A Look Back: September 9 to 13

What a great first full week in Grade 5! We worked on so many different topics that Friday came before we knew it. Here's a peek at what we did:

We are still working on our class social contract. In groups, students came up with what the "best class ever" would look like, feel like, and sound like. They also did a My Job / Your Job activity, where they brainstormed individually what the teacher's role is and what students' roles are. We are assembling all these ideas to build the foundation of our classroom. 

Students had to really develop teamwork for this activity, where they each operated a string that pulled an elastic band. The students had to make a structure out of plastic cups using only the elastic band. Here are some words they came up with to describe teamwork: TRUST - RESPECT - SHARE - BE OPEN MINDED - COOPERATE - DON'T FIGHT - LET EVERYONE PARTICIPATE - LISTEN TO OTHERS - DO YOUR PART

Mme D's kindergarten class joined us for amis de lecture - reading buddies! The kindergarten classes are learning about their colours, so the Grade 5s pointed out colours and asked them about them in the books the kindergarten students brought. Afterwards, the Grade 5s said they had a lot of fun reading to little ones! We can't wait to keep this going! 

In Français, we began reviewing common verbs. In Sciences humaines, students watched a video about Canada that showed us many pictures from coast-to-coast. They wrote a long list of all that Canada has to offer. We're reviewing these core skills before moving to our first unit: The First Peoples!