Welcome to the Grade 4/5 class blog.

When the students came back after the holiday, they were asked to respond to a question. The question was, "If you could change the world for the better, what would you change?"

There were many wonderful responses (e.g., stop war, more housing, recycle more...). So...we've been trying to explore how we can make changes for the better in our classroom community and we have been learning about people who did make a difference (e.g., Martin Luther King Jr., Ruby Bridges...).

This blog is a space where I'll be posting links to the videos that we watch in class. It's a space where I can share with parents the essence of some of the discussions that we have. It's also a space where I'll be posting some assignments and talking about some of the activities that we do.

We "have a dream" that our classroom community will be an exciting and compassionate space where the conversations will continue at home.

This blog is a work in progress. Over the next week or so, the format will gradually change.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

The Big Day!

As I write this I am surrounded by students excitedly awaiting their performance with Katherine Wheatley!

Tonight, in front of a gym full of people...they will sing the song that they wrote a few weeks ago! Today, they spent some time designing CD covers for their very own CD's!

This has been an amazing journey!

Also, we continue to learn about fractions. Today, we created individual envelopes full of homemade fraction strips. We will keep these in our sto help us solve probelms involving fractions and decimals.

I hope that everyone is having fun while working on their science projects!
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