Week of Jan. 28-Jan.31

• What an awesome week! Two players from the Summerside Storm came to our school on Tuesday of last week! I was so proud of everyone for being so polite, respectful, and full of discussion.
• Our persuasive writing piece will be due on Wednesday.
• Grade 5 math- we will be having our review tom. and test on Tuesday.
• Book orders will go home tom.
• No school on Friday, February 1 due to a PD day.
• Looking forward to a great week!

Week of January 21-25

• Thank you to everyone for working so hard last week!
• We will be diving into our persuasive writing pieces this week. Please be aware that there may be some writing for homework this week.  It all depends on how much is completed in class.
• Two members of the Summerside Storm basketball team will be stopping by to share their love of reading with our class and the Gr.4 class on Tuesday! I am so excited for this and I can't wait for my students to share their love of reading too!
• My Gr. 5 math students have been working so hard on multiplication for the last two weeks. We will be having our Math test at the end of the week/beg. of next week.  The boys have been excellent to ask questions if there is something they do not understand.
• Have a great week everyone!

Week of January 14-118

• Thank you to everyone for a great week! I love it when everyone is ready to learn! :o)
• We started a new read aloud called The Gramma War.   The reading comprehension strategy that we are focusing on is "Evaluating". Evaluating includes being able to decide if a book is fiction, non-fiction, or info-fiction, being able to critique the author's craft, having the ability to confirm or adjust thoughts or predictions, and being able to support your opinions. It is important to understand that we use multiple comprehension strategies when we read.
• We were also working on adding more detail to our writing this week and we are in the process of creating a class book called  A Quiet Place based on the mentor text by Douglas Wood. The students were coming up with wonderful descriptive pieces. We will soon be starting a persuasive piece.
• A reminder to everyone to continue to read your 20 min. each night. Parents, don't forget to pull out that orange sheet once a week or so and ask your child some comprehension questions about what they are reading.
• Grade 5 math- be sure to be reviewing your multiplication and division facts each night. We will be having our quiz not this week, but early next week!
• Hot lunch orders due tom.!
• I am very excited to hang our self-portraits inspired by Pablo Picasso. My room is full of artists. :o)
• Have a great week everyone.

Happy New Year!

• I hope everyone had a wonderful break with friends and family!
• It was fantastic to see everyone on Thursday.
• Tom. will be food order day.
• The book order will be due on Friday, Jan. 11.
• In grade five math we are starting our unit on multiplying and dividing larger numbers.  It is so important that the students be reviewing the basic multiplication facts up to 9 x 9 and their related divsion facts each night. I will be starting to send home math games a couple times a week as review. A reminder that in grade 5, our goal is to have the 'x' facts in 3 sec. and the division in 5 sec. 
• We will be starting our Health unit this week on life learning choices.
• Please remember to be reading 20 min. each night and record this in the reading passport.
• Have a great week!