Gingerbread House

The class enjoyed designing, making and decorating a gingerbread house during this last week of school. First they created a model complete with measurements and then voted on their favourite house design. The class chose the "beach house" design. Then we made the dough and baked the gingerbread. Despite measuring the pieces, we didn't get it completely right so the design ended up being "beach house after a hurricane!" The kids enjoyed icing and decorating the house and despite its appearance, it still tasted great!

This past week students began a review of multiplication. They learned a few strategies 

for finding multiplication facts including skip counting and drawing arrays.  In Science, the students learned about the changes that occur when iodine is mixed with various household powders. The class continued with their research on the physical regions of Canada and some of them started designing their Instagram posts. In Art, they participated in a guided drawing activity to create a cardinal. After, they used pastel to colour the cardinal and tree branches and painted the bright blue background 

with a wash of paint. Have a wonderful and relaxing break!

Probability

Grade 5 students are enjoying playing games to learn about the concepts involved in probability. They are learning how to use the terms, "certain," "equally likely," "more likely," "less likely," "impossible" and "possible" when describing various outcomes. This week each child created a probability experiment to show their understanding.

In Social Studies, the class is engaging in research on the 6 physical regions of Canada. They are learning about the people, climate, natural resources and landforms that can be found in each region. Next week, they will begin a group project to showcase their knowledge of the regions with Instagram posts. Students began a project in French to create a zoo using the vocabulary they have learned so far. In Language Arts, we are still learning about parts of a sentence and how to correct fragments. The students are loving participating in the science experiments during our chemistry unit. This week they were able to observe the reactions that occur when powders and liquids are mixed. Finally, the class is participating in a kindness challenge where they are attempting to perform 16 random acts of kindness before the Christmas break. Everyone is enjoying being the recipients of this challenge!