Have a very Merry Christmas everyone!! See you after the Holidays!!

Students kicked off the day by completing Day 3 of Centers. Tomorrow will be our last day of Centers before the holidays. All activities will be collected tomorrow.

We then headed down to the gym to enjoy wonderful entertainment and a yummy turkey lunch!

After lunch, students continued to work on their How To paragraphs. We discussed the editing marks that we will be using throughout the year. Students were asked to look for periods and capital letters in their work. We also looked for words that we thought might not be spelled right within our writing pieces. Students were then responsible to use the Dictionaries, computers, or Ipods to find the correct spelling.

Students then headed to French and Phys Ed. Our day wrapped up with Read Aloud.

Have a great evening everyone!

Reminders:
Christmas Party - Thursday, December 22
Early Dismissal (2:00pm) - Thursday, December 22
PJ Day - Thursday, December 22 (SCAMO goal)

Great job this morning Grade 5!! The students had dress rehearsal for the Christmas concert this morning and did a wonderful job. Parents are in for a real treat on Monday!!

After recess, the Grade 5's had an opportunity to shop at Santa's Workshop. All together, the Grade 5's raised over $500!! Super job everyone!! Thank you to everyone who donated items to the Workshop.

This afternoon, students corrected their Compatible Numbers and Compensation activity from yesterday. Students also used the time to study. Remember that Monday, December 19 is our Math unit test. Please don't forget to bring your binders back to school on Monday.

We wrapped up the day with Phys Ed and Read Aloud!

Have a super weekend everyone!!

We started off our Thursday morning making corrections on our Math Review booklet. Students will write their Math test Monday, December 19. I will be sending home their binders tomorrow. Please make sure that the binders come back to school on Monday so we don't misplace them over the holidays.

Room 20 then worked extra hard during Santa's Workshop. They eagerly helped the younger students shop for someone special in their lives. Great job boys and girls!!

After lunch, students continued to practice using Compatible Numbers and Compensation to multiply.

Our day ended with Phys Ed and Read Aloud.

Remember that tomorrow is our dress rehearsal for the Christmas concert.

Wednesday kicked off with Day 2 of Centers. Remember to practice your Spelling words tonight. Your spelling test is Friday!

After recess, the grade 5's helped the Kindergarten students through Santa's Workshop. We will be helping the rest of the classrooms tomorrow. Thank you to everyone who donated items for the workshop this year. We have many little goodies in store!!

The students headed down to library before lunch.

In Social Studies, students worked to complete "Where Did That Name Come From?" In this activity, students had to research to find out the origin of a variety of city/town names in Canada. This activity wraps up our Multicultural Canada unit.

The day came to a wrap with French and Phys Ed.

Students were introduced to their last set of Centers before the break this morning. We are continuing to work extra hard at the guided reading table. Excellent work Grade 5!!

After recess, students worked through four stations during Science. Students were exploring reversible and non-reversible changes in a variety of items. Super job!!

Students worked on their Math review after lunch. Those students that did not get finished were asked to complete the review for homework. The review is due tomorrow.
Students also worked in small groups to create short videos that help to explain the various estimation and mental math strategies that they will see on the unit test.

We finished off our day with Phys Ed and Read Aloud.

Students worked hard on day 4 of Centers this morning. All of the activities were collected. We will start our last set of Centers before the Christmas break tomorrow. Students were also given their Lesson 12 spelling words. Students are expected to know their words for the test on Friday.

After recess, we worked on correcting various Math worksheets. Students will receive the review for the first half of our unit tomorrow. We will have a Mental Math Multiplication test on Monday, December 19.

After lunch, students worked with their partners to finish the Immigration web search activity that they started last week.

Our day wrapped up with French and concert practice.

Have a great evening everyone!

Students wrapped up Day 3 of Centers to start of our day today. We wrote our lesson 11 Spelling Test as well.

After recess, students worked on an activity in Social where they had to summarize 5 ways that the Citizenship and Immigrantion Canada website would be helpful to an immigrant of Canada. We will continue working on this next class.

Students then had Art with Mrs. Schentag.

After lunch, students completed Math Pods. Students worked at two of the stations to review the 3 Mental Math strategies they have been introduced to. We will be having a unit test on these strategies before the Christmas break.

Our day came to an end with Phys Ed and read aloud.

Have a great weekend everyone!!

Centers started off our day this morning. Remember to practice your spelling words tonight!!

After recess, students headed down to Art with Mrs. Schentag where we also practiced for the Christmas concert.

Enjoy Early Dismissal!!

We started a new set of Centers this morning. We only have one more set to go before the Christmas holidays!! Please remember to practice your spelling words for Friday's spelling test.

After recess, students worked through 4 writing stations. Each of the stations focused on using transition words in our writing. At station 1, students worked to put a paragraph in the right order. At station 2, students were to describe a weather forecast for a 5 day period, using transition words to connect the days. The third station had students begin planning for a "How To" guide for a topic of their choice. The fourth station was on the computer.

Students were introduced to the third mental math strategy today, Compatible Numbers and Compensation. We will continue with this strategy tomorrow. Students also completed a review of the Breaking it Down strategy.

We finished up our day with Phys Ed and Read Aloud.

We completed Day 4 of Centers this morning. Students handed in all of their activities. Just a quick reminder to those students who have been absent...it is your responsiblity to gather the Center activities that you have missed and complete them.

After recess, we took some time to catch up on some corrections that students have had in Math. We will continue with the mental math strategy of Breaking it Down tomorrow.

Students then headed off to Library with Mrs. Schentag.

Our afternoon consisted of Christmas concert practice, French, and Phys Ed.

Have a great evening everyone!

Great job during Centers this morning boys and girls! You did a wonderful job of staying focused and determined to get your centers completed. Students picked their spelling words for this weeks test this morning. The spelling test will be on Friday, December 9.

After lunch, we completed 4 Science stations. The first station was on the computer using the Scienc links on the blog. The second station was with Mrs. Kulcsar where students explored various materials and their properties. The third station was with myself where we used various substances, such as corn starch, flour, sugar, salt, and sand to discover how their properties changed when we added water. The fourth and final station was a glossary activity where students added 6 new words to their Science glossary.

Our afternoon kicked off with three stations in Math. Students were introduced to a new mental math strategy, Breaking it Down. Students also worked on a Problem Solver at the independent station. The third station was on the computer.

The day ended with Phys Ed and Read Aloud.

Students worked through day 2 of Centers this morning. We wrote our Lesson 10 spelling test then wrote our TWAS for the week. Keep an eye out for TWAS after school today!!

After recess, students worked very hard at Math pods. At teacher table, students practiced the multiplication strategy of Halving and Doubling.

Students also practiced Halving and Doubling at the Independent Station. They did a super job and worked very hard!! The third station was at the computers practicing their multiplication facts.

After lunch, students practiced for the Christmas concert. We also had Phys Ed.

We finished off the day by reading and discussing about Changes in Matter in Science. We reviewed the activity that we will be completing tomorrow.