Winter Wonderland!

Yesterday was our winter concert and craft sale. -Gabby

We made so much so many things, like bracelets, earrings, reindeer candy canes, and penguin snow measuring sticks. Dhemir,Gabby and Hannah
So many people came to HELP us out.-Xiomara
All the profits we made will go to the Philippines Relief Fund. -Kayne
It took us two weeks to make all the crafts.-Jocelyn
We are getting into the Holiday Spirit.-Tyson
After we worked at the craft sale we went to the music room and got on our costumes.-April
It was funny to see everyone in their costumes and face paint.-Kathleen and Dhemir
Some students were dressed up as reindeer, snowman, toys, elves, police officers and kids. -Devon
It was finally our year to go up on stage.-Kathleen
We had two concerts one in the afternoon and one in the evening.-Nicolas and Dennis
It was exciting to go up on stage. Abby, David and Jocelyn
Some of us were nervous -SN
This was our last Holiday Concert.-Hannah ;(
All the hard work was worth it! -Devon



 

LET THE KIDS LEAD!

Tonight we have Student- Led Conferences. -Nicolas
We finally get to show our parents our cool stuff.-Devon
We can't believe our parents are coming to school.-Jocelyn
We will show my parents the classroom.-Thomas
When they come in the room I'm going to tell them to look up and see our dream catchers.-Salvatore
We cant wait to show my buffalo art.-April
They get to see all the hard effort that we put into our work.-Kathleen
We are so excited to show them our factor trees. Multiplication is what we are learning. It is about learning  factors from a number at the top. -SN
We are excited about my love ones to see my work.-Tyson
We am looking forward to my parents reading my writing.-Hannah,Dennis and Dhemir
Today was an exciting day overall. We had a Bake Sale for the Children's Hospital.- Matthew
We all worked hard at the Bake Sale and we raised $246.50 for a good cause.
We made a new goal for February of $300.00. By the time we are done we would like to have $500.00 to give to each organization.-David and Abhinav
I think we are all proud of getting lots of money for the Children's Hospital and
Winnipeg Harvest.-Xiomara and Abby
I hope our parents love our work.- Kayne and Kira

Thank you for all coming to celebrate your student's learning. We as a class discussed what we wanted from this time spent with you. Our wish is that you add a comment for your child of what you thought about their learning and a goal you may have for them in the future. 

PS.There is also a book fair tonight.-Gabby
Thank you from the bottoms of our heart for taking time in your busy schedules to share with us!

Math Rocks! Factor Down a Tree

Wheelies

Today at school the patrols went to Wheelies. It was very cool there because it was dark with flashing lights. -Nicolas
I fell a  lot and its hard to rollerskate. -Devon
I fell down a lot but after awhile I got the hang of it. -Abhinav
We had a game that we played called "Pick a Wall". You had to pick a wall either green or orange when the music stopped. Then a person working there goes into the middle a flips a coin. If it was heads the people on orange would win and then they got to skate around and stay in the game. The people on green would have to leave the rink.  The opposite for the other way around-Nicolas, Jocelyn
There was also a boy's only skate and a girl's only skate. -April
There was a canteen and I wish I had money. -Kira
I bought popcorn and Sunny-D to drink -David
I bought glow fingers and then gave them away. -Nicolas
A bunch of us bought glow glasses they were $4.00 but they were worth it. -Kathleen, Hannah, Jocelyn, Abby, Gabby

We had lots of fun at Wheelies and we wish I did not have to leave! 5B

 

Giving is the BEST Communication

Today we watched a video about how GIVING is better then receiving.
When you give to someone you give it because it makes you feel good! Kathleen, Kayne
In our Reflection book we wrote about how the video made us feel.Xiomara
It made me feel sad. Steven and Abby
It made me emotional. Dhemir
It was our first day of yoga. Abhinav
We tried a whole bunch of poses and I lost my balance.Gabby
It was really hard but I got the hang of it. Salvatore
The tree stand made me feel relaxed and calm. April
It made me feel relaxed and calm. Jocelyn and Devon
It was such an awseome day of new things. Thomas and Jocelyn


  

Dairy of a Class

Did you know that in 5B, we earn money?  If we follow expectations, we get money.  It is not real money of course! It is used for our class auction. 

   In 5B we like B's. We have a class Blog. In the blog we talk about what's happening.  Most of us like it!  

  We made Buffalo art using charcoal!  Another B word!  We also had a Bake Sale.  The money we made is going to The Children's Hospital.  We had cupcakes, brownies, cookies, suckers, etc.  

   There are many more exciting happenings in our classroom!

STAY TUNED!!!

Mexican Jumping Beans!

Today we got Mexican jumping beans. We learned how they jump. they jump in warmth and light and we learned that there are caterpillars inside.  For the last month we have been working on place value. We had a test on it.  By Tyson
The jumping beans jump because there are bugs inside of them.  They are jumping because they want to get in the shade. By Abhinav
In Gym class we played back board dodge ball.  It was really fun. I don't know who really won.  Kira
We are making a movie and people are drawing pictures for props. Mexican jumping beans are so cool to watch. We had art class and we used water color paints. April
Our water color pumpkins look awesome. It took a lot of time to paint it and make it brighter. Then we did the moon and stems.  We had to clean up because it was messy. S
We had flag football! it was so much fun. We have social studies today and my teacher is going to tell us how the First Nation people came here. By Jocelyn
We are preparing for a Bake Sale!! We made posters and we made bracelets. Everybody is trying our very best for this Bake Sale. All the money is going to the Children's Hospital.  A lady from the Children's Hospital is coming to our classroom to talk to us about the kids at the hospital and how the money will help.  By Kathleen
We are having a school wide BAKE SALE!!!  This is not your average bake sale. We have posters and fresh baking. Half of the proceeds will go to Children's Hospital and the other half goes to Winnipeg Harvest. D
We are all very excited about making a difference in our community. Thank you in advance to all the families that are contributing to these great causes. Let the baking begin!

Friday

Yesterday at school Ms. McAuley showed us a new Math game. Dennis

We had health andwe wrote about our germ experiment with cinnamon. Did you know that warm water with soap gets the germs off the best. Kayne

Today in Daily 5 Ms. McAuley is going to show us how to listen to reading trough her computer.  On Tuesday we will be able to pick what we want to do in daily 5-Read to self,read to someone, work on writing, word work, or listen to reading. Hannah

We started the day with read to self and I like read to self. I read 16 pages. Nyesha

A Typical Day

Today in school we started off our day doing the Daily 5.  Thomas
We do Writing and Read to Self. After Read to Self we do Read to Someone. We did french games with cards. We did Learning Buddies with grade 1/2's. We do math the easy way. I had an awesome day.  Chris
I am writing a story about Knights. We played a card game in French. Josh
You both flip cards over and say you flip over a one and your partner flips over a two then the first person to say deuze gets both cards. Matthew
The french card game was hard because you don't know what the numbers are sometimes. S
We had to say the number in french. We had math with place value it was hard but it was fun. Destiny
We did math work with building blocks. Then we played a french game with cards. Dhemir
In Social Studies Ms. McAuley was showing us aboriginal things like containers and pouches made out of Buffalo hide. She told us that Aboriginals used to use buffalo bladders as water bottles :p! We also got a venus fly trap for our classroom! We watched it eat a couple fruit flies! Hannah
At school we touched Aboriginal things. All the things were made of buffalo. I especially liked the box made of hide. There was also a bladder that was dried.  They drank out of it! I would never drink out of a bladder. The Aboriginals also used buffalo hides for clothes. Kayne
We are learning about Aboriginals and their way of life back then and working with building base 10 blocks. Tyson
We have been studying the buffalo and bison in Social Studies and we learned a card game in French. D
We used base ten blocks and I get it! April
In art we are going to make buffalo using paint with our fingers. Xiomara
I got to write what the aboriginals used the buffalo's brains for and I wrote eating. Later we are going to paint with fingers. Nicolas
Our class brought in toonies to bring in a hat and all the money goes to cancer research. Kathleen
I wore my bedazzled Jets hat. We could also buy popcorn for $1.00 or $1.50 for seasoning. Gabby 
In library I'm going to take out the best book ever! Kira
We wrote our blog today and Ms. McAuley said 8 people were on our blog. Nyesha
We all enjoy learning about the buffalo because there are so many interesting facts about it. Devon
Well, this week at school we learned more about the aboriginals and their culture. We learned that parts of the buffalo are very useful including: bones, meat, fur,and hide. All parts of their body are very useful. We learned that raw hide can be used for making containers, baby rattles, and the tops of drums the part you play on. Abby

Just the Beginning

Well, the first three days of school were amazing! I have already learned a lot about the crew that I will be spending my days with. We had a lot of fun getting to know each other. It always amazes me how quickly children pick up routines. Over the summer I have been thinking about the concept of literacy and how that concept has changed as technology has evolved. It is no longer enough to teach students how to read books and write on paper. This won’t adequately prepare them for their 21st century lives.
Our students need to become transliterate and develop the ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, both traditional and digital. This brings me to one of our goals for this year: "Blogging". I cant wait to see and hear what the class thinks...

Introducing the Blog

Today was our first Computer class and I was so glad to get the opportunity to show the class our blog. This is what some of the crew had to say;

"Today in school our teacher introduced us to our classroom blog which I never knew about! I think that it's AWESOME and super cool!" Tyson

"We had our first computer class and I am thankful we came to computer or else I would not have discovered this!" Gabby

"Today we had our first computer class and learned about our blog" :) Kayne

"At school Ms. McAuley told us we were going to have a classroom blog. That is good. It is awesome! I am happy to have a classroom blog." Thomas

" I love being in Ms McAuley's class! We have so many cool items in our classroom. I think our class will have a lot of fun blogging! Today we had our first computer class and found out about our blog. Everybody was so excited!" Hannah

I think Abby summed it all up when she said, "I really enjoy being in this class and I feel safe."