Jumping Back to Work!

Jumping back to work and in this case jumping on the boat! Here is a picture of our grade 5's being introduced to our new Social Studies unit: Explorers and Vikings. Students measured out the size of the standard Knarr ship that the Vikings used and while "sitting in the boat" we talked of the hardships these people endured.

We also jumped back into our usual routines of spelling, Daily 5, novel study and daily worksheets this week and we will begin our new Science unit of Weather tomorrow.

5M is Mix 96 Classroom of the Month!

On Thursday our class went to the Mix 96 Radio Station and had a wonderful experience. The students took a tour of the station, and they were able to check out the equipment that the station uses. They were even able to record their own individual commercials for the station and they even went live on air!

It was all wrapped up with a delicious lunch provided by Boston Pizza. A huge thanks to Mix 96 and Boston Pizza for the amazing morning they provided for us!

Mix 96 Classroom of the Month!

What a great class to be selected as Classroom of the Month by Mix 96.5! Thanks to Dallas Fust's nomination we have won the Classroom of the Month and we will travel by bus to the radio station next Thursday to tour the station, learn about the radio and receive lunch from Boston Pizza. Thanks Dallas and thanks 5M for being such an awesome class!

Getting Ready for Student Led Conferences!

Students have been busy this week preparing for our Student Led Conferences on Thursday evening and Friday. We have been inserting our work into our portfolios and we will spend time reviewing for our presentations. The students and myself look forward to sharing our start to the year with you!

Spider and Bats Come to 5M!

This afternoon, the grade 5's had a great time decorating some painted gourds. Students were each given a black painted gourd to decorate for Halloween. The result was many creepy crawling spiders, and some very mischievous looking bats!