Miss Hillier's Grade 5 Class

 Good Afternoon Families, Hopefully you are all staying warm!  Today was PJ Day! Today in PE, the students played Mission Impossible. There was a story that went with today's Mission Impossible:  Because of how cold it is, Santa’s reindeer can’t fly to deliver the presents Because of this, you (the elf, the student) must make it through the snow storm and deliver the presents yourself *Each student must take one present from the crate and bring it with them through the obstacle course *If they or their present touches any of the equipment then they just restart. In Writing, the students finished their stories. They then participated in holiday writing prompts.  In Math, the students had to use their addition knowledge of decimals to find out the price of the gifts during the 12 days of Christmas. They did this in groups to help expand their knowledge. They continued on this from yesterday. We did our Hot Chocolate Science experiment. The students learned about the pe...

 Good evening Families, I hope you are staying warm!  It is Panago Pizza day tomorrow! Those of you who ordered your child a Panago lunch don't have to pack them a lunch! In PE, the students are continuing with Mission Impossible! In Music, we finished all of our Candian Music Projects! They were all great! In Math, students practiced rounding decimals by using grocery store flyers. Students were to create a breakfast worth $10, a lunch worth $20, and a dinner worth $25 using the flyers and their knowledge of decimals to help budget for these meals. The students enjoyed it and learned about a real life experience while doing this.  We continued reading Restart. This afternoon, we finished up our writing and some other students worked on a health survey about self-awareness. We will finish the surveys tomorrow.  We also started some water science experiments today. Student will be leading themselves through four different science stations learning about different prop...

 Good afternoon Families! It's so close, the elusive winter break is coming up soon. We only have a few days left! Please make sure that your child is bundled up this week because it is super cold outside. Please remind students to take their lunch kits, any food products they may have at school and their shoes if they are not coming for the week.  It is Festive Sweater Day tomorrow! So you can dress up in your most festive sweater related to winter, Christmas, or another holiday that you celebrate at this time!  Please make sure to send the Hot Chocolate form back by Thursday! This morning, in PE, the students started the Mission Impossible unit! It looks like it was super fun! In Writing, students are wrapping up their stories. Those that are complete will have a chance to do some fun writing about the holiday season.  In Math, we touched base on rounding numbers. We will do more rounding tomorrow with a project.  We continued to read our class novel Restart. ...

 Happy Friday!  On Wednesday, next week is our last Healthy Hunger of 2022, it is Panago Pizza. If you would like your child to partake, please go to the MyCBE webpage and order for your child.  It will be super cold next week. We will likely be inside for all of our recesses, but please make sure that your child is dressed for the weather coming to and from school. This morning we did our Field study Friday. We went outside and the students were to pick a stick. They were to examine the stick and draw it in their visual journals. After they drew their stick they were to write out descriptions about their stick using their senses. Some of the renditions are great!  We continued reading Restart . It brought up a really interesting piece today about when stories are told from different perspectives that we may not know who to believe. It is important to listen to all sides of the story, but it also alright not to know what is right.  In Makerspace, the students ar...

 Hello Families, Here is a note from all Grade 5 teachers about a form that went home today. If you did not receive a form please make sure your child brings their purple folder home: Dear Parents and Guardians, On Thursday, December 22nd, the Grade 5 Team will be mixing solids and liquids as part of their Classroom Chemistry unit in Science. We will be dissolving hot chocolate powder in warm water prior to drinking it. The hot chocolate powder was bought from Superstore. Here is the ingredients list: President’s Choice Hot Chocolate Powder: Sugar, Cocoa, Salt, Soy Lecithin, Natural Flavour, Skim Milk Powder. If you DO NOT wish for your child to drink the hot chocolate please fill out the slip below and return it as soon as possible. ***Any forms not returned on or before December 22nd will indicate that permission is given. Students without returned forms will be offered hot chocolate for tasting*** Thank you, Miss Gadbois, Miss Hillier, Ms. Palichuk In PE, the students played a d...

 Hello Families, It is Festive Hat day tomorrow! You can wear a festive hat to celebrate the holiday season.  In PE, the students played a memory type game and if they didn't get 'presents' they had to do an exercise.  In Music, the students are wrapping up presenting their Canadian music projects! They have been great! In Math, we are still working through decimals and we will be moving on to a new topic tomorrow within decimals! It is very exciting!  In Writing, we are wrapping up our stories! The students are working on their endings! In Word Work, the students were quizzed on their words this week and will get new words, in the coming days! In Science, we went over some important vocabulary that students will needs for future science experiments we will be doing! Have a great evening!  Miss. Hillier

 Good afternoon! A reminder tomorrow is Healthy Hunger day! Kernels will be dropped off tomorrow. Thursday is Festive Hat day!  In PE, the students are working with scooters and it looks like so much fun! In Writing, students are working on wrapping up their pieces of writing with their ending. We have discussed the different strategies to use when ending a piece of writing. So, the students are going to wrap up their stories by using two of these strategies, revealing the character's trait that they learn about themselves, and revealing the adaptation that their character has gained from its journey!  In Math, the students reviewed the decimal place value strategy that was learned over the last couple of classes. We then discussed comparing decimals and reviewing what the <, >, = mean when comparing numbers. Students then practiced this task with 15 questions.  In Word Work, students worked with their groups to find different words that followed the patterns o...

 Good evening Families! Tomorrow is Festive Sock Day! Wear socks that are festive if you have some! Wednesday is Hunger Treat Day! Thursday is Festive Hat Day! So much to enjoy during the month of December.  In PE, the students played a game that involved scooters! Looked like a blast! In Music, the students are presenting their Canadian Music Artist projects. They have been doing really well! In Math, we continued to work on ordering decimals. We learned a new strategy that can help determine which number is bigger when we look at tenths, hundredths, and thousandths. We then cut out different pages with numbers to order to practice ordering the numbers in different ways so the students could see it visually and manipulate it.  https://www.mathsisfun.com/ordering_decimals.html This afternoon, the students worked on their second set of Word Work words and continued to practice noticing the patterns in words, while learning new words.  In Science, the student partook i...

 Good afternoon Families! Tomorrow is Wear Red and Green day! Wear red and green to celebrate the time of the year! Today in PE, the students worked on showing the skills they have learned during the soccer unit before they begin to play some games.  In Writing, student were to take an ending to a story and change it to something more descriptive and use two of the strategies that we discussed days earlier rather than just The End with an explanation attatched. Students practiced this on two different examples to help them gather ideas and provide feedback on how to finish an ending with more.  In Math, the students used their knowledge about ordering tenths in order from smallest to biggest or vice versa, and practiced this. We then learned about ordering hundredths. We know that hundredths are smaller than tenths but when we order them it can get tricky. When we order hundredths from smallest to biggest we are taking the number closest to the tenth before hand and worki...