- Parents:  fill out this survey to win the class a pizza lunch!  Survey Link: https://forms.office.com/r/wQ6j3UrHxE

- Christmas concert attire for grade 5 -  White shirts, dark bottoms (remainder provided at school)

- Patrols - bring in an appropriate mug for hot chocolate

*Gala card ornament due Dec 16 (sent home Dec 9)

*Sparkle day - wear something sparkly to honour Mrs. Arkle - Tuesday, Dec 17

Did you know there's hot lunch every Wednesday?  Sign up by the Friday before here:  https://munchalunch.com/login

If you would like to order any scholastic items, please use the following class code:  RC214818  https://classroomessentials.scholastic.ca/s/cec-ca/en/digital-catalogues

Homework

ELA

- 30 sentence story rough draft due tomorrow

- December Home Reading - December 20

Art

- optional Keep Christ in Christmas colouring contest entry - Friday

Math

- translations of a point - both sides

SS

- chapter 5 test - Wednesday, Dec 18

Science

- design challenge - materials must be at school by December 16 - this will be built at school on the 16th, it must perform a function or work as a chain reaction and actively use at least 2 different simple machines  - front page of booklet and 1st diagram - for Monday

- Science Simple Machines test - Dec 13

Science materials to review:

- know the definition for:  mechanical advantage, simple machine

- know the definition, examples of, and explain how they work:  screw, lever, pulley, inclined plane, wheel and axle, wedge

- direction of gears and what type of machine they are

- identify 3 classes of levers and label effort, load and fulcrum

- identify three types of pulleys

- identify and label which simple machines are within given complex machines