Weekly Newsletter Oct. 30

Weekly Newsletter Grade 5

Dates: October 30 - November 3

Curriculum Information for the Week:

Literacy: Students will be reading texts about sustainable energy. We will be exploring the text structures that authors use and how they can help us understand the text. Note taking strategies will also be reviewed to ensure our learning is recorded. Students will also be writing non-fiction paragraphs based on their reading and science labs.

Math: Students will continue their work with coordinate planes.  They will be seeing the real world use of coordinate planes, including looking at our schools paper and water use line graphs.  Students will continue to review our learning from Unit 1 and Unit 2 in the daily warm ups.

Unit of Study:  Students will be solidifying their knowledge of circuits and how they work. They will then begin an exploration of sustainable energy options in the lab, including solar, wind and hydro. They will formulate questions which they will be answering throughout the unit through reading, experimenting and our guest speakers.

For more information and ways to support your child please visit the Parent Learning Connection page.

Important Reminders/Information: (also see GLC Updates)

Red Hats KL Children’s Hospital visits: Please click on this link  There are a few more spaces available and a link to a folder of photos from our last visit.

Halloween Dress Up Day on Tuesday, October 31st. Please ensure costumes are appropriate and will not hinder learning. Also, students will still have PE/swimming.

Deepavali Cultural Day on Friday, November 3rd. There will be an assembly, hallway activities and a cooking class for students to learn about this special day. Students may wear culture dress.

Highlight - Last Week:

Students had a great time tuning in to the new Science lab - making reflective light options, building circuits, exploring kinetic/potential energy with balloons, etc. They are now curious to learn more about energy.

Weekly Newsletter Oct. 24

Weekly Newsletter Grade 5

Dates: October 24 - 27

Curriculum Information for the Week:

Literacy: Students will be starting their Nonfiction reading and writing unit, including taking a writing pre-assessment.  This unit will be integrated with our science unit, so students will be using texts about sustainable energy to improve their nonfiction reading.

Math: Students will continue their work with coordinate planes.  They will be plotting ordered pairs, as well as reading and interpreting data on coordinate planes.  Students will continue to review our learning from Unit 1 and Unit 2 in the daily warm ups.

Unit of Study:  We will get started with our Sustainable Energy unit.  Classes will begin tuning in activities to spark curiosity.  Students will also do the lab safety lesson and do their first science lab exploration.

For more information and ways to support your child please visit the Parent Learning Connection page.

Important Reminders/Information: (also see GLC Updates)

Red Hats KL Children’s Hospital visits: Please click on this link  There are a few more spaces available and a link to a folder of photos from our last visit.

Highlight - Last Week:

We have completed our literary essay unit.  Students worked hard to show their learning on the on-demand assessment.

Weekly Newsletter Oct. 16

Weekly Newsletter Grade 5

Dates: October 16 & 17, 2017

Curriculum Information for the Week:

Literacy: Students will demonstrate their learning and understanding of the literary essay during our “on-demand” assessment.  Students will examine a text, then independently write their opinion essay stating the thesis, appropriate reasons and support these reasons with relevant evidence.

Math: Tuning in to coordinate planes will take place this Monday and Tuesday. We will introduce important vocabulary, focusing on quadrant one of the coordinate plane.

Goals: Students will look at the goals they created last week after conferences. We will display them in different ways to keep them in the forefront of our minds.

Unit of Study:  Our next unit will be Sustainable Energy.  Classes will begin tuning in activities over the next  couple of weeks, starting with electricity and circuits.

For more information and ways to support your child please visit the Parent Learning Connection page.

Important Reminders/Information: (also see GLC Updates)

October Break-October 18-22....See you Tuesday, October 24....Day 4!

Red Hats KL Children’s Hospital visits: Please click on this link  There are a few more spaces available and a link to a folder of photos from our last visit.

Be a Globally Responsible Citizen this Halloween - Encourage your family to be sustainable as you plan your halloween celebrations (suggestions here from our ESD team).

Highlight - This Week:

Thank you for attending the 3-way conferences. What a beautiful way to celebrate our children’s learning!

Weekly Newsletter Oct. 9

Weekly Newsletter Grade 5

Dates: October 9-13, 2017

Curriculum Information for the Week:

Literacy: Students will continue to work on their literary essays focusing on strong introductions and conclusion as well as revising and editing.  Students will also continue to read articles online, learning about children around the world who are making a difference. They will continue to take notes to determine how children solve problems.

Math: Adding and Subtracting fractions finishes this week. Students will review the concepts learned using manipulatives and models to show their thinking. They will take the assessment at the end of the week. In addition to the current unit, students are continuing to practice two and three digit multiplication and division from unit 1 to consolidate their learning.

Unit of Study:  Students will be showing their learning as they summarise their knowledge about government, the role of government and the role of a responsible citizens. They will be sharing a virtual museum that highlights the main concepts in the unit.  

Student three-way conferences are Mon. 9 and Tues. 10 Oct:

This week, students will be busy sharing and reflecting their work, work habits, behaviour and setting learning goals.

For more information and ways to support your child please visit the Parent Learning Connection page.

Important Reminders/Information: (also see GLC Updates)

Mon. 9 & Tues. 10 Oct: Three-way Conferences involving students, parents and teacher(s).

Red Hats KL Children’s Hospital visits: Please click on this link  There are a few more spaces available and a link to a folder of photos from our last visit.

Social Change Makers Conference report has been posted our News section of the ISKL website and on the Official ISKL Facebook page.

Highlight - This Week:

Student three-way conferences!

Weekly Newsletter Oct. 2

Weekly Newsletter Grade 5

Dates: October 2-6, 2017

Curriculum Information for the Week:

Literacy: Students will continue to work on their literary essays based on their book club groups. They will come up with strong reasons about their claim and support them with a variety of evidence. You can help them strengthen their claims by talking about them at home and asking questions to get them thinking about why they support the claim and what precise words may bring power to their writing.

Math: Adding and subtracting fractions continues this week as we work with operations with unlike denominators. Students will develop conceptual understanding using manipulatives and models to show their thinking. They will explore and discuss ways to efficiently solve problems by being flexible with numbers. Additionally, we will be solving and creating word problems with both adding and subtracting fractions. This will be part of home learning, so feel free to get involved!

Unit of Study:  We conducted a very successful ‘Social Change Maker’s Conference’ last Tues. and Wed. The students experienced 12 presenters and were inspired to make changes in our own school and local community. It was great to see so many parents attending the conference this year. I am sure some of you got some ideas shared with you. If you are wondering how to keep those ideas alive and support your child in making a change, please contact me. I may be able to help give you contacts/ideas on how to facilitate these ambitions.

Three-way Conference Preparation:

This week, students will be busy reflecting on their learning (work habits and understanding of content).

For more information and ways to support your child please visit the Parent Learning Connection page.

Important Reminders/Information: (also see GLC Updates)

Tues. 3 Oct: G5 Parent Band Workshop from 9:00 - 10:00am in the Studio

Mon. 9 & Tues. 10 Oct: Three-way Conferences involving students, parents and teacher(s). Please return your conference appointment reply slip to your child’s class teacher.

Please note - hearing screenings by our School Nurse - Bethanie Christensen, previously scheduled for this coming week, have been postponed until after the Oct. Break.

Red Hats KL Children’s Hospital visits: Please click on this link  There are a few more spaces available and a link to a folder of photos from our last visit.

Highlights - Last Week:

1. Our Social Change Maker’s Conference was FANTASTIC! Photos from SCMC.

2. On our Red Hats Free Dress Day last Fri. 29 Sept. Melawati students raised RM2,775, which was donated to the Chin Women’s Organization (CWO) School, via Janine Williams - one of our Social Change Makers. Our donation paid the rent for this month for the CWO school building.  

Highlight - This Week:

G5 Parent Band Workshop - please support your child and Kim Endel our G5 Band Teacher by attending this important event.