Thursday, October 27

Today, in math we learned how to solve algebraic equations using algebra tiles. Everyone in my math group should have uploaded a video of themselves solving an algebraic equation onto their FreshGrade portfolio.

In Daily Five, the word work group should be studying the words that they've been having difficulty with. 

Tomorrow, Woodward Hiill Elementary will be celebrating Diwali.  Everyone is encouraged to wear their cultural clothing.

Reminders:

- gym tomorrow

- Ms. Grewal's math group: page 23-24 math workbook

- read 30 min

- bring "secret Parm-time stuff" (shhh....! 😂)

Wednesday, October 26

Some of Our Self Portraits

Today, we started day 1 of our Daily 5 rotation.  Each student is reading a novel in a group.  Here is the list of novels and groups.

Freedom Train	Shabash	Lost Riders	Breadwinner	Iqbal
Vizon Gurleen Taj Claudea Friyana	Ann-Joelle Sahil Gurjaap Mackenzie Jaspaul Parm	Mohammad Jaspreet Anmol Hillary Jovan Halina	Jayden Jasmine Joel Nikolei Dylan Karan	Ana Perneet Suhail Chhavi Priya Wasif

Tomorrow, we will continue the same Daily 5 rotation, as we ran out of time due to our guest speaker.

We were lucky enough to learn about some drama and storytelling techniques from Gordon Long, an experienced teacher and storyteller.  

In buddies, we worked on rangoli art in celebration of Diwali. 

Reminders: 

- band instrument for tomorrow

- bring Social Studies materials

- read for 30 min.

Tuesday, October 25

Today, we had a busy day with another Mystery Skype with a school in Alexandria, Virginia.

  We also learned about musical instruments made from recycled materials during a performance by the performing arts group SAM2. 

We had a lot of fun sharing stories during our oral storytelling time. Tomorrow, we will be having a professional storyteller come and teach us techniques for storytelling.

Reminders:

- bring supplies for Social Studies project

- finish Word Work

- read 30 minutes

Monday, October 24

Today, we discussed our Daily 5 Language Arts program.  Everyone was given a handout detailing the five activities outlines in the program.  We spent some time talking about Word Work and the novels that we will be reading.  Please go over that handout so that you are familiar with all of the parts of the program.  (It will become clearer as we go through the week, as well.)

This afternoon, we had the first of six blocks which will be devoted to working on our Early Humans projects.  Remember, the criteria is to use your time well during this time and to create an authentic project that shows your learning (cite your sources, please).

Our class will be participating in an oral storytelling workshop.  Our first class will be this Wednesday.  As a beginning exercise, students need to come to school with a personal anecdote from their life to share orally.

Reminders:
- gym strip for tomorrow
- work for 30 minutes on your Social Studies project
- enjoy your 30 minutes of choice reading

Thursday, October 20

Yay! Our grad hoodies arrived!

Reminders:
- Friday is a Pro-D
- good copy of your paragraph should be on your blog by Monday
- math page 36 #1, 2, 8
- bring any extra shoe boxes you might have
- band on Monday

Wednesday, October 18

Reminders:

- finish transition words #3 and #4

- finish Math page 44 # 1 #8 and page 17-19 in the workbook

- choose a topic to research for Early Humans Unit

Monday, October 17th

Today, we started working in math groups.  We reviewed divisibility rules and patterning.

Here is a video to help you review divisibility rules (remember that we talked about the rule for 7 and 8 in class):

For homework, students are to complete number 1-3, 5-7 on page 44. Here is the link to the textbook.

Here are screenshots of the questions as well. 

 

In Social Studies, we reviewed how the last ice age affected the migration of early humans. We also set out the criteria for our unit project. 

Reminders:

- practice band instrument

- read and enjoy those 30 minutes of bliss!