Looking Back:

As part of our math program this year, along with

following our school wide Jump Math program, in 

grade 5/6, we also complete 'Monday Math 

Problem-Solving'. This is an opportunity for 

students to work in small groups to tackle a 

deep level thinking, multi-step math problem.

In writer's workshop, students are completing a 'My Special Place' writing piece through the use of imagery. 

Our federal election Student Vote is coming up soon, in grade 6 social studies, we have been busy prepping for that!

We are enjoying our novel study- Ninth Ward. Along with each chapter, we complete writing tasks focusing on summarizing, vocabulary work, visualizing, synthesizing, among others.

Looking Forward:

-In writer's workshop, we will continue working on our visualization activity- 'My Special Place'.
-In math, we have now started our Number Sense unit. We will focus on place value.
-In grade 5 social studies, students will create their own maps and come up with a name for their country.  Their map will consist of all the mapping components we've learned so far- titles, legend, compass, landforms, etc.
-In grade 6 social studies, we will continue looking at the race to the federal elections. We will complete a series of research activities on all of the candidates. 
-We are now about half way into our novel study- Ninth Ward. This week, we will complete a mini project based off our novel. Next week, we will continue reading the second half of our novel. 

Quick Reminders:

-Orange Shirt Day: Monday September 30th.
-Grade 6 vaccinations: Wednesday October 2nd. Please ensure your child eats a hearty breakfast that morning.
-With the weather cooling off, please ensure your child comes to school dressed for the weather.

Thanks for checking in.  Have a fantastic weekend. Stay warm!

~Ms. Jawanda 

Looking Back:

It was wonderful to meet so many families during conferences. I hope it provided everyone with some insight to your child's life at school. I look forward to working with you this year.

In Art, we worked on fall art and created beautiful birch trees using watercolour paint and watercolour pencil crayons.

In grade 6 social studies, we began researching information on all of the prospective candidates in the federal elections.

In writer's workshop, we continued to looks at various writing techniques to enhance our writing for personal narratives. This week we focused on visualization and creating interesting hooks/leads in our stories.  

Looking Forward:

-In writer's workshop, we will begin writing our personal narratives.
-In math, we will begin our number sense unit.
- In grade 5 social studies, we will continue with our mapping unit.
-In grade 6 social studies, we will continue focusing on the upcoming election.

Quick Reminders:

-MVS Choir begins: Thursday September 26th in the gym during lunch
-Scholastic book orders due: Friday September 27th 
-Terry Fox Run: Friday September 27th 
-Orange Shirt Day: Monday September 30th 

Thanks for checking in.  Have a fantastic weekend!

 ~Ms. Jawanda 

Welcome Back!

Welcome to Our Grade 5/6 Class Blog!

I'm excited to be working with all the students this year as well as getting to know all of our families.  It was wonderful to see familiar faces as well as meet new families at the Muffin Mixer. 

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During the past couple of weeks, we've been getting familiar with classroom routines and expectations and building a strong community within the classroom.

The Grade 5/6s also received their patrol training and began patrolling last week!

Here are a few pictures from the last couple of weeks at school:

                                                 I Am Art!

We created cover pages for our visual journals of all of our favourites things!

                                                                      Tin Foil Art!

This year we will have reading buddies every Friday with Ms. Oppenheim's class.  This week we got to know our buddies by interviewing them and asking a series of questions! 

In writer's workshop, we have been focusing on Imagery and helping the reader visualize our writing.  This week, we looked at the technique of 'Showing and Not Telling'.

We began our first novel study for the year- Ninth Ward!

After reading a chapter, we complete various activities to show our understanding of the text.

Looking Forward:

-In writer's workshop, we will continue working on personal narratives.
-In math, we will continue with our Patterns and Algebra unit.
-In grade 5 social studies, we have been looking at Canadian landforms, we will continue with this.
-In grade 6 social studies, we have started preparing for the upcoming federal election. We will spend the next few weeks studying all of the candidates that are running. The grade 6 students will also participate in Student Vote which will be held in October. This past week, we engaged in conversations around decision making and rights and responsibilities.
-We will continue with our novel study: Ninth Ward.

Quick Reminders:

- Agendas should be brought to school daily.
- Please ensure your child has a pair of indoor and outdoor shoes.
- Please complete and return student packages to school by Wednesday September 18th.
-Parent Teacher Conferences will be held on Thursday September 19th and Friday September 20th.
-Terry Fox Run is coming up on Friday, September 27th. We start with an assembly at 11:15am in the gym and go to Munro Park for our annual run. Parents please join us. Kindergarten students can join us with their parent/guardian after their Friday dismissal. You can bring a Toonie for Terry or donations for the event can be made on on-line at: https://secure.terryfox.ca/registrant/TeamFundraisingPage.aspx?TeamID=849450#&panel1-2

Thanks for checking in.  Have a fantastic weekend!

~Ms. Jawanda