WELCOME TO GRADE 5!

Welcome to Miss.Ordogh's class!

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Dear parents and students,

Welcome to the grade five blog for Miss. Ordogh's class. This blogspot will continually be updated with all the important things that are going on in our class. It is an easy way for students and parents to access information like learning links and our class calendar. Special events like picture day, class trips, or pizza day will be announced on this site. You will also find information on what is being studied in class throughout the year. Please check back often, and I would love to hear your suggestions on what you would like to see on this site. I am looking forward to meeting you all in person on our upcoming curriculum night. Have fun surfing!

Grade Five Social Studies

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The fifth grade social studies curriculum will explore Canada and World Connections. Students will learn about aspects of citizenship and government in Canada. Social studies will begin with a in depth look at Canada's federal, provincial/territorial and municipal governments. The best resources for information on the Canadian government is the website created by them. Check out our provincial website or the Candian government's websites.
We will also be discussing our rights as Canadians including the right to vote, freedom of speech and, the right to freedom from discrimination and harassment.

Check out these educational links for information about our Canadian Government.

Aspect of Government in Canada

Language Arts

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Calling all emerging young writers!!

Over the next school year we will be reading and writing many different types of literature. Reading as much as you can will help you become and even better writer. Here are a few websites that have fun and interactive ways of teaching language arts.

Language Arts Games

Eduplace for Kids!

Science and Technology

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The grade five science and technology curriculum focuses on human organ systems, properties and changes in matter, conservation of energy, forces acting on structure and mechanisms, as well weather. This year will begin with a unit on weather. There are numerous sites you may visit to learn more about he weather around the world.

The Weather Network

Weather Wiz Kids

MATH MANIA

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This year highlights mathematics learning in the areas of measurement, patterning and algebra, number sense and numeration, geometry and spatial sense, as well and data management and probability. The first unit of study this year will be measurement. Check out this handy website for more information and interactive measurement games that will help you learn more about measurement!!

Funbrain measuring

Fun ways to learn on-line!

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The world wide web has so many fun and interesting things to do on the internet. Instead of going to the same website everyday, try some of these!

These websites have lots of information and can be a very useful tool when working on class assignments. I will add new links every week for you to see, which will pertain to subject and specific units in our curriculum.

Educational Resources

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Sometimes students need help completing assignments, spelling a word or figuring out what something means. Here are a few websites that are full of valuable information that can be very helpful. Check them out when you are stuck or have a question.