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   Nov 17-21

Learning Outcomes

English Language Arts

Revision includes adding or removing words or phrases to ensure writing is clear.


What Did Students Do?

This Week in Grade 5: Becoming Stronger Writers

This week, our class focused on building stronger writing skills by learning the difference between sentence fragments and complete sentences. Students explored how a complete sentence needs both a subject and a verb, and how fragments are missing one of those important pieces.

We practiced identifying fragments and complete sentences verbally, helping students explain their thinking out loud. Then, in small groups, students worked together to sort examples into the correct categories. After thoughtful discussions and teamwork, each group presented their decisions and explained their reasoning to the class.

Students also worked individually to edit and revise sentence fragments, using what they learned to strengthen their writing. As a culminating task, they transformed a series of fragments into a full weather-report paragraph, showing just how much their skills have grown in a short time.

It was a great week of collaboration, communication, and building confidence as writers!






Thank you also to our amazing parent council who provided the Mashed Potato bar for teachers and staff this week. It was a delicious treat! Thank you!


Ask Your Child

-about adding and subtracting whole numbers including numbers with decimals to the thousandths. For example, can they show you how to complete these equations?  11 234.998 + 11 321.876=  or 87.129 - 55.095=

-about PE with Mr. B

-to explain what they have been doing in opinion writing

-to tell you about their Grade 1 buddy



Upcoming Events

Nov 27 Parent Teacher Conferences Gr. 1-5 3:30 – 7:00; Kindergarten all day   

Nov 28 Parent Teacher Conferences K-5 8:00 am – 1:00 pm  

Dec 1 Sound Kreations Dance Residency begins  

Dec 8 Fun Lunch  

Dec 16 Winter Concert  

Dec 17 Winter Concert  

Dec 19 Fun Snack 

Dec 19 Last Day before Winter Break 

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