5th Grade Math: No math homework due to Cerrito field trip
Other homework:
Work on Wordly Wise
End of year Appreciation Cards - Today the students are coming home with an envelope of appreciation cards. Each student will write an appreciation for each classmate. There is a list of names in the envelope. It is a lot to do, but worth the effort to take time and think about classmates and how everyone contributes to our class community. The cards are "due" by next Tuesday (a soft deadline that can be extended), allowing students to work on a handful each day.
Update:
Holiday Party, Friday, December 21: Please check the Wiki for our classroom Holiday Party signups! The students will be preparing lunch and decorating cookies along with other crafts and games on Friday, 12/21. Each student is asked to contribute and item to the meal or cookie baking.
Sign ups for different items will be on the class wiki with the amounts that are needed. If there are any questions please don't hesitate to ask!
Strawberry Creek was full of emotions as new taxes were imposed on the students throughout the day. First thing in the morning, students were told they needed to pay a "door tax" of $50. Then they were forced to pay a "chair tax" of $50, a "table tax" of $50, and the already imposed "material tax" of $150. Emotions have ranged from anger, frustration, confusion, and suspicion. Many have talked about how the colonist must have felt and why they were so angry. Could they be catching on to something....?
In math today we continued our work in long division. We practiced the different steps and talked about remainders. We'll focus on long division until are mathematicians are professional dividers!
During our half class period students worked to show their knowledge of circuits, electromagnetism, coils, and electricity. They built their own circuits with the goal of spinning a compass needled and answered some questions about electricity and magnetism.
Some of our book clubs met and discussed their historical fiction books, while other continued reading and working on their book club jobs.
We played our handcrafted board games with our buddies today and the end of the day brought a special visitor! Chelsea, Lila Rose's mom, brought in their new addition to their family, Autumn Melody. Chelsea was fantastic enough to answer the kids' questions about babies, birth, and caring for a new human! We're looking forward to seeing Autumn grow and getting a first hand glimpse of a growing person.
