Week 6!

Hello friends and families of 5D!

Another fantastic week done.  I cannot believe how hard the students are working in each and every part of the day!  It definitely makes me smile to see the amount of learning and effort in 5D!

Here are some of the things we did this week...

Math:

• We worked HARD on multiplying and dividing decimals by powers of ten
• We learned 1/10th and ten times a a number and beyond
• We tried hard to read decimals to the millionths and achieved it!
• We read Anno's Mysterious Multiplying Jar as well as One Grain of Rice
• We played games with 5L
• A unit assessment will happen next Thursday (we will review Tuesday-Wednesday and students will bring home a study guide)

Literacy:

• We worked as book clubs to talk about character problems and possible lessons they may learn
• We dabbled in themes for The Honest Truth
• We opened up our minds in book club as we shared different perspectives
• We wrote POWERFUL leads for our narrative using author insipation
• We continued writing our narrative
• Scar Island is our new Read Aloud

Social Studies

• Europe is complete and now the students are better understanding the perspectives of all three worlds on exploration.  Exploration was GREAT for some and TERRIBLE for others.  The students brainstormed topics for a projects and ways to showcase their learning.  Next week they will work in groups to begin their project.

Social Hour

• This time was spent talking about safety and letting adults know when one is frightened or anxious about something going on.  We addressed this due to an incident during our Team Building day at SHP. 

Buddies

• We met our Koala reading buddies today briefly.  We will be hiking with them occasionally to being our science walks and work.  I'll let you know ahead of time when these happen so students are dressed appropriately.

Fun with 5L

• This afternoon we had a blast with 5L.  After a little friendly competition of "sprinting and high knees", we enjoyed a 5D vs 5L kickball game.  I'm not sure who had more fun... the students or the teachers!

SeeSaw Reflections

Math Games with 5L

Enjoy your three day weekend!

Shannon