Congratulations Cafe Concerters

Wow!
What an incredible day. Congratulations to 5M for putting on such a great show. You should all be very proud of yourselves.

Homework tonight:

• Complete the second page (both sides) of your Levers booklet

Happy Birthday Andrea!

Homework:

• Practice lines for Cafe Concert and pack any costume pieces that you need!
  
• Study for tomorrow's Capital Cities test
• Complete both sides of the first page on Levers
• Bring your yellow Sports Day forms! They are due tomorrow!

We had a wonderful trip to Science World today and learned lots of new things about simple machines and even about Mars rovers! Thank you so much to the Moms who volunteered to come along - it was such a treat to have you with us!

Homework:

• Study for your capital cities test on Thursday. If you want to practice with the game we use in class, click here for the link.
• Practice for Cafe Concert
  

Reminders:

• Tomorrow is the problem solving portion of our Math test
• Bring in your yellow sports day forms
• Tomorrow is our Photo on the Rocks - where #1 uniform and bring your smile! :0)
  

Our visit to Science World!

13 school days left!

Tomorrow is our Science World trip! Arrive at school at regular time and in #1 uniform. Please being a disposable bagged lunch and snack for the day.

Homework:

• Complete both sides of the "Simple machines" worksheet and complete all outlined activities. Tomorrow will kick off our Simple Machines unit, so this will help you get ahead of the game!
• Finish reading to the end of chapter 9 in Underground to Canada
  
• Dance Captains - Bring in the song you are working on for the final party dance!
  

Reminders:

• Wednesday we are having our "Grade Five - Photo on the Rocks" in the morning.
  
• Test on Canada's capital cities on Thursday
• Cafe Concert is on Thursday

Homework:

• Science - Read pages 224-226 and fill out the Fossil Fuels sheet
• Math - Study for our test tomorrow!
• Practice your lines for Cafe Concert
  

Reminders:

• Arrive in PE kit tomorrow

Homework:

• Finish Natural Resources poster project
• Practice your part of the "Fish Farms - Yes or No??" debate
• Study for Friday's math test
• Study for Monday's Natural Resources test
• Practice your French Play lines
  
• Math homework (Ms. Murphy's set - Memorize your "study card" - you will quizzed on your card tomorrow!)

Reminders:

• Math test - Friday May 22
  
• Social/Science test - Monday May 25
  
• Science Centre - Tuesday May 26
  
• Cafe Concert - Thursday May 28

Welcome back! Happy Victoria Day!

Homework:

• Complete Science worksheets for sections 9.2 and 9.3
• Math Set homework (Ms. Murphy's class - double sided yellow dot paper, on side 1, draw as many rectangles as you can that have an area of 24cm2 and on side 2, as many rectangles as you can that have a perimeter of 30cm)

Reminders:

• Upcoming test - Friday May 22 - Math Measurement
  
• Upcoming test - Monday May 25 - Natural Resources
• Upcoming trip - Telus Science World on Tuesday May 26

Happy Grandparent's Day!

Wow! What a fun Friday! It was such a treat to have some grandparents visiting the classroom today.

I hope everyone has a super long weekend. I will see you all on Tuesday. I can't believe we have less than one month left - wow, grade 5 has flown by!

Homework:

• Read and complete "Flood Waters" booklet. Be creative and have fun!
• Math homework - Ms. Murphy's set - begin working through the study guide for our test on May 22, 2008

Reminders:

• Tomorrow is Grandparent's Day - If you are a student leader or in choir arrive in #1 uniform. Everyone else, arrive in your PE kit and bring #1 dress to change into afterwards.

See you tomorrow!

Homework:

• Spelling page (2 sided)
• Math homework (Ms. Murphy's set - pages 275-276)

Reminders:

• Friday is Grandparent's Day!
  

Today we had speaker from the West Vancouver Memorial Library who told us all about the Summer Reading Program. The program starts on June 8 and is run through libraries all over the Vancouver area. Check it out!

Homework:

• Chapter 8 Vocabulary sheet
• Memorize French play lines
• Share your Immigration Test with your parents. It should be signed and returned tomorrow
• Math homework: Ms. Murphy's set - complete the conversions booklet. Remember to use your orange steps to help you!

Reminders:

• Friday is Grandparent's Day!
• Math test on May 22 (Measurement mm, cm, dm, m, km, area, perimeter and volume)

Drip drip drop - rainy Monday!

Homework:

• Problem Solving - Due Friday
• Memorize French play lines
• Write 20 words or less about how to clean up an oil spill - remember to use keywords and summarize!!
• Discuss BC-STV (the new proposed voting system) with your parents - are they voting for it or against it tomorrow?
  

Reminders:

• Bring in costumes for Dig It!
  

Ben Mikaelsen's talk

What a great day!
We went and heard author, Ben Mikaelsen talk and it was amazing! Grade Fives - Please share what we learned about his life story and our life stories over the dinner table tonight.

Homework:

• Spelling homework (test tomorrow)
• Math homework (Ms. Murphy's set page 266-267)

Reminders:

• Arrive in your PE kits tomorrow and bring your uniform

Tonight Ben Mikaelsen will be giving a different talk at the West Vancouver Library and 7pm tonight and you and your parents are invited! Please attend if you can!

Homework:

• All about Canada - Quick Geography Lesson sheets
• Math homework - Ms. Murphy's set - pg 266 in JUMP
• Talk to you parents about Imagine1day and how you might like to help! Check out their website at www.imagine1day.org for more information.

Reminders:

• #1 dress tomorrow for our visit to Kay Meek to see Ben Mikaelson
• Spelling Test on Friday
  

Homework:

• Spelling page
• The Wise Use of Energy sheet
• Any math set homework (Ms. Murphy's set - page 263-265 in JUMP - Remember to use your orange conversion staircase!)

Reminders:

• #1 Dress for Assembly
  

Welcome back!

It was so much fun spending last week with everyone at camp. We had lots of sunshine and smiles!

Homework:

• Read and complete the Water Cycle booklet

Reminders:

• Thursday we are going to our Author Talk with Ben Mikaelson - Check out his website and see what you can learn about him before we go!
• Arrive in PE kit tomorrow
  

On Wednesday, May 6th from 3:30 to 4:30, Ms. Gretzinger and I will be leading a group of volunteer students to tie knots in the Community Day Parade t-shirts. We should be finished by 4:30, and Ms. Murphy and I will supply some special treats for our awesome volunteers! If you are free on that day, please r.s.v.p. to me via e-mail so I know that you have your parent's permission to stay after school for this fun activity! Space is limited - clear your schedule for our groovy tie dye party (this might be slightly misleading...we are just tying knots - not dyeing!! But you will be so proud when you see the finished products on Parade Day!!). It's going to be great!