Weekly Reflection: September 28

Reporters: Charles and Grace    Photographer: Lucy

TIME for KIDS

Each group read an article and completed a One Pager.

 Then, we discussed the articles with the class.

 This group led a discussion on the teacher strike.

 This group led a discussion on the endangered coral reefs.

 This group led a discussion on this year's drought.

This group led a discussion on whether or not kids should learn cursive.

Native American Jeopardy by Charles
We were learning about Early American cultural regions this week.  We learned how different tribes lived. Jeopardy helped us to study for our test.  It asked us questions like where the regions were at and what artifacts they used.  It was fun!

Skype with Mr. Malone by Grace
On Monday we talked with Mr. Malone through Skype because we were studying hurricanes last week and he fixes houses after hurricanes happen with Habitat for Humanity.  He is in New Orleans. He told us how much it costs for them to build a house and he said about 80 thousand dollars for only one tiny house. We also learned that he elevates the houses about 5 feet off the ground  so if it floods the water will not go in. It was so much fun!  See pictures and video of our Skype at the link below.

http://mrscionisclass.weebly.com/interview-with-mr-malone.html

Weekly Reflection: September 21

Reporters: Patrick and Lucy /Photographer: Erin

Detectives in Action

 Cutting out artifacts

 Reading about regions

 Taking notes

 Discussing our different opinions

 Recording evidence

Detectives in action

Detective Work by Patrick
We were being detectives by reading passages in our History Alive book and predicting what the Native Americans used in the different regions.  We used clues from the text like the resources they had and what needs they had.

Student Elections by Lucy
This week everybody voted for student counsel  president. Fifth grade candidates put up posters, and made speeches. Today we all voted online.

Weekly Reflection: September 14

Reporters: Erin and Zach   Photographer: Conor

Our Dot Day Activity:

 We used markers and coffee filters.

 We designed our dots.

 We squirted our dots with water.

All of our dots.  WE MATTER!!!

International Dot Day by Zach

Today is International Dot Day.  Dot Day is all about showing others You Matter!!! In class we made our own dots with markers and coffee filters to show that we are all different. We sprayed them with water.

The Amazing Hurricanes by Erin

This week we studied Hurricanes. Hurricanes spin counter clockwise because of the earth's rotation. We did stations and one of them we got to research about hurricanes. It was so much FUN!!!

iFruit Winner: Lachlan

Lachlan was this month's winner of the iFruit basket.  Here's our class enjoying the prize- a tasty fruit arrangement of strawberries, oranges, and apples.  Thank you to the D25 Food Services for providing us with this healthy, refreshing snack.

Weekly Reflection: September 7

Reporters: Ben and Conor  Photographer: Nathan

Caption: We played history Jeopardy!

Pictures by: Nathan

Jeopardy by Conor

This week in History class we played Jeopardy. We reviewed lines of longitude and latitude, and places in the U.S. Then we reviewed geographic terms.

Learning Chinese by Ben

Ni Hao! This week we started Chinese and learned how to say hello, "Ni Hao". We also learned how to say goodbye, "zái jián".