Tuesday 29 September 2015

Grade 5A News

The First Grade 5A News


To all Grade 5A Parents,


Thank you for coming to Peace One Day event and/or Parents' Day. I am sorry if I did not have the opportunity to speak with each of you. However, I look forward to the chance to meet with each of you. I hope the presentation during Parents' Day was informative. If you still have any questions or concerns, please e-mail me and I will reply as soon as possible.

As stated before, in our Grade 5 Blogger site, we will be posting news, photos, or videos of our students activities in the classroom, school, and future field trips.

News


Google Classroom App - 

Students and myself will be using the Google Classroom App as another source of regular communication for the remainder of the school. Each student will receive an announcement or assignment posted on the wall. Also, students will be required as another homework assignment to reply to reflection forums by posting a comment. Please ensure that your child has access to their Google account to complete Google Classroom assignments. 

Festival of Nations -

Festival of Nations is coming fast! The event is scheduled this Saturday from 10AM - 4PM. 

Reminder!  Students are to wear their House assigned T-shirts for the event. 

Each grade 5 student signed up a time slot for an hour to help managed their grade level booth. Therefore, each student is expected to be on time for their booth duty. 

Please encourage your daughter to practice her song and dance mashup routine, Happy/Shake It Off. The song and schedule for their stage performance is posted in her Google Classroom App. 

Current Objectives


Unit of Inquiry


  • Central Idea -   Reaching a resolution during periods or moments of conflict is influenced by the actions and reactions of all involved.
  • Lines of Inquiry -   Causes of conflicts (local and global),  strategies to resolve conflicts,  and consequences of actions during conflict
  • Students first focused on conflicts and resolutions of self and school (local). At this time, we are now focusing on global conflicts, by researching historical global conflict events. 

Writing Workshop
  • 6+1 Writing Traits
    • Ideas and contents
    • Organisation
    • Word Choice
  • Proofreading paragraphs
Book Club (Reading)
  • 7 Keys of Comprehension (Students use sticky notes to use their comprehension strategy within their reading)
    • Monitor for Meaning
    • Questioning (also making predictions)
Mathematics
  • Read, write, compare, and order whole numbers and decimals up to millions or beyond
  • Round any whole number to a required degree of accuracy
  • Multiply and divide any whole number from 1 to 10,000 and explain the effect
  • Find factors of two-digit numbers
  • Recognize prime numbers up to 20 and find all prime numbers less than 100


Photos of Peace One Day 















Monday 21 September 2015

Parent's Day 2015

Welcome to Parent's Day 2015

Students have been busy the last few days preparing for the Peace One Day activities.
Students created activities to bring the school community together, raise awareness, and celebrate International Peace Day.  Following this, students will begin to analyse global conflicts- some of the causes and strategies used to resolve these conflicts.

Here are some photos from Peace One Day 2015.  Enjoy.