Grade 5A News God is Here, He is Able, He is Faithful

INTERMEDIATE DIVISION

Mr. Veldhuis

Library Time: Tuesday

Gym Days: Monday,Wednesday, and Friday

Reminders: Agendas should be signed by parent's daily.

Be blessed,
~Mr. Veldhuis

Class News

Greetings from the great Grade 5A class!

We were certainly blessed with warm “summer-like” temperatures this past week. Gone are the winter coats from our hooks and on are the shorts!

Although our week was a short one, we were kept busy with ski jumper building in engineering, working on our oral book report/speeches in literature and writing, designing “superhero” cell parts for our “Super Cell Squad” assignment in science as well as completing our daily assignments.

In our Morning meeting on Thursday we learned about the great 20th century humanitarian and activist, Mahatma Gandhi. Through discussing a quote by him and watching a short you-tube clip on his life, we learned that Gandhi used a non-violent approach to protesting injustices he saw in his country. Gandhi’s activism led to the independence of India from British rule in 1947. In his quote - “Be the change that you want to see in the world” -, it was very evident that Gandhi practiced what he preached.

In Bible we began a new unit called “Gospel Writers.” This week, we learned how the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke are called “synoptic”. Ask your daughter or son what this means. As well, we noted that each gospel gives us different portraits of and perspectives on Jesus. In order to understand who Jesus is for each one of us, it is important to read all four gospels. After the April break, we will begin to look more closely at the book of Mark.

Our math classes had us learning how to add and subtract decimals. Lining up the decimals in questions as well as remembering to add and subtract numbers with the same amount of decimal places was practiced time and time again. After the break, we can look forward to learning how to multiply decimals.

Coming up with design #2 of our ski jumpers was the focus of our engineering class this week. After looking over ski jumpers that landed well and went the furthest distances, we noted qualities that all these designs had in common. When we return to school, we can look forward to testing our Plan B ski jumpers.

Working on our oral book report speeches occupied our time in writing and literature classes. We discussed key literary elements (setting, character, and plot) that need to be included in our speech and began thinking about an interesting way to begin our speeches. After the break, we will complete our speeches and begin to memorize these speeches for the upcoming presentations in the first week of May.

As a way to review cell parts and functions, our science class saw us working on the “Super Cell Squad” assignment. Some interesting comic “super hero” cell parts with interesting names have been designed and creative descriptions of special powers (aka jobs of a cell) have been crafted. After the break, we can look forward to beginning work on a three dimensional model of a plant or animal cell.

A recent Bible test, “Creating a Setting Map” evaluation form, and French quiz are being sent home in the Friday Folders. Please sign these folders and return them empty to school after the April break.

Today spring progress reports went home. I want to thank the class for the great work and effort in their studies in this second term. Keep up the awesome work for the remainder of the semester, super students! I look forward to meeting with you, parents, for conferences on either April 20 or 21st.

Have a wonderful April Break, Grade 5. You deserve it!

Blessings,

Mr. Veldhuis