Welcome back! We have had a great start to 2015 in the grade 5/6 classroom! We have been busy starting a new writing unit as well as a new Science unit. In writing we are working on descriptive writing skills – these skills will aid us in our Social Studies and Science research and inquiry projects coming up. In Science we are starting a unit on Extreme Environments. I have some pictures below of the students using different pictures of extreme environments to ask questions and make observations. Looking forward to both of these units!
I hope you all had a fabulous Christmas break! It seems like the last two weeks have passed by all too quickly and it’s now time to get back to reality! In the next couple of days I will post some upcoming dates to remember, but for now I have added this weeks’s spelling lists. There will be no BMV this week.
List One: although, surprise, religion, estate, backward, progress, towel, effort, special, include, their, example, debt, debit, forward, umbrella, dry, dried, result, perhaps
List Two: accident, slipped, decide, confer, accept, refer, guess, summon, invite, estimate, victim, banana, medicine, conference, argument, product, fraction, celebration, invitation, stationary
To all the students and parents of our class:
We thank you for spoiling us with all the love and presents over the last week. We wish you a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful, relaxing holiday with your friends & family. See you in the New Year!
Mrs. Goosen and Mrs. Derksen
Over the last couple of weeks, the grade 6’s have been working on a court room drama to go with our Social Studies unit on Canada’s Justice System. Today they performed it for the grade 5’s in our class and for Miss Warden’s grade 6’s. They did a fantastic job, here are a few photos, taken by Jacob B – our court photographer.
We had a great time making our Cookies in a Jar’s on Tuesday morning. And the kids loved presenting them to the ‘Pizza Mom’s’ as well! We ended the day with some Christmas games and had a friendly game of ‘toss the marshmallow through the wreath’ – table group vs table group! There is definitely a healthy dose of competition in this classroom!
Hope you enjoyed the pictures!
Just a reminder that students should be at the classroom by 6:40 this evening.
Looking forward to a fantastic Christmas concert!
Just a reminder that the students need to bring their baking ingredients to school tomorrow. We want to have everything ready to go for Tuesday morning so please bring the items on Monday. Also, I have one glue gun but I would love another one to help things move along quickly on Tuesday – if you have one we could borrow, please send that as well.
Thanks!
Mrs. Goosen
I just had to post this. When the students are done lunch early and can’t go outside yet, things usually get a little rambunctious. Today was so entertaining that I had to post a little video of our fun. 🙂 Enjoy! The game is called, “Hit the Ornament with your Head.”
Lunch Time Christmas Games
Here is the schedule of events for next week:
MONDAY: Students should bring in their ingredients (see here for food list) for the cookie jar gifts.
Grade 4-6 Christmas concert is on Monday, December 15th at 7pm. Our class will dress as modern-day angels – no wings or crazy halos, please! Un-ripped jeans and a white shirt are great, but if the students want to get creative (within reason) that is good as well.
THURSDAY: Class Christmas Party: Students should each bring one $5 WRAPPED gift to contribute to our gift exchange game. I will provide the drinks, students should bring a snack to share.
Grade 6 ONLY: Bring along any costumes or props for our Socials Court Room Drama: The Trial of Dayan
FRIDAY: We will be watching the Preschool/Primary Christmas Concert in the morning. DISMISSAL WILL BE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE PERFORMANCE, around 10:30am.
Merry Christmas Everyone!
Right now in Social Studies we have some great learning happening! The grade 5’s are working on research projects about Canadians that have impacted our Canadian culture. They have been using the chrome books and very excitedly sharing the information that they discover about their chosen individual.
The grade 6’s have been practicing a court room drama. We have actors, set & costume designers, a videographer and a photographer. Lots of fun!
