One week left

With the unusual cold weather these past two days, students have been kept indoors during recess time. Saturday's expected snowfall will definitely confirm winter's arrival. In these last few days, many activities have been planned both school-wide and within the classroom - class party and dance on Friday! However, there is still a Science test on Tuesday and a Patterning unit test on Wednesday. For the last two days, we will focus on Science structural building challenges and completing chapter work for the graphic novel study.

Snow Day #2 ...and another pattern problem!

Last Tuesday's snow day was mild in comparison to this morning. As you can tell from above, this is what I woke up to and how the drive in to the school went.
Last night I saw a tweet where a Toronto teacher uploaded a video on youtube about a patterning challenge involving snow. The 7 of us who did make it into class today took up the challenge, and here is the result of our work.

HOUR OF CODE

What is the Hour of Code?

The Hour of Code started as a one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to demystify "code", to show that anybody can learn the basics, and to broaden participation in the field of computer science. It has since become a worldwide effort to celebrate computer science, starting with 1-hour coding activities but expanding to all sorts of community efforts. (https://hourofcode.com/ca)

Our Class will be participating in coding activities Thursday and Friday morning this week, exploring what is code and how to code.

We made it through November!

Students worked very hard in meeting deadlines in November. During this process they learned how to fulfill criteria in their project-based learning. They are beginning new units in Math, History and Science, and will have a test in each subject before the Christmas break. As well, they will have graphic novel daily work to complete and submit for evaluation. When they return in January, they will complete smaller assignments for the February report card.

Patterning Problems

The class has just started Patterning and Algebra this week. Today groups collaborated in creating patterning problems with manipulatives and numbers. Tomorrow they will switch the problems they created with another group, solving and practicing how to write a pattern rule in words.