Frightening Friday!!

Have a safe and happy halloween and remember to brush your teeth after you eat all your candy!

On Monday we are going to be going to the IMAX in the morning. Please wear your #1 uniform.

Homework:

• Study for tomorrow's spelling test
  
• Review your TOP SECRET halloween party instructions. Practice for 15 minutes.
• Share your three Iqbal projects with your parents and make sure they sign the contract.
• Complete math set homework

Reminders:

• Arrive in PE strip. Bring your costume. If you want to change into civvies from 10:40-12:00, then bring $2.00 (for UNICEF) or just stay in your PE kit until we change into our costumes.
  
• Our Halloween party will start at 1:30 and will end at 3:00. Parents are all welcome - it is going to be fun, fUN, FUN!
  

Spelling Words – October 26 - 31

Spelling test reminder - you will need to know how to spell the following words for tomorrow's test!

remembrance
respect
veteran
fought
rescued
guard
peaceful
carve
annual
amusement
celebration
surprise
terrifying
disguise
consensus
appointed
citizen
intention
prejudiced
their, there, they’re

Witchy Wednesday!!!!

Homework:

• Study for tomorrow's government test
• Complete Math set homework
  
• Study for Friday's spelling test
  
• Complete problem solving for Ms. Gould (due on Monday)
• Read for 20 minutes
  

Reminders:

• Friday is our halloween party day!
  
• Wear your P.E. kit on Friday, bring civvies (and $2) if you want to change after P.E. and before we eat lunch we will get into our costumes.
• Operation Christmas Child is due on November 24, please return your filled box, with $7.00 to cover shipping
• ADDITIONALLY, if you want to work hard and raise some extra money (by doing chores, raking leaves, etc) at home to donate to Operation Christmas Child, please do! Ms. Brown will have a collection jar in her room and will be collecting any extra money raised by grade fives.
  

Note:

DONATION FOR REMEMBRANCE DAY POPPIES

Each student will be given a poppy to wear at our Remembrance Day assembly on Wednesday, November 5. We ask that each student bring in a donation on November 5 for the poppy they will receive. Usually this has been a toonie and can be given to your child’s homeroom teacher.

Terrifying Tuesday!!!!!

Homework:

• Math Set homework
• Study for Socials Test - Thursday
• Study for Spelling Test - Friday
• Problem Solving Due Monday
  
• Complete and return spelling words wordsearch due tomorrow!

Reminders:

• Your socials test will be broken down like this:
• 25% Fill in the blanks
• 25 % Multiple Choice
• 50% Short Answer
  

Halloween Week! Hurray!

Homework:

• Read orange Halloween info sheet and write a halloween acrostic poem!
  
• Study for Socials test - on Thursday
• Study for Spelling Test - on Friday
• Complete Problem Solving (for Ms. Gould) due next Monday

Reminders:

• Wear your P.E. kit tomorrow and bring your uniform.
  
• Friday - Halloween - Wear civvies in the morning (for a $2 donation to UNICEF) and your costume in the afternoon. We will be having our class party from 1:30-3:00.
  
• Boys attending SoccerFest tomorow - meet at PE Dept Tuesday 7.40am. Bus will depart at 7.50am. Return to the school is anticipated at 3.15pm for dismissal.
• Operation Christmas Child boxes to be returned by November 24, with $7.00
  

Harvest Festival

On the weekend, Ms. Murphy and Ms. Gretzinger went to the Capilano Suspension Bridge to check out all of the grade 5 pumpkins - they looked AMAZING! We should hear who won later this week. Keep your fingers crossed!

A note regarding homework...

Hey 5M,

You will not be able to complete the "A Special Relationship" worksheet that I assigned for homework. We will continue working on it on Monday, but you will need another resource in order to complete it!

Sorry for the confusion!
Enjoy your weekend.

Sunshine and Pumpkins

Remember - no school tomorrow or Friday!

Homework:

• Complete your Chapter 6 (Socials) worksheets.
• TEST on Canadian Government test - October 30
• Use your class notes, study guide (handed out today) and textbook to create study notes
• Math Problem solving worksheets due next Wednesday
  
• Current Events on Monday
• Connor, Jordan, Lorna, Julia

Reminders:

• Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes and information coming home today
• Your pumpkins will be on display on October 25 and 26 at the Capilano Suspension Bridge's Harvest Festival - Go see all the pumpkins and vote for your favourite! Everyone has their two free "admit one" for participating.

Wow!
What a great day!
It was so much fun carving our pumpkins and such a treat to have parent volunteers helping out in class. Thank you all so much.

Here is a link to all of the pictures Ms. Murphy took - there are lots! Enjoy!



Homework:

• Make any corrections to your patterning test and return it tomorrow, signed to your Math teacher.
• Complete Math Set homework
• Read 20 minutes
  

Reminders:

• No school on Thursday or Friday!
  

Welcome Georgie!

We were very excited to welcome Georgie to our class! Hurray!



Homework for tonight:

• Design your pumpkin's face. You ARE allowed to bring in hair and accessories for your pumpkin, BUT you are responsible for attaching them to the pumpkin securely and they WILL NOT be returned (so don't borrow your mom's diamonds!)
• Complete page 15 (Writing Topic Sentences) and page 16 (Introduction to Editing) in your grammar handouts
• Read for 20 minutes

Reminders:

• Arrive in your PE kit. Bring an old shirt to wear for pumpkin carving.
  
• Bring your uniform
• You are responsible for bringing a pumpkin carving kit!!! If you do not have one, you won't be able to carve. You can buy them at dollar stores, grocery stores, etc.
  

Today we said goodbye to our two good friends Kyle and Mitchell, who will be starting at a new school on Monday. Good luck to you, boys! We will miss you!

Homework:

• Complete any Math set homework
• Read for 20 minutes

• Current Events on Monday

  1. Frazer

  2. Lorna

  3. Jaden

  4. Connor (Can present on Tuesday)

Homework:

• Math Set homework
• Page 13 - " Singular and Plural Nouns: Part 2"
  
• Iqbal - Chapter 11
• Read for 20 minutes

Reminders:

• Wear your P.E. kit and bring your uniforms tomorrow
• Bring your pumpkin carving kits
  

Congratulations Collingwood!

As a school we raised $10, 513 for the Terry Fox Foundation. Well done!

Homework:

• Math homework from Math Sets
• Complete "Our Parliamentary Government" worksheet (both sides!)
• Read for 20 minutes

Reminders:

• Parent confirmation sheets for interviews are coming home today. Please contact Ms. Murphy if you foresee a conflict.
  

Welcome back!
It sounds like everyone had a really nice long weekend, full of family, friends and food.

Homework for tonight:

• Read a novel for 20 minutes
• Math homework
• Complete Government Sheet "The Government and Us"
• Find out who won the Federal Election! Watch the news or read the newspaper to find out!
  

Reminders:

• Wear #1 uniform tomorrow, bring Spirit clothes to change into
• Return Better Life coffee form

Hey... thanks!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
I hope ISEA was a great success - you had beautiful weather for it!
Bon voyage to everyone heading to Montreal on Tuesday for the French Exchange. We look forward to hearing your stories.

Yesterday's homework:

• Create a poster for the Bonded Labour Liberation front of Pakistan that Iqbal might have seen while hiding out in the market.
  

Homework for the long weekend:

• Eat good food.
• Be thankful for the food.
• Play with your friends and family.
• Be thankful for your friends and family.
• Enjoy the beautiful weather.
• Be thankful for the beautiful weather.

See you soon! :)

Homework:

• Patterns and Algebra Test tomorrow! Study your review package and solve the pattern problem package your classmates created.
• Go to http://www.zerofootprintkids.com/ and calculate your carbon footprint.
• Take your Political Party Platform Sheet- Discuss with your parents who you want to vote for, listen to their opinions and share yours - remember that tomorrow you will be casting your vote for our "Student Votes Federal Election"

Reminders:

• Bring food for the Thanksgiving Food Drive
• Return your Innisbrook giftwrap/chocolate fundraiser forms by Friday
• Return Quest Atlantis and Parent/Teacher interview forms
• Wear your CANUCKS JERSEY tomorrow over your uniform
  

A note from Mr. Hatch

A few Vancouver Whitecap fans have contacted me to remind me that the mighty Whitecaps are in the league final vs Puerto Rico this Sunday. These Whitecap supporters have of course suggested that we follow up Thursday’s “Cheer On Canucks Day’ with a Friday:

CHEER ON THE WHITECAPS DAY!

Please let your students know that, if they have a Whitecaps jersey or t-shirt, they are welcome to wear it over their uniform shirt this Friday.

GO WHITECAPS GO!!!

Roger D. Hatch

Homework:

• Math Test on Patterning and Algebra on Thursday. Complete your review package at home and find practice questions on pages 1-26 in your JUMP book.
• Due Tomorrow - Create a patterning word problem - Use a full page to create a patterning problem that someone else in the class could solve. You can type or handwrite the problem. I will photocopy them tomorrow and you will have a booklet of fun word problems to complete before the test!
• Due Tomorrow - Socials - Fill in the blanks boxes about the three branches of the Federal Government.

Reminders:

• Gift wrapping fundraisers orders are due by Friday! Remember the class who sells the most wins an amazing lunch and the student who raises the most wins an IPOD NANO!
• Please bring in food for the Thanksgiving Food Drive
• Tomorrow we will be going to Morven. See yesterday's post for pick-up information. PARENTS: If you want to pick your child up from Morven you MUST email or send a letter to me before 10am tomorrow!
  

Congratulations everyone! Your performance was very memorable for everyone who had the pleasure of seeing it.

Ms. Gretzinger has posted a video of part of the performance on her blog - take a look:
http://5gretzinger.blogspot.com/

Homework and Reminders:

• Iqbal due tomorrow
• Math Test in homeroom on Thursday. This is a test about patterning and algebra (pg 1-29 in the JUMP book). We covered this in class during September, but did not use the JUMP book. Please review these pages and refresh your memory about any concepts that are tricky for you. You DO NOT need to complete all of these pages. We will spend some more time in class reviewing before the test.
• Wear your PE kit tomorrow morning!
• Read for 20 minutes
  

This is a very, very busy week - so please check the blog regular for the updates and news.

• There has been a change to Wednesday's schedule with Craig Kielburger. His presentation has been bumped back 30 minutes and we have done our best to accommodate this change. Here is a letter from the Grade 5 Team about the change.

Dear Grade 5 Parents:

There has been a scheduling change to the Kielburger Round Square event at Morven this
Wednesday. The event will now end at 3:30pm. The Grade 5s will still be bussed back to
Wentworth and will arrive at Wentworth at approximately 3:55pm.

Wentworth students who normally take the after school shuttle to Morven will be kept at
Morven (and therefore not get on the return bus to Wentworth) in order to catch the
3:35pm bus home. These Gr 5 students who may have younger siblings that take the shuttle
from Wentworth to Morven will meet up with their sibling out front at Morven.

Younger Wentworth siblings (those who usually meet up with their Grade 5 sibling after
school in the lobby) will be sent up to Daycare until the Grade 5s return to Wentworth at
3:55pm. Parents, please go to Daycare to sign out and pick up your younger child.

• Mr. Hatch has declared Thursday, October 9, 2008 to be CHEER ON CANUCKS DAY! If you have a Canucks jersey or t-shirt, you are welcome to wear it over your uniform shirt this Thursday.
• This week is our THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE please bring in some non-perishable food items and put them in the donation box outside of our classroom
• Coming home tonight is information about Quest Atlantis, a special project that 5M, 4/5S and the Multimedia Club are involved in. Please read the forms, sign and return them ASAP, we cannot start the project until we have all the consent forms.
• Also coming home tonight are forms for parent/teacher interviews
  

I have managed to upload only one of my videos from last week - here is the Morven choir singing at our assembly. Hopefully more videos will follow over the next few days!

Thank you to Mr. Don Bell for coming and speaking to the grade 5 classes today. We learned a lot about the life of a Member of Parliament and the upcoming election.

It was also a real treat when Andrea shared her unicycling with us! What fun!

(Ms. Murphy has videos of these two fun events from today, but her computer isn't loading them! :( She will try again on Monday.)

Reminders for Monday:

• Arrive in #1 dress at the school. Bring a novel to read and a snack & drink that are disposable/recyclable
• Government Spelling Test is on Monday

FIELD TRIP CHANGE

• The date of the IMAX trip has been changed to November 3 (instead of October 27).

Welcome back to the rain!

Homework:

• Complete any Math Set homework
• Fill in Political Party worksheet for the Liberal Party AND the party your table was assigned. (Remember: To find your party online, go to www.google.ca and type in the name of your party)
• Write down three questions for Don Bell and bring them tomorrow
  
• Study for Spelling Test (on Monday). You have two puzzles to help you practice the words. Complete these tonight or over the weekend!
• Music Riddles due tomorrow
  

Reminders:

• Tomorrow - arrive in PE kit, but bring #1 dress
• Tomorrow is the last day to let Ms. Murphy know if you are going to be dropped off at the Chan Centre on Monday. Otherwise, she will be expecting you at 6:30 at Wentworth

Also..

• New in our "Check out these links..." section (on the right hand side of the blog) is a link to the 5M/5S Parent Volunteer Sign-up page. Thanks to Claudia and Balli for setting that up!
  

Reminders for Friday and Monday!

• Uniform - #1 Dress for Friday AND Monday
• All Grade 5s will attend a Round Square event at our Morven campus next week. They will depart Wentworth at 12:55pm, and depart Morven at 3:10pm, for arrival back at Wentworth at approx. 3:25pm.
  

Today during the morning assembly, the grade 4 and 5 music classes had the pleasure of joining with the Morven Choir to sing for the entire junior school. We also got to meet our Head Boy and Head Girl. It was a real treat! Well done everybody!

Homework:

• Read 20 minutes
• Spelling Test - Monday (instead of Friday - because of Don Bell visit)
• Complete Iqbal Chapter 4 for tomorrow
• Hamburger paragraph due tomorrow
  

Reminders:

• We have changed photo retake day and scheduled class photos as follows.

Please mark your calendars:
CHANGE : Individual Photo Retake Day
FROM: Tuesday, October 28, 2008
TO: Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Retakes will begin at 9:30 a.m. after the assembly.

• Parents - If you wish to drop your child off at The Chan Centre on Monday at 7:00am, instead of at school at 6:30am, please send an email or note to Ms. Murphy this week!