By now you should have all decided on a ‘Just Right’ book to do your class talk on.
You are to present a 4-5 minute speech on Monday the 24th during our LA block.
The speech needs to include the following:
Summary of the book
Details of the main characters
Storyboard of the Plot as a visual aid to your talk with between 8-12 scenes
Rating of the book and why you liked it and who you would recommend it to
Remember the aim of the exercise is to introduce your classmates to new books
As well as the following documents being on your wiki I will also add them here for easy access for you and your parents to check them out.
These are all the information sheets required for the Global Native Unit. You should be gathering information on your tribes regulary and reading as much as you can from the in-class books on Apaches, Hopis and Navajos.
global natives project details
Students, after all the learning we have just participated in during our Space Unit, I thought you’d be fascinated to read about this. Please post a comment on my blog no later than Wednesday telling me what you think about this new planet AND I want to know what you would have named it if you found it. I found this part really amazing : The pictures also reveal a star in its youth — 60 million years old compared to our sun, which is 4 billion years old — which will provide a wealth of information for astronomers keen to establish the chemical make-up of planetary systems and how they form. WOW!!!
Hello Students
Congratulations on your Science unit on Space. I hope you enjoyed the journey with Bill Nye as much as I did. Tonight or tomorrow night for homework I need you to go to Ms Yick’s blog to continue the review process of the unit. As we discussed in class today, I want you to write a 200-400 word post about the Space Unit. Now that I have looked at Ms Yick’s blog, I think that by following some of her questions as guidelines you might find this process easier. If not, just stick with the format on the board in class.
“The most exciting/interesting things I learned/know about Space are…”
Thanks to all of you for meeting with me last week. It was a pleasure to put faces to the names of the people my students talk about all the time. I am happy that overall, we seem to share similar philosophies when it comes to teaching and raising children. I was pleased to hear that although some parents thought their child could apply themselves more to the homework they were given, no one said “my child needs a lot more homework.”Everyone agreed that their child’s happiness is what is most important and having them engaged, challenged and socially active were also high on the priority list; I agree.
This week we are spending our last week working on the unit ‘Space’ in class. The children have really enjoyed this and 
their knowledge of Space and questions about Space have been fascinating. Next week our class will begin one of the big 5th grade projects for the year, our Global Natives Project which Mr Hossack is fine tuning as we speak. This project will take the class right through to the end of the second quarter and will involve them working hard to manage their time. There will be strict guidelines for research and presentations throughout the project and it is important they use their time well or they may fall behind.
In Math we are about to do our unit 4 test on Division. The students seem ok at dividing in their own style but some have had trouble using the partial quotients method. Overall I think they will do fine on this test if they revise over their work at home.
In Language Arts we are having a great time exploring ways to get the most out of our writing. We have been asking lots of questions about what makes a good story and we have been looking at a lot of examples of good writing. The class have been amazing at pondering ‘small seed ideas’ and we have been using the Ralph Fletcher book ‘A Writer’s Notebook‘ about ‘Unlocking the Writer Within You’.
A reminder that this Thursday is treat day, send in 5 rmb for you child to buy a treat if you wish.
Gifts are starting to come in for the Giving Tree. Please see this post for details and your child should have written about who they are buying for in their diary also.
Here are the great people I work with…When I started in 2005 it was with Mr Toa, Mr Howitt and Mr Hossack. The next year we were joined by Mr Romard who was replaced the following year by Ms Yick when Mr Romard moved to full time tech. Finally we were joined this year by our 3rd female to even up our ‘Brady Bunch’, Ms Canar.
We come from America, Australia, Canada, England and New Zealand…)not necessarily in that order ) and we are supported by wonderful specialists and support staff. We bring enthusiasm, kindness and knowledge to your children everyday and we love our work!
Have a great conference with these teachers who really care about your kids.
The Giving Tree is a project run each holiday season to help out
Chinese children less fortunate than ourselves.
Please read the attached document for background information. The Giving Tree
Each classroom at SAS sponsors five children but we have taken on another child so that students in 5KP will work in teams of three to fill a bag each. Students from that class bring in new clothing, toys, and special items to give to that child.
5KP has been given the great opportunity to give to these children so please give generously to:
1. He YiLing, a girl
a. 6 years old
b. 112 cm tall
c. 19 kilos in weight
d. 19.5 cm. shoe size
2. Meng Ting, a girl
a. 6 years old
b. 111 cm. tall
c. 16 kilos in weight
d. 19.5 cm. shoe size
3. Ye Yuan, a boy
a. 7 years old
b. 119 cm. tall
c. 18 kilos in weight
d. 22 cm. shoe size
4. Zhu JunQi, a boy
a. 6 years old
b. 108 cm. tall
c. 18 kilos in weight
d. 20 cm. shoe size
5. Dai Jun Jie, a boy
a. 6 years old
b. 121 cm. tall
c. 21 kilos in weight
d. 21 cm. shoe size
6. Ma Chun Yan, a girl
a. 6 years old
b. 104 cm tall
c. 20 kilos in weight
d. 20 cm. shoe size
Please bring in your donations by December 1st.
Thank you so much for participating in this wonderful yearly program that brings some happiness to such special children!
5KP are loving their Science unit on Space, thanks Bill Nye for spicing it up a little. The students are naturally curious and interested in Space and everything that comes with it…aliens, space-ships, walking on the moon, rockets, astrology…and they know so much! It is wonderful to see how much they enjoy learning about Space. We have a booklet to work on that was developed by Ms Canar, Ms Yick and Mr Howitt and we work through this booklet at home and at school.
Before Friday students, please cut and paste these three questions into your own blog and answer them in as much detail as you can.
1. How long has there been water on the Earth?
2. What are the three states of water?
3. What makes up everything in the universe?
The class had a great time today being dressed up and parading around the school. There was a lot of school spirit to be had and a big congratulations to the Pumas who are coming first in the Elementary House Awards for spirit so far. Thanks to the parents who came in and enjoyed watching the kids shouting and cheering their way around the corridors. It was a fun assembly in the middle school gym and I wish everyone good luck tonight with their trick or treating. Don’t forget to BRUSH YOUR TEETH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Apologies for hardly any photos of the students in the slide show on the right….It was Mimi’s first Halloween and I got a little carried away with the cuteness so please humor me. Have a great weekend, only 7 more of them til the winter break!
the barefoot librarian 