YEAR 5

FROM THE CLASSROOM  

Our Grade 5 students have been working hard across all areas of learning this week.

In Mathematics, students have built on their knowledge of fractions, decimals and percentages. Specifically working on being able to compare and convert different amounts. Students explored this concept through engaging in real-life situations, such as cooking!

In Writing, students have been revising different writing tools that they have been exposed to all year. This has helped better prepare them for their next Talk for Writing text, which they will start learning next week. 

In Reading, we have continued studying the text 'The Lost Thing'. We have explored how the text is written in first-person and compared it to the text 'Where the Wild Things Are', which is written in third-person. We continued making connections between the text and ourselves, our world and other texts that we know. 

In Inquiry, students have been learning how to identify persuasive techniques used in advertisements and thinking of how they are going to use advertisements to promote their own Business Innovation stall. 

FROM THE STUDENTS

"I really enjoyed being able to perform our Wakakirri performance in front of lots of grades!!" - Alexis 

"Designing our shoes in art has been a highlight for me this week!" - Maria 

"I scored a goal by doing a bicycle kick in soccer! Playing soccer with my friends is fun" 

- Yassin

"In Reading, I have liked making connections between 'The Lost Thing' and my own life" 

- Ganeev

LEARNING INTENTIONS FOR NEXT WEEK  

READING

We are learning to:

• Identify the key information in a text.
• Develop our vocabulary and build our background knowledge on Braille, blindness and France, preparing us for our next mentor text – 'Six Dots'. 

WRITING

We are learning to:

• Understand and orally retell our new Talk for Writing text – 'Should Goldie Locks Be Jailed'?
• Write a good discussion text by backing up different points of view with information, reasons or evidence.  

MATHS

We are learning to:

• Apply our knowledge of factors and multiples to compare and order common unit fractions with the same and related denominators.
• Use different strategies to solve problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions with the same or related denominators.

INQUIRY

We are learning to:

• Brainstorm the resources we could use to create our own business advertisement. 
• Plan our own advertisements for our stall on Business Innovation Day. 

WELLBEING

We are learning to:

• Demonstrate our knowledge of emotions, strengths, coping and help-seeking strategies, as well as identifying our sources of support.

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