Creativity!

Take a look at our living sculptures!  Students are moved into their poses by the artist.  Each sculpture has a name.

A clown juggling

A Little boy



Cleopatra's mummy

 

Old Lady Reading







A Confused Super Star



A Man that was Attacked by a Shoe



Art

The students were working at different activities yesterday.  Some were finishing their watercolour paintings and others were creating their art portfolios.

 




Thinking hard about art!



Grade 5 Government Project

Grade 5 students have been collecting and labelling photos of our political leaders.  An outline was sent home over a week ago and photos are due on Thursday September 30th.

Driven by Purpose

The class has been exploring what it means to be driven by purpose.  The boys and girls established that even at 10 or 11 years of age, they are able to make a difference.  They identified that their purpose is to:

1)  Rise up to be the next generation
2)  Be willing to learn
3)  Be wise consumers of the environment

As a class, we brainstormed ways that we could make a difference at ACES this year.  Students expressed interest in starting a Recycling Club, create a recycled goods art club, and do fundraising to purchase books for the library.  After further discussion, the entire class has decided to bring in gently used books with the idea of adding to classroom libraries in need. 

If you have gently used books that would be suitable for a grade 1-6 classroom, we would gladly accept your donation.  Students will be creating identification tags which will be placed on the inside of the books to indicate the name of the family who has made the donation.  We hope to encourage and inspire other students to think big and make a difference in their school as well. 

We are ready to move forward with our book drive immediately.  Students are encouraged to bring in their books by October 8th so that we can organize the material by reading level.

With your help, we look forward to making a difference!

PS.  Our class will also organize a Recycling Club.  Stay tuned for more news on our progress!

The Case for Cursive

I found this article in the August issue of Canadian Family magazine.  If you were wondering why cursive handwriting is important for students, take a read.

http://www.canadianfamily.ca/blog/familyjewels/education/2010/09/20/is-handwriting-old-school/

Interesting article on sleep

Canadian Family Helping your teen adjust to a regular sleep schedule

Math Geniuses!



Searching for just the right question



"I know I can....I know I can!"



Decoding the secret messages.



Got it!

More Mathlete Fun



Perseverance

We had a great day solving math problems.  Students worked in teams to solve problems which gained them points for their team.  In one day, there were over 5000 math problems solved by the ACES junior students.
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Finding the teams



Mathletes

Today we're enjoying a fun day of math learning.  Students are rotating through a number of math activities which challenge them in algebra, spatial sense and problem solving.  More fun photos to come!

Welcome!

Welcome to our grade 5/6 class blog!  Thank you for being patient with me.  Blogging provides the opportunity to share all the exciting things that go on every day in the classroom.  I will try to keep things up to date so that everyone can follow the learning that is happening every day.

Since we are a combined classroom, there are a LOT of activities going on at once.  For example, the grade 6's will be starting a Powerpoint project dealing with international trade and the grade 5's have formed political parties and are campaining for their upcoming election.

Students have also been trying some problem solving strategies in math through Bansho.  I will be posting student work shortly so that you can learn more about this method of teaching through problem solving.

If you ever have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me.  I look forward to a terrific year!