Weekly Newsletter Grade 5
Dates: April 29th - May 3rd
Dear Parents,
Curriculum Information for this Week:
Literacy:
Students will continue to learn about Social Issues and Human Rights. They will continue researching a variety of topics and begin narrowing down their ideas. They will reinforce and build on their note-taking skills as well as learning more about trustworthy resources and identifying perspective. As they research, they will be writing down their ideas to help them solidify their thinking around the topic.
Math:
Students will continue our Volume and Measurement Unit. They will explore volume by building and counting unit cubes as well as learning the relationship between different units of volume measurement.
Unit of Study:
Students will continue our Social Change unit by preparing for ‘Night of the Notables’ 2019 presentation. Class scripts have been finalised and we will begin our practices. Students will dig deeper into the Change Maker or Social Issue that they are exploring for their blackboard presentations. The Night of the Notables presentations will be on the afternoon of Tuesday, 7 May in the Robert B Gaw Theatre from 5-6pm.
For more information and ways to support your child please visit the P Parent Learning Connection page.
Important Reminders/Information: (also see GLC Updates)
Tuesday, April 30-MAP Math testing
Tuesday, April 30-PTA Annual General Meeting (AGM), MPR 1, 9:30-11:00, for details and RSVP click HERE for RSVP (not required but appreciated for catering purposes)
Wednesday, May 1-Labor Day holiday - no school
Monday, May 6-G5 Night of the Notables Dress Rehearsal with G4 audience in the RBG Theatre from 1:45-2:40 pm.
Tuesday, May 7-Inter-school Novel Knockout for participating G4 and G5 students. It will be held at ISKL.
Tuesday May 7- from 5:00-6:00 pm-Grade 5 ‘Night of the Notables’ presentation, RBG Theatre (students will not be attending ASA’s on this day)
Friday, May 24- ES Wet + Wild Day, stay tuned for volunteer sign up!
Highlight from last week:
We had our first assembly in RBG Theatre for Earth Week. We discussed our goal in reducing plastic and food waste. Please encourage your child to bring less plastic for snack and lunch.
Sunday 28 April 2019
Newsletter no. 33 Mon. 29 Apr. 2019
NEWSLETTER NO. 33
MON. 29 APR. 2019
Dear Parents,
REMINDERS FOR THIS WEEK & EARLY NEXT WEEK:
ES Dress Up Days: plan your days in advance click HERE for dates and details.
Mon. 29 Apr. - day 2:
Tues. 30 Apr. - day 3: MAP Test - Math from 10:30-11:30am.
PTA Annual General Meeting (AGM), MPR 1, 9:30-11:00, for details and RSVP click HERE for RSVP (not required but appreciated for catering purposes)
Wed. 1 May: Labour Day holiday - no school
Thurs. 2 (day 4) & Fri. 3 May (day 5): MAP Test make-up days (for any students who were absent on previous testing days)
G5 ‘Night of the Notables’ presentation class item run-throughs with Tim Howe, in the HS Drama Studio, from 10:30am-12:30pm and 1:30-2:30pm.
Fri. 3 May - day 5: Schoolwide Parent Volunteer Appreciation Brunch in MPR4 from 10:00 - 11:30am.
G5 DRAMA WORKSHOPS THANKS
Parents, thank you so much for supporting our Drama Workshop with Tim Howe and his HS drama students last Sat. 27 Apr. Your support in getting your child to school and picked up on time was very much appreciated. I thought our 5DH session from 2:00-3:30pm was very worthwhile for the students and gave them much needed direction and tips to improve their presentation skills and use of the stage. The students and I are looking forward to presenting to you on Tues. 7 May in the RBG Theatre at 5pm! I sent a huge thank you to Tim Howe - HS Director of Drama and Theatre Manager, Sesha Kalimuthu - Asst Theatre Manager, Daniel DeCruz - Theatre Tech Manager, and the various HS drama students who worked hard with our G5 students all day on Sat. from 8:00am-5:30pm! Their energy, creativity and dedication to helping us is very much appreciated.
ISKL SUMMER PROGRAM
Summer Activities page.
WITHDRAWAL FROM ISKL
If your family will be withdrawing at the end of this school year, please ensure you have completed a formal withdrawal form HERE so that the school can prepare and release your child's final school reports in June. If you have any questions about Re-Enrollment or Withdrawal, please contact the Admissions Office: admissions@iskl.edu.my
CLASS WORK LAST WEEK
Language Arts: Reading, writing, speaking & listening:
Last week, the students continued working on our next reading and writing units. The reading unit it titled, ‘Unit 4: Informational Reading to Guide and Support Research’ and the writing unit is titled, ‘Unit 4: Expository Writing (information and opinion). Both literacy units are integrated with and support our social studies unit titled, ‘Social Change’. The students continued their historical fiction/biography books in their Book Clubs and for writing, they continued to work on practicing and tweaking their group scripts for our class item vignettes for our class Night of the Notables presentation. Most students have completed their individual research and note-taking on a social issue of their choice and are working on using their research to create an information or opinion essay. The essay will one of the important pieces of work included on their Social Change Blackboard Project. They also continued their year-long ‘Free Choice Writing Project’ where they continued the process of writing and publishing their own realistic or fantasy story on their laptops using a Google doc. For read aloud, I completed reading a book titled, ‘A Long Walk to Water’, by Linda Sue Park and began a new read aloud, titled ‘Iqbal’ by Francesco D’Adamo, which is a biography of child labor activist, Iqbal Masih, from Pakistan. The students also continued daily typing practice from 7:50 - 8:10am using the www.typing.com program.
Math:
Last week, the students continued working on Unit 7: Volume and Measurement. They completed the following lessons:
Lesson 2: ‘Water, Water’, which involved the estimation of the amount of water used on average by individuals and households each day - 340 liters - compared to the 23 liters of water per astronaut per day on the NASA space shuttle missions. The students were surprised by these figures!
Checkpoint 1
Lesson 3: ‘Building With Centimeter Cubes’ - explore volume by building with and counting unit cubes.
Lesson 4: ‘Packing’ - find the volume of a right rectangular prism by packing with cubic units and counting.
Lesson 5: Composing and Decomposing Right Rectangular Prisms’ - compose and decompose right rectangular prisms using layers.
Lesson 6: Determining the Volume of Rectangular Prisms’ - by counting centimeter cubes.
The students also worked on volume and measurement using the online platform ‘Studyladder’. Students can also work on the Studyladder website at home by clicking on www.studyladder.com
SOCIAL STUDIES
Last week, the students continued our social studies unit titled, ‘Social Change’. The students continued working on our Night of the Notables presentation class item topic script on ‘Plastic Pollution’ and practicing/refining their group items. The students continued their individual research on a social change issue of their choice and the notable person/people they would like to focus on for their Social Change Blackboard Projects. They continued their individual research and note-taking and working on their five paragraph information or opinion essay on their chosen social change issue and notable person/people.
COUNSELING LESSONS
Our G4&5 Counselor - Stephanie Stone - conducted two counseling lessons last week on Tues. 23 Apr. and also on Wed. 24 Apr. The first date was a lesson make-up day for a lesson missed the previous week. Stephanie’s next lesson will be on Tues. 7 May, which is a day 7, at the usual time from 8:30-9:00am.
UPCOMING APR. & MAY 2019 CLASS & SCHOOL EVENTS
Mon. 6 May: Ramadan begins
G5 ‘Night of the Notables’ presentation run-through in the RBG Theatre from 10:45-12:00. Max Wright will take NotN yearbook pics.
G5 ‘Night of the Notables’ Presentation Tech & Dress Rehearsal with a G4 audience in the RBG Theatre from 1:45-2:40.
Tues. 7 May: G4 & G5 Novel Knockout - all day for participating students.
G5 ‘Night of the Notables’ Presentation for parents in the Robert B Gaw Theatre from 5:00-6:00pm. Students stay at school after dismissal. A hard copy letter from the G5 Team was sent home last Mon. requesting students bring their presentation clothes to school by Fri. 26 Apr. Some students still need to bring their black or white clothes.
Thurs. 9 May: ES semester 2 ASAs finish.
Fri. 10 May: Next Red Hats Free Dress Day. Suggested donation - RM5.
Mon. 13 May: ES Music Concert Dress Rehearsal for performers only in the Melawati Theatre from 9:00-9:45am.
Tues. 14 May: ES Music Concert Dress Rehearsal for students and teachers in the Melawati Theatre from 9:00-9:45am
ES Music Concert for parents from 5:30-7:00pm
Mon. 20 May: Wesak Day holiday - no school
Tues. 21 May: Faculty Inservice Day - no school for students
Wed. 22 May: Nuzul Al-Quran holiday - no school
Fri. 24 May: ES Wet ‘n’ Wild Day. More details TBA
Mon. 27 May: G5 students orientation visit to the Middle School from 10:30am-12:30pm. More details TBA.
Tues. 4 Jun: G5 Social Change Blackboard Shares:
10:30-11:15 with G5 students and teachers
11:30-12:15 with G4 students and teachers
1:30-2:30 with parents
Wed. 5 & Thurs. 6 Jun: Hari Raya Puasa - no school
Fri. 7 Jun: Next Red Hats Free Dress Day - suggested donation per student - RM5.
Thurs. 13 Jun: ES Farewell Assemblies in the Melawati Theatre: PR-G2 from 11:00-11:30am, G3-5 from 2:00-2:40pm
Fri. 14 Jun: Last day of school! G5 Moving On Ceremony in the Melawati Theatre from 8:30-9:30am
Until next week,
Best regards,
David
MON. 29 APR. 2019
Dear Parents,
REMINDERS FOR THIS WEEK & EARLY NEXT WEEK:
ES Dress Up Days: plan your days in advance click HERE for dates and details.
Mon. 29 Apr. - day 2:
Tues. 30 Apr. - day 3: MAP Test - Math from 10:30-11:30am.
PTA Annual General Meeting (AGM), MPR 1, 9:30-11:00, for details and RSVP click HERE for RSVP (not required but appreciated for catering purposes)
Wed. 1 May: Labour Day holiday - no school
Thurs. 2 (day 4) & Fri. 3 May (day 5): MAP Test make-up days (for any students who were absent on previous testing days)
G5 ‘Night of the Notables’ presentation class item run-throughs with Tim Howe, in the HS Drama Studio, from 10:30am-12:30pm and 1:30-2:30pm.
Fri. 3 May - day 5: Schoolwide Parent Volunteer Appreciation Brunch in MPR4 from 10:00 - 11:30am.
G5 DRAMA WORKSHOPS THANKS
Parents, thank you so much for supporting our Drama Workshop with Tim Howe and his HS drama students last Sat. 27 Apr. Your support in getting your child to school and picked up on time was very much appreciated. I thought our 5DH session from 2:00-3:30pm was very worthwhile for the students and gave them much needed direction and tips to improve their presentation skills and use of the stage. The students and I are looking forward to presenting to you on Tues. 7 May in the RBG Theatre at 5pm! I sent a huge thank you to Tim Howe - HS Director of Drama and Theatre Manager, Sesha Kalimuthu - Asst Theatre Manager, Daniel DeCruz - Theatre Tech Manager, and the various HS drama students who worked hard with our G5 students all day on Sat. from 8:00am-5:30pm! Their energy, creativity and dedication to helping us is very much appreciated.
ISKL SUMMER PROGRAM
Summer Activities page.
WITHDRAWAL FROM ISKL
If your family will be withdrawing at the end of this school year, please ensure you have completed a formal withdrawal form HERE so that the school can prepare and release your child's final school reports in June. If you have any questions about Re-Enrollment or Withdrawal, please contact the Admissions Office: admissions@iskl.edu.my
CLASS WORK LAST WEEK
Language Arts: Reading, writing, speaking & listening:
Last week, the students continued working on our next reading and writing units. The reading unit it titled, ‘Unit 4: Informational Reading to Guide and Support Research’ and the writing unit is titled, ‘Unit 4: Expository Writing (information and opinion). Both literacy units are integrated with and support our social studies unit titled, ‘Social Change’. The students continued their historical fiction/biography books in their Book Clubs and for writing, they continued to work on practicing and tweaking their group scripts for our class item vignettes for our class Night of the Notables presentation. Most students have completed their individual research and note-taking on a social issue of their choice and are working on using their research to create an information or opinion essay. The essay will one of the important pieces of work included on their Social Change Blackboard Project. They also continued their year-long ‘Free Choice Writing Project’ where they continued the process of writing and publishing their own realistic or fantasy story on their laptops using a Google doc. For read aloud, I completed reading a book titled, ‘A Long Walk to Water’, by Linda Sue Park and began a new read aloud, titled ‘Iqbal’ by Francesco D’Adamo, which is a biography of child labor activist, Iqbal Masih, from Pakistan. The students also continued daily typing practice from 7:50 - 8:10am using the www.typing.com program.
Math:
Last week, the students continued working on Unit 7: Volume and Measurement. They completed the following lessons:
Lesson 2: ‘Water, Water’, which involved the estimation of the amount of water used on average by individuals and households each day - 340 liters - compared to the 23 liters of water per astronaut per day on the NASA space shuttle missions. The students were surprised by these figures!
Checkpoint 1
Lesson 3: ‘Building With Centimeter Cubes’ - explore volume by building with and counting unit cubes.
Lesson 4: ‘Packing’ - find the volume of a right rectangular prism by packing with cubic units and counting.
Lesson 5: Composing and Decomposing Right Rectangular Prisms’ - compose and decompose right rectangular prisms using layers.
Lesson 6: Determining the Volume of Rectangular Prisms’ - by counting centimeter cubes.
The students also worked on volume and measurement using the online platform ‘Studyladder’. Students can also work on the Studyladder website at home by clicking on www.studyladder.com
SOCIAL STUDIES
Last week, the students continued our social studies unit titled, ‘Social Change’. The students continued working on our Night of the Notables presentation class item topic script on ‘Plastic Pollution’ and practicing/refining their group items. The students continued their individual research on a social change issue of their choice and the notable person/people they would like to focus on for their Social Change Blackboard Projects. They continued their individual research and note-taking and working on their five paragraph information or opinion essay on their chosen social change issue and notable person/people.
COUNSELING LESSONS
Our G4&5 Counselor - Stephanie Stone - conducted two counseling lessons last week on Tues. 23 Apr. and also on Wed. 24 Apr. The first date was a lesson make-up day for a lesson missed the previous week. Stephanie’s next lesson will be on Tues. 7 May, which is a day 7, at the usual time from 8:30-9:00am.
UPCOMING APR. & MAY 2019 CLASS & SCHOOL EVENTS
Mon. 6 May: Ramadan begins
G5 ‘Night of the Notables’ presentation run-through in the RBG Theatre from 10:45-12:00. Max Wright will take NotN yearbook pics.
G5 ‘Night of the Notables’ Presentation Tech & Dress Rehearsal with a G4 audience in the RBG Theatre from 1:45-2:40.
Tues. 7 May: G4 & G5 Novel Knockout - all day for participating students.
G5 ‘Night of the Notables’ Presentation for parents in the Robert B Gaw Theatre from 5:00-6:00pm. Students stay at school after dismissal. A hard copy letter from the G5 Team was sent home last Mon. requesting students bring their presentation clothes to school by Fri. 26 Apr. Some students still need to bring their black or white clothes.
Thurs. 9 May: ES semester 2 ASAs finish.
Fri. 10 May: Next Red Hats Free Dress Day. Suggested donation - RM5.
Mon. 13 May: ES Music Concert Dress Rehearsal for performers only in the Melawati Theatre from 9:00-9:45am.
Tues. 14 May: ES Music Concert Dress Rehearsal for students and teachers in the Melawati Theatre from 9:00-9:45am
ES Music Concert for parents from 5:30-7:00pm
Mon. 20 May: Wesak Day holiday - no school
Tues. 21 May: Faculty Inservice Day - no school for students
Wed. 22 May: Nuzul Al-Quran holiday - no school
Fri. 24 May: ES Wet ‘n’ Wild Day. More details TBA
Mon. 27 May: G5 students orientation visit to the Middle School from 10:30am-12:30pm. More details TBA.
Tues. 4 Jun: G5 Social Change Blackboard Shares:
10:30-11:15 with G5 students and teachers
11:30-12:15 with G4 students and teachers
1:30-2:30 with parents
Wed. 5 & Thurs. 6 Jun: Hari Raya Puasa - no school
Fri. 7 Jun: Next Red Hats Free Dress Day - suggested donation per student - RM5.
Thurs. 13 Jun: ES Farewell Assemblies in the Melawati Theatre: PR-G2 from 11:00-11:30am, G3-5 from 2:00-2:40pm
Fri. 14 Jun: Last day of school! G5 Moving On Ceremony in the Melawati Theatre from 8:30-9:30am
Until next week,
Best regards,
David
Sunday 21 April 2019
G5 Weekly Newsletter
Weekly Newsletter Grade 5
Dates: April 22-26th
Dear Parents,
Curriculum Information for this Week:
Literacy:
Students will continue to learn about Social Issues and Human Rights through picture books, historical fiction, biographies, autobiographies and research. Classes have been diving further into Informational text while focusing on one social issue and/or a Human Rights Issue. Ask your child which human rights issue his/her class is exploring. Classes have been building a thesis with a focus on a social issue including different social change makers. All of this is in preparation for creating our class presentations for Night of the Notables, May 7th.
Math:
This week we will begin our Volume and Measurement Unit. Students will estimate and measure shapes. Students will also explore liquid volume using water and make comparisons and conversions. Students will explore volume by building and counting unit cubes in order to understand volume.
Unit of Study:
We will continue our Social Change unit by preparing for our ‘Night of the Notables’ presentation and continue writing/tweaking our scripts as a class. Students will begin to think about a Change Maker or Social Issue that they would like to explore for their Social Change Blackboard projects. The Night of the Notables presentations will be on May 7th at 5:00pm in the RBG Theatre. We will continue preparing for our Night of the Notables class items this week.
For more information and ways to support your child please visit the Parent Learning Connection page.
The Summer Activities website is ready. If you’re going to be in town from 17-28 June, you can sign up your child/ren.
Important Reminders/Information: (also see GLC Updates)
Monday April 22-ES Earth Week begins with ‘Earth Hour’ from 8:00-9:00am.
Tuesday April 23-Blue + Green ES Earth Day Dress Up Day - no donation expected
Tuesday April 23-ES Earth Day Assembly, Parents Welcome!, 8:45 AM PR-G2, 2:00 PM G3-G5, Melawati Theater
Thursday, April 25-All G5 classes will practice our ‘Night of the Notables’ class items in the RBG Theatre from 10:30-2:00.
Friday, April 26-MAP Reading testing.
By Friday April 26-All G5 students need to bring to school a black or white-colored bottom (girls can bring leggings, skirt or long pants. Boys - long pants). Students’ clothes need to be labeled with your child’s name and class and brought in on a labeled clothes hanger.
Saturday. April 27-G5 & HS Drama Workshops from 8:00am-5:30pm in the RBG Theatre
8:00-9:30 am - 5JV
10:00-11:30 am - 5CC/KH
12:00-1:30 pm - 5CB
2:00-3:30 pm - 5DH
4:00-5:30 pm - 5KC
Monday, April 30-MAP Math testing
Monday, April 30-PTA Annual General Meeting (AGM), MPR 1, 9:30-11:00, for details and RSVP click HERE for RSVP (not required but appreciated for catering purposes)
Wednesday, May 1-Labor Day holiday - no school
Monday, May 6-G5 Night of the Notables Dress Rehearsal with G4 audience in the RBG Theatre from 1:45-2:40 pm.
Tuesday May 7, from 5:00-6:00pm-Grade 5 ‘Night of the Notables’ presentation, RBG Theatre (students will not be attending ASA’s on this day)
Highlight from last week:
The April 19th Free Dress Day donations were forwarded to Dr. Hartini, one of our Social Change Makers, who is a Children’s Rights Activist.
Newsletter no. 32 Mon. 22 Apr. 2019
NEWSLETTER NO. 32
MON. 22 APR. 2019
Dear Parents,
REMINDERS FOR THIS WEEK & EARLY NEXT WEEK:
ES Dress Up Days: plan your days in advance click HERE for dates and details.
Mon. 22 Apr. - day 5: ES Earth Week begins.
Tues. 23 Apr. - day 6: Blue + Green Earth Day Dress Up Day (no Red Hats’ donation expected) and ES Earth Day Assemblies: PR-G2 from 8:45-9:30am and G3-G5 from 2:00-2:45pm in the Melawati Theatre.
Wed. 24 Apr. - day 7:
Thurs. 25 Apr. - day 8: G5 students and teachers will practice their Night of the Notables class items in the RBG Theatre from 10:30am-2:00pm.
Fri. 26 Apr. - day 1: MAP Test - Reading, from 10:30-11:30am.
**Sat. 27 Apr: G5 & HS Drama Workshops from 8:00am-5:30pm in the Melawati Theatre. See item below for further details.
**G5 DRAMA WORKSHOPS REMINDER
A reminder that 5DH students need to arrive 15-30 minutes before their scheduled Drama Workshop time with Tim Howe and the HS drama students this Sat. 27 Apr. Our class time is scheduled from 2:00-3:00pm, so please aim to have your child at school by 1:30-1:45pm at the latest. We will meet in the classroom, take attendance, discuss our plans/expectations for the session and walk over the RBG Theatre as a group, ready to begin our session on time at 2:00pm sharp. When our session is finished at 3:30pm, I’ll walk the students to the ES foyer where you can pick up your child. Please arrange to be back at school by 2:45pm for the 3:00pm pick up of your child. Thanks in advance for your help in organizing the students.
ISKL SUMMER PROGRAM
Summer Activities page.
WITHDRAWAL FROM ISKL
If your family will be withdrawing at the end of this school year, please ensure you have completed a formal withdrawal form HERE so that the school can prepare and release your child's final school reports in June. If you have any questions about re-enrolment or withdrawal, please contact the Admissions Office: admissions@iskl.edu.my
CLASS WORK LAST WEEK
Language Arts: Reading, writing, speaking & listening:
Last week, the students continued working on our next reading and writing units. The reading unit it titled, ‘Unit 4: Informational Reading to Guide and Support Research’ and the writing unit is titled, ‘Unit 4: Expository Writing (information and opinion). Both literacy units are integrated with and support our social studies unit titled, ‘Social Change’. The students continued their historical fiction/biography books in their Book Clubs and for writing, they continued to work on writing/tweaking their group scripts for our class item vignettes for our class Night of the Notables presentation. They also continued their individual research and note-taking on a social issue of their choice, which they will use to create an information or opinion essay. The essay will one of the important pieces of work included on their Social Change Blackboard Project. They also continued their year-long ‘Free Choice Writing Project’ where they continued the process of writing and publishing their own realistic or fantasy story on their laptops using a Google doc. For read aloud, I continued reading a book titled, ‘A Long Walk to Water’, by Linda Sue Park. The students also continued daily typing practice from 7:50 - 8:10am using the www.typing.com program.
Math:
Last week, the students completed our math unit titled, ‘Unit 6: Order of Operations’. Lessons completed:
Review of the unit
End-of-unit assessment
They also began our next unit, titled Unit 7: Volume and Measurement.
In addition to the above, they completed the unit pre-assessment, the tuning-in to the unit activity titled, ‘Got Cubes?’ and Lesson 1: Estimate, Measure, Estimate, involving the estimation, measurement and conversion of various items in the classroom.
The students also worked on volume and measurement using the online platform ‘Studyladder’. Students can also work on the Studyladder website at home by clicking on www.studyladder.com
As promised last week, here is the Enduring Understanding, Essential Questions and Unit Questions that the students will explore in this unit:
Enduring Understanding:
Measurements can be used to describe, compare, and understand the world around us.
Standard units of measure enable people to interpret results or data.
Essential Questions:
How does what we measure influence how we measure?
Why do we need standard units of measurement?
Unit Questions:
How can we measure volume?
What are cubic units?
Unit Overview:
In this unit, students will recognize volume as an attribute of three-dimensional space. They will understand that volume can be measured by finding the total number of same size units of volume required to fill the space without gaps or overlaps. They will understand that a 1-unit by 1-unit by 1-unit cube is the standard unit for measuring volume. They will select appropriate units, strategies, and tools for solving problems that involve estimating and measuring volume. They will decompose three-dimensional shapes and find volumes of right rectangular prisms by viewing them as decomposed into layers of arrays of cubes. They will measure necessary attributes of shapes in order to determine volumes to solve real world and mathematical problems. Students will also convert like measurement units within the metric system and solve word problems relating to those conversions.
SOCIAL STUDIES
Last week, the students continued our social studies unit titled, ‘Social Change’. The students continued working on our Night of the Notables presentation class item topic script on ‘Plastic Pollution’. The students continued their individual research on a social change issue of their choice and the notable person/people they would like to focus on for their Social Change Blackboard Projects. They took handwritten notes or used a Google doc. Their first job will be to write a five paragraph information or opinion essay on their chosen social change issue and notable person/people.
COUNSELING LESSONS
Our G4&5 Counselor - Stephanie Stone - will conduct her next counseling lesson on Wed. 24 Apr. which is a day 7, at the usual time from 8:30-9:00am.
UPCOMING APR. & MAY 2019 CLASS & SCHOOL EVENTS
Tues. 30 Apr: MAP Test - Math from 10:30-11:30am.
PTA Annual General Meeting (AGM), MPR 1, 9:30-11:00, for details and RSVP click HERE for RSVP (not required but appreciated for catering purposes)
Wed. 1 May: Labour Day holiday - no school
Thurs. 2 & Fri. 3 May: MAP Test make-up days (for any students who are absent on previous testing days)
G5 ‘Night of the Notables’ presentation class item run-throughs with Tim Howe, in the HS Drama Studio.
Fri. 3 May: Schoolwide Parent Volunteer Appreciation Brunch in MPR4 from 10:00 - 11:30am.
Mon. 6 May: Ramadan begins
G5 ‘Night of the Notables’ presentation run-through in the RBG Theatre from 10:45-12:00. Max Wright to take yearbook pics.
G5 ‘Night of the Notables’ Presentation Tech & Dress Rehearsal with a G4 audience in the RBG Theatre from 1:45-2:40.
Tues. 7 May: G5 ‘Night of the Notables’ Presentation for parents in the Robert B Gaw Theatre from 5:00-6:00pm. Students stay at school after dismissal. A hard copy letter from the G5 Team will be sent home on Mon. requesting students bring their presentation clothes to school by Fri. 26 Apr.
Thurs. 9 May: ES semester 2 ASAs finish.
Fri. 10 May: Next Red Hats Free Dress Day. Suggested donation - RM5.
Tues. 14 May: ES Music Concert from 5:30-7:00pm
Mon. 20 May: Wesak Day holiday - no school
Tues. 21 May: Faculty Inservice Day - no school for students
Wed. 22 May: Nuzul Al-Quran holiday - no school
Fri. 24 May: ES Wet ‘n’ Wild Day. More details TBA
Mon. 27 May: G5 students orientation visit to the Middle School from 10:30am-12:30pm. More details TBA.
Tues. 4 Jun: G5 Social Change Blackboard Shares:
10:30-11:15 with G5 students and teachers
11:30-12:15 with G4 students and teachers
1:30-2:30 with parents
Wed. 5 & Thurs. 6 Jun: Hari Raya Puasa - no school
Fri. 7 Jun: Next Red Hats Free Dress Day - suggested donation per student - RM5.
Thurs. 13 Jun: ES Farewell Assemblies in the Melawati Theatre: PR-G2 from 11:00-11:30am, G3-5 from 2:00-2:40pm
Fri. 14 Jun: Last day of school! G5 Moving On Ceremony in the Melawati Theatre from 8:30-9:30am
Until next week,
Best regards,
David
MON. 22 APR. 2019
Dear Parents,
REMINDERS FOR THIS WEEK & EARLY NEXT WEEK:
ES Dress Up Days: plan your days in advance click HERE for dates and details.
Mon. 22 Apr. - day 5: ES Earth Week begins.
Tues. 23 Apr. - day 6: Blue + Green Earth Day Dress Up Day (no Red Hats’ donation expected) and ES Earth Day Assemblies: PR-G2 from 8:45-9:30am and G3-G5 from 2:00-2:45pm in the Melawati Theatre.
Wed. 24 Apr. - day 7:
Thurs. 25 Apr. - day 8: G5 students and teachers will practice their Night of the Notables class items in the RBG Theatre from 10:30am-2:00pm.
Fri. 26 Apr. - day 1: MAP Test - Reading, from 10:30-11:30am.
**Sat. 27 Apr: G5 & HS Drama Workshops from 8:00am-5:30pm in the Melawati Theatre. See item below for further details.
**G5 DRAMA WORKSHOPS REMINDER
A reminder that 5DH students need to arrive 15-30 minutes before their scheduled Drama Workshop time with Tim Howe and the HS drama students this Sat. 27 Apr. Our class time is scheduled from 2:00-3:00pm, so please aim to have your child at school by 1:30-1:45pm at the latest. We will meet in the classroom, take attendance, discuss our plans/expectations for the session and walk over the RBG Theatre as a group, ready to begin our session on time at 2:00pm sharp. When our session is finished at 3:30pm, I’ll walk the students to the ES foyer where you can pick up your child. Please arrange to be back at school by 2:45pm for the 3:00pm pick up of your child. Thanks in advance for your help in organizing the students.
ISKL SUMMER PROGRAM
Summer Activities page.
WITHDRAWAL FROM ISKL
If your family will be withdrawing at the end of this school year, please ensure you have completed a formal withdrawal form HERE so that the school can prepare and release your child's final school reports in June. If you have any questions about re-enrolment or withdrawal, please contact the Admissions Office: admissions@iskl.edu.my
CLASS WORK LAST WEEK
Language Arts: Reading, writing, speaking & listening:
Last week, the students continued working on our next reading and writing units. The reading unit it titled, ‘Unit 4: Informational Reading to Guide and Support Research’ and the writing unit is titled, ‘Unit 4: Expository Writing (information and opinion). Both literacy units are integrated with and support our social studies unit titled, ‘Social Change’. The students continued their historical fiction/biography books in their Book Clubs and for writing, they continued to work on writing/tweaking their group scripts for our class item vignettes for our class Night of the Notables presentation. They also continued their individual research and note-taking on a social issue of their choice, which they will use to create an information or opinion essay. The essay will one of the important pieces of work included on their Social Change Blackboard Project. They also continued their year-long ‘Free Choice Writing Project’ where they continued the process of writing and publishing their own realistic or fantasy story on their laptops using a Google doc. For read aloud, I continued reading a book titled, ‘A Long Walk to Water’, by Linda Sue Park. The students also continued daily typing practice from 7:50 - 8:10am using the www.typing.com program.
Math:
Last week, the students completed our math unit titled, ‘Unit 6: Order of Operations’. Lessons completed:
Review of the unit
End-of-unit assessment
They also began our next unit, titled Unit 7: Volume and Measurement.
In addition to the above, they completed the unit pre-assessment, the tuning-in to the unit activity titled, ‘Got Cubes?’ and Lesson 1: Estimate, Measure, Estimate, involving the estimation, measurement and conversion of various items in the classroom.
The students also worked on volume and measurement using the online platform ‘Studyladder’. Students can also work on the Studyladder website at home by clicking on www.studyladder.com
As promised last week, here is the Enduring Understanding, Essential Questions and Unit Questions that the students will explore in this unit:
Enduring Understanding:
Measurements can be used to describe, compare, and understand the world around us.
Standard units of measure enable people to interpret results or data.
Essential Questions:
How does what we measure influence how we measure?
Why do we need standard units of measurement?
Unit Questions:
How can we measure volume?
What are cubic units?
Unit Overview:
In this unit, students will recognize volume as an attribute of three-dimensional space. They will understand that volume can be measured by finding the total number of same size units of volume required to fill the space without gaps or overlaps. They will understand that a 1-unit by 1-unit by 1-unit cube is the standard unit for measuring volume. They will select appropriate units, strategies, and tools for solving problems that involve estimating and measuring volume. They will decompose three-dimensional shapes and find volumes of right rectangular prisms by viewing them as decomposed into layers of arrays of cubes. They will measure necessary attributes of shapes in order to determine volumes to solve real world and mathematical problems. Students will also convert like measurement units within the metric system and solve word problems relating to those conversions.
SOCIAL STUDIES
Last week, the students continued our social studies unit titled, ‘Social Change’. The students continued working on our Night of the Notables presentation class item topic script on ‘Plastic Pollution’. The students continued their individual research on a social change issue of their choice and the notable person/people they would like to focus on for their Social Change Blackboard Projects. They took handwritten notes or used a Google doc. Their first job will be to write a five paragraph information or opinion essay on their chosen social change issue and notable person/people.
COUNSELING LESSONS
Our G4&5 Counselor - Stephanie Stone - will conduct her next counseling lesson on Wed. 24 Apr. which is a day 7, at the usual time from 8:30-9:00am.
UPCOMING APR. & MAY 2019 CLASS & SCHOOL EVENTS
Tues. 30 Apr: MAP Test - Math from 10:30-11:30am.
PTA Annual General Meeting (AGM), MPR 1, 9:30-11:00, for details and RSVP click HERE for RSVP (not required but appreciated for catering purposes)
Wed. 1 May: Labour Day holiday - no school
Thurs. 2 & Fri. 3 May: MAP Test make-up days (for any students who are absent on previous testing days)
G5 ‘Night of the Notables’ presentation class item run-throughs with Tim Howe, in the HS Drama Studio.
Fri. 3 May: Schoolwide Parent Volunteer Appreciation Brunch in MPR4 from 10:00 - 11:30am.
Mon. 6 May: Ramadan begins
G5 ‘Night of the Notables’ presentation run-through in the RBG Theatre from 10:45-12:00. Max Wright to take yearbook pics.
G5 ‘Night of the Notables’ Presentation Tech & Dress Rehearsal with a G4 audience in the RBG Theatre from 1:45-2:40.
Tues. 7 May: G5 ‘Night of the Notables’ Presentation for parents in the Robert B Gaw Theatre from 5:00-6:00pm. Students stay at school after dismissal. A hard copy letter from the G5 Team will be sent home on Mon. requesting students bring their presentation clothes to school by Fri. 26 Apr.
Thurs. 9 May: ES semester 2 ASAs finish.
Fri. 10 May: Next Red Hats Free Dress Day. Suggested donation - RM5.
Tues. 14 May: ES Music Concert from 5:30-7:00pm
Mon. 20 May: Wesak Day holiday - no school
Tues. 21 May: Faculty Inservice Day - no school for students
Wed. 22 May: Nuzul Al-Quran holiday - no school
Fri. 24 May: ES Wet ‘n’ Wild Day. More details TBA
Mon. 27 May: G5 students orientation visit to the Middle School from 10:30am-12:30pm. More details TBA.
Tues. 4 Jun: G5 Social Change Blackboard Shares:
10:30-11:15 with G5 students and teachers
11:30-12:15 with G4 students and teachers
1:30-2:30 with parents
Wed. 5 & Thurs. 6 Jun: Hari Raya Puasa - no school
Fri. 7 Jun: Next Red Hats Free Dress Day - suggested donation per student - RM5.
Thurs. 13 Jun: ES Farewell Assemblies in the Melawati Theatre: PR-G2 from 11:00-11:30am, G3-5 from 2:00-2:40pm
Fri. 14 Jun: Last day of school! G5 Moving On Ceremony in the Melawati Theatre from 8:30-9:30am
Until next week,
Best regards,
David
Sunday 14 April 2019
G5 Weekly Newsletter
Date April 15-19
Dear Parents,
Curriculum Information for this Week:
Literacy:
Students will continue to learn about social issues, human rights and activists through historical fiction, biographical and autobiographical texts. They are also focusing on informational texts in their Book Clubs throughout this unit. Students will also continue to review and practice informational and opinion writing in this unit. Readers at this level will be asking themselves about author bias, comparing varying opinions and learning how to summarize more complex ideas.This work all culminates in our 'Night of the Notables' Presentation on Tuesday May 7.
Math:
The students will continue the unit titled ‘Order of Operations’, practicing this skill using daily warm ups, math lessons and in their math review home learning sheet. Students will continue to evaluate how to use numerical expressions with parentheses, brackets and braces. They will explain how to use these symbols in order to identify, write and describe simple numerical expressions.
Unit of Study:
The students will continue our unit titled, ‘Social Change’. One of the highlights of the G5 calendar - the “Night of the Notables” presentation, will be held on Tuesday May 7, from 5:00-6:00 pm in the Robert B. Gaw Theatre. All parents of G5 students are invited to attend. G5 students took home a hard copy of a parent letter two weeks ago, which explained our plans for the Night of the Notables presentation and also our plans for our drama workshops with Tim Howe and his HS drama students on Saturday 27 April. This week the students will continue reading historical fiction read alouds and historical fiction and social issue picture books. They will also continue researching their class social change topic for the Night of the Notables presentation and begin creating a class script. Here is a list of the social change topics each G5 class has chosen:
5JV - Child Labor
5CB - Gender Equality
5DH - Plastic Pollution
5KC - Education for All
5CC/KH - Animal Rights
For more information and ways to support your child please visit the Parent Learning Connection page.
The Summer Activities website is ready. If you’re going to be in town from 17-28 June, you can sign up your child/ren.
Important Reminders/Information: (also see GLC Updates)
Tues April 23, Blue + Green Earth Day Dress Up Day ES
Tues April 23, ES Earth Day Assembly, Parents Welcome!, 8:45 AM PR-G2, 2:00 PM G3-G5, Melawati Theater
Apr 30, PTA Annual General Meeting (AGM), MPR 1, 9:30-11:00, for details and RSVP click HERE for RSVP (not required but appreciated for catering purposes)
ES Dress Up Days: plan your days in advance click HERE for dates and details
Tuesday May 7 - 5PM Grade 5 ‘Night of the Notables’ Presentation, RBG Theatre
Dear Parents,
Curriculum Information for this Week:
Literacy:
Students will continue to learn about social issues, human rights and activists through historical fiction, biographical and autobiographical texts. They are also focusing on informational texts in their Book Clubs throughout this unit. Students will also continue to review and practice informational and opinion writing in this unit. Readers at this level will be asking themselves about author bias, comparing varying opinions and learning how to summarize more complex ideas.This work all culminates in our 'Night of the Notables' Presentation on Tuesday May 7.
Math:
The students will continue the unit titled ‘Order of Operations’, practicing this skill using daily warm ups, math lessons and in their math review home learning sheet. Students will continue to evaluate how to use numerical expressions with parentheses, brackets and braces. They will explain how to use these symbols in order to identify, write and describe simple numerical expressions.
Unit of Study:
The students will continue our unit titled, ‘Social Change’. One of the highlights of the G5 calendar - the “Night of the Notables” presentation, will be held on Tuesday May 7, from 5:00-6:00 pm in the Robert B. Gaw Theatre. All parents of G5 students are invited to attend. G5 students took home a hard copy of a parent letter two weeks ago, which explained our plans for the Night of the Notables presentation and also our plans for our drama workshops with Tim Howe and his HS drama students on Saturday 27 April. This week the students will continue reading historical fiction read alouds and historical fiction and social issue picture books. They will also continue researching their class social change topic for the Night of the Notables presentation and begin creating a class script. Here is a list of the social change topics each G5 class has chosen:
5JV - Child Labor
5CB - Gender Equality
5DH - Plastic Pollution
5KC - Education for All
5CC/KH - Animal Rights
For more information and ways to support your child please visit the Parent Learning Connection page.
The Summer Activities website is ready. If you’re going to be in town from 17-28 June, you can sign up your child/ren.
Important Reminders/Information: (also see GLC Updates)
Tues April 23, Blue + Green Earth Day Dress Up Day ES
Tues April 23, ES Earth Day Assembly, Parents Welcome!, 8:45 AM PR-G2, 2:00 PM G3-G5, Melawati Theater
Apr 30, PTA Annual General Meeting (AGM), MPR 1, 9:30-11:00, for details and RSVP click HERE for RSVP (not required but appreciated for catering purposes)
ES Dress Up Days: plan your days in advance click HERE for dates and details
Tuesday May 7 - 5PM Grade 5 ‘Night of the Notables’ Presentation, RBG Theatre
Newsletter no. 31 Mon. 15 Apr. 2019
NEWSLETTER NO. 31
MON. 15 APR. 2019
Dear Parents,
REMINDERS FOR THIS WEEK & EARLY NEXT WEEK:
ES Dress Up Days: plan your days in advance click HERE for dates and details
Mon. 15 Apr. - day 8:
Tues. 16 Apr. - day 1:
Wed. 17 Apr. - day 2:
Thurs. 18 Apr. - day 3:
Fri. 19 Apr. - day 4: Good Friday. School is in session. Red Hats’ Free Dress Day. Suggested donation for each student - RM5
G5 intro to RBG Theatre & Tech. All G5 classes will be scheduled to have some time in the theatre to experience the space, practice class items etc. in preparation for our drama workshops on Sat. 27 Apr.
Sat. 20 Apr: ISKL HS Earth Club’s Eco-market and Community Recycling Program in the Cell Phone Car Park from 9:00am-12:00pm. See item below for further details.
Mon. 22 Apr: ES Earth Week begins.
WORK SAMPLES SENT HOME
Last week, I asked your child to take home and share with you copies of 3 assessments:
1. Math Unit 5: Multiplying & dividing fraction end-of-unit assessment
2. Fantasy writing summative assessment
3. Fantasy reading summative assessment
If you haven’t seen them, please ask your child to locate them in their home learning pocket or backpack.
G5 DRAMA WORKSHOPS
Thanks to all parents and students for your support in returning the G5 Drama Workshop reply slips for Sat. 27 Apr. Nineteen out of 21 5DH students have signed up to attend our drama workshop with Tim Howe’s HS drama students from 2:00-3:00pm. Considering it’s on a weekend, I’m very happy with that number!
ISKL SUMMER PROGRAM
Dear ISKL Parents,
We are excited to announce the first year of ISKL Summer Activities at the new Ampang Hilir campus! Activities will run during the two weeks after school ends: June 17 to June 28, 2019 from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm. We have a lot of fun and exciting activities for students in the ES and shared activities for MS & HS students. For a list of activities and to sign up, please visit our Summer Activities page.
Can't wait to see your children there!
Summer Activities Coordinators - Cath Bae and Linnea Welker
SATURDAY 20 APRIL - ECO-MARKET
From the HS Earth Club:
What better way to spend your Saturday morning? Come to ISKL on Saturday April 20th, anytime between 9:00 am until 12:00 pm to check out our ECO MARKET, an event held by the High School Earth Club to foster a community of eco-mindedness. Enjoy live music, good food, eco-shopping, fresh produce. and INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS!
There will be:
- FRESH PRODUCE
- Kind Kones ICE CREAM
- Picha Project food
- Eat shoots and roots gardening products
- Speak skin care
- Second hand books
- Sewing crafts by refugees
- Zero waste products (the hive and frangipani)
- Sala vegan Mexican food
- ISKL clubs raising awareness and so much more :)
And of course, our monthly community recycling, along with:
- Glass recycling
- Tetra pack
- Clothing recycling, batteries, and electronics
- Second hand book collection
- All other usually recycled items
CLASS WORK LAST WEEK
Language Arts: Reading, writing, speaking & listening:
Last week, the students continued our next reading and writing units. The reading unit it titled, ‘Unit 4: Informational Reading to Guide and Support Research’ and the writing unit is titled, ‘Unit 4: Expository Writing (information and opinion). Both literacy units are integrated with and support our social studies unit titled, ‘Social Change’. The students continued their historical fiction/biography books in their Book Clubs and for writing, they continued to work on writing/tweaking their group scripts for our class item vignettes for our class Night of the Notables presentation. They also continued their year-long ‘Free Choice Writing Project’ where they continued the process of writing and publishing their own realistic or fantasy story on their laptops using a Google doc. For read aloud, I continued reading a book titled, ‘A Long Walk to Water’, by Linda Sue Park. The students also continued daily typing practice from 7:50 - 8:10am using the www.typing.com program.
Math:
Last week, the students began our next math unit titled, ‘Unit 6: Order of Operations’. Lessons completed:
Lesson 4: Money for Chores
Lesson 5: Hogwarts House Cup 1
Lesson 6: Hogwarts House Cup 2
Lesson 7: Hogwarts House Cup 3
Review of the unit
The students also worked on order of operations problems using the online platform ‘Studyladder’. Students can also work on the Studyladder website at home by clicking on www.studyladder.com
Early this coming week, the students will complete the end-of-unit written assessment. Our next math unit is titled, ‘Volume and Measurement’. Further details of the unit will be in next week’s newsletter.
SOCIAL STUDIES
Last week, the students continued our social studies unit titled, ‘Social Change’. As mentioned earlier, the students worked on our Night of the Notables presentation class item topic script on ‘Plastic Pollution’. On Friday afternoon, each group performed their item to the class audience and received feedback. This week, the groups will use that feedback to make their items even better. The students will also begin their individual research on a social change issue of their choice and the notable person/people they would like to focus on for their Social Change Blackboard Projects. Their first job will be to write a five paragraph information or opinion essay on their chosen social change issue and notable person/people.
COUNSELING LESSONS
Our G4&5 Counselor - Stephanie Stone was absent and not able to conduct her usual counseling lesson on Fri. 12 Apr. We’ll try to reschedule the lesson some time this week.
UPCOMING APR. & MAY 2019 CLASS & SCHOOL EVENTS
Mon. 22 Apr: ES Earth Week begins.
Tues. 23 Apr: Blue + Green Earth Day Dress Up Day and ES Earth Day Assemblies: PR-G2 from 8:45-9:30am and G3-G5 from 2:00-2:45pm in the Melawati Theatre.
Fri. 26 Apr: MAP Test - Reading, from 10:30-11:30am.
Sat. 27 Apr: G5 & HS Drama Workshops from 8:00am-5:30pm in the Melawati Theatre.
Tues. 30 Apr: MAP Test - Math from 10:30-11:30am.
PTA Annual General Meeting (AGM), MPR 1, 9:30-11:00, for details and RSVP click HERE for RSVP (not required but appreciated for catering purposes)
Wed. 1 May: Labour Day holiday - no school
Thurs. 2 & Fri. 3 May: MAP Test make-up days (for any students who are absent on previous testing days)
G5 ‘Night of the Notables’ presentation class item run-throughs with Tim Howe, in the HS Drama Studio.
Fri. 3 May: Schoolwide Parent Volunteer Appreciation Brunch in MPR4 from 10:00 - 11:30am.
Mon. 6 May: Ramadan begins
G5 ‘Night of the Notables’ presentation run-through in the RBG Theatre from 10:45-12:00. Max Wright to take yearbook pics.
G5 ‘Night of the Notables’ Presentation Tech & Dress Rehearsal with a G4 audience in the RBG Theatre from 1:45-2:40.
Tues. 7 May: G5 ‘Night of the Notables’ Presentation for parents in the Robert B Gaw Theatre from 5:00-6:00pm. Students stay at school after dismissal.
Thurs. 9 May: ES semester 2 ASAs finish.
Fri. 10 May: Next Red Hats Free Dress Day. Suggested donation - RM5.
Tues. 14 May: ES Music Concert from 5:30-7:00pm
Mon. 20 May: Wesak Day holiday - no school
Tues. 21 May: Faculty Inservice Day - no school for students
Wed. 22 May: Nuzul Al-Quran holiday - no school
Fri. 24 May: ES Wet ‘n’ Wild Day. More details TBA
Mon. 27 May: G5 students orientation visit to the Middle School from 10:30am-12:30pm. More details TBA.
Until next week,
Best regards,
David
MON. 15 APR. 2019
Dear Parents,
REMINDERS FOR THIS WEEK & EARLY NEXT WEEK:
ES Dress Up Days: plan your days in advance click HERE for dates and details
Mon. 15 Apr. - day 8:
Tues. 16 Apr. - day 1:
Wed. 17 Apr. - day 2:
Thurs. 18 Apr. - day 3:
Fri. 19 Apr. - day 4: Good Friday. School is in session. Red Hats’ Free Dress Day. Suggested donation for each student - RM5
G5 intro to RBG Theatre & Tech. All G5 classes will be scheduled to have some time in the theatre to experience the space, practice class items etc. in preparation for our drama workshops on Sat. 27 Apr.
Sat. 20 Apr: ISKL HS Earth Club’s Eco-market and Community Recycling Program in the Cell Phone Car Park from 9:00am-12:00pm. See item below for further details.
Mon. 22 Apr: ES Earth Week begins.
WORK SAMPLES SENT HOME
Last week, I asked your child to take home and share with you copies of 3 assessments:
1. Math Unit 5: Multiplying & dividing fraction end-of-unit assessment
2. Fantasy writing summative assessment
3. Fantasy reading summative assessment
If you haven’t seen them, please ask your child to locate them in their home learning pocket or backpack.
G5 DRAMA WORKSHOPS
Thanks to all parents and students for your support in returning the G5 Drama Workshop reply slips for Sat. 27 Apr. Nineteen out of 21 5DH students have signed up to attend our drama workshop with Tim Howe’s HS drama students from 2:00-3:00pm. Considering it’s on a weekend, I’m very happy with that number!
ISKL SUMMER PROGRAM
Dear ISKL Parents,
We are excited to announce the first year of ISKL Summer Activities at the new Ampang Hilir campus! Activities will run during the two weeks after school ends: June 17 to June 28, 2019 from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm. We have a lot of fun and exciting activities for students in the ES and shared activities for MS & HS students. For a list of activities and to sign up, please visit our Summer Activities page.
Can't wait to see your children there!
Summer Activities Coordinators - Cath Bae and Linnea Welker
SATURDAY 20 APRIL - ECO-MARKET
From the HS Earth Club:
What better way to spend your Saturday morning? Come to ISKL on Saturday April 20th, anytime between 9:00 am until 12:00 pm to check out our ECO MARKET, an event held by the High School Earth Club to foster a community of eco-mindedness. Enjoy live music, good food, eco-shopping, fresh produce. and INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS!
There will be:
- FRESH PRODUCE
- Kind Kones ICE CREAM
- Picha Project food
- Eat shoots and roots gardening products
- Speak skin care
- Second hand books
- Sewing crafts by refugees
- Zero waste products (the hive and frangipani)
- Sala vegan Mexican food
- ISKL clubs raising awareness and so much more :)
And of course, our monthly community recycling, along with:
- Glass recycling
- Tetra pack
- Clothing recycling, batteries, and electronics
- Second hand book collection
- All other usually recycled items
CLASS WORK LAST WEEK
Language Arts: Reading, writing, speaking & listening:
Last week, the students continued our next reading and writing units. The reading unit it titled, ‘Unit 4: Informational Reading to Guide and Support Research’ and the writing unit is titled, ‘Unit 4: Expository Writing (information and opinion). Both literacy units are integrated with and support our social studies unit titled, ‘Social Change’. The students continued their historical fiction/biography books in their Book Clubs and for writing, they continued to work on writing/tweaking their group scripts for our class item vignettes for our class Night of the Notables presentation. They also continued their year-long ‘Free Choice Writing Project’ where they continued the process of writing and publishing their own realistic or fantasy story on their laptops using a Google doc. For read aloud, I continued reading a book titled, ‘A Long Walk to Water’, by Linda Sue Park. The students also continued daily typing practice from 7:50 - 8:10am using the www.typing.com program.
Math:
Last week, the students began our next math unit titled, ‘Unit 6: Order of Operations’. Lessons completed:
Lesson 4: Money for Chores
Lesson 5: Hogwarts House Cup 1
Lesson 6: Hogwarts House Cup 2
Lesson 7: Hogwarts House Cup 3
Review of the unit
The students also worked on order of operations problems using the online platform ‘Studyladder’. Students can also work on the Studyladder website at home by clicking on www.studyladder.com
Early this coming week, the students will complete the end-of-unit written assessment. Our next math unit is titled, ‘Volume and Measurement’. Further details of the unit will be in next week’s newsletter.
SOCIAL STUDIES
Last week, the students continued our social studies unit titled, ‘Social Change’. As mentioned earlier, the students worked on our Night of the Notables presentation class item topic script on ‘Plastic Pollution’. On Friday afternoon, each group performed their item to the class audience and received feedback. This week, the groups will use that feedback to make their items even better. The students will also begin their individual research on a social change issue of their choice and the notable person/people they would like to focus on for their Social Change Blackboard Projects. Their first job will be to write a five paragraph information or opinion essay on their chosen social change issue and notable person/people.
COUNSELING LESSONS
Our G4&5 Counselor - Stephanie Stone was absent and not able to conduct her usual counseling lesson on Fri. 12 Apr. We’ll try to reschedule the lesson some time this week.
UPCOMING APR. & MAY 2019 CLASS & SCHOOL EVENTS
Mon. 22 Apr: ES Earth Week begins.
Tues. 23 Apr: Blue + Green Earth Day Dress Up Day and ES Earth Day Assemblies: PR-G2 from 8:45-9:30am and G3-G5 from 2:00-2:45pm in the Melawati Theatre.
Fri. 26 Apr: MAP Test - Reading, from 10:30-11:30am.
Sat. 27 Apr: G5 & HS Drama Workshops from 8:00am-5:30pm in the Melawati Theatre.
Tues. 30 Apr: MAP Test - Math from 10:30-11:30am.
PTA Annual General Meeting (AGM), MPR 1, 9:30-11:00, for details and RSVP click HERE for RSVP (not required but appreciated for catering purposes)
Wed. 1 May: Labour Day holiday - no school
Thurs. 2 & Fri. 3 May: MAP Test make-up days (for any students who are absent on previous testing days)
G5 ‘Night of the Notables’ presentation class item run-throughs with Tim Howe, in the HS Drama Studio.
Fri. 3 May: Schoolwide Parent Volunteer Appreciation Brunch in MPR4 from 10:00 - 11:30am.
Mon. 6 May: Ramadan begins
G5 ‘Night of the Notables’ presentation run-through in the RBG Theatre from 10:45-12:00. Max Wright to take yearbook pics.
G5 ‘Night of the Notables’ Presentation Tech & Dress Rehearsal with a G4 audience in the RBG Theatre from 1:45-2:40.
Tues. 7 May: G5 ‘Night of the Notables’ Presentation for parents in the Robert B Gaw Theatre from 5:00-6:00pm. Students stay at school after dismissal.
Thurs. 9 May: ES semester 2 ASAs finish.
Fri. 10 May: Next Red Hats Free Dress Day. Suggested donation - RM5.
Tues. 14 May: ES Music Concert from 5:30-7:00pm
Mon. 20 May: Wesak Day holiday - no school
Tues. 21 May: Faculty Inservice Day - no school for students
Wed. 22 May: Nuzul Al-Quran holiday - no school
Fri. 24 May: ES Wet ‘n’ Wild Day. More details TBA
Mon. 27 May: G5 students orientation visit to the Middle School from 10:30am-12:30pm. More details TBA.
Until next week,
Best regards,
David
Wednesday 10 April 2019
G5 Weekly Newsletter
Date April 8-12
Dear Parents,
Curriculum Information for this Week:
Literacy:
Students will continue to learn about social issues, human rights and activists through historical fiction, biographical and autobiographical texts. They are also focusing on informational texts in their Book Clubs throughout this unit. Students will also continue to review and practice informational and opinion writing in this unit.
Math:
The students will continue the unit titled ‘Order of Operations’, practicing this skill using daily warm ups, math lessons and in their math review home learning sheet. Students will continue to evaluate how to use numerical expressions with parentheses, brackets and braces. They will explain how to use these symbols in order to identify, write and describe simple numerical expressions.
Unit of Study:
The students will continue our unit titled, ‘Social Change’. One of the highlights of the G5 calendar - the “Night of the Notables” presentation, will be held on Thursday 9 May, from 5:00-6:00pm in the Melawati Theatre. All parents of G5 students are invited to attend. G5 students took home a hard copy of a parent letter last Friday, which explained our plans for the Night of the Notables presentation and also our plans for our drama workshops with Tim Howe and his HS drama students on Saturday 27 April. We expect all G5 students and teachers to attend their class Saturday drama workshop, so please complete and have your child return the reply slip to their class teacher by this Friday 12 April, so we have a firm idea of student numbers for the workshops. This week the students will continue reading historical fiction read alouds and historical fiction and social issue picture books. They will also continue researching their class social change topic for the Night of the Notables presentation and begin creating a class script. Here is a list of the social change topics each G5 class has chosen:
5JV - Child labor
5CB - Gender equality
5DH - Plastic Pollution
5KC - Education for all
5CC/KH - Animal rights
For more information and ways to support your child please visit the Parent Learning Connection page.
The Summer Activities website is ready. If you’re going to be in town from 17-28 June, you can sign up your child/ren.
Important Reminders/Information: (also see GLC Updates)
**Please return your child’s drama workshop attendance reply slip by this Friday 12 April, which is attached to the parent letter sent home last Friday with your child.
Highlights of the week:
Inclusive Schools Week was a great success!
It was great to meet and listen to our final four social change makers last Thursday morning at our G5 Social Change Makers’ Conference:
Dr. Hartini Zainudin - works for UNRWA (United Nations Relief Work Agency for Palestinian refugees and volunteers at Yayasan Chow Kit in KL (Street Kids of Chow Kit)
Arief Fauzy - works at the Selangor SPCA
Mareena Yahya Kerschot - volunteers at Tak Nak Straw - an organization dedicated to protecting the environment by reducing the use of plastic straws
Suji Dehart - is our ES Librarian - advocate for minimizing waste in landfills and composting
**Ask your child what they learned about human rights, discrimination and social change makers last week.
Dear Parents,
Curriculum Information for this Week:
Literacy:
Students will continue to learn about social issues, human rights and activists through historical fiction, biographical and autobiographical texts. They are also focusing on informational texts in their Book Clubs throughout this unit. Students will also continue to review and practice informational and opinion writing in this unit.
Math:
The students will continue the unit titled ‘Order of Operations’, practicing this skill using daily warm ups, math lessons and in their math review home learning sheet. Students will continue to evaluate how to use numerical expressions with parentheses, brackets and braces. They will explain how to use these symbols in order to identify, write and describe simple numerical expressions.
Unit of Study:
The students will continue our unit titled, ‘Social Change’. One of the highlights of the G5 calendar - the “Night of the Notables” presentation, will be held on Thursday 9 May, from 5:00-6:00pm in the Melawati Theatre. All parents of G5 students are invited to attend. G5 students took home a hard copy of a parent letter last Friday, which explained our plans for the Night of the Notables presentation and also our plans for our drama workshops with Tim Howe and his HS drama students on Saturday 27 April. We expect all G5 students and teachers to attend their class Saturday drama workshop, so please complete and have your child return the reply slip to their class teacher by this Friday 12 April, so we have a firm idea of student numbers for the workshops. This week the students will continue reading historical fiction read alouds and historical fiction and social issue picture books. They will also continue researching their class social change topic for the Night of the Notables presentation and begin creating a class script. Here is a list of the social change topics each G5 class has chosen:
5JV - Child labor
5CB - Gender equality
5DH - Plastic Pollution
5KC - Education for all
5CC/KH - Animal rights
For more information and ways to support your child please visit the Parent Learning Connection page.
The Summer Activities website is ready. If you’re going to be in town from 17-28 June, you can sign up your child/ren.
Important Reminders/Information: (also see GLC Updates)
**Please return your child’s drama workshop attendance reply slip by this Friday 12 April, which is attached to the parent letter sent home last Friday with your child.
Highlights of the week:
Inclusive Schools Week was a great success!
It was great to meet and listen to our final four social change makers last Thursday morning at our G5 Social Change Makers’ Conference:
Dr. Hartini Zainudin - works for UNRWA (United Nations Relief Work Agency for Palestinian refugees and volunteers at Yayasan Chow Kit in KL (Street Kids of Chow Kit)
Arief Fauzy - works at the Selangor SPCA
Mareena Yahya Kerschot - volunteers at Tak Nak Straw - an organization dedicated to protecting the environment by reducing the use of plastic straws
Suji Dehart - is our ES Librarian - advocate for minimizing waste in landfills and composting
**Ask your child what they learned about human rights, discrimination and social change makers last week.
Sunday 7 April 2019
Newsletter no. 30 Mon. 8 Apr. 2019
NEWSLETTER NO. 30
MON. 8 APR. 2019
Dear Parents,
REMINDERS FOR THIS WEEK & EARLY NEXT WEEK:
Mon. 8 Apr. - day 3:
Tues. 9 Apr. - day 4:
Wed. 10 Apr. - day 5:
Thurs. 11 Apr. - day 6:
Fri. 12 Apr. - day 7: Deadline for return of reply slips for G5 & HS Drama Workshops on Sat. 27 Apr. See below for further details.
G5 DRAMA WORKSHOPS
G5 students took home a hard copy of a parent letter last Friday, which explained our plans for the Night of the Notables presentation on Thurs. 9 May and also our plans for our drama workshops with Tim Howe and his HS drama students on Sat. 27 Apr. The drama workshops will help all our students perform at their best on Thurs. 9 May. We expect all G5 students and teachers to attend their class Saturday drama workshop on Sat. 27 Apr, so please complete and have your child return the reply slip to their class teacher by this Friday 12 April, so we have a firm idea of student numbers for the workshops.
CLASS WORK LAST WEEK
Language Arts: Reading, writing, speaking & listening:
Last week, the students began our next reading and writing units. The reading unit it titled, ‘Unit 4: Informational Reading to Guide and Support Research’ and the writing unit is titled, ‘Unit 4: Expository Writing (information and opinion). Both literacy units will be integrated with and support our social studies unit titled, ‘Social Change’. The students also began new historical fiction/biography books in their Book Clubs and for writing, they also continued their year-long ‘Free Choice Writing Project’ where they continued the process of writing and publishing their own realistic or fantasy story on their laptops using a Google doc. For read aloud, I began a new book titled, ‘A Long Walk to Water’, by Linda Sue Park. The students also continued daily typing practice from 7:50 - 8:10am using the www.typing.com program.
Math:
Last week, the students began our next math unit titled, ‘Unit 6: Order of Operations’. Lessons completed:
Lesson 1: Why do we need order of operations in math expressions/equations?
Lesson 2: Numeric Expressions
Lesson 3: Tricky Answers
The students also worked on order of operations problems using the online platform ‘Studyladder’. Students can also work on the Studyladder website at home by clicking on www.studyladder.com
SOCIAL STUDIES
Last week the students continued our social studies unit titled, ‘Social Change’. They reviewed/discussed human rights and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHRs). They discussed - What is discrimination? by viewing a Brainpop video titled ‘Civil Rights’, they read a book with Amy Schneider on Jackie Robinson, an African American Major League baseball player from the 1940s and they also looked at the Ruby Bridges story, titled ‘Through My Eyes’. Finally, the highlight of last week was part 2 of our ‘Social Change Makers’ Conference on Thurs. 4 Apr. from 10:30am to 12:15pm, where we had four more social change makers present to our students. Here’s a list of our presenters:
Dr. Hartini Zainudin - works for UNRWA (United Nations Relief Work Agency for Palestine refugees and volunteers at Yayasan Chow Kit in KL (Street Kids of Chow Kit)
Arief Fauzy - works at the Selangor SPCA
Mareena Yahya Kerschot - co-founder of Tak Nak Straw - an organization dedicated to protecting the environment by reducing the use of plastic straws
Suji Dehart - our ES Librarian - is an advocate for minimizing waste in landfills and composting
Schedule:
10:30 - 10:45 (Session 1)
10:50 - 11:05 (Session 2)
11:10 - 11:25 (Session 3)
11:30 - 11:45 (Session 4)
11:50 - 12:05 Thank you presentation in the G5 common area
12:05 - 12:35 Students completed a debrief with their class teacher.
All G5 students were divided into 4 groups and they rotated around the 4 presenters according the above schedule. **Ask your child what they have learned about human rights, discrimination and social change makers last week.
COUNSELING LESSONS
Our G4&5 Counselor - Stephanie Stone - conducted her usual counseling lesson last Tues. 2 Apr. Stephanie’s next lesson will be on Fri. 12 Apr. - the next day 7 - from 8:30-9:00am
UPCOMING APR. & MAY 2019 CLASS & SCHOOL EVENTS
Fri. 19 Apr: Good Friday. School is in session. Red Hats’ Free Dress Day.
Sat. 20 Apr: Community Recycling Program in the Cell Phone Car Park from 9:30-11:30am.
Mon. 22 Apr: ES Earth Week begins.
Tues. 23 Apr: Earth Day Assemblies: PR-G2 from 8:45-9:30am and G3-G5 from 2:00-2:45pm in the Melawati Theatre.
Fri. 26 Apr: MAP Test - Reading from 10:30-11:30am.
Sat. 27 Apr: G5 & HS Drama Workshops from 8:00am-5:30pm in the Melawati Theatre.
Tues. 30 Apr: MAP Test - Math from 10:30-11:30am.
Wed. 1 May: Labour Day holiday - no school
Thurs. 2 & Fri. 3 May: MAP Test make-up days (for any students who are absent on previous testing days)
Fri. 3 May: Schoolwide Parent Volunteer Appreciation Brunch in MPR4 from 10:00 - 11:30am.
Mon. 6 May: Ramadan begins
Thurs. 9 May: G5 Night of the Notables Presentation for parents in the Melawati Theatre from 5:00-6:00pm.
ES semester 2 ASAs finish.
Fri. 10 May: Next Red Hats Free Dress Day. Suggested donation - RM5.
Tues. 14 May: ES Music Concert from 5:30-7:00pm
Mon. 20 May: Wesak Day holiday - no school
Tues. 21 May: Faculty Inservice Day - no school for students
Wed. 22 May: Nuzul Al-Quran holiday - no school
Fri. 24 May: ES Wet ‘n’ Wild Day. More details TBA
Mon. 27 May: G5 students orientation visit to the Middle School from 10:30am-12:30pm. More details TBA.
Until next week,
Best regards,
David
MON. 8 APR. 2019
Dear Parents,
REMINDERS FOR THIS WEEK & EARLY NEXT WEEK:
Mon. 8 Apr. - day 3:
Tues. 9 Apr. - day 4:
Wed. 10 Apr. - day 5:
Thurs. 11 Apr. - day 6:
Fri. 12 Apr. - day 7: Deadline for return of reply slips for G5 & HS Drama Workshops on Sat. 27 Apr. See below for further details.
G5 DRAMA WORKSHOPS
G5 students took home a hard copy of a parent letter last Friday, which explained our plans for the Night of the Notables presentation on Thurs. 9 May and also our plans for our drama workshops with Tim Howe and his HS drama students on Sat. 27 Apr. The drama workshops will help all our students perform at their best on Thurs. 9 May. We expect all G5 students and teachers to attend their class Saturday drama workshop on Sat. 27 Apr, so please complete and have your child return the reply slip to their class teacher by this Friday 12 April, so we have a firm idea of student numbers for the workshops.
CLASS WORK LAST WEEK
Language Arts: Reading, writing, speaking & listening:
Last week, the students began our next reading and writing units. The reading unit it titled, ‘Unit 4: Informational Reading to Guide and Support Research’ and the writing unit is titled, ‘Unit 4: Expository Writing (information and opinion). Both literacy units will be integrated with and support our social studies unit titled, ‘Social Change’. The students also began new historical fiction/biography books in their Book Clubs and for writing, they also continued their year-long ‘Free Choice Writing Project’ where they continued the process of writing and publishing their own realistic or fantasy story on their laptops using a Google doc. For read aloud, I began a new book titled, ‘A Long Walk to Water’, by Linda Sue Park. The students also continued daily typing practice from 7:50 - 8:10am using the www.typing.com program.
Math:
Last week, the students began our next math unit titled, ‘Unit 6: Order of Operations’. Lessons completed:
Lesson 1: Why do we need order of operations in math expressions/equations?
Lesson 2: Numeric Expressions
Lesson 3: Tricky Answers
The students also worked on order of operations problems using the online platform ‘Studyladder’. Students can also work on the Studyladder website at home by clicking on www.studyladder.com
SOCIAL STUDIES
Last week the students continued our social studies unit titled, ‘Social Change’. They reviewed/discussed human rights and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHRs). They discussed - What is discrimination? by viewing a Brainpop video titled ‘Civil Rights’, they read a book with Amy Schneider on Jackie Robinson, an African American Major League baseball player from the 1940s and they also looked at the Ruby Bridges story, titled ‘Through My Eyes’. Finally, the highlight of last week was part 2 of our ‘Social Change Makers’ Conference on Thurs. 4 Apr. from 10:30am to 12:15pm, where we had four more social change makers present to our students. Here’s a list of our presenters:
Dr. Hartini Zainudin - works for UNRWA (United Nations Relief Work Agency for Palestine refugees and volunteers at Yayasan Chow Kit in KL (Street Kids of Chow Kit)
Arief Fauzy - works at the Selangor SPCA
Mareena Yahya Kerschot - co-founder of Tak Nak Straw - an organization dedicated to protecting the environment by reducing the use of plastic straws
Suji Dehart - our ES Librarian - is an advocate for minimizing waste in landfills and composting
Schedule:
10:30 - 10:45 (Session 1)
10:50 - 11:05 (Session 2)
11:10 - 11:25 (Session 3)
11:30 - 11:45 (Session 4)
11:50 - 12:05 Thank you presentation in the G5 common area
12:05 - 12:35 Students completed a debrief with their class teacher.
All G5 students were divided into 4 groups and they rotated around the 4 presenters according the above schedule. **Ask your child what they have learned about human rights, discrimination and social change makers last week.
COUNSELING LESSONS
Our G4&5 Counselor - Stephanie Stone - conducted her usual counseling lesson last Tues. 2 Apr. Stephanie’s next lesson will be on Fri. 12 Apr. - the next day 7 - from 8:30-9:00am
UPCOMING APR. & MAY 2019 CLASS & SCHOOL EVENTS
Fri. 19 Apr: Good Friday. School is in session. Red Hats’ Free Dress Day.
Sat. 20 Apr: Community Recycling Program in the Cell Phone Car Park from 9:30-11:30am.
Mon. 22 Apr: ES Earth Week begins.
Tues. 23 Apr: Earth Day Assemblies: PR-G2 from 8:45-9:30am and G3-G5 from 2:00-2:45pm in the Melawati Theatre.
Fri. 26 Apr: MAP Test - Reading from 10:30-11:30am.
Sat. 27 Apr: G5 & HS Drama Workshops from 8:00am-5:30pm in the Melawati Theatre.
Tues. 30 Apr: MAP Test - Math from 10:30-11:30am.
Wed. 1 May: Labour Day holiday - no school
Thurs. 2 & Fri. 3 May: MAP Test make-up days (for any students who are absent on previous testing days)
Fri. 3 May: Schoolwide Parent Volunteer Appreciation Brunch in MPR4 from 10:00 - 11:30am.
Mon. 6 May: Ramadan begins
Thurs. 9 May: G5 Night of the Notables Presentation for parents in the Melawati Theatre from 5:00-6:00pm.
ES semester 2 ASAs finish.
Fri. 10 May: Next Red Hats Free Dress Day. Suggested donation - RM5.
Tues. 14 May: ES Music Concert from 5:30-7:00pm
Mon. 20 May: Wesak Day holiday - no school
Tues. 21 May: Faculty Inservice Day - no school for students
Wed. 22 May: Nuzul Al-Quran holiday - no school
Fri. 24 May: ES Wet ‘n’ Wild Day. More details TBA
Mon. 27 May: G5 students orientation visit to the Middle School from 10:30am-12:30pm. More details TBA.
Until next week,
Best regards,
David
Monday 1 April 2019
G5 Weekly Newsletter
Weekly Newsletter Grade 5
Date April 1 - 5
Dear Parents,
Curriculum Information for this Week:
Literacy:
Students begin to learn about Social Issues and Human Rights through historical fiction, biography and autobiography texts. We will focus on Informational text throughout this unit. Students will revisit informational and opinion writing in this unit.
Math:
The students will begin the unit titled Order of Operations. We have been practicing this skill using daily warm ups, so they are familiar with these skills. Students will evaluate how to use numerical expressions with parentheses, brackets and braces. They will explain how to use these symbols in order to identify, write and describe simple numerical expressions.
Unit of Study:
We are beginning our unit on Social Change. This will conclude with the famous “Night of the Notables” on Thursday 9 May.
This week we will:
Start a historical fiction read aloud
Begin reading historical fiction and social issue picture books
Tune in to ‘Social Change’ learning about the ‘Human Rights’ UDHR and the Global Goals
Review the presenters from our ‘Social Change Makers Conference’ in semester 1
For more information and ways to support your child please visit the Parent Learning Connection page.
Important Reminders/Information: (also see GLC Updates)
First week of April - Inclusion week-April 1 is a day 6
April 1-5, 2019, Inclusive Schools Week. #kaleidoscopeoffriends. The ISKL Community Schoolwide will celebrate the progress that we have made in providing a supportive and quality education to an increasingly diverse student population. The week will also provide an important opportunity for educators, students and parents to discuss what else needs to be done in order to ensure that ISKL continues to successfully educate all children. Events will be planned to engage the students, teachers, and parents.
April 1, 2019: Coffee Chat & Resource Fair. To kick off Inclusive Schools Week there will be a Coffee Chat and Resource Fair in the Community Room from 8:15 - 9:45 am. This is a great opportunity for your parents to learn about the resources that the Student Resource Team (SRT) offers to support students in their learning and development at ISKL. In addition to learning about speech and language therapy, educational psychology, and counseling available at ISKL, parents will also have the opportunity to learn about additional supports that can be accessed outside of school to support their child and family. Coffee and snacks will be provided. Please RSVP - Click Here.
April 2, 2019, Autism Awareness Day is World Autism Awareness Day. #LightItUpBlue The ISKL ES community is encouraged to support the Autism Speaks Light it up Blue Campaign by wearing blue to increase understanding and acceptance of Autism.
April 4-10:30-12:30-Social Change Makers Conference (part 2)
April 5, 2019, Diversity Day As Inclusive Schools Week wraps up, ES students are encouraged to dress in clothes that highlight them as unique individuals. #kaleidoscopeoffriends
Highlight of the week before spring break:
Students celebrated end of Fantasy Writing unit by sharing their stories with other Grade 5 students.
It was great to meet and listen to Aisha sharing her story about Down Syndrome, and how she is growing and learning at ISKL.
Date April 1 - 5
Dear Parents,
Curriculum Information for this Week:
Literacy:
Students begin to learn about Social Issues and Human Rights through historical fiction, biography and autobiography texts. We will focus on Informational text throughout this unit. Students will revisit informational and opinion writing in this unit.
Math:
The students will begin the unit titled Order of Operations. We have been practicing this skill using daily warm ups, so they are familiar with these skills. Students will evaluate how to use numerical expressions with parentheses, brackets and braces. They will explain how to use these symbols in order to identify, write and describe simple numerical expressions.
Unit of Study:
We are beginning our unit on Social Change. This will conclude with the famous “Night of the Notables” on Thursday 9 May.
This week we will:
Start a historical fiction read aloud
Begin reading historical fiction and social issue picture books
Tune in to ‘Social Change’ learning about the ‘Human Rights’ UDHR and the Global Goals
Review the presenters from our ‘Social Change Makers Conference’ in semester 1
For more information and ways to support your child please visit the Parent Learning Connection page.
Important Reminders/Information: (also see GLC Updates)
First week of April - Inclusion week-April 1 is a day 6
April 1-5, 2019, Inclusive Schools Week. #kaleidoscopeoffriends. The ISKL Community Schoolwide will celebrate the progress that we have made in providing a supportive and quality education to an increasingly diverse student population. The week will also provide an important opportunity for educators, students and parents to discuss what else needs to be done in order to ensure that ISKL continues to successfully educate all children. Events will be planned to engage the students, teachers, and parents.
April 1, 2019: Coffee Chat & Resource Fair. To kick off Inclusive Schools Week there will be a Coffee Chat and Resource Fair in the Community Room from 8:15 - 9:45 am. This is a great opportunity for your parents to learn about the resources that the Student Resource Team (SRT) offers to support students in their learning and development at ISKL. In addition to learning about speech and language therapy, educational psychology, and counseling available at ISKL, parents will also have the opportunity to learn about additional supports that can be accessed outside of school to support their child and family. Coffee and snacks will be provided. Please RSVP - Click Here.
April 2, 2019, Autism Awareness Day is World Autism Awareness Day. #LightItUpBlue The ISKL ES community is encouraged to support the Autism Speaks Light it up Blue Campaign by wearing blue to increase understanding and acceptance of Autism.
April 4-10:30-12:30-Social Change Makers Conference (part 2)
April 5, 2019, Diversity Day As Inclusive Schools Week wraps up, ES students are encouraged to dress in clothes that highlight them as unique individuals. #kaleidoscopeoffriends
Highlight of the week before spring break:
Students celebrated end of Fantasy Writing unit by sharing their stories with other Grade 5 students.
It was great to meet and listen to Aisha sharing her story about Down Syndrome, and how she is growing and learning at ISKL.
Newsletter no. 29 Mon. 1 Apr. 2019
NEWSLETTER NO. 29
MON. 1 APR. 2019
Dear Parents,
REMINDERS FOR THIS WEEK & EARLY NEXT WEEK:
Mon. 1 Apr. - day 6: School resumes following the mid-semester break
Tues. 2 Apr. - day 7: World Autism Awareness Day
Wed. 3 Apr. - day 8:
Thurs. 4 Apr. - day 1: G5 Social Change Maker’s Conference - Part 2, from 10:30am-12:30pm. We will have 5 more social change makers presenting to our students. Parents are invited to attend. Here is a list of our presenters:
G5 Social Change Maker’s Conference 2018-2019 Presenters (scroll down to part 2 presenters)
Fri. 5 Apr. - day 2: Diversity Day
INCLUSIVE SCHOOLS WEEK PLANS
From the Inclusive Schools Week Planning Team:
April 1-5, 2019, Inclusive Schools Week. #kaleidoscopeoffriends.
The ISKL Community Schoolwide will celebrate the progress that we have made in providing a supportive and quality education to an increasingly diverse student population. The week will also provide an important opportunity for educators, students and parents to discuss what else needs to be done in order to ensure that ISKL continues to successfully educate all children. Events will be planned to engage the students, teachers, and parents.
April 1, 2019, Coffee Chat & Resource Fair.
To kick off Inclusive Schools Week there will be a Coffee Chat and Resource Fair in the Community Room from 8:15 - 9:45 am. This is a great opportunity for parents to learn about the resources that the Student Resource Team (SRT) offers to support students in their learning and development at ISKL. In addition to learning about speech and language therapy, educational psychology, and counseling available at ISKL, parents will also have the opportunity to learn about additional supports that can be accessed outside of school to support their child and family. Coffee and snacks will be provided. Parents need to RSVP - Click Here.
April 2, 2019, is World Autism Awareness Day
#LightItUpBlue The ISKL ES community is encouraged to support the ‘Autism Speaks - Light it up Blue Campaign’ by wearing blue to increase understanding and acceptance of autism.
April 5, 2019, Diversity Day
As Inclusive Schools Week wraps up, ES students are encouraged to dress in clothes that highlight them as unique individuals. #kaleidoscopeoffriends
CLASS WORK LAST WEEK
Language Arts: Reading, writing, speaking & listening:
In the week prior to the break for reading, the students concluded their reading unit titled, ‘Fantasy Book Clubs’. The students finished their fantasy book club books. For writing, the students also concluded their fantasy writing unit. They finished writing their short fantasy story, their ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ fantasy story using Google slides and they also continued their year-long ‘Free Choice Writing Project’ where they continued the process of writing and publishing their own realistic or fantasy story on their laptops using a Google doc. On Fri. 22 Mar. from 2:00-2:45pm, all G5 students were involved in a fantasy writing share where they shared their fantasy writing with mixed groups of students. I also continued reading a series of short fantasy stories by Paul Jennings from his books, Unreal, Unbelievable, Uncanny and Quirky Tales. The students also continued daily typing practice from 7:50 - 8:10am using the www.typing.com program.
This week the students will begin new reading and writing units. The reading unit it titled, ‘Unit 4: Informational Reading to Guide and Support Research’ and the writing unit is titled, ‘Unit 4: Expository Writing (information and opinion). Both literacy units will be integrated with and support our social studies unit titled, ‘Social Change’.
Math:
In the week prior to the break, the students concluded Unit 5 titled: ‘Multiplying and Dividing Fractions’.
Lessons covered:
Lesson 10: Dividing of whole numbers by fractions
Lesson 11: Dividing of fractions by whole numbers
Review of unit
Students also completed the end-of-unit written assessment.
This week, we will begin our next math unit titled, ‘Unit 6: Order of Operations’.
SOCIAL STUDIES
As I mentioned above, we have started our next social studies unit titled, ‘Social Change’. Here is the Enduring understanding, Essential Questions and Unit Questions for the unit:
Enduring Understandings:
Throughout time, active citizens have been/are a part of a leadership role or government to influence positive change.
Responsible citizens strive to address unfair conditions by using available resources to promote change.
Essential Questions:
Why does social change happen?
What will I do to make a positive social change when I see the need?
Unit Questions:
Who are change makers throughout history?
Why do social issues and conflicts arise?
How can a responsible citizen affect change?
COUNSELING LESSONS
Our G4&5 Counselor - Stephanie Stone - will conduct her usual counseling lesson on Tues. 2 Apr. - the next day 7 - from 8:30-9:00am
UPCOMING MAR. APR. & MAY 2019 CLASS & SCHOOL EVENTS
Fri. 19 Apr: Good Friday. School is in session. Red Hats’ Free Dress Day.
Sat. 20 Apr: Community Recycling Program in the Cell Phone Car Park from 9:30-11:30am.
Mon. 22 Apr: ES Earth Week begins.
Thurs. 25 Apr: ES MAP testing program begins.
Tues. 30 Apr: G5 Night of the Notables Presentation for parents in the Melawati Theatre from 7:00-8:00pm. More details TBA.
Wed. 1 May: Labour Day holiday - no school
Until next week,
Best regards,
David
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