December 15

Last Stretch of 2023…

Hello All!

I hope your Hanukkah celebrations went well.

The grade 5s got up to many, many different things since our last post.

In Math, the 5B class worked through math in a vast variety of ways as learning and review for the unit soon into the new year.

All grade 5 students were excited about their trip to the book fair and many purchased new reading materials. As a class we continued to read for pleasure once or twice a week and are back with class readings of Wonder. 

Our latest field trip took us to the Canadian Museum or History where the grade 5 and 4 classes were able to explore the early North American Civilizations and Indigenous peoples galleries. In both Social Studies and Études Sociales the museum helped cover much of what we have been studying in class.

I LOVE MAPS! Please check out their blogs for what they found new, informative, or exciting from the museum.

In Science, 5 B after making their clay models of neurons, they worked on their coordination and reflex times. Next week are putting on an experiment, where the two classes must come up with a scientific plan and hypothesis to see if older students have better reflexes or adapt to learning faster than younger students.

Next steps in science will be a unit test early in the new year.

Reminders: PJ Day is Friday Dec 22.

December 3

December and Snow

Has your house started smelling like oil yet? I was trying new recipes for latkes this weekend.

Taking a poll — sour cream or apple sauce?

The grade 5 classes had a pretty busy week. On Tuesday we asked Dr. Mitzmacher to speak about the Current Events we are all thinking about, the students had lots of questions.

 

In Science, 5 A created clay neurons to study the parts that provide signals along our nervous system. 5B is set to build this week.

In 5A Science, we also worked on engaging the signals from our brain to our fingers. Each student had a chance to test their reaction time or “their reflexes.”  In pairs one student held a 30 cm ruler just above the open hand of another student. The student responsible for dropping the ruler would say ‘I will drop this ruler within the next 5 seconds.’  The second student would have to react and catch the ruler, measuring on the ruler each time as repeated 5 times. With this experiment the students have decided that practice was key to reacting faster.

In Math, Ms Cleveland and I set up a multi-station math walk. Where students got to use mental math and use the math tools they have been developing.

5 A worked on mental math to solve how much volume an unmarked mayonnaise jar had. They used a standard soda, coffee mug and then proving their theory with a marked 1 litre water bottle. The students also worked on number problems determining what didn’t belong. Yes, water, water every where, none was fit to drink…

 

All students worked on their personal SMART Goals and are updating their blogs with how they are working toward those goals.

Reminders: Rally Monday

Tuesday – Dec 5 Book Fair

Heads-up – Dec 12. – Grade 5 and grade 4 will embark on a Indigenous Social Studies inspired field trip to the Canadian Museum of History. Info coming home soon.

November 24

Nov Coming to an End

Good Afternoon All,

Shabbat Shalom,

What a GREAT way to end the week off!

Bowling under neon and dancing to the tunes. We had an incredible turnout with some out of class socializing.

In Science, both classes have almost finished all veggie presentations.

 

Most students have submitted their short stories and I am very proud of them challenging themselves to develop character traits and create dialog through an eventful story line… amongst other writing requirements.

In math we played with real-word algebra problems and real money calculations.

Reminders: Thursday Nov 30 Dress Down Day

For Social Studies – Tuesday Nov 28 – Dr. Mitzmacher will be our guest speaker with a talk on current events.