Dear
Families,
The staff and students in grade 5 are very pleased to
welcome Ms. Domen to our team. She will
be covering for Mrs. Hutcheson for the next couple of months. Ms. Domen is excited to be working here at
Southview Public school and we are confident she will be a fabulous asset to
our grade 5 team!
This month, as part of your child’s math homework package,
students will be practicing their MAD MATH MINUTES at home. Their job is to time themselves for 1 minute
and complete as many multiplication facts as they can within that time. They should correct their work afterwards and
count how many questions they completed correctly. Challenge your child to set nightly goals for
themselves. If they got 20 questions
right on Monday night, their goal could be to get 25 questions right on Tuesday
night. Skill and Drill is a worthwhile
strategy to help to memorize multiplication facts. Also, don’t forget to sign in to our IXL
website! http://ca.ixl.com/ This is where
students can practice the math skills that will be taught over the course of
the unit. The following links can greatly help to reinforce the concepts we’ve
been learning about. Make sure your
child logs-in and completes these assignments!
Over
the next month in Language, all students will be reading novels on the
Holocaust as part of their Literature Circle activities. In Literature Circle groups, students will
independently read a novel that many of their peers are reading. Each student will be given a Literature Role
and will be required to complete daily responses based on their role. Every Friday, they will meet with their group
to engage in rich, accountable discussions about their novel. These activities will help with reading
comprehension and critical thinking skills.
There may be some nights when students will bring their novels home in
order to keep up with their assigned readings.
In Writing, we will practice writing Summary Paragraphs while continuing
to work on proper organization and sentence structure. We will also be creating
book reviews at the end of the month. As
we finish off our Social Studies unit on the Canadian government, we are moving
into our next Science unit, Conservation of Energy.
Again, thank you all so much for being so supportive to
your child, the school and us. Feel free
to contact us at the school with any further questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
B.
Myers-Fairbairn, A. LaRochelle, M. Hutcheson & K. Domen