Grade 5 Community News

Dear Grade 5 families, 

Can you believe that we are halfway through term 2 already!

Knowledge Building

We are now two weeks into our knowledge building unit on Inside Out and Back Again.  Students have been working hard planning and writing a historical narrative.  They have been creating characters that are living through an important moment in history such as Ha living through the Vietnam War in Inside Out and Back Again. In the coming weeks students will continue writing the resolution and conclusion to their historical narratives. 

Mathematics

In weeks 7 and 8 students will be moving into learning about probability.  Students will learn about the relationships between possible outcomes of chance experiments, theoretical probabilities and relative frequencies. This builds on prior learning about probability ranges and dependent and independent chance outcomes. Throughout the unit, there will be a focus on identifying all possible outcomes, to ensure a comprehensive understanding of outcomes of chance experiments, as well as providing a framework for checking the accuracy of results. 

Vocabulary

Over the past two weeks the students have been learning 5 new words each week from the text Inside Out and Back Again. Students look at the meaning of the words, synonyms and antonyms for the words, and how to use the words in sentences. They are then using these words in their writing and reading.

Reminders

• Student journals will not be being sent home this year.  Students will write their reading in the journals when they arrive at school each day. 

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