of graphs

Week of November 17-21

This week:

-Nov 18th: School Bus Safety Presentation, 2:30pm

-Nov 19th: Parent-teacher interviews, 4-7pm (I am fully booked as of now. If you did not get a time slot, please write a note in your child's agenda and I will schedule a phone call with you this week.)

Grade 5 AM group

Language - Finishing up our culminating task: Fractured Fairy Tales and getting ready to present them; poster task will be handed back on Monday

Science - Human Organ Systems: Looking at the Circulatory system

Math - Data literacy: Mean, Median, Mode quiz on Wednesday

Grade 6 PM group

Language - Scary stories will be handed back this week; new novel study: A Long Walk to Water

Science - Invasive species task (finishing up and presenting)

Math - Data literacy: Mean, Median, Mode, Range quiz on Thursday