Newsletter Apr 23

Weekly Newsletter Grade 5
Dates: April 23-27       


Dear Parents,

Curriculum Information for this Week:

Literacy: Students continue to learn about Social Issues and Human Rights.  They will continue researching about their topic and begin narrowing down their ideas. They will reinforce and build on their note-taking skills as well as learning more about trustworthy resources and identifying perspective. As they research, they will be writing down their ideas to help them solidify and organise their thinking around the topic.

Math: We will continue our Volume and Measurement Unit.  Students will explore volume by building and counting unit cubes as well as learning the relationship between different units of volume measurement.

Unit of Study: We will continue our Social Change unit by preparing for ‘Night of the Notables’ 2018 presentation.  The script is finalised and we are practicing in the studio. Students will dig deeper into the Change Maker or Social Issue that they are exploring for their blackboard presentations. The Night of the Notables presentations will be on the evening of Tuesday 8 May.  Please read  the letter for more details of this event.

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

Important Reminders/Information: (also see GLC Updates)
This Friday students will have Night of the Notables photos taken. Please ensure black trousers are sent to school before Friday, April 27

We have a long weekend coming up. School will resume May 2 (Day 2)

Reading MAP Test on Monday

Highlight from last week:
Earth Week activities were a huge success! Thank you for reaching out, whether in your household or the community, to make even a small difference.

Thank you for sending in Toys for the toy drive. Boxes are overflowing!

Newsletter April 16

Weekly Newsletter Grade 5
Dates: April 16th-20th       


Dear Parents,

Curriculum Information for this Week:

Literacy: Students continue to learn about Social Issues and Human Rights.  They will continue researching about their topic and begin narrowing down their ideas. They will reinforce and build on their note-taking skills as well as learning more about trustworthy resources and identifying perspective.  As they research, they will be writing down their ideas to help them solidify their thinking around the topic.

Math: We will continue our Volume and Measurement Unit.  Students will explore volume by building and counting unit cubes as well as learning the relationship between different units of volume measurement.

Unit of Study: We will continue our Social Change unit by preparing for ‘Night of the Notables’ 2018 presentation.  The scripts will be finalised and we will begin practicing in the studio. Students will dig deeper into the Change Maker or Social Issue that they are exploring for their blackboard presentations. The Night of the Notables presentations will be on the evening of Tuesday 8 May.  Please read the letter that will be coming home with the details of this event.

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

Important Reminders/Information: (also see GLC Updates)
This week is Earth Week!
Bring in any reusable bags that you do not need.  These can be given to people who do not have enough, borrowed by those who forget or exchanged for a new design!
Friday is Free Dress Day - proceeds will go towards adopting an animal through World Wildlife Fund Malaysia
Send in a picture or video of your child doing something Earth friendly for our Friday Assembly video.  Add it to this Google Folder.

Math MAP Test on Thursday

Highlight from last week:
Our song is sounding better and better each week and our class scripts are powerful!  Night of the Notables is coming together.

Weekly Newsletter Apr 9

Weekly Newsletter Grade 5
Dates: April 9-13th       


Dear Parents,

Curriculum Information for this Week:

Literacy: Students continue to learn about Social Issues and Human Rights through picture books, biographies and autobiographies. This week we will be diving further into Informational text while focusing one social issue and/or a Human Rights Issue. Ask your child which human rights issue his/her class will be exploring.  This week students will be exploring building a thesis with a focus on a social issue or a social change maker.

Math: This week we will begin our Volume and Measurement Unit.  Students will begin with making measurement conversions.  Then, they will begin to estimate and measure 3D shapes. Students will explore volume by building and counting unit cubes in order to understand volume. We will also look into liquid volume using water and making comparisons.

Unit of Study: We will continue our Social Change unit by preparing for ‘Night of the Notables’ 2018 presentation and begin writing our scripts as a class. Students will begin to think about a Change Maker or Social Issue that they would like to explore for their blackboard presentations.  The Night of the Notables presentations will be on the evening of Tues. 8 May. We will continue preparing for our Night of the Notables this week.

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

Important Reminders/Information: (also see GLC Updates)
The Night of the Notables presentations will be on the evening of Tues. 8 May.

Highlight from last week:
We have a chosen a song for Night of the Notables and have begun practicing.  The students are starting to learn the words.

Newsletter April 2nd

Weekly Newsletter Grade 5
Dates: April 2-6         


Dear Parents,

Curriculum Information for this Week:

Literacy: Students continue to learn about Social Issues and Human Rights through various texts, including read aloud, book club and short readings. We will focus on informational texts throughout this unit. As we move into writing, students will revisit informational and opinion writing.

Math: The students will continue the unit titled Order of Operations. Students will evaluate how to use numerical expressions with parentheses, brackets and braces. They will explain how to use these symbols in order to identify, write and describe simple numerical expressions.  The assessment will be at the end of the week.

Unit of Study: We will continue our Social Change unit by tuning in to the ‘Night of the Notables’ 2017 presentation in preparation for beginning to write our individual class scripts. Our presentation to parents will be on the evening of Tues. 8 May, so teachers and students are starting the process of preparing for this important grade level highlight. 

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

Important Reminders/Information: (also see GLC Updates)
Evening of Tuesday, May 8th will be Night of the Notables.  Please mark your calendars.  More information will be sent soon.

Highlight in the week prior to spring break:
The Terry Fox Cancer Awareness Run on Fri. 23 Mar. was a real highlight.

Newsletter March 19

Weekly Newsletter Grade 5
Dates: March 19-23       


Dear Parents,

Curriculum Information for this Week:

Literacy: Students continue to learn about Social Issues and Human Rights through historical fiction, biography and autobiography texts. We will focus on Informational text throughout this unit.  Students will revisit informational and opinion writing in this unit.

Math: The students will begin the unit titled Order of Operations. We have been practicing this skill using daily warm ups, so they are familiar with these skills. Students will evaluate how to use numerical expressions with parentheses, brackets and braces.  They will explain how to use these symbols in order to identify, write and describe simple numerical expressions.

Unit of Study: We have started our Social Change unit by tuning in to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as well as looking at the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

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

Important Reminders/Information: (also see GLC Updates)
Tuesday, March 20-Body Changes Lesson
Break-March 24-April 2

Highlight last week:
Track and Field day was a day of celebration.  What joy to see students doing their personal best, smiling and cheering on classmates. Photos from the track!

Newsletter March 12

Weekly Newsletter Grade 5
Dates: March 12-16           


Dear Parents,

Curriculum Information for this Week:

Literacy: We will be taking the Fantasy Writing Assessment this week. We are hoping the students remember all that we have covered in this unit and include some wonderful FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE, GREAT BEGINNINGS, INSPIRING DIALOGUE, LOTS OF FANTASY ELEMENTS, and an ENDING THAT WILL HAVE US WANTING MORE!

Math: The students continue working on Unit 5: Multiplying & Dividing Fractions. The focus continues to be on conceptual understanding of these skills using a variety of manipulatives and also drawing models to show their thinking. The assessment will be at the end of this week.

Unit of Study: We are beginning our unit on Social Change. This will be a long unit ending with the famous “Night of the Notables” in May. This week we will begin reading social change books.  We will also tune in to the ‘Human Rights’ UDHR and their connection to the Global Goals.

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

Important Reminders/Information: (also see GLC Updates)
Fri. 16 Mar: G3-5 Track ‘n’ Field Day, 8:15-11:00

Highlight last week:
The Student-Led-Conferences were a big success. The students enjoyed “showing off” their work and the teachers enjoyed seeing the proud faces of parents as they learned a lot about the human body, read some amazing writing, and learned new FRESH ways to solve multiplication and division fractions problems!

Newsletter March 5

Weekly Newsletter Grade 5
Dates: March 5 - 9           


Dear Parents,

Curriculum Information for this Week:

Literacy: Grade 5 students will be celebrating their writing by sharing it with other classes.  Check out the flipgrid to hear some blurbs from their writing.  They will be finishing up their fantasy book clubs and taking end of unit reading assessment.  Next week will be the writing assessment.

Some students are participating in the Slice of Life Challenge to write a blog post everyday for the Month of March.  Please use this link to click on their blogs and give them comments.  Encourage them to keep up the blogging!

Math: The students continue working on Unit 5: Multiplying & Dividing Fractions. The focus continues to be on conceptual understanding of these skills using a variety of manipulatives and also drawing models to show their thinking.

Unit of Study:  As we move from our science unit to our social studies unit, we will be using our unit of study time to prepare for parent conferences.

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

Important Reminders/Information: (also see GLC Updates)
March 7 & 8 - Parent Conferences
March 9 - MS will be visiting our students to begin the transition process. This meeting will be an introduction.  More information will follow.

Highlight last week:
Book Week was wonderful with many activities.
We also had a great science share to end the Human Body Unit.  You will see these at parent conferences!