Today we: received a letter from our friend in Surrey, BC; Iram! We are now part of the "Great Canadian Mail Race" and will now be writing letters to grade 5 classes all over Canada. The race winner will be the first student to receive a letter back from their mysterious pen pal! We are excited to write to some of our friends around Canada, or here in the city, and see who gets their response first!
Since we had indoor recess today, we chose to stir up the classroom a bit and rearrange everything! Say hello to our new layout:
Students were given the chance to pick their own seating - this is temporary! I am allowing them the chance to earn their choice seating based on appropriate behavior. So far it has been a very noisy day so there may be some seating changes in a couple days to promote better focus.
In math, we did a drill on 8x facts and then practiced long division and 3-digit multiplication in our table groups. This was the last day to practice - tomorrow there will be a test. Make sure you're helping your kids practice, by grade 5 they should know their timetable charts. After that, students were given chromebooks to write their letters around Canada.
Luckily the weather warmed up enough to have outdoor lunch recess, which was really needed for this energetic bunch.
The Jumbies read aloud is progressing along with chapter 11 today. We shared and then wrote new predictions. Things are getting very exciting as the plot unveils! Ask your child to tell you what the chapter was about.
The rest of the afternoon was spent outside. We joined the other 2 grade 5 classes for a science experiment. We observed 2 situations, a 9-volt battery being attached to alligator clips and a string of steel wool, and rubbing the battery on a bundle of steel wool. Students predicted what they thought would happen and then wrote down what really happened. A bit anti-climatic but it was made better by the awesome capture the flag game outside to end the day.
Remember Parent-Teacher Conferences are tomorrow and Friday - be sure to sign up!
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