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Weekly Newsletter Grade 5 Dates:  October 15-19, 2018 MALACA LETTER- The paper copy will come home on Tuesday, October 16:)  Curriculum Information for the Week: Literacy: Students are continuing with book club groups using discussions to help them stretch their thinking about the book and develop themes. We are encouraging students to think about what they are learning about real life from their books. These ideas that are generated from their book club books will be used in their literary essays, which we will continue to learn about next week. Math:   Adding and Subtracting Fractions continues this week as we move into operations with unlike denominators. Students will develop conceptual understanding using manipulatives and models to show their thinking. Unit of Study:  We will continue our learning on Types of Government, and will begin our preparation for Melaka trip by looking into the history of the area. For more information and ways to s...

Weekly Newsletter Grade 5 Dates:  October 8-12, 2018 Dear Parents, Curriculum Information for the Week: Literacy: The students will continue to read independently using their book club discussions to go more deeply into one book or story to write their literary essay. They will continue to discuss connections, predictions, characters, setting and most importantly THEMES (life lessons). You can support your child by making sure that your child is reading for 30 minutes a day (365 days a year!) at home on a just right book (graphic novels/comics count!).  During writing, the students will continue to work on making a claim (opinion) about a theme(s) of a short story or novel and provide evidence from the story to support their claim. Math: We are starting with an understanding of fractions.  Ordering, identifying and comparing fractions is just the beginning! Having a conceptual understanding is demonstrated through modeling, either with diagrams or throug...

Dear Parents, Curriculum Information for the Week: Conferences: This week students will continue to reflect on their learning, set goals and will prepare to talk with their parents during conferences about their plan. Parents, please plan to bring your child to conferences on Thursday or Friday so, they can share some work samples from 5th grade so far. Your child and their teacher will be sharing about their learning and goals. Literacy: The students will continue to read independently using their book club discussions to go more deeply into one book or story to write their literary essay. They will continue to discuss connections, predictions, characters, setting and most importantly THEMES (life lessons). You can support your child by making sure that your child is reading for 30 minutes a day (365 days a year!) at home on a just right book (graphic novels/comics count!).  During writing, the students will continue to work on making a claim (opinion) about a theme(s)...