Week of October 28th

We have a jam packed schedule coming up in grade 5.  From Sharing Assemblies to our Halloween Party on Thursday it looks to be a very busy week.

Language

• Finish Novel Study
• Edit/Revise/Good Copy Person I Admire
• Spelling

Math

• Bring back signed math test
• Data Management
• Interpreting Graphs
• Creating Bar Graphs

Social Studies

• Federal Government
• Elections and Voting

Marlies Game: Forms Due Monday

Dr. Grant sent home a permission form this week for the Marlies game that the grade 5 students are singing O Canada at.  This is just a reminder that all of the forms need to be returned by Monday, October 28th.

Here is the outline of what we are going to be covering in class this week.

Language

• Novel Study - The Breadwinner
• Person I Admire- begin our non-fiction writing
• Spelling

Math

• Take up Math Test on Patterning
• Review previous unit
• Problem Solving

Social Studies

• Present our Municipal and Provincial Government charts
• Look at different levels of Federal Government
• Talk about campaigns and platforms

BRAIN TEASER....

The edit function on the Brain Teaser is not working so I am putting it up as a post this week.

BRAIN TEASER

A cowboy rides into town on Friday, stays for five days, then leaves on Friday. How did he do it?

Next Week

I hope that everyone had a relaxing and Happy Thanksgiving.  Despite the fact that we have a short week it will be a busy one in room 234.

Language

• Novel Study: The Breadwinner
• Continue looking at different levels of writing
• Person I Admire
• Spelling

Math

• Solving Word Problems for Number Patterns
• Review for Math Test
• Math Test Friday October 18th- Number Patterns

Social Studies

• Examine different levels of Government
• Municipal Government
• Provincial Government
• Federal Government