End of Week TWO!

What a wonderful week we had. I cannot believe I've only had this group for two weeks because I feel like I know them so well by now. We did many activities and projects this week while starting to place more routines into our day. Here are a few happenings from our week...

Popsicle Stick Bridges

Students worked in teams of four to construct a popsicle stick bridge that would span a 12 inch distance. Each bridge was tested with gram stackers. One incredible group was able to hold 300 grams without it collapsing! 

Go Figure Me posters

All the students worked diligently this week on creating 10 equations all about numbers in their life. They displayed these equations onto a poster for any adult to figure out!

Chromebook Introduction

The class came up with ways we can all take care of the technology we have in the classroom. After brainstorming, the students signed a Chromebook Agreement. They signed into a few digital citizenship programs to review how to be a productive digital user and citizen.

Army Men Launchers

The students worked in pairs to create a catapult that would launch an army man as far as possible. In the afternoon the top two members from our classroom competed against the top two from the other five classrooms.

Math Centers

Today we did four math centers to support team building, cooperative work and math facts!

Ask your child about...

• Salute!
• Multiplication War
• IXL
• Factor Football

UP!  We all enjoyed watching the movie UP this afternoon, but through a different mindset lens.  As a class, we've delved into what empathy, optimism and persistence look like.  All the students got practice seeing it in action and writing about it with UP!  I was impressed with how thoughtful the fifth graders were as they shared their ideas around these growth mindset stances.  

Attached you will find the PowerPoint from Thursday's Open House.  Please let me know if you have any questions! 

https://docs.google.com/a/sau16.org/presentation/d/1d5E48U13cO5dcX8kq6HtmfxuT1i20TUnLo2NEzI9Xhg/edit?usp=sharing

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend to gear up for our five day school week!

Until Monday....

Shannon