September Newsletter

September Newsletter 5-22

The month of September has been very busy.  The introduction of classroom expectations and getting to know the students has certainly made this month pass by very quickly.  Here are the topics that we have been covering in different subject areas:

ELA:

In ELA, We have been doing different activities to get to know everyone (including Mme Craciun) better, including a character bag presentation and several questionnaires.  We will soon be working on Guided Reading.

Science humaines:

In Sciences humaines, we have been discussing provinces and territories and their capital cities.  We have also been working on geographical regions of Canada such as the Prairies and the Canadian Shield.

Sciences de la nature: 

In Sciences de la nature, we have been looking at the vocabulary for the weather, discussing how weather affects humans and animals, and the different characteristics of air.

Hygiène:

In hygiène, the students are working on a booklet about bullying.

Arts plastiques:

In art, we have created pictures frames and the students drew a self-portrait to go along with the ELA theme of All About Me.

Français:

Students have been working hard at getting back into the routines of reading every evening. We have also been going over the verb “avoir” in class to ensure students are familiar with it when writing sentences correctly!  We read a play about the start of the school year. Students have been practicing the plays with their groups and will present them to the class!

Mathématiques

At the beginning of September, students traced their shoes and measured the perimeter to make a locker nametag. We have done a review of addition and subtraction.  We are currently working on number concepts.  We have also been working on basic multiplication facts and mental math strategies.

We have really enjoyed our first month with this great grade 5 class!!

Dates to remember

Early dismissal: October 2 and October 16

Picture Day: October 5

Thanksgiving: October 8

Scholastics due: October 18

Inservice: October 19

Halloween party: October 31 PM

Contribution by: Keenan and and Kyle

So far, grade 5 has been fun!  It has been very busy this month!  We have been doing nombre de la semaine and jogging de tête.  We have been reading the play “La rentrée” and practicing our parts.   We will be presenting the play starting next Tuesday.  We have been counting plastic bags in Math for Bag Up Manitoba.  We have counted over 1000 bags already!  We have been practicing our alto recorders in Music!