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.

Students completed Day 4 of Centers this morning. All of the activities from the previous days were collected. We will start a new set tomorrow.

After recess, students headed to Art where we began to practice for our Christmas concert. Great job today boys and girls! Great start!!

Students completed an Exemplar today that incorportated multiplication. Students were able to choose their own strategy to solve the problem.

French and Phys Ed helped to round off our afternoon.

We wrapped up our day with Social Studies and discussing the graph that we prepared last class. Students looked at where the population of Canada has immigrated from and how those numbers have changed over the years.

We wrapped up Day 3 of Centers this morning. We are continuing to practice various reading strategies at guided reading. Some groups are working on activities such as distinguishing between literal and inferential questions and finding similarities and differences among two pieces.

After recess, students worked hard on completing their beginning/middle/end stories. We will be taking the stories that students completed today and comparing them to the original stories they wrote last week. I think the students are going to be surprised to see their improvement!!

Our afternoon kicked off with Math Pods. Students worked through three stations. At station 1, students worked with estimation and problem solving. At station 2, students completed an activity where they had to use all three estimation strategies that we learned yesterday. Station 3 was at the computers.

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

Our week started off with Day 2 of Centers. Students were given their Lesson 10 spelling words. The spelling test will be on Friday, December 2....is it really December already????

We completed Math Pods after recess. Students continued to practice multiplying using multiples of 10. At teacher table, students were introduced to estimation and multiplication. Students were surprised to know that we will be using the same strategies that we used in our Whole Numbers unit (compatible numbers, compensation, and front end rounding). Students practiced their multiplication tables on the computer at the third station.
PLEASE continue to practice your multiplication facts nightly. Some students are finding this unit extremely difficult as they aren't comfortable with their multiplcation facts.

Students also had library today with Mrs. Schentag.

After lunch, we continued to work on our immigration graph that we started last week in Social Studies. We will discuss this graph next class.

Our day wrapped up with French and Phys Ed.

We started a new set of Centers this morning. Great job Grade 5! Students wrote their lesson 9 Spelling Test, as well as their TWAS. Please sign and return these on Monday. Some students have left their TWAS folders at home. Please send them back to school.

After recess, students completed 4 stations in Science. At station 1, students completed a glossary activity defining 6 terms we will be working with over the next week. At station 2, students described different changes in matter that they could find in a picture. At station 3, students worked to compare the mass of various objects. The fourth station was a computer based station where students could access the various links on the blog.

Our afternoon kicked off with Math pods. Students worked independently on a worksheet where they had to find mulitplication questions that were wrong, and correct them. Students worked at the teacher table on a new concept of multiplying numbers by multiples of 10. For example, 9 x 30 or 30 x 60. We will continue to review this on Monday. The third station was a computer station.

Our day wrapped up with Phys Ed and Read Aloud.

Report cards, December newsletters, and book orders were handed out today. Please return the book orders by Wednesday, November 30.

Enjoy the weekend!!

Students completed Day 4 of Centers this morning. Great job boys and girls!! We will start a new set tomorrow.

We continued with three stations for Math. At station one, we completed filling in our multiplication table. I strongly encourage the students to practice their multiplication table nightly as we will be starting to multiply 2-digit by 2-digit numbers next week. At station two, students played a multiplication game with a partner. At station three, students continued to work on their multiplcation skills with the links on the blog.

We are continuing to work on developing the beginning, middle, and end of our writing. We will continue with this next week as well.

After lunch, we started to discuss where Canadian immigrants are originating from. We will continue with this map activity next class.

Students then had French and Phys Ed.

We wrapped up our day with our first introduction to our new Science unit - Properties and Changes in Matter. Students did a quick brainstorm of the different types of matter they could see in a picture.

Sorry for the missing posts!!

Students were treated to a school assembly this morning. We then jumped into Social. Students watched a short video in regard to immigrants and refugees in Canada. We then completed questions that discussed some of the topics we had watched.

After recess, we completed our Beginning/Middle/End writing activity from last week. Students then headed to Art.

In Math, we completed three stations. At the Independent station, students are continuing to practice their multiplication facts. We will continue this until the end of the week. At the Teacher station, students continued to fill in their known facts into their multiplication tables. Students also practiced their facts on the computer at the third station.

Our day wrapped up with Phys Ed and Read Aloud.

Have a great evening everyone! Enjoy the warm weather!!

Students completed Day 3 of Centers this morning. We are continuing to focus on reading and retelling, as well as reading and paraphrasing.

Math Tests and Social Stuides Tests were returned to students today. Please review, sign, and return tomorrow.

We then headed out to Binscarth for a wonderful theatre presentation.

I will be away for the next two days. I look forward to seeing everyone again on Monday.

I hope that everyone enjoyed their extra long weekend!! The students came well rested to school this morning and worked very hard during Centers. Students were given a new set of spelling words today. Please practice these as the spelling test is Friday.

During Social Studies we discussed Canadian citizenship and the process that immigrants go through to become a Canadian citizen.

Students then headed off to Art.

After lunch, students wrote their Whole Numbers unit test. Great job boys and girls!! I will have these back to you as soon as I can.

Our day wrapped up with Phys Ed and Read Aloud.

Reminders:
- Return Parent/Teacher Interview time request forms ASAP
- Binscarth trip ~ tomorrow
- Open Book Science Test ~ Thursday, November 17
- Spelling Test ~ Friday, November 18

The students enjoyed a wonderful Remembrance Day program this morning.

Students tackled some writing shortly following the program. We are continuing to discuss how to organize our writing. Today, students were given three sticky notes and drew the beginning, the middle, and the end of a story they would like to write about. Students then took their drawings and began to write out their stories. Students worked on choosing a good lead and got a start on their stories. I'm excited to read what the students have in store!!

Students then headed to Art with Mrs. Schentag for the remainder of the morning.

Have a great long weekend everyone!! Don't forget to study for the Math test on Tuesday!!

The students were introduced to a new set of Centers this morning. The guided reading groups are doing a wonderful job discussing their readings. Keep up the excellent work!!

After recess, students shared their letters they wrote with a partner last week. The students did a wonderful job expressing voice in their pieces! We then talked about Leads and looked at a variety of examples of Leads in children's books. Students then worked with a partner to develop a new sound lead, a new dialogue lead, or a new question lead for a children's book of their choice.

We corrected the unit review for Tuesday's Math test. Students were told to take home their math binders today as we will not have a math tomorrow because of early dismissal.

The day came to an end with Phys Ed and Read Aloud.

Reminders:
- Math test - Tuesday, November 15
- Science test - Thursday, November 17
- Trip forms/$5 due ASAP

Welcome to another week everyone! Students worked hard at day 3 of Centers this morning. There will not be a spelling list this week as it is a short week.

After recess, students worked through 4 pods in Science. At the computer pod, students had access to the links provided on the blog. Students also worked at a pod with Mrs. Kulscar discussing how systems can work together in a variety of situations. An indpendent pod has students complete a short reading and list 6 interesting facts they learned from the reading. The fourth station, with myself, read a short excerpt on the "Bionic Body" explaining how technology can improve the lifestyle of people in need.
Our Unit test in Science will be Thursday, November 17.

After lunch, students completed Math Pods. At the independent station, students worked to complete a problem solver. At the teacher table, students were introduced to using estimation to check whether our adding and subtracting answers are reasonable. The third station has students using the links on the blog.
Our Unit test in Math will be Tuesday, November 15.

The day wrapped up with Phys Ed and Read Aloud.

As another week comes to an end, Room 20 has continued to work very hard in the classroom. We completed Day 2 of Centers this morning. Students wrote Lesson 7 Spelling Test, as well as their TWAS for this week. We will not have a Spelling Test next week as it is a short week.

After recess, students completed their Problem Solver for our Whole Numbers unit. Students worked hard at the template to try to explain how they solved the problem.

Students then worked with their partner to continue their letter writing activity in which they had to pick an item that could not talk and an item that would be associated with that item. Their letters are coming along quite well!

The Social Studies tests were returned to students after lunch. I will send these home shortly. Great job Grade 5 on a job well done!! We then started our next unit, Multicultural Canada. We started today by discussing what a Census is and how it is used to help make decisions in Canada.

Students then headed off to Phys Ed.

The day came to an end with a video in Science about the Muscular and Skeletal systems. These are the last systems we will be focusing on in Science before our Human Body unit wraps up.

Have a great weekend!!

Students started a new set of Centers this morning. Remember to study for your spelling test tomorrow.

After recess, students completed a Math review of all of the strategies we have used so far.

Students then went to Art with Mrs. Schentag.

After lunch, students wrote their Social Studies unit test.

Our day wrapped up with Phys Ed and Read Aloud.

We started the day with day 3 of Centers. Great job everyone!

After recess, we worked on RAFTS in 6+1 Writing. Students worked with a partner and tackled a variety of writing prompts to identify the RAFTS. Students then started to work on a writing piece in which they have to use a voice other than their own to write a letter. We will continue with this next class.

Math Pods started our afternoon. At teacher table students worked on corrections from previous days. At the independent station, students continued to practice using compatible numbers to subtract. The third station was computer based.

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

Happy Halloween everyone!!
We worked hard at Centers this morning. The students received their spelling words for lesson 7. The spelling test will be on Friday, November 4.

After recess, we completed Math Pods. At teacher table, students worked on the last estimation strategy for subtraction of the unit, Compatible Numbers. Independently, students continued to practice Front End Rounding with subtraction. The third station was computer based.

We then headed down to the library.

Our afternoon was spent enjoying the Halloween parade and some treats in the classroom.

Have a safe Halloween everyone!

November Newsletter

November 2011 Newsletter

Room 20 – Mrs Shields

www.mrsshieldsblog.blogspot.com

As the snow gets nearer, Room 20 continues to “heat” up the classroom!! The students are continuing to work so hard in the classroom. Just a reminder to everyone...please do not send Halloween treats to school for snack or for lunch. 

Here is what we are doing this month...

Language Arts

We are continuing with our small group instruction for guided reading during Centers. The Fontess and Ponell reading assessment has been completed. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

The students are doing an excellent job practicing for their weekly spelling tests. Students will continue practicing their words taken from the short stories we are reading, past spelling tests, and TWAS. Spelling tests will continue to be given every Friday.

We have moved into the Organization trait for 6+1 Writing. The students did a wonderful job working on their ideas and are ready for the next step. We will work on the beginning, middle, and end of our stories. Students will focus on how to put their ideas in order to help their writing flow. 

Math

We are coming to the end of our Whole Numbers unit. Students will continue to practice estimation of subtraction questions to wrap up this unit.

We will then move into Multiplication and Division of Whole Numbers. Students will be asked to recall basic multiplication and division facts. Students will also be multiplying 2-digit by 2-digit numbers, as well as dividing 3-digit by 1-digit numbers. Please encourage your child to practice their multiplication and division facts daily.

Social

We are wrapping up our Locations unit with our unit test during the beginning of November. Our next unit, Multicultural Canada, will have students focus on immigration and refugees. Students will be looking at population numbers and how Canada has changed over the years. We will also be researching why cities and towns have the names that they do....for example, why is our town called Esterhazy?

Science

The Human Body unit will wrap up this month as well. We will finish the unit by discussing how all of the systems we have learned so far work together. Students will have a unit test before Report Cards go out at the end of the month. Our next unit, Properties and Changes of Materials, will focus on what matter is and how the changes in matter influence the design of materials and products.

Art – Mrs. Schentag

November will be a time where Arts Ed will turn from the Visual Arts strand to the Drama strand. Students will complete their vegetable/fruit sculpture which was part of their Victor Cicansky artist study. They will also complete a Remembrance Day Poster for the poster competition. We willl culminate the unit with a comparison of traditional First Nations art and First Nations Pop Art.

In our Drama Unit, we will still focus on Pop Culture while students are engaged in drama games and activities. Students will participate in role-playing, improvisation and action/voice activities. The students appear to be very excited about beginning the drama unit. I am looking forward to working with them in this very fun and creative unit of work.

Phys Ed – Mr. Leidl

Students will review the areas of physical literacy they have participated in so far this year (sending, receiving, striking, and evading). They will also be introduced to the dominant movement patterns in gymnastics. Students will review the elements of personal safety and how they can create a safe checklist that applies to their daily lives.

French – Mrs. Orosz

Students will participate in activities around a wacky week school subject timetable in French. They will continue to do general vocabulary review and reinforcement activities, including numbers to 100, games and songs, and specific on-line activities.

A new set of Centers kick started our day this morning. Students wrote their Lesson 6 spelling test, as well as this week's TWAS.

After recess, students watched a short video helping to explain the nervous system in Science. We then read through some information regarding the nervous system. Students then worked together to go through a varity of scenarios and determine which of the body systems work together to make it work.

After lunch, we completed Math Pods. At the independent station, students continued to practice Front End Rounding with subtraction. At the teacher table, students corrected some of the work from earlier in the wee. The third station was computer based.

We ended our day with Phys Ed and read aloud. We started a new book today..."Walking Backward." We are very excited to read this book as we have heard many great things!!

Have a great weekend everyone! Just a reminder....please do not wear your costume until the afternoon on Monday. The parade will begin at 1:15.

The day started off with the final day of Centers. Students handed in their activities. Remember to study your spelling words tonight!!

After recess, we completed Math Pods. Independently, students completed a review of all three of the estimation strategies for addition. At teacher table, students were introduced to estimation of subtraction using Front End Rounding. At the third station, students practiced Whole Numbers using the links on the blog.

We started the Organization trait in 6+1 Writing Traits today. Students were introduced to RAFTS. We will be using this to help guide our writing over the next few weeks.

After lunch, students were given their review for our unit test in Social Studies. If students did not finish the review it is homework. The review is due on Monday, October 31. The unit test will be on Thursday, November 3.

Students then headed down to French and Phys Ed.

We ended the day with the return of our Famous Canadian paragraphs, as well as our 3-D models in Science. We also wrapped up our read aloud today. What a great ending to a great book!!

Have a great evening everyone!

Super job once again boys and girls!! We completed Day 3 of Centers this morning. Remember...tomorrow all of the Center activities will be collected.

After recess, we discussed our last lesson in Social Studies. Students discussed a timeline of Canada's western expansion and discussed the reasons why people moved to the west in the 1800's. This wraps up unit 1. We will be getting a unit review tomorrow to start getting ready for our unit test next week.

Art wrapped up the morning for Room 20.

After lunch, we completed Math Pods. Students were introduced to the third, and final, estimation strategy today...compensation. Students also worked on a practice sheet of compatible numbers. The third station was on the computers.

Our day finished off with Phys Ed and read aloud.

Another great day in Room 20! The students did a wonderful job and worked very hard to complete Day 2 of Centers this morning. Remember, to practice your Spelling words tonight.

Students will have the opportunity to Skype with Keltie Thomas, an author of one of the books that has been nominated for a Willow Award. If everything goes as planned, the Grade 5's will get a chance to ask Mrs. Thomas some questions and learn more about her book through Skype. We are all very excited for this to take place next week!!

After recess, students headed down to Art with Mrs. Schentag.

Problem Solving kicked off our afternoon. Students worked in partners to complete our next problem...

The students then headed to French and Phys Ed.

Our day wrapped up with students handing in their Famous Canadian paragraphs. I'm very excited to read through their work as I know the students have worked very hard on them.

Students then completed a self evaluation and peer evaluation for their work on their 3-D models of the digestive system.

Have a great evening!! Remember that tomorrow is picture re-take day.

We kicked off the day with a new set of Centers. Students also got their new spelling words for Lesson 6. The spelling test will be Friday, October 28.

After recess, we headed down for bowling. Here are just a few sneak peaks of our morning...

After lunch, we continued to work on Estimation in Math. At the independent station, students worked on Front End Rounding. At the teacher table, we continued to work on Compatible Numbers. The third station had students on the computer and the iPod Touch's.

The day finished with Phys Ed and read aloud.

Reminders:
- Social Studies - Famous Canadian paragraph due tomorrow

We wrapped up Day 4 of Centers this morning. The students handed in their activities for the week. We also wrote our Lesson 5 Spelling test and wrote this week's T.W.A.S.

After recess, students completed Math pods. Today was the first day that students got to use the iPod Touch's as part of the computer station. I don't know who was more excited....me or the students!! At the independent station, students practiced Front End Rounding, as well as writing numbers in words. At the teacher table, students were introducted to the second estimation strategy, Compatible Numbers.

Students then headed down to the Book Fair.

After lunch, students worked on their Canadian Hero paragraphs. This was the last class period they will get for this. If students are not completed, this assignment is homework. The paragraphs are to due on Tuesday, October 25.

Our day wrapped up with French and Phys Ed.

Have a great weekend everyone!!

Students completed Day 3 of Centers this morning. Remember...tomorrow is the Spelling test!!

After recess, we headed down to bowling. The students had a great time!!

Our afternoon was spent designing and building our 3-D models of the digestive system. Great job boys and girls!! They were very creative and did a wonderful job!!

I hope to see everyone tonight at Family Fun Night!!

What a great day Room 20 had today!! To start off our day, we enjoyed some entertainment during assembly. The Grade 2's and Grade 3's danced the "Bird Dance" while many of the Grade 5's were dancing along in their seats!!

We worked to complete a "Building Blocks" activity where students had to expand a sentence 4 different times including details such as when, size, name a place, and add a name. The students have become very good at adding details to their writing. Great job!!

After recess, we completed three stations during Math Pods. At station 1, students worked on a booklet that reviewed place value and writing numbers to the millions. At station 2, students were introduced to their first estimation strategy, Front End Rounding. At station 3, students practiced their Whole Number skills using the links on the blog.

Students continued to work on their Canadian Hero paragraph. This activity is due Tuesday, October 25.

Students then headed down to French and Phys Ed.

We then started to work on our Digestive System models. Students will continue with this tomorrow.

Reminders

Book Fair - Friday

Bowling - tomorrow

Family Fun Night - tomorrow

Students completed Day 2 of Centers this morning.

After recess, students continued to work on their Canadian Hero paragraphs. Most students are beginning to work on their first draft.

Students then headed down to Art with Mrs. Schentag.

After recess, students enjoyed a presentation from Mrs. Charlotte Raine in regard to Willow Awards awarded to books.

Students then worked on a review of place value and writing  numbers in words. If students did not complete this in class, it was homework for tonight.

The day came to an end with Phys Ed and Read Aloud.

The Grade 5's started off the week with a new set of Centers this morning. Students picked their new Spelling words and will have their Spelling test on Friday, October 21.

After recess, Room 20 headed off to Art with Mrs. Schentag.

The afternoon kicked off with Problem Solving. See if you can solve the problem...

Students then headed to French and Phys Ed.

The day wrapped up with the students continuing to work on their Canadian Hero paragraph. Students are beginning to work on putting their ideas into a graphic organizer.

Reminders:
Assembly - Wednesday, October 19
Family Fun Night - Thursday, October 20
Bowling - Thursday, October 20

Today began with Day 4 of Centers. Students handed in their activities at the end of today's Centers. Students also wrote their Lesson 4 Spelling test as well as their TWAS.

After recess we completed 4 stations in Writing. Students worked to complete their final draft of our String Along assignment. Students also worked on adding details to simple versions of The Three Little Bears and Cinderella. Students worked with me to add "Building Blocks" to their writing. We discussed how adding thoughtful details (when, size, where, and names) can be very effective. The fourth station was computer based using the links on the blog.

The afternoon was spent in Math pods. Students worked on a wrap up activity using expanded notation, standard numbers, and written numbers. Students were also given verbal numbers which they had to write in standard form, then expand. The third station was computer based using the links on the blog.

The day wrapped up with Phys Ed and Read Aloud.

Reminders
Bowling money and Party money
Family fun night - Thursday

Our day began with Day 3 of Centers. Please remember to study your spelling words tonight for tomorrow's test.

After recess, students completed Math Pods. At the independent station, students practiced expanding and writing numbers out in words. At the teacher station, students practiced hearing numbers and writing them in digits. At the computer station, students practiced expanding numbers using the links on the blog.

The day wrapped up with library.

Students wrapped up Day 2 of Centers to start off our day. Great job today boys and girls! The students continue to impress me every day!

After recess, students worked through 4 stations during Science. At station 1, the students and I read through en explanation of the digestive system and the role that it plays to keep us healthy. Students at station 2 worked as a small group to plan how they will build a model of the digestive system. Students are encouraged to bring their items asap to make sure everything is here when they need it next week. Students worked at a third station to complete the graph that represents their pulse rate from the activity we completed last week. Lastly, students watched a short video explaining the digestive system.

After lunch, we completed Math Pods. Mrs. Gale worked with expanded notation at her station. Students practiced expanding numbers. With me, we worked on writing numbers in words and using digits. The third station had students using the links provided on the blog.

The day wrapped up with Phys Ed and Read Aloud.

Reminders:
-Early Dismissal tomorrow

Yet another week started off with a fresh, new set of Centers. Students also received their Spelling words for this week. The test will be Friday. The word lists are in each of the student's agendas.

After recess, we worked as a whole group to discuss writing numbers in standard form and expanded form. Students were assigned pages 45 and 46 from their textbook, numbers 3,6,8, & 9. This is homework if they didn't get through it in class.

Students continued to work on adding details and final drafts of their String Along stories in Writing.

After lunch, students spent one more day gathering 8 interesting facts about their famous Canadian. Students will start to compile their sentences into a short paragraph on Thursday.

Students then headed off to French and Phys Ed.

We ended the day by drawing a graph to represent our pulse rates from the previous Science experiment we completed last week.

Day 4 of Centers started off our morning today. Students handed in their activities. A new set of Centers will start on Tuesday. Students also wrote their spelling test and wrote a TWAS for this week.

After recess, students began researching their famous Canadian. We will continue with this research next week.

Students then headed off to Art with Mrs. Schentag.

After lunch, we completed Math Pods. We began working with understanding 1 000 000. Students also worked with a partner and played a game called "Aim for 100 000." Students also spent some time on the computer practicing place value with the links provided on the blog.

Our day wrapped up with Phys Ed and Read Aloud.

Reminders:
- Safety Patrol permission slips due Tuesday, October 11
- Bowling money

Our morning kicked off with a great performance from Junior Concert. The students were treated to a magic show that was magnificent!! Here is a sneak peak of what we saw today...(Sorry, I can't flip the video!!)

We continued to work on our String Along stories to finish off the morning. Keep an eye out in the hallway for these wonderful pieces of writing!!

Students then headed off to Art with Mrs. Schentag to present their Me Boxes.

After lunch, we continued to work through the problem solver template that we started last week.

Students then had French and Phys Ed.

The day ended with Social Studies where students got an opportunity to choose which famous Canadian they want to research for their expository paragraph.

Reminders;
-Spelling Test tomorrow