Happy Holidays!

I want to start out by thanking you all for the lovely gifts. I opened them all yesterday and was overwhelmed by your generosity! 

I hope you all have a safe and relaxing holiday with your friends and families and I will see you in the new year :)

Sumdog

We are now using a new math site called Sumdog. Each student has been given a username and password. The school code is st-emilys-school. It will work similar to Dreambox, with students being able to access from home and school. This site is great for math practice! If you'd like to learn more, please visit the site to watch the tutorials.
http://www.sumdog.com/en/parents/

What's going on this week...

Math: Please make sure Data Management tests are signed.
We will be having a Geometry quiz this week on ANGLES, Wednesday for 5s and Thursday for 6s.

Language: We will be peer editing the persuasive writing tasks, which are due on Thursday. I will accept them Friday as well with no penalty :)

Please refer to the calendar at the bottom for other activities going on throughout the school.

Math Tests (grades 5 and 6)

FYI:  Data Management Tests will be handed back today and tomorrow. Please sign and return by Monday. Thanks.

Discovery Blocks

The grade 5s and 6s will have their discovery block on Friday, Dec. 12th. Please ask your child what they are planning to do. Thanks!

Grades 5 and 6: Media and Digital Issues

The following website will help students choose a category that they are interested in for their persuasive writing task.

Go to MediaSmarts and click on Digital and Media Literacy, then find an issue that interests you. 

Students will need to then, think of a strong opinionated statement to argue for or against!

Grade 6 - Persuasive Writing Essay

Here is the document for the grade 6 Persuasive writing task as well as the checklist I'm using to assess it.

Persuasive writing task and checklist

Brainstorming due: Friday, Dec. 12th
Rough copy due: Tuesday, Dec. 16th
Good copy due: Thursday, Dec 18th

Grade 5 - Persuasive writing format

• Introduction (topic sentence)
• Reason #1 + facts/examples
• Reason #2 + examples
• Reason #3 + examples
• Concluding sentence / question

8 sentences minimum

Sample transition words:

Firstly, Secondly, Lastly / Finally

For example, for instance

In conclusion, All in all

Math and Language in December

Hello everyone!

Here is what we will be working on for the next few weeks:

Math: grade 5s and 6s are starting Unit 3: Geometry. Every student should have their own protractor. There will be a midterm quiz as well as a final task.

Language: grade 5s and 6s are working on persuasive writing. 6s will have an essay to write for their final assessment task and 5s will have a two-paragraph task to complete. 5s will also be listening to a read aloud starting on Monday. The focus will be on making connections, predicting and questioning.

Religion: Advent related activities

Grade 5 Noun Homework

Due: Wednesday, December 3rd