Good afternoon everyone!

I hope you had a great day!

Monday is a Day 2 (music and tech).

The hot lunch site is open for November ordering. The site will close Friday, October 26^th. November hot lunch payments will be due by Friday, November 9^th. Please ensure that you are ordering lunch for your child under the correct grade and teacher. **Do not order lunch for Thursday, November 8, as we are on our ROM trip.**

**Please note that students doing any after school activity, soccer, karate, yoga, etc. will be charged until 4:00 PM in aftercare, when they will be dismissed to their program with their coach!**

Don't forget about Polar Expressions Publishing! The poetry deadline is November 16^th, 2018 and the short story deadline is November 23^rd, 2018.

Important dates/items:

Monday, October 22 – ROM payments and permission forms due

Thursday, October 25 – Picture Day

Friday, October 26 – November hot lunch payments due

Tuesday, October 30 – Bake sale & casual day

Wednesday, October 31 – Bake sale & Halloween/Harvest Spirit Day

Tuesday, November 6 – Guy Fawkes Day

Thursday, November 8 – ROM trip

Friday, November 9 – No school – PD Day

Monday, November 12 – Kindness Day & curling trip – 9:00-12:00

Friday, November 16 – Science Fair

Thursday, November 22 – Picture re-takes

Tuesday, November 27 – Bake sale

Wednesday, November 28 – Bake sale and casual day

Thursday, November 29 – Curling trip – 12:00-3:00

Friday, November 30 – Term One report cards go home

Unit of Inquiry

Today we continued with our Science Fair presentations. I am very impressed with all projects. You have set the bar high Grade 5s. Well-done for your first summative projects. My goal is to send home the rubrics by the end of next week. Please be reminded that you will need to present your experiment again on Friday, November 16.

HOMEWORK

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Another fantastic round of Science Fair presentations!

Inquiry into Mathematics

Today we took a break from math and created pumpkins, bats, and Frankensteins to decorate our Grade 5 board.

Points to remember:

HOMEWORK

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Halloween art!

Inquiry into Language

Today we began to read chapter 17 of PJ and answer the comprehension questions. **Chapter 19 of PJ is set up similar to a DRA where students will need to write a summary, answer comprehension questions and discuss metacognitive strategies.**

HOMEWORK

-Read and complete questions for PJ chapter 17-19

Have a wonderful weekend!

Love Mrs. Hocevar