Sorry for missing the previous two days posts. I have been away at meetings.

We finished our latest set of Centers and will start new tomorrow.

After recess, we worked through Math pods.
1) Computers
2) Students identifies various shape attributes on the buildings they printed out last class/Tangram activity
3) Reviewed shape attribute activity from yesterday.

We continued to work on our Voice Grocery List. Students are to pick their best item and take it through to Presentation using Word. We will presenting these to the class next week! I'm excited to hear the voice within these pieces.

Students then had Phys Ed.

We finished the day with Social Studies and our Diary of an Explorer activity.

*Remember June book orders are due by Friday!

We started a new set of Centers this morning. Keep working hard on your author studies boys and girls!

After recess, we worked through Math pods.
1) We discussed more attributes that we can use to describe shapes (perpendicular, intersecting, vertical, and horizontal). We hunted for pictures in magazines that reflect these attributes.
2) Students continued to practice the various attirbutes from the previous class (equal sides, parallel sides, and verticies). We also emptied our binders.
3) Computers

We then continued to work on our Grocery Lists. Some groups are editing while others are still working on their rough draft.

After lunch, we continued to work on our Explorer diary writing activity.

French and Phys Ed rounded off our week!

Enjoy the weekend everyone!!

We wrapped up Day 4 of Centers this morning and all activities were collected.

After recess, students were given their science tests back. Please return these asap. We also started to discuss our first lesson in our next unit, Weather. We will be talking about hot and cold air.

Students then headed to Art.

After lunch, we wrote our Decimals unit test in math.

Phys Ed wrapped up the day.

I hope everyone enjoyed their long weekend! We are in our final push for the end of June!!
We started out the day with Day 3 of Centers.

After recess, the students had Art with Mrs. Schentag.

We took some time after lunch to review shape attributes and discuss their activity from Friday. Remember....the Decimal unit test is tomorrow!!

French and Phys Ed ended our day.

Students were introduced to a new set of Centers this morning and completed Day 1. We are continuing to work our Author Studies. Students should be near done reading, or finished at this point. If students have a significant amount of reading left, they are encouraged to read their book at home.

After recess, we discussed and corrected our Math unit review. The Decimals unit test will be on Thursday, May 23.

Students then exchanged their library books before lunch.

After lunch we were treated to a wonderful Grade 5 drama performance. Great job boys and girls!!

The day ended in Phys Ed.

We continued with Problem Solving this morning. Students also worked on their novel studies.

After recess, we worked through 3 Math Pods.
1) Adding and Subtracting Decimals
2) Estimating Sums of Decimals
3) Computers

We started to work on our partner write during 6+1 before lunch. Students are using Voice to liven up a grocery list. I'm excited to see what they come up with.

After lunch, the students were introduced to their next Social Studies project. Students will be incorporating Voice into 4 diary entries they write as a Canadian explorer. We reviewed the assignment as well as the rubric today. We will start researching next class.

Students then had French and Phys Ed.

Remember...study for your Science test!!

Welcome back to another week! The weather has finally decided to cooperate with us!! We did not complete Centers this morning as we worked on Problem Solving.

After recess, we went over our Science review together. Remember that our unit test is on Wednesday, May 15.

Students then enjoyed an hour Art period with Mrs. Schentag.

After lunch, we completed Math Pods. We worked on:
1) Estimating the sums of decimals.
2) Ordering decimals
3) Computers

Phys Ed wrapped up the day.

Remember...book orders are due tomorrow!

We completed day 4 of Centers this morning. All activities were collected.

Afte recess, the students enjoyed Art with Mrs Schentag.

We had a short problem solving period where we made a class connection to a fraction problem.

French and Phys Ed ended our Friday.

Enjoy your weekend!!

We completed Day 3 of Centers this morning. We will wrap up all of the activities tomorrow during Day 4.

After recess, we worked through 3 stations in Math.
1) Computers
2) Changing fractions to decimals
3) Ordering decimals

We then took a few minutes to look at our last activity working with the Voice trait. Students will be adding voice to a shopping list of 4 items. The students have been encouraged to have fun with this activity and use a voice in their writing that they may typically not utilize.

Remember...book orders are due tomorrow!!

We wrapped up day 2 of the Center cycle this morning.

After recess, the students completed a short assessment on writing decimals. We then worked on changing a fraction to a decimal that does not have a denominator of 10, 100, or 1000.

The students then exchanged their library books before lunch.

After lunch, we spend one last period writing our "Finding Your Voice" narratives. If students did not finish during class, they were told it is homework. The activity is due tomorrow morning.

French and Phys Ed finished off the day.

Students were introduced to a new set of Center activities this morning. We are continuing to read our Gordon Korman novels. Some students are wrapping up their reading and beginning to work on their activities.

After recess, we completed three stations in Science.
1) Identifying the simple machines used in a cartoon (complex machine)
2) Identifying the simple machines used in a pair of scissors
3) Unit review.
Our unit test for Forces and Simple Machines will be on Wednesday, May 15.

We then took some time to review our Mask writing activity and how to utilize the Voice trait. We will continue to work on this trait for a few more weeks.

After lunch, we completed 3 Math stations. The students are doing a wonderful job with Decimals.
1) Subtraction
2) Writing Fractions as Decimals
3) Representing Fractions and Decimals

Phys Ed closed out the day.

We started out the morning wrapping up Day 4 of Centers. We are continuing to work on our novel study at teacher table. Some students have completed their reading and are starting on their activities.

After recess, we enjoyed the Music Monday assembly.

We then wrote our open book Social Studies test.

We continued to sharpen our decimal skills in a short Math class after lunch. We practiced writing numbers with decimals in words and vice versa.

French and Phys Ed ended off our day.

Reminders...book orders are due Friday!

We worked through 4 stations this morning as we had a few students missing due to bus cancellations therefore we didn't run centers. We worked through...
1) Gordan Korman novel study
2) Computers
3) Study for Math/Social Studies
4) Simple Machines - building of the various machines

After recess, we completed three stations in Math.
1) Computers
2) Study for tomorrow's unit test.
3) Designed vegetable gardens that we will use to introduce Decimals on Friday.

We then worked on a graphic organizer titled "Finding Your Voice." The students had to pick an event that is unique to their family and brainstorm a list of ideas that they could use to describe this event using a voice unique to them. After lunch, students began to write a short story using this graphic organizer to guide them.

We wrappd up the day with a Louis Riel video that discussed some of the battles that he was a part of, as well as his trial.

Reminders...Math Unit Test tomorrow!!!