I'd like to thank everyone for your generosity this past week. First in supporting our hamper families, then the Joshi family and finally your wonderful Christmas gifts to me. What an amazing group of families we have in our class. I'd like to wish you all a blessed Christmas and a wonderful vacation with your families.
Monday: Please remember to bring in 2 canned vegetables and a twoonie. If you've already sent these items in, thank you! The hampers will be prepared and sent Monday morning.
Tuesday: Whole school Advent Mass with Fr. Virgil in the gym at 10:45. Families are welcome to join us.
Wednesday: PJ Day! Come in your comfy pj's to sing along in the gym with our guest Jan Bentham at 1:00pm.
This January, we will be working in book clubs to come together and chat about books. Each week, you will be responsible for reading the selected chapters and completing your role for the week. The roles will be discussed in January. On Fridays, we will grab a mug of hot chocolate, and chat about books with our book club group. Mmmmm!
For now, what I need from you is to set about 20 minutes aside to complete the following form. (Once you begin, you can't save so you need to start and finish in one sitting.) I need you to read each book summary and watch the short video clip. After each book, there is a question to answer. From this, I will do my best to set you in a book club with a book you enjoy. Please be honest with your answers. If you rush through, you may get a book you didn't really want. It would help if you have a few books you'd be interested in reading.
Enjoy the summaries. Groups and book choices will be announced in January.
Deadline for the form: Friday, Dec. 23 (If you don't complete the form, a book will be chosen for you.)
Please read the attached letter regarding our school-wide Advent initiative. Each student in our class is asked to bring in 2 cans of vegetables and a twoonie.
Grade 5 Social Justice Project News On Friday, the Grade 5s met to discuss our Social Justice project in support of the Therapeutic Clown Program at CHEO. Earlier in the year, students were asked to submit their ideas on a Google form. From there, we put together some ideas for raising funds and presented them to the students. Each child is now being asked to sign up for a committee that they feel best suits their talents and strengths. Please click on the form ASAP and let us know your preferences. We will be posting the roles in the new year.
Our First Harvest What an amazing day of harvesting, chopping, calculating, eating and friendship! Check it out!
Math
We are will into our Data Management unit. Please visit the tab above to see the goals and support links for this unit.
Language
Our authors are hard at work creating Christmas picture books. This unit takes the students through the complete writing process, from drafting ideas, to editing, and finally the publishing process. The final product method is up to the student's preference. Some are choosing to use Storybird, some Google Slides with their own images and some are creating paper books. What talented, creative students we have in Grade 5.
This week, we will be discussing our January Book Club. Stay tuned for the link of book choices!
