K-5 Skating December 16th 5W Parent-Drivers

Thank you to all parents who have volunteered to drive to 8-Rinks in Burnaby on Friday, Dec 16th.  Please be ready to leave right after the morning assembly in the gym at 9:45 a.m.  The 5W parents-drivers are

Pia's mom, Paige's mom, Kristie's mom, Jesse's dad, Keileen's mom, Sunny's mom, Katrina's mom, Emily's mom, Marcus' mom and Aiden's dad.

There may be a chance that parent-drivers may have to drive students from another class.

5WParent-Driver for Dec 16th Skating 9-Rinks	5W Students
Please remember to help tie the skates of the students in your car when you arrive at the rink.  Thank you.  Mr.Wu	All students must wear a helmet while skating. Bring your own skates and helmet if you can because the ice rink may NOT have enough for everyone.

Thanks again for driving.

December 12th to 16th MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Only five more days left of school till a two week Christmas holiday...yippee!!!

NO BMV or Spelling test this week, but here is a brief overview of a busy week ahead:

Monday--BMV Quiz Isaiah 52
Tuesday--Science Chapter 2 Test, French auction, Candy Cane sale, Tacky Christmas Spirit Day
Wed--Open book Cariboo Runaway Test, Secret Santa Exchange
Thursday--Individual Chrismas Writing Assignment due, Christmas Concert
Friday--Individual Christmas Art Assignment due, Skating at 8-Rinks in the morning

5W Secret Santa Exchange Wednesday, December 14th

Our class will have a Secret Santana Exchange on Wednesday, December 14th at the end of the day.  Guidelines for a gift:

-boys will exchange gifts with boys, girls with girls
-recycle an item in good shape, rather than buying something new
-if a student needs to buy a gift, she/he should spend no more than $10 including tax!
-the gift is appropriate for a grade 5 student in a Christian school
-nothing gross, rude, or crude!

December 5th to 9th

Less than two weeks to Christmas break...

Here is a brief overview of topics that are being covered in class:

Math--Fractions expressed as words, illustrations, circles, sets, check this website for fun math games, activities, and videos to review concepts and skills learned in class http://www.mathplayground.com/games.html
Science--Machines do work for us, fun games, activities, about simple and complex machines http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/index.shtml
Bible--Isaiah, the Messiah, and Jesus
Physical Education--Basketball
Social Studies--The Gold Rush in BC check out this website for  more interesting information about the Gold Rush http://www.cariboogoldrush.com/intro.htm

Writing--The World in 2030, students are generating ideas of what the world will be like in 2030.  In class we are reading 2030: A Day in the Life of Tomorrow's Kids by Amy Zuckerman and James Daly.  Students are using their imagination to think about how different their lives will be in 2030.  Students will keep a written record of their ideas about the future.  Below is a sample of one student's imagination:

Katrina 2030 Dec 6, 2011

1.   In 2030 the transportation would be hovercrafts, flying cars, skateboards, roller-skates, snowboards and much more. The buses that take you to school would fly and have food coming from the seats in front of you. In cars you press a button on the ceiling and jelly beans, lifesavers and pizza flavored fishy crackers appear.

2.  School in 2030 would have robot teachers that do not give you homework and in art we would go on our computers and look up the artist you want to study, then on the computer there is an app that helps you do the art that the artist does. Like for ex. Pablo Picasso does cubism and Heri Matisse does fauvism. Then you get a mark and you mostly get an a+ or a B+.

3. Gym in 2030 would have flying hoops for basketball, flying tennis balls for tennis, floating pucks for hockey, and flying volleyball nets for volleyball.

Reading--Cariboo Runaway, novel study

Upcoming Tests Spelling Test Friday, December 9th
Bible Memory Quiz, Monday, December 12th
Science Chapter 2 Test, pages 32-55, Tuesday, December 13th