I have been absolutely amazed by the creativity and hard work that has been going into the comic strip projects. Yesterday, we spent the whole afternoon taking turns with the iPads and working hard on other work when it wasn't our turn. I was incredibly impressed! A few pictures of the hard work are attached. 

Today, we started our last 3 step write of the year. The kids worked really really well on their brainstorming page this morning, so this afternoon we had a fun cooperative game. They needed to build a structure with limited supplies that could hold my keys as high as possible. This activity was a good reminder for certain groups about appropriate behaviour when we do fun games, everyone eventually showed WONDERFUL group work and cooperation! I was very impressed!

New projects

While we are talking about new projects, the students have been working hard on their comic strip projects. Incase they didn't tell you, we will be using iPads to create our comic strips! They started working on their plans while I was away sick yesterday, and when I was looking at their work today, I literally had goosebumps. What they are creating is amazing!! I can't wait to see and share the final results!

We also have a new project that I am asking students to get started on. We will be doing personal interest speeches (art orratoire) coming up in June.

The work for next Wednesday, May 22, is is to come up with what they want to speak about, as well as a list (point form is ok) of what knowledge they ALREADY HAVE (please do not start any research. We will be talking about this at school).

As I said, they can do this about anything they want. When I was in school, I did mine on the life of a gymnast because at that time, I was training many many hours a week in gymnastics. My niece who is in grade 6 just did one titled 'a day in the life of my dance shoes' and even spoke for the Burnaby school trustees! Other ideas, are a pastime or sport they find interesting, a particular animal they like,or a hero. Another idea is to take something we have studied in class already (space, especially with Chris Hadfield's popularity, or a province or territory in Canada), and go more in depth in their speech. The possibilities are endless!

Happy choosing!

Today's update

Here are a few points of information for you!


In math, we have been doing self directed work. The students have been doing SO WELL!! Everyone has been working hard during our math times. I've attached a list of pages to read and do. I've told the kids many times not to be stressed out about all the pages to do. This is their time to work at their own pace. I want to emphasize the same thing to parents reading this. There is lots of time to get these pages done and we work on them in class every day.

One of our students had the idea to have a class vote today in correlation to the provincial vote. We didn't speak very much about what each party represented so students voted on what they already knew. The results were very interesting! Be sure to ask your child about it!

Also, we finally completed the class mural for our door! Check it out!

Weekend's math homework

This weekend, there is some math homework. Unlike usual homework, there is no set amount to do.

In class, we have been working on math at our own pace. I have been writing the pages to read and questions to do, and students work on their own. This has been extremely successful (kudos to the kids for working so well!). Unfortunately I forgot to take a picture of the list of pages on the board before I left school, so I am asking students to keep working on the page they had started, and if they want, they can move onto the next page. As I said, there is no set amount to do, so please don't stress over finishing the whole chapter. Just as long as some gets done.

Photo dump!

There have been lots of fun things going on in and outside of the class. Here are a bunch of photos from the past few days. Feel free to use them as conversation starters with your children!

Also, tonight's homework said to check the blog. I am asking that if you have a good strong pair of scissors that can cut material, and don't mind lending them to us, to please send them to school with your child tomorrow. We will just be using them tomorrow and they will home tomorrow afternoon. Merci beaucoup!!

Planting

I hope all the plants came home safely on Friday. I had originally planned on sending plants home later, but they grew so well! We would like to plant new plants this week.

Please take the time to replant your child's plant and send the container back to school tomorrow so we can plant again. Merci!

Before our field trip tomorrow, please take the time to read the story about the rainbow bridge. Also, please review the English spelling words. Students don't need to know these by heart, just seeing the words once will be great!

Also, please remember to dress time-appropriately as well as pack your lunch appropriately as well. Remember that tere were no lunch bags at the time! One idea is to pack it in a tea cloth or handkerchief!

I know that some people were having a hard time reading the spelling words. This was the file I was sent by the museum. I was able to zoom in on my computer and seethe words about better. They are:

apple
axe
bear
bird
chalk
coal
deer
dirty
eggs
fetch
four
girl
head
iron
just
lazy
lily
mamma
nose
odd
one
papa
roll
socks
sugar
tall
water
wood
year