FUN IN THE SUN!

WOW, another fabulous week of learning and fun in 5E! I think the highlight of the week might have to be a toss up between our exciting Track and Field day and the fun the students are having with their Glogster poetry projects on the computer. The students are having a blast playing with the tools and graphics on Glogster and even the opportunity to do a little social networking amongst their peers! I love being able to check in on them at anytime and leave comments/suggestions for their posters.
It's hard to believe we only have one more month left of grade 5!!! So let's take a look at all the other things we've been up to and what is coming up next week:

LANGUAGE ARTS:
As you know, the students have been madly working on their Glogsters which are due on MONDAY and thanks to this wonderful Web 2.0 tool, the students can finish them on the weekend at home! With our poetry unit at an end, we are going to be starting our final round of Literature Circles on Monday. Our theme for this round is "Literary Genres". Each of the groups is reading a different genre of literature (ie. fantasy, sci-fi, historical, biography, realistic and survival). Thank you to our parent volunteers for joining us one last time!
Next week we have TWO T.U.S.C. meetings...Tuesday, June 2nd and Friday, June 5th! It's quite amazing to see how much the students have improved in their public speaking over the past 4 months and even their all-round self -confidence.

MATHEMATICS:
We are moving along quite quickly with our Long Multiplication unit. The students are learning two methods to answer a long multiplication question. Next week we will be learning how to multiply 3 digits x 2 digits! The students will be getting a test on their understanding of these concepts on Friday, June 5th!

SOCIAL STUDIES:
This week the students completed their research for their letter to France! We had some fun brainstorming french names for their "characters". The final "authentic and old" looking letters look really cool. I picked them up on Friday so I could get them marked over the weekend. As this was our final assignment for this unit, we will be having a final test on New France on Wednesday, June 3rd. The students will work on a review on Monday and we will go over the answers on Tuesday!

SCIENCE:
Our Weather unit continued this week with a focus on the Water Cycle! We reviewed the process quite closely both visually and by writing it out in their own words. To make it a little fun, the students made Water Cycle bracelets to help them remember the sequence of steps. If your child brings home their bracelet this weekend, ask them if they can remember what all the colors represent!! Next week we will be looking at clouds and cloud formation as the students complete a one-week observation of the different types of clouds they see in the sky. (Hopefully we won't have too many to observe!)

OTHER:

• Track and Field was a huge success! We'll have our very own informal ribbon ceremony on Monday for our athletes! Way to go, 5E!
• It's EMPTY BOWLS WEEK! This week the students will be heavily involved in final preparations for our big night on Thursday, June 4th! It's going to be a great night of entertainment and yummy soup. I will be contacting parents who offered to volunteer with soup making on Thursday morning. We can use all the help we can get, it's a big job! Otherwise, I look forward to seeing everyone at 4:30pm in our school gymnasium. Bring your loonies and toonies for our Big Cookie Auction to help raise EVEN MORE money for Winnipeg Harvest!
• Library Book Exchange is on Monday!

Have a great weekend...enjoy the sunshine! I will be planting my PINK FLOWERS and wearing my sunscreen (I got quite the burn from our cloudy yet sunny Track and Field day!).

Here is a video of our fun Track day! Please click blue words "WHAT'S UP IN 5E?" in this e-mail to see the video on our actual blog site.

P.S. That's Mrs. Hurak in the blanket with me!

See you all on Monday.

Mrs. Eby