Mme Melanson’s Newsletter

Grade 5 French Immersion

September 2023
Hampton Elementary School
82 School St, Hampton, NB, E5N 6B2
1(506)832-6021

Welcome to a new school year!

Communication:
My main communication method will be through e-mail this year. My weekly newsletter will be sent on Fridays. I
have sent out my first e-mail if you have not received it, please let me know. If you rarely check your emails a
printed copy of the newsletter can be given instead. Please let me know of this so you receive all important
information regarding our classroom. If you would like to talk over the phone or in person, we can schedule a
time to do so. If it is urgent, please call the school as I may not see my e-mail right away and I will get back to you
as soon as possible.

Email: patricia.melanson@nbed.nb.ca

Homework:
There is no traditional homework in 5 Melanson! However, if you feel that your child needs extra time or practice
feel free to provide support in the following ways:

1) It can periodically allow children to complete unfinished work at home.

2) It gives parents an opportunity to reinforce literacy or math facts that have been taught at school.

You are also invited to check out my website for additional resources that will help support your child's academic
needs.

My website: http://fi5melanson.weebly.com/

Class Expectations:
Our classroom will be continually building positive skills for both inside and outside the classroom. All my
classroom expectations will be founded on the HAWK’s Honor Code (Honesty, Acceptance, Well-balanced and
Kindness). We will Co-construct a list of expectations together, decide rewards for following them and agree on
consequences for breaking them. My most important rule is: “to always treat others how you want to be
treated.”
Curriculum Overview:
French and English literacy:

Writing: Genres  informative, descriptive, narrative, persuasive, poetry; 6 Writing traits; Writing process

Reading: Strategies  Comprehension and Decoding; Characteristics of Fiction and Nonfiction

Math: Numbers to 1,000,000; Estimation; Multiplication and Division; Fractions and Decimals; Pattern Rules;
Solving Equations; Volume and Capacity; 2D and 3D shapes; Graphing; Probability and Statistics.

Units of inquiry: Emotions and Healthy Relationships; Ancients and Present-day societies and civilizations; First
Nations; Properties of Matter; Force and Simple Machines; Body Systems.

Mme Melanson’s schedule

Other important Dates:
* Anglophone South School District (School Calendar 2023-2024)