Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Week ONE of the 2016-2017 School Year!

Hello Family and Friends of 5D!

What a fantastic first week we had.  Even with the heat, all the children worked their hardest.  On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday we got outside to play some cooperative games with 5L and 5W. Ask your children all about Knots, Lean In, Kick and Catch, Freeze Tag and Blob Tag. On Thursday afternoon all 6, 5th grade classes traveled to each classroom to visit each Artifact Museum.  What a wonderful way to culminate our first week together!

Before I forget to mention....

SAVE THE DATE!  Open House is next Thursday, September 8th from 6:30-7:30.  See you up in the classroom!

This week we did four STEM activities.
  • Save Fred!
  • Card Tower Challenge
  • Straw Boat Challenge
  • Red Cup Tower Challenge
First the class brainstormed what a positively functioning group looks like through listening, speaking, thinking and behavior.  Everyone worked together to build a helpful anchor chart. Each day the students worked with different groups with the lens of working cooperatively.

The students created many things that will be displayed for next week's Open House.

  • Personal Collages
  • Math About Me Posters
  • Emoji Hashtags
  • Top Ten
And here they are... 5D for 2016-2017!!!
























KNOTS with 5L and 5W!  Look at them work together to get untangled.






Lean In.  It is far more complicated than it looks!




Here's to a fantastic four day weekend with your families!  Until  Tuesday....

Shannon