Hello, 5B families!
Today we continued on with our unit on subtraction, using concrete exploration with base ten blocks to build our understanding of what happens in the traditional algorithm when rounding. See the sample questions below and a tutorial video for help.
In Language Arts and Science today, we spent time debriefing our field trip, recording our reflections and sharing our memories and lessons in small group dialogue. Students made notes with their answers to some reflection questions in preparation for organizing an essay later this week. (Scroll to the blog post below this to see our videos and photos from the trip.)
In Religion class today, we have been seeking to deepen our prayer practice. We returned to some “Alpha Course” content with the lesson titled “Prayer: Why and How Do I Pray?” Students were very thoughtful in using a Catholic lens as well as their own ideas to consider possible answers to this “Why do you think people don’t always get what they pray for?”
Please take note that our school’s Advent concert is on Tuesday, December 12th at 6pm. Students are asked to arrive at St. Andrew’s Cathedral by 5:30 pm.
We will be holding dress regular for the Advent Concert during school hours on the day of the concert. Students may wear civvies during the day. Please have students in a clean full uniform and polished black shoes for the evening concert.
The both of the grade 5 classes will be performing a song together: “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”. Here is a background track that students may use to practice along with at home if they like.
Reminder:
Also, we will have our Spelling test based on last week’s word list this Wednesday—which is also CIVVIES DAY! (Thank you for bringing a $2 donation for that to support St. Patrick’s learning initiatives).
There is no school for students this Thursday and Friday, the 23rd & 24th
Tiffany Poirier 