September 24

We have a number of items that are outstanding.  Check if your child has finished their nameplate, their hand art, who am I piece, Terry Fox piece, letter to me, rights and responsibilities poster.  Lots of students are done and caught up, but there are some missing items.  I will hopefully have complete lists later this week.  To go with our bottom of the ocean, I have referred the students to the movie The Martian.  Please note I am Not telling them to watch this movie.  It is rated PG.  There are a number of students who have seen it.  What I will do is bring in some screened clips from the movie to demonstrate some of the things they need to think about to live on the bottom of the ocean.  Most of the movie is irrelevant to our topic.

September 19

We are settling into our routines and settling into the school year.  We have done several ‘get-to-know-you’ projects and we have started out overall theme of Settling on the Bottom of the Ocean.  We have started making our packing list as well as making sure everything we are taking fits I. Our bin and it doesn’t weigh too much.
We have Library today (day 1) I forgot to remind students last night.  Today is also the scholastic deadline.  I won’t put the order in until later in the weekend, if you still wish to order, orders can be made online.
We completed our classroom treaty yesterday.  In Room 1, we believe in being respectful and responsible.  We will take care of ourselves, our classroom, and each other.

First full week of school

whew, it’s been quite a busy week.
Most students have finished their ‘All About Me’ one pager.  I am still waiting for a couple.  Hopefully I will have them all by Monday.  Today students wrote me a letter.  They could choose to write about anything they want.  Lots handed theirs in, the rest are due Monday.
As part of our Theme studies, students will be creating their own community. We voted today whether we were going to the Moon or the bottom of the Ocean.  We’ll find out Monday and we’ll start packing.  Everyone has settled in and this afternoon I did a seating plan, time to fix a few of the choices.
Next week we will be talking about Terry Fox and what it means to be a hero.

New School Year

Its a brand new school year and we are off to a great start.  We have done a couple get to know me activities already. The second one is now due.  They have had class time on two days to work on this.  The page needs to be filled with things about them and coloured with pencil crayon.   We don’t have agendas yet.  There was a problem with our order.  For now I will post items here.

Scholastic orders will be due September 20.

Grade 5 Transition Permission Forms!

This morning we worked on math problems, and it was about money, fractions,and something else. When the bell rang,we went outside for recess. When we came in, we had Writing, and we worked on our “smart” area mini projects. After writing, we had French and we worked on our houses with French sentences. We did that until lunch. After lunch we worked on our science projects. In our science projects we are working on the human body. Later we had Music. In Music we talked about the WSO. Then we had our last recess. Later after recess we did our agendas while Ms. Pattie read us the book “Threads”. Our agenda message was, R.E.D.-Read Every Day. Grade 5 transition permission forms. May 23 track and field day. New permission forms for Fort Whyte 3$ fee-online volunteers Still NEEDED!!!!!!! Book review due June 7. June 6 Field trip to lower Fort Garry volunteers needed. Library TOMORROW!!! Scholastic May 31st. The best thing at school today was                     because                   . After our agendas we went home because it was early dismissal. How sad that the grade 5s are leaving.

Extra Outdoor Recess!

This morning we did our dot-to-dot like thingy for the 2 first periods up to recess. After recess,we did our projects about our “smart” areas. After writing,we had french and we worked on our sentences for our house we’re going to do soon. We did that till lunch. After lunch we worked on our science projects about the body systems. After that we finally went to Music class. In Music we worked on some worksheets. After that it was our final last recess. After recess Ms. Pattie said if we were good we would get a surprise. We were good so we went outside for extra outdoor recess!! When we got back we did our agendas while Ms. Pattie read us the book “ Threads “. Our agenda message was, R.E.D.- Read Every Day. No school Monday. May 23 track and field day. New permission forms for Fort Whyte 3$ fee-online volunteers still needed. Book review due tomorrow. June 6 field trip to lower Fort Garry volunteers needed. Early dismissal Tuesday. The best thing at school today was       because                         . Next we did our 4 jobs and finally went home. What a wonderful day for extra outdoor recess!!!!!!!!

Music class!

This morning we did geometry bingo and a scavenger hunt for the first two periods of the day. We went outside for recess after that. When we came back inside, we worked on writing. Ms. Pattie introduced a new project that we had to do. It was about 4 projects that we had to do about our “smart” areas. We did that and writing for 2 periods. After that,we had our lunch. This afternoon we started off doing our science projects. After our science projects we went to Music class! In Music class we listened to some WSO music. After Music we went for our last recess. Then after last recess we did our agendas while Ms. Pattie read us some of the book “Threads”. Our agenda message was, R.E.D.- Read Every Day. Reminder WSO TOMORROW! May 23 Track and Field. New permission forms for Fort Whyte, 3$ fee online volunteers still needed. Book review due Friday. June 6 Field trip to lower Fort Garry. Zoo writing due Wednesday. Geometric coat of arms was due today. The best thing at school today was          because                    . Finally we had Physical Education in the Gym. What a nice day for Music.