Students spent the morning practicing for the Christmas Concert. They are putting together a wonderful show!!
The math test was taken this afternoon followed by the completion of the Social Studies booklet. We then visited the library and exchanged books.
Have a wonderful weekend!!

Thank you to all of the parents for attending parent teacher interviews. Remember if you ever have any questions, please ask!

Students worked on Day 2 of Centers this morning. We are getting very close to finishing up the "Together is Better" theme.

We also worked on our descriptive stories. Students have been working on including detail in their writing and choosing a variety of descriptive words to "spice up" their writing.

In Math, we completed the corrections for pages 94 and 95. Students also began working on the review booklet including a variety of mental math strategies for multiplication. This is homework for tomorrow if not completed in class. Remember...unit test Thursday, November 27.

During Social, we reviewed the information that we collected for the Canada: Our Country booklets.

We started off our morning working on Day 1 of a new set of Centers. Students were introduced to 8 new stations and began working on them today.

We had a wonderful visit today from Constable Borlan. He gave the students an opportunity to ask a variety of questions pertaining to the many avenues of being a police officer. The students were full of questions and learned a lot from meeting with him.

We reviewed Page 94 and 95 from yesterday's math assignment. Students will be reviewing the rest of the week for their unit test which will take place on Thursday, November 27.

Students used this morning to finish up their Center activities from this past week. They also used this time to practice their multiplication facts for Multiplication Mania.
We reviewed our Multiplication strategies and were assigned p94/95 (1,3,4,9,12,13). This is homework if not completed.
We will be having a multiplication strategies test on Thursday, November 27.

This afternoon students celebrated their multiplication facts with popcorn and a movie! Congrats grade 5!

Have a great weekend...and enjoy those report cards! Great job!!

It's been a few days since I have posted last...sorry for the delay.

Students were busy working on their Canada booklets in Social Studies today. We also completed Day 4 of Centers therefore all activities from Centers are due tomorrow.

Students worked extremely hard continuing with our mental math strategies for multiplication. We worked in partners today to demonstrate long multiplication using base ten blocks. Students also have 2 more days to master their multiplication tables!!

Students will be bringing home their interview times today. If there is a time that does not work for you, please let me know as soon as possible so we can see if we can make some changes. I can't guarantee anything as I have scheduled times based on siblings, and other interviews.

Students completed Day 2 of centers this morning. Keep up the good work!!

We reviewed our Mental Math strategies this morning and the students completed a quiz using this multiplication strategies.

Students also attended an Art exhibit focusing on the art of tattoos.

Have a wonderful weekend! Report cards go out next week so if you have a request in regard to the time of an interview please send me a quick email (kelseyshields@yahoo.com) or call me at school. I will try my best to accomodate everyone.

We began our day with Day 1 of a new set of Centers. Some students are working to get last week activities completed.
We spent extra time today on math as I want to make sure the Mental Math strategies we are working on are understood by the students. We discussed the assignment from page 90 and 91. Students put their answers on the board and we discussed what strategies they used to get their answers. We also worked on these strategies in partners before attempting a short sheet of questions on our own.

Welcome back! I hope everyone enjoyed their long weekend!

We began the morning by collecting last week's center activities. There are a number of students who are working to finish up their activities. Each teacher table group worked on the activity/short story they were on as of last week.

We started our "Canada: Our Country" workbooks during computers. Students are using the Internet to research a number of different topics for each province and territory.

Gillen students were part of a wonderful Remembrance Day program this morning. Thank you very much.
We completed Day 4 of Centers this morning. All center activities from this past week are due when the students come back to school on Wednesday, November 12.
Students listened to our national anthem during Social and tried to fill in the words. We will review the word composition in detail next week.
In math, we began to review a number of different strategies students can use to help them multiply. Students were put into small groups and tried to come up with as many different strategies they could think of in solving the equation 14 x 50.
We returned our library books and used a free period to catch up on some incomplete work.

Have a great long weekend! I will see everyone again on Wednesday!!

Hopefully everyone is staying nice and cozy inside today!! I think winter has finally hit us.
We began the morning with our pre-test of Lesson 8 spelling words. Students do not have spelling activities this week. The spelling test will be on Monday, November 17.
We also worked on the final touches for our Puppet Dialogue stories.
Students then conquered a math assignment that was introduced yesterday. They are working on pages 86/87 (2,4,5,6,7,8,11).

Tomorrow is our Remembrance Day Assembly at 9:00.

Remember your Book 'N It To A Billion forms to add to our tally tomorrow.

Students worked to complete Day 3 of Centers today. We also read the next chapter in our classroom novel, "Loser."
In math, students were very excited to finally get to have a day of Math Pods. Destination Math, a dice game, and teacher review were the stations today. Students continue to work very hard on their multiplication tables. Keep up the good work grade 5!
Students worked with their partners to complete the Canadian symbols activity in Social Studies.

Students completed Centers Day 2 this morning. Great job guys and gals!!

We also worked on our Puppet Dialogue stories. Most groups are working on their final copies.

Students handed in yesterday's math assignment. I will be collecting more "every day" math assignments to ensure that homework is completed. In order for students to understand the math concepts, it is very important that homework is completed the day it is assigned to ensure that students don't get left behind in the next day's activities.
Students are working on p 82 and 83 (1ab, 2bc, 5, 7abc, 9abc, 12).

Remember...book orders are due tomorrow!

I hope that everyone had a great Halloween!! If you are sending treats to school in your child's lunch, please send 1-2 items only.
We started out our day today with a new set of Centers. Students are working hard at some of the same stations we had last week while starting new stations this week. Great job!!
We then worked on our small group dialogue stories. We are getting close to wrapping up this assignment.
In math, we corrected last Friday's assignment. The students continue to develop strategies for multilpication and division. The assignment from today is from page 78-79 (2,7,8,10). This week's goal for our Multiplication Mania is the 6 and 7 times tables. Keep on practicing!!
In social studies, we labelled a map of Canada with the provinces and territories and their capital cities. We also spent some time with our partners to work on the Symbols of Canada readings and questions.

Please make sure to sign your child's agenda every day. Students need to get in the habit of using their agenda's to help them stay organized. This trait will serve them well next year when they switch over to the high school.