Tuesday, May 28, 2013

IBL Slide Videos

Over the last week, we have had students from both grade 5 classes work with Mrs. Dent Scarcello on an IBL (Inquiry Based Learning) project. Each group is creating a paper slide video of a specific system in the human body. Here are the first 2 videos!



Saturday, May 25, 2013

Yukon Eagle Cam

I just discovered this awesome live feed of a Bald Eagle's Nest in Whitehorse, Yukon! It looks like there are 3 eaglets and they are adorable! If you click HERE you can see the live video! Anyone up for researching how we can tell the difference between the parents?! Hmmmm . . . perhaps someone could do an expert project on eagles?!


Friday, May 24, 2013

Book Buddies: Ladybug Craft!

Today, we met with our Grade One Book Buddies to do THE perfect activity for a Friday afternoon . . . a craft! We read them 2 poems and made adorable ladybugs. Each one had their own personality! Hope you enjoy the video . . .

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Expert Project: The Leather Back Turtle

Yesterday, Maddy presented her expert project on Leather Back Turtles. She chose to read all her information and then share only pictures through prezi. Here are some facts that Maddy shared:

Here are some facts about the leather-back turtle:
They can get to be 300-500kg in weight.
They eat jelly fish and small fish.
They are the oldest species of sea turtles and the heaviest.
The leather back is the only sea turtle that lacks a hard shell.
Here are some pictures that Maddy shared during her presentation:


Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Expert Project: Jaguars

This morning, Michael presented his 2nd expert project . . . on his birthday! He must really like big cats, because his first project was on tigers! Here's his prezi . . .

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Expert Projects: Turtles & The Edmonton Oilers


This afternoon, we had 2 expert project presentations. Jack presented his prezi on turtles.

Ty presented his powerpoint on The Edmonton Oilers. Here are some facts that he shared:

Did you know that Neil yakupov is the youngest player on the Edmonton oilers? He’s 19!
Did you know that the oilers home arena is Rexall place?
Did you know that the captain on the Edmonton oilers is Shawn Horcoff? And the two assistants are Jordan Eberle and Taylor hall.
The head coach on the oilers is pat Quinn?  the assistant coach is tom renny.
Did you know if pat Quinn retires then tom renny has the opportunity to be the head coach?            

Friday, May 17, 2013

TWAS

Math- equality
Did you know that the equal sign doesn’t mean “What the answer is”? It means the same on both sides. So if 2+4 is on one side of the equal sign, then the same thing should be on the other to make it “equal”. So on the other side would be 3+3, 6, or ANYTHING that is the same as 2+4.  We did lots of work on that stuff. We even started “Letter” math, which is VERY confusing to lots of people including me. There were division questions, multiplication questions, adding questions, and subtraction questions.
Hero Writing- to my greatest hero
                Lots of kids finished their good copy, which you have to use a blue pen, and nice sheet of paper, and your best printing. I did mine to Robin, my piano teacher. First I brainstormed some ideas on a chart that I made then I listed them and why on a paper. Then I went on my first copy and copied the reasons on the paper. The only thing I did wrong was I forgot to skip lines. Then at the end when I added detail to all the reasons I put “And that’s why YOU are my hero” and ended with “–Reagan”. Then I got my blue pen out and did the good copy AFTER Ms. Wasney corrected all my mistakes. I did my good copy in handwriting.
                Ms. Wasney gave me an envelope to decorate and I put a rainbow over top of the name “Robin” and in the corner I put a fake piano stamp.
Rooftop Photo- Stop Pollution, it kills things! 
                It was rooftop photos today! But I didn’t order any. On the way to the front of the school EVERYBODY noticed the black stuff on the tree. Me and Memphis saw it too. I told her that it was called blight and it is a disease for trees. I told her that there are lots of trees like that at my cabin. It was really fun to look up at the camera on the roof and laugh and giggle. And giggle. And giggle. And last, smile. Everybody said “CHEESE” really loud about 4 times. Then I thought that maybe the pollution is doing it to the trees. And if it isn’t, it is still killing and hurting other things! Like maybe animals are dying from pollution! NO POLLUTION! IT KILLS THINGS! Ya that would be awesome if there was no pollution, only teleporters.
Expert Project- Carly, Nat, Nick M., Brooklyn, and Kyla.
                Carly did hers on Giraffes with a prezi. She had lots of cute pictures, and as I am typing this, I realize giraffes were the perfect choice for her. She's tall and so are giraffes!
                He did the New York Rangers. Nat did a PowerPoint and he added some animations, which makes PowerPoint's better. He also put some cool transitions. Nick did his on “The Winnipeg Jets”. Sooooo surprising. His was a prezi, but Brooklyn’s was a PowerPoint. She did hers on sea turtles. And Kyla is on her forth now so she obviously did her third. She did “Bottlenose Dolphins”.
Instagram challenge- My favourite
                It’s my turn on my turn on Sunday! But I am doing it on Tuesday instead. I am doing smile. But I didn’t do it yet so ya. My favourite so far was one of the handprint ones, maybe the welcome sign or… I don’t know right now.
Gym- Skipping routine, and badminton
                Me and Mem did a routine that was kinda messy and when we were preforming we kinda messed up a bit, but we still got a 4!!! I am finally getting better at badminton! I was versing Lindsay and we kept up a bit but I need to work on my serving.
Early Dismissal, AND the basketball tournament on Monday and Wednesday! 

Science and Health-

We had Book Buddies at the end
of the day!
 In science we are leaning about the digestive system, and I didn’t know that your small intestine was 5 FEET LONG!!! That is so amazing because it fits inside of a human BODY!!! And we didn’t really actually start health yet but Ms. Wasney told us some rules about it and there was a question box. After every health lesson you HAVE to put in a question, and if you don’t have one then a comment like, “I like your dress today” or something like that. At the beginning of every lesson, she reads them out loud.
By: Reagan 749 words

Expert Projects: Bottle Nose Dolphin & Sea Turtles

We are on a roll with our expert project presentations! We had another 2 presentations this morning! Kyla presented her THIRD expert project . . .


Then, Brooklyn presented her powerpoint on Sea Turtles. Here are some facts that Brooklyn shared:
Today I presented my expert project on sea turtles. Here are some neat facts . . . did you know that sea turtles eat Jellyfish, Seaweed, Sea grass, Crab and Snails. And the leather back sea turtle is the biggest turtle. It is huge! It weighs well over 1000 pounds! And a sea turtle can stay under water for about five hours. It is so amazing.
BY Brooklyn   

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Hero Writing

Here are the Hero envelopes.
Over the last few weeks, the students have been writing letters to a hero. Today, several students were able to complete their good copy, decorate an envelope and take home the finished letter. I am looking forward to hearing the response from families about these heart-warming letters! Here's a summary of the process:

Here is Mrs. Augusta writing out
her letter to Daniel. We learned lots
about what good writers do doing the
writing process.
We started working on our hero writing on May 1. Mrs.Augusta told us tips about how to write our hero writing. She wrote to her son Daniel. She just wrote a rough copy so she could fix her mistakes and see how she did. And then we brainstormed about who we would do for our hero. There were a lot of options like: Dad, Mom, Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle, Aunty, Cousin, Friend, a teacher, and a Sibling.
Then we brainstormed qualities of your hero. Some of the qualities were Helpful, someone you could trust, smart, someone you look up to.
Then we wrote our good copies and made an envelope.


 By Ryan.S & Jack

Expert Project: The Winnipeg Jets

This morning, Nick presented his expert project on the Winnipeg Jets . . . a favourite team of Room 31!