Thank you everyone for the great year and wonderful end to the school year! It was wonderful to get to know you all and I wish you all the best in all your future endeavours. You are all great wonderful and talented people! Have a fantastic summer!

All the best, 

Mr. H

End of year letter

Dear Parents,

I cannot believe that the end of the school year is approaching so quickly. It has been a great year that has been filled with much joy and happiness. We have covered a lot of material and have gotten the opportunity to participate in many fun projects. We were lucky enough to go to see a Wrinkle in Time, go to the Mcmichael art Gallery as well as create and put on plays and make a very cool Halloween Maze! We also made a survival guide and worked hard with our reading buddies! As your child gets ready for 6th grade this summer, they can rest assured that it will be a wonderful upcoming school year. They can look forward to meeting new friends, teachers and learning some very cool things!

As your child moves from 5th to 6th grade, there are some very important things that you can do this summer to help them succeed. Take the time to listen to your child read and make sure that they are reading each night for at least 20 minutes. Practice their math facts so that they will be ready for 6th grade math. Encourage your child to write often. If you go on vacation this summer, then encourage your child to take a journal with them and write a little bit about their trip each day. This is a great way for a child to get their thoughts organized onto paper. Encourage good social skills and help them make good choices and order for themselves if you go out to eat. All of these things will help your child lead to big successes the next school year.

As well as academics there are a lot of great things wonderful memorise that can be created over the summer as well. I encourage everyone to, spend time outside, play with friends, go places with your family even if it is just the local park, go for a hike, try and find a wild animal, eat ice cream, see a movie, learn a new hobbie, watch the sunset and enjoy the little moments.

It has been my pleasure getting to know your child this school year. Having your parental support was an essential part of the year. I would like to personally thank each and every one of the parents, grandparents, and other family members who have taken the time to volunteer, ask questions or contacted me throughout the school year. Your dedication and support has not gone unnoticed.

Thanks again for a wonderful year. Have a fantastic summer.

Sincerely,

Mr. Gareth Hussey

P.s. We will be having our end of year party on June 27th please bring a snack to share with 4-5 other people if you would like to do so. We will spend time on this day watching a movie, eating food and playing outside.

To do June 25th

Also Class Party Wed. Have a Great Night

To do June 21st

1. Drama-Tomorrow props and costumes please
2. Math Monday


Have a Great Night

To do June 18th

1. Bring props and costumes for Drama Dress Rehearsal tomorrow
2. Andrew Larson Visit tomorrow
3. Math Carnival Game- June 25th
4. Trip Tomorrow- Check google classroom to see if you are going
5. School Carnival- June 20th
6. Get Learning Skills and Drama Signed
7. Show parents puberty sheet from health
8. Unknown music test coming up


Have a great night

- Mr. H

To do June 15th

1. Final Lit circle- Monday
2. Props a costumes- Monday
3. Math- Carnival Game June 25th
4. Trip 19th or 21st
5. Carnival 20th
6. Lip Dub Monday - Wear black if you want to be part of the mannequin challenge.

Have a Great Weekend

Mr. H

Lettter About Trip

Friday June 15th, 2018

Dear Parents:

Due to circumstances beyond our control, we have had to change the date of our McMichael Art Gallery Field Trip which was originally scheduled for this Friday June 15th.  The new date(s) are as follows:

Mrs. Carmichael and Mr. Hussey (List #1) will go on Tuesday June 19th/18

Mrs. Blanchard and Mr. Hussey (List # 2) will go on Thursday June 21st/18

Please note that for those who had purchased the item on School Cash Online, a refund has been issued as the price has decreased because of the change. Please go online and check the status of your account.

If you have any questions, please email Mrs. Blanchard - bonnie.blanchard@yrdsb.ca

Regards,

The Grade 5 Teachers

PLEASE SEE GOOGLE CLASSROOM OR NOTE THAT WENT HOME ABOUT DAY YOU ARE GOING

To do June 14th

1. Final Lit Circle- Tomorrow
2. Drama Posters- Tomorrow
3. Drama Presentation- June 22nd 10:45 am
4. Math- Carnival Game June 25th
5.Props and Costumes for Drama- Monday
6. School Carnival June 20th

Have a great night!

To do June 13th

1. Drama Props and Costumes- Monday
2. Drama Poster- Friday
3. Perfect Sandwich- Tomorrow
4. Science Project- Tomorrow
5. Trip June 19th or 21st
6. Get work signed

Have a great night!

- Mr. H 

Procedural Writing

This is from our class today. Remember to have numbered steps and materials. Add pictures for the A level and be very specific and detailed for the a level work. The results should tell me what I end with.

To do June 12th

1. 5th Lit circle task Friday
2. Math: work sheet from class if not done
3. Procedural Writing: Perfect Sandwich: Thursday
4. School Carnival June 21st.


Have a Great Night

- Mr. H

To do June 11th

1. Drama Posters- Due Friday
2. Props and Costumes- Due Monday for Dress rehearsal 
3. Math Tree Diagram- Due tomorrow 
4. 5th Lit Circle Task- Due Friday


Have a great night!

Mr. H

To do June 8th

1. Drama Props- June 18th
2. Math Tree Restaurant- Tuesday
3.  Sci in school- Monday
4. Lit circle task 5 the final task! Friday
5. Trip now afternoon of the 19th or 21st.
6. Drama Presentation Jun 22nd.


Have a great weekend!

Mr. H

Procedural Writing

Math from the past couple of days

To do June 7th

1. Lit Circle Task 4: Tomorrow
2. Drama Bring Props and Costumes June 18th
3. Math: Worksheet
4. Sci Project: Rube Goldberg Machine
5. French Assessment- Tomorrow
6. Music- Surprise Quiz one day next week 

To do June 6th

1. Lit Circle # 4 Friday
2. Math work page
3. Drama- Start Bringing in Props

Have a Great Night!

Mr. Hussey

To do June 5th

1. Lit Circle # 4 Friday
2. Math work page front and back- tomorrow
3. Drama- Start Bringing in Props

Have a Great Night!

Mr. Hussey

To do June 1st

Happy June!

To do 

1. Lit Circle Task 4 June 8th
2. Drama Memorized for Tuesday
3. PA day Monday
4. Math take up day Tuesday, Looking at Pg 212 Q 2,3,4 pg 218 Q 2-6, Explain the difference between volume and capacity
5. Bring French Props and Costumes
6. Music Test Tuesday


Have a Great Weekend

Mr. H

Mass

Mass is the measure of how much matter is in an object. Mass never changes but weight does depending on gravitational pull.

Mass is measured in KG, G and MG

Kg= Km G=M Mg=Ml

1000mg in 1 g

1000g in one Kg

Mg= Very light objects, G = light , Kg=Heavy

To do May 30th

1. Lit Circle Task Three - Tomorrow
2. Memorize Drama- June 5th
3. Election Signs, Handouts etc. Done for Friday
4. Music Playing Test June 5th
5. Math we will complete in class tomorrow
6. Work Signed Lit circle task 2 and Fake News article



Have a Great Night!

-Mr. H

Volume

Definition: Volume is the amount of 3D space currently being taken up by an object. Measured in cubed units. Most oftenCm3. or M3


Formula: Area of Base x Height= Volume


H.W.= Pg 212 (2,3,4)

To do May 29th

1. Lit Circle Task Three - May 31st 
2. Memorize Drama- June 1st
3. Election Signs, Handouts etc. Done for Friday
4. Music Fingering Test May 30th, Playing Test June 5th



Have a Great Night!

-Mr. H

Capacity

Definition: The maximum amount something can contain or how much work it can get done. Capacity deals with inside a container only. It does not take into consideration the outside of the container. It is space inside.

Capacity often is measured in ML, and L as it is easiest to fill inside space with a liquid. It can be measured in any unit however.

You can also use the decimal jumping method we practiced in class. 

Text 209 Q: 2,3 Work page 1,2,4,5

To do May 28th

1. Lit Circle Task Three - May 31st 
2. Memorize Drama- June 1st
3. Election Signs, Handouts etc. Done for Friday
4. Math pg 207 Q 2,3,4 Work Sheet Q 1,4
5. Music Fingering Test May 29th, Playing Test June 5th



Have a Great Night!

-Mr. H

Making Change!

How to round when dealing in single cents.

Home Work: Page 207 Q 2, 3,4 (keep in mind the rounding rule) (worksheet Q 1,4)

To do May 25th

1. Lit Circle Task Three - May 31st 
2. Memorize Drama- June 1st
3. Check out vote compass with your family on google classroom
4. Music H.W. - Monday
5. Music Fingering Test May 29th, Playing Test June 5th
6. Work Signed- Math test, Lit Circle Task 1. 
7. Monday- Bring in a toy for Science with Explanation on type of energy being used. - You will present this

Have a Great Weekend!

Mr. H

To do May 23rd

1. Lit Circle Task Two - May 24th (Tomorrow)
2. Memorize Drama- June 1st
3. Math finish questions in class tomorrow
4. Music H.W. 
5. Music Fingering Test May 29th, Playing Test June 5th
6. Work Signed- Math test, Lit Circle Task 1. 
7. Monday- Bring in a toy for Science with Explanation on type of energy being used. - You will present this

Have a Great Night

Mr. H

To do May 18th

1. Lit Circle task two - May 24th 
2. Memorize Drama- June 1st
3. Math not completed Work sheet Q 1,2,3,5 Text 199 Q 1-6- Wed
4. Sherlock question- Wed
5. Trip Tuesday
6. Track and Field Tuesday

Have  a great long weekend! I will see you all on Tuesday!

Mr. H

To do May 17th

1. Lit Circle task two - May 24th 
2. Memorize Drama- June 1st
3. Fake News- Good Copy Friday
4. Math- Q 1,2,3,4,5 Pg 199
5. Sherlock question- Wed
6. Trip Forms- Friday
7. Jump Rope Tomorrow: Please bring sunscreen

Have  a great night! I will see you all tomorrow and am feeling much better.

Math May 17th

Sherlock

The Problem:
Sherlock Homes was listening to a strange tape that
had been left at the home of Lady Webberly: "At the
sound of the tone the time is 7:00 PM. exactly, Monday,
May 3,1987. In precisely 16,700 minutes you must be
under the oak tree behind the Somerset library, or you
will be in grave danger." Sherlock instructed Lady
Webberly to follow the instructions and that he would
follow behind at a discreet distance. On what day and
at what time was Lady Webberly to be under the oak
tree behind the library?

To do May 16th

1. Lit Circle task two - May 24th 
2. Memorize Drama
3. Fake News- Good Copy Friday
4. Math- Q 1,2,3,5
5. Sherlock question- Wed
6. Trip Forms- Friday

Have  a great night! Good work with the first half of track and field today!

24hr time

To go along with our lesson today

Please complete Q:1,2,3,5

To do May 15th

1. First Task Lit Circle- Tomorrow
2. Memorize Drama- June 1st
3. Fake news article typed and handed in Google Classroom- Editing tomorrow, good copy Friday
4. Forms for our trip.- Friday
5. Cardboard for French.
6. Clock page- math

Analogue Clock From Todays Lesson

Clock

To do May 14th

1. First Task Lit Circle- Wed
2. Memorize Drama
3. Fake news article typed and handed in Google Classroom- Thursday
4. Forms for our trip.
5. Cardboard for French.

Track and Field Tomorrow All Day

• sunscreen
• water
• lunch
• blanket to sit on
• more water
• Enjoy the day!

To do May 11th

Sorry accidentally put this on the grade one blog, here it is Enjoy this sunny weekend and Mothers Day!

1. Lit Circle first task Wed
2. Fake news article Thursday
3. Math Practice Sheets, Assessment Monday
4. Cardboard for french
5. Memorize drama
6. Forms signed for the trip

- Mr. H

To do May 9th

1. First Lit Circle task- Due May 16th
2. Fake news- Body and Conclusion Written
3. Memorize Drama
4. Math Pg 363- 1,2,3
5. Trip from may 22nd signed
6.  trip- June 15th - school cash online
7. Work signed

Page 360 and 361 Math Text

To do May 8th

1. Book for Lit Circles-Tomorrow!
2. Math Text Book Pg. 360, 361 Q 1, 3,4
3. Fake News: Back page - Headline, Byline, Lead with 5 w's, Quote

To do May 7th

1. Choose a novel to read for lit circle due May 9th
2. Math Page 18,19 2,3,4,6
3. Drama roles- memorizing
4. Example Lit Circle Example tomorrow
5.Forms for May 22nd- ASAP all three please
6. Field Trip June 15th- School cash online
7. Jump Rope For Heart Money Collecting
8. Work signed, Review, Letter/Poster, Math Quiz

Have a Great Night 

- Mr. Hussey

Fake News Article

We will be starting this this week here is a sneak peak!

Below is a copy of the front page of the assignment. Please refer to the paper assignment for full instructions and our examples from earlier in the week to reflect on the work you are doing.

So you Want to Make up the News

For this assignment you will be making your own fake news article. This article can be on anything you want it to be on as long as it is school appropriate and includes all the parts of an article.

You will need (Success Criteria):

Headline: Catches attention and sums up your story. (Should incite emotion in the reader)

Byline: Authors name and what they write about.

Place Line: Where the story begins or takes place.

Lead: Opening Paragraph, gives important information, answers the 5 w’s

Body: Tells in more detail what is happening, Normally has true statements or facts in it. Yours will be made up.

Quotation: What someone actually said (made up for your article), Makes the article feel true and adds accuracy.

Conclusion: Wraps up the article and Gives a thought related to what may happen next.

Picture: Related to the article to back up what is being said.

To do May 4th

1. Choose a novel to read for lit circle due May 9th
2. Show parents Lit Circle Assignment
3. Math Page 18,19 2,3,4,6
4. Drama roles chosen by Monday- start memorizing
5. Example Lit Circle Example Package-Monday
6.Forms for May 22nd- ASAP all three please
7. Field Trip June 15th- School cash online
8. Jump Rope For Heart Money Collecting

Have a Great Night 

- Mr. Hussey

Patterns to Solve Problems

H. W. Pages

Using Pictures To Create Patterns and Pattern Rules

HW
Q: 1,2,3, 4 pg 14,15

To do May 2nd

1. Choose a novel to read for lit circle due May 9th
2. Show parents Lit Circle Assignment
3. Math Practice Page Front and Back Tomorrow
4. Health - Sign and Return Test
5.  Your Social Studies is due
6. Example Lit Circle Example Package-Friday
7. Forms for May 22nd- ASAP all three please

Have a Great Night 

- Mr. Hussey

Term and Term Number

Term Number: The number that tells the position in a pattern

Term: The result of applying the pattern rule to a term number.

HW: Complete the practice pages.

To Do May 1st

1. Find a Novel for our Lit Circle
2. News article outline page
3. Math Text PG 8 Q 1,2,5,7
4. Social Studies Project

Number Patterns and Pattern Rules

A Number Pattern:

A list of numbers that follow a certain sequence or pattern.

They can be ascending or descending.

Pattern Rule: How a pattern grows or changes.

Types of Pattern Rules:

A Recursive Pattern Rule: is a pattern rule that tells you the start number of a pattern and how the pattern continues. For example, a recursive rule for the pattern 5, 8, 11, 14, … is start with 5 and add 3.

A Common Difference: is the difference between any two consecutive terms in a pattern. Not all patterns have a common difference. For example, the pattern 5, 10, 15, 20, … has a common difference of 5. The pattern 1, 4, 9, 16, … has no common difference.

An Explicit Pattern Rule: is a pattern rule that tells you how to get any term in the pattern without listing all the terms before it. For example, an explicit pattern rule for 5, 8, 11, 14, … uses the first term (5) and the common difference (3). To calculate the 20th term, 20th term first term  [(term number 1) (common difference)] 5 (19 3) 5 57 62

May News Letter

Mr. Hussey News

Hello Parents and Guardians of our Grade 5 class!

I cannot believe that it is already May! Where has the time gone? It seems like it was just yesterday that the school year had started and now we are down to our last nine weeks. Crazy!

Literacy: In Literacy we have been very busy! We have finished recounts, Movie Reviews, Letters, Poster creation and presentation as well as reading some non fiction sources and starting our media literacy unit on fake news. To finish up the year we will be wrapping up our fake news unit, writing our research papers and doing a self guided literacy circle where the students will be in charge of picking their own novel to read for the next 6-7 weeks and creating a number of different works based off of this novel. Eg Comic, letter, article etc. In oral speaking we will be putting on short plays in groups see Drama Below for more details.

Math: In Math we have just finished up our unit on fractions and decimals and will be moving onto number patterns and measurement before wrapping up the year with some probability.

Outdoors: As the days start to warm up we will be looking at spending more time outside to help enhance our learning.  This month we are taking part in the Bird Blitz! A program designed where the students get to be citizen scientists recording the birds they see and sending their information into Bird Studies Canada.

Drama/Oral Literacy: In Drama and Oral Literacy the students will be put into groups and be presenting short plays on the second last week of school. The exact dates will be announced at the beginning of June. These plays cover a range of social and critical thinking issues. The students will be in charge of memorizing their lines, coming up with a costume and props for their characters and creating a display about the play they are in before presenting to each other and hopefully any parents who are able to visit.

Extra Curricular:

Ongoing: Starting again Wednesday at Lunch: Garden Club! Excited to see all of you now the snow is gone. :)

Finished up:

Jr. Volleyball, Jr. Boys and Jr. Girls Basketball,School Musical.

Coming up:

Track and Field

Thank you,

Gareth Hussey

To do April 30th

1. Fake news articles based off of a picture.

2. Social Studies- Inquiry Project Tuesday

3. Health Test Signed 

Non Fiction Pictures

Head to Nonfiction Pictures and have a look at the pictures here. Your job is to look at these pictures and write a bias story or article to go with this picture. A fake news story that still sounds believable. We will be sharing them on Tuesday.

To do April 27th

1. Fake news articles reading. due Monday

2. Math Fractions Quiz Monday
- Comparing fractions, Ordering fractions,  Mixed Numbers, Proper Fractions, Improper Fractions, Converting Fractions to decimals (denominators of 2,4,5, 20,25) (Converting these denominators to 10 or 100 to solve)

3. Math Work Review Page- Monday

4. Social Studies- Inquiry Project Tuseday

5. Health Test Signed 



Have a Great Night! - Mr. H

News Terms

Fake News in Non-Fiction Texts: Definitions

Bias: A tenancy to favor one side/one person/one group to much.

Claim: To say firmly or declare as a fact without proof.

Exaggeration: Make something out to be more then it is.

Reason: A cause, explanation, justification for an action or event.

Evidence: Facts or clues, showign that something is probably true.

Success Criteria: Fractions Quiz

Here is what I am going to be looking for on the fractions quiz.

Name:                                             Fractions Quiz

	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
Knowledge & Understanding Ø  Can effectively order and Identify mixed numbers and improper fractions. Ø  Can convert fractions to decimals and decimals to fractions. Ø  Can order and compare fractions and decimals.
Thinking Ø Display equivalent fractions using pictures, numbers and words. Ø  o Show the value of different and similar fractions in more than one way. Ø Critically evaluates what is being asked and applies a familiar strategy
Communication Ø  Organized appropriately Important information is displayed , numbers, pictures and words are used to solve where appropriate. Ø  Uses conventions (ex. vocabulary) and answers questions fully.
Application Ø   Able to identify how to convert decimals to fractions and fractions to decimals. Ø Makes connections to what is being asked and use appropriate skills to solve. Draws on knowledge of past units of study.  As well as similar questions in class.