Hello, 5B families!
In Math class, we continue to work on rounding to the tens and hundreds place. Students have been using math manipulatives and reinforcing their understanding with flash card practice and dice rounding games.
Students who need extra practice were invited to take home the “Rounding Study Kits” this week.
In Language Arts, students are putting the finishing touches on their “Five Senses Halloween Poems”. As well, I have assessed and given specific notes on students’ Halloween expository essays on feedback forms. Students are now busy incorporating this feedback into their “good copies”—some are choosing to use the Chromebooks for this.
Students can submit either a neatly handwritten or typed final version.
As of today at 2:30pm, each student now has a working Gmail account and password to make it easy to seamlessly go between working on documents at school and at home.
In Science, we continue to explore the five senses and are getting ready for our final “Digestive System” unit test (happening on Monday, Oct. 30). We will do a full review of that content tomorrow, and students will have a study guide and notes on exactly the same kinds of questions they will see on the test. *Students who believe they would do better showing their knowledge in a non-test format are always welcome to propose a project or to meet with me for a “learning summary meeting” instead.
Today we previewed our next Science unit on the skeletal system with a short video and by doing some “Halloween Skeleton Art”; students were invited to do pencil sketches or paint. The goal was to have fun while starting to notice the ways the parts of the human skeleton fit together.
In Religion class, we have enjoyed some video excerpts from the “Alpha Course: Youth Series (Catholic Context)”. The course presents open-ended questions inspiring students to think, dialogue with one another, and research answers for themselves.
Tiffany Poirier 