This is our second last week of school! Wow! What a year! I’m sure we are all looking forward to the summer break, but there are still 10 great days of learning left 🙂

Permission forms for our end of year activities have been sent home. This year we will spend the day (June 24th) at Sandspit. Admission for this event is $12.50. Money and permissions forms are due back to the school by Friday, June 19th.

Let’s take a look at what else is happening inside our classroom this week…

Dictée-This will be our last week for dictée homework. We will be having our year-end evaluation later on this week on the concepts we’ve previously studied in the year. Students should take a few minutes each evening to review their notes and to complete the assigned practice exercises.

Reading- We will be spending this week doing some independent reading and will also spend some time sharing books that we’ve enjoyed over the year with our peers and with students in the Grade 7 class. This will help us to practice both our reading strategies and our oral language skills and is a great activity for students to continue over the summer months.

Writing- As part of our study of the persuasive text form, students will be writing a persuasive text to decide who should be PEI’s number 1 hero. Each student has chosen a candidate and will attempt to persuade their peers why their hero is deserving of this award. As part of our Gulf Shore Gives Back project, we will then celebrate these heroes, by making and presenting them with a special treat.

Math-We have now finished all concepts of the Grade 5 Math curriculum. This week and next we will be reviewing these concepts. In pairs, students will create a board game centered around the concepts we’ve been working on in math class this year. Late next week, we will practice these concepts as we play the games together.

Science- This week we will finish up our unit on Space. We will look at what life is like for astronauts who travel to other parts of our solar system and how simple tasks like eating and drinking are much more difficult aboard the International Space Station.

Health-We will finish up our unit on personal hygiene and safety.

Grade 7 Science

This week, we will continue to look at food chains and ecological pyramids.

Grade 8 Science

This week we will continue to be work with Mr. Holmes’ class, experimenting with erosion, waves, and the impact we have on water supply.

Have a wonderful week!

Madame Walker