Week 15 Where We are in Place and Time Grade 5

We have been practicing for our Celebration of Learning. This song is entitled "Europa" by Carlos Santana. Our group will be using a special flame drive on our ukulele amp to make it sound like an electric guitar. 


We did the following real-life word problem in Math: Mrs. Mason volunteers to make one prize ribbon for each of the forty-seven students who will attend math camp. Mrs. Mason will decorate each prize ribbon with sequins. Mrs. Mason buys packages of sequins. Each package holds one-fourth of a pound of sequins. Each package has enough sequins to decorate six prize ribbons. How many packages of sequins does Mrs. Mason need to buy to make the prize ribbons? How many pounds of sequins does Mrs. Mason have to buy to make the prize ribbons? What part of a pound of sequins will be used to make each prize ribbon? Show all your mathematical thinking.

Mrs. Mason needs to buy 8 packages of sequins, which is 2 pounds of sequins. 1/24 of a pound of sequins will make one prize ribbon.

We also did a problem about a snowflake about what angles are the outer points on a snowflake.

 Grade 5 and 6 have been working hard in Art on their New Year's Day cards. Next week, a card will be selected from each Grade level and sent to parents and friends.

Our students have been trying to use more ingenious words in our reflections and writing. 

We have a surprise planned for our Celebration of Learning and it may involve this horn!

Grade 2 Week 15: Where We Are in Place and Time

The Grade 2 students had a great time on their field trip to Yokohama on Thursday. In China Town, we saw how Chinese immigrants to Japan maintain their cultural identity through religion, food, clothing, art, and architecture. We also visit the Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery. 

Celebration of Learning

We have been wearing our costumes, while practicing our songs.

These are the kinds of activities we do, during our maths and language centers
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Week 14 Where We Are in Place and Time Grade 6

Our classes have been enjoying the fall weather!

We are making a timeline with music that we are going to play at the Celebration of Learning during intermission.

The children also have organized the music into a book.

For our "Where We Are in Place and Time" unit, we have quite an extensive book collection for research! 

Recently, we have been curious and inquiring into Science.

 Grades 5 and 6 have been doing case studies with simple machines that include Science and Language Arts.

Our group found the main idea, adjectives that describe forces, and nouns that tell the people who implement forces. 

              We did some problem solving in Mathematics involving finding the height and volume of an aquarium. 

The students used Padlet (an internet storage file program) to collaboratively find similarities between the Inca and Egyptian cultures.