5TH CLASS NEWS FEBRUARY
The 5th class pupils of St. John’s SNS have continued to work hard by completing school work through Google Classroom this February. Take a look below at what they have been learning all about!
English
Reading
We have continued to enjoy our guided reading books through the month of February.
We are now well into our novels and getting a good grasp on the plot and the characters. Take a look at some of the novels we are currently reading in 5th class!
Our comprehension strategy for January is the skill of determining importance.
Determining importance means that a good reader focuses on what’s most important in the text so that they can develop deeper meaning and overall understanding of the text. Proficient readers are able to decide, from everything on the page, what is most important to remember.
Writing
This month we continued to study recount writing. From studying and learning about recount writing the past few weeks we were finally ready to write our own!
We planned our own recounts using a recount scaffold as a guide for the structure. We made sure we included a title, introduction(orientation), paragraphs and conclusion! We made sure to use time connectives when starting each paragraph.
The following poster shows main elements of a recount piece of writing which we included in our own wriitng!
Oral Language
Recounting events has also been the focus in our oral language. Retelling events that happened using all the features of our recount written text.
Maths
In February we covered many areas of our Maths curriculum;
These included the following:
- Adding and subtracting both small and large amounts of money
- Understanding weight and the units of measurements we use
- Recognising and identifying different 2D shapes
- Learning all about the circle and the many different parts of a circle
- Learning about angles and lines
Gaeilge
Bhíomar ag éist le agus ag léigh scéaltaí beaga i rith mí Feabhra cosúil le ‘Bróga Nua’ 'Pancóga' agus 'Lá Gan Éide scoile'. Bhíomar ag foghlaim focail nua a gabhann le gach scéal agus rinneamar abairtí leis na focail nua,freisin.
Thosaíomar ag foghlaim An Aimsir Láithreach fresin!
Other subjects
We learned about some significant people from renaissance period in History. We learned about the life of 'Leonardo DaVinci' and some of the incredible pieces of art he produced. We learned about the famous Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer 'Galileo Gallilei' and his discoveries and we looked at William Shakespeare and his influential work.
We learned about clouds in Geography and how to spot different types of cloud and what type of weather can be associated with them.
We created some beautiful pieces of art from Love Monsters for Valentine's Day a lovely listen and respond activity for the book 'Edward the Emu'!
Take a look at some of our wonderful art in the slideshow below🎨
We look forward to welcoming you all back to school on the 15th of March! 😎
Ms. Keane, Ms. Doyle, Ms. Wolohan and Mr. Browne.