Good afternoon everyone!
I hope you all had a wonderful day! Thank you
so much to all the parents who came out to support our concert yesterday. They
did an amazing job and I am so proud of them.
Tomorrow is a Day 1, music, our
last day of school before we head into Christmas break, bake sale and our
Christmas spirit day – wear all things Christmassy or Christmas colours. We
will be having a small class party and watching Percy Jackson and the
Olympians: The Lightning Thief. We are asking for food item/drink donations for
party tomorrow – all items must be nut free and please avoid may contain items.
Items that are not 100% nut free will be sent back home. Cookies, chips, cupcakes,
pop or juice are just a few ideas. Ms. Cass and I have cups, paper plates and
napkins.
Our next extra-curricular
activity is skiing/snowboarding at Glen
Eden Ski Resort. The dates of the trip are January 22, February 19 and March 4. Please do not order lunch for
these days; it will not be saved nor will a reimbursement be given. We will be
leaving at 7:00 AM and returning by 4:00 PM at the latest. All rentals are
included, however students are more than welcome to bring their own. Please do
not order hot lunch for these days as we will be eating lunch at the ski hill –
students are welcome to bring money to purchase food and drink items. Students
must ensure they are dressed in appropriate ski gear; warm socks, long johns
with comfy clothes, snow pants, warm mitts, a face protector and a ski jacket.
Please note that if students chose skiing, they will ski all three times. If
students pick snowboarding, they will snowboard all three times. All students
will have to pass each level before they are granted permission to ski on the
big hill, no matter what their experience. Permission
forms and waivers are due back no
later than Thursday, December 12. Please thoroughly complete all forms
before returning.
Important dates/items:
Thursday December
19 – Christmas Spirit Day, Class Party and Percy Jackson
Friday, December
20- Tuesday, January 7 – No School – Christmas holidays
Wednesday, January
8 – First Day Back After Christmas Holidays
Unit of Inquiry
Today
we played Kahoot games that related to the human body.
Homework
Inquiry into
Mathematics
Today we continued our cumulative review. Our next unit, Data Management, will begin
when we return from Christmas break.
Points to Remember
Homework
Inquiry into Language
Today
we wrote our OWA post-assessment; a persuasive announcement on positive
behaviour at school. These results will be sent home with report cards in
March. We also began spelling lesson #15.
A note on speeches
When
we return from Christmas break, we jump right into speeches, which is a 4-5
week process. A package has been sent home today, as students will need to
complete some work at home over the holidays – please only do the work assigned
at home – do not write you speech. If students return to school with a
completed speech, they will begin all over again with a new topic. Grade 5
students will be expected to write and memorize a 3-5 minute persuasive speech
on a topic of their choice; research will be needed, along with proper
citation. When we are back from the break we will begin by writing our three
body paragraphs; one a day using teacher guided writing. We will then write our
introduction and conclusion. Time will be given edit, re-write and memorize in
class. Please see below an outline of dates that we must stick to (as found in
the speech package)!
|
Due Date |
Item |
|
Over the Christmas Break |
Read over speech package, brainstorm topic, choose topic,
research, complete evidence in a persuasive speech page, read the rubric |
|
Wednesday, January 8 |
Watch video samples, read a written sample, tell teacher topic,
Paragraph #1 and revision |
|
Thursday, January 9 |
Paragraph #2 and revision of previous paragraph |
|
Monday, January 13 |
Paragraph #3 and revision of previous paragraphs |
|
Tuesday, January 14 |
Begin introduction, revision of introduction
|
|
Wednesday, January 15 |
Conclusion and revision of previous paragraphs |
|
Thursday, January 16 – Friday, January 24 |
Work on rough copies of entire speech and continue to revise |
|
Monday, January 27 and Tuesday, January 28 |
Write good copy of speech and start to memorize |
|
Wednesday, January 29 – Friday, January 31 |
In-class speech recital |
|
Monday, February 3 |
In-class speech competition (top 3 from each Grade 5 class) |
|
Friday, February 7 |
SJA Oral Competition |
|
Thursday, February 27 |
SJA vs TMA Oral Competition |
Please visit this page to reference back
to when making citations:
Typing Club Website
French – Mme. Sarah
The
Grade 5s will be attending a French theatrical presentation ‘Les Insectes Sur Scene’ on Tuesday, March
31st from 9:30 to 11:30 AM.
Spelling Words for
French
Homework
Speech
package – read over entire package and rubric, brainstorm topics, choose topic,
complete research to back your ideas using proper citation, evidence in a
persuasive package page (numbers 1, 2 and 3 in the package – stop at 4)
Have a
great night!
Mrs.
Hocevar
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