Merry Christmas

Dear Parents and Students,

Today the class participated beautifully in the afternoon Christmas Concert rehearsal.  Please ensure that your child is in the classroom by 7 pm tomorrow night. The Thursday Christmas Concert begins at 7:30 pm. Mr.Kwong asked that students dress formal and flashy.

Also, Thursday afternoon students will participate in High Tech and High Touch Science workshop.  Over the holidays, students should make sure that they have the materials and supplies necessary to conduct their Science Fair experiment in January.  It would be great to have some parent volunteers help supervise students begin their experiments that first week back January 7-10th.  Please contact me if you have a morning or afternoon free.

Remember Friday morning we go skating at 8Rinks in Burnaby.  Students should bring skates and helmet if they have them. Students should bring a bag to take home any PE strip, clothes, or food. We will be cleaning out our lockers, desks, and room, so a cleaning cloth will be needed.

Wishing you and your family a wonderful Christmas,

Mr.Wu

DEAR DAY Monday, December 9th

Dear Parents and Students,

Students should bring reading materials for a Drop Everything and Read afternoon from 1-3 p.m. on Monday, December 9th.  Students may bring healthy snacks or drinks that do not contain nuts.  No sleeping bags, but a small pillow is fine.

Blessings,

Mr.Wu

Science Fair Website "Science Buddy"

Hi Parents and Students:

Below is the Science Buddy website that has appropriate experiments that Grade 5 students may choose to do for this year's Science Fair in February:

https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/registration.php?url=%2fscience-fair-projects%2fdisplay-board-grading-rubric.pdf

Some students have already selected and printed off the experiment that they are planning to do.  All students should make a final choice by Friday, December 6th.

Blessings,

Mr.Wu

Grade 5W News December 2-6th

Dear Parents and Students:

Can you believe it is already December?  We had a great Christmas Activities Day last Friday.  Thank you to all our great parent-volunteers who helped making cards and crafts with our students  I am so grateful for the parent-volunteers who help in our classroom on a regular basis, too!

This Friday, December 6th, a pizza lunch will be provided to celebrate Shannen's birthday.

Teachers are busy marking and writing report cards for the next few days, so students should be busy working on assignments.  Here is a brief overview of the week:

Bible--Students received a new Bible Memory Verse Luke 1:77-79, and are reading the Gospel of Luke and writing poems related to the Biblical account about the birth of Jesus.  The Bible Memory Quiz is on Friday, December 6th.

Spelling--Students received a new spelling list yesterday and their test is on Friday, December 6th.

Novel Study--Students are reading the chapter, "Au Sung", in Cariboo Runaway.  After reading a chapter, students complete chapter questions and activities.  Some students have even made a First Nations menu!

Writing--Students have been engaged in the writing process and have been learning about the qualities of strong writing.  Students have written about a variety of topics including their teachers, their own strengths and abilities, and Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German pastor and theologian whom they heard about in chapel a couple of weeks ago.

Math--We have finished our study of fractions and currently we are learning how to round whole numbers.

Science Fair--Students should have completed a proposal describing what experiment that they are planning to do.  Each proposal should include the topic, the question/problem that the experiment addresses, the knowledge that students already have about their topic, and what further research/.study is necessary still for the students to do before conducting their experiment.  Next, students should be researching and finding relevant information about their topic.

PE--Students are learning basketball skills.  Please ensure that your child brings their VCS PE strip and runners Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

But the most important news, Mrs.Hrubizna has had a baby, Elsa Joy!

Blessings,

Mr.Wu
Grade 5 Teacher

Upcoming Events:

Dec 13--K-5 Report Cards sent home
Dec 19--Christmas Program @ 7:30 p.m.
Dec 20--Last Day of School before Christmas!  Please join us for skating at 8-Rinks!