Goal for Grade Six!

Good morning Grade Fives,

This is the last blog response for grade five. I want to take a moment and just let you know how much I have loved teaching you all this year! You are an energetic group of wonderful individuals and it has been a great honour to be your teacher for a year.

Now, as you look forward to summer, I would like you to take a moment to think about grade six. Please write about one learning behaviour you are going to use next year to help you have a successful grade six year.

As always, I look forward to reading your responses.

Love Mrs. French

This Summer!

Hello Grade Fives,

I would love to hear about your plans for the summer. Tell me about what you hope to do and what you are quite sure you will be doing.

Looking forward to hearing from you,
Love Mrs. French

Largest Area of Growth

Dear Grade Fives,

Our year together is almost at an end, and as I look back, I see many areas that we have all grown.

For myself, I have learned some new ways to help students develop independent work skills e.g. including 'plan a full day' or 'an extra 1/2 day' work period into our banking system and the 'peel off' system. I have also learned new ways to help students think about their learning and to inform me about changes I need to make as a teacher e.g. the blog.

I would like to hear about the area you feel you have grown the most. Please explain in anyway you choose.

Thank you.

Love Mrs. French

Math Sites

Welcome to June Grade Fives!

We have used a variety of math links this year to help you 'see' math and to practice your math skills. I would like to know which site is your favourite and why.

Love Mrs. French

Science: a time for reflecting

Hello Grade Fives,

Today I would like you to reflect on your own learning during our science mini-experiment unit as well as making suggestions about how I could change parts to make it a more useful learning activity in the future.

As usual, I look forward to reading your responses.

Love Mrs. French

Last Story, a Choice

Hello Grade Fives!

I learned many wonderful things at my Pro D on Friday and as a result I am giving you a couple of new choices for your 2nd (and last story), yes last! In June we will be doing something totally different for reading and writing :)

2nd story choices: (the template pages are still required for all three choices)

1) same format as your first story
2) a ppt storybook for a primary grade level
3) a collaborative story, with a friend, using a private wiki page (I will provide you with one)
4) your own creative idea

Also, please sign your comment using your first name. I have dealt with the privacy issue by removing all old posts and saving them as a word document for my own reference :)

I can hardly wait to see which format you have choices for your last story!

Love Mrs. French

Fractions

Good morning or afternoon Grade Fives!

We have just completed a week focusing on fractions. I would like to know how you felt about that approach. Did you find the three days in a row helped your learning? Did you find that the 'peel off' system helped your learning? If you helped other students, did you find that your 'teaching' helped your learning?

You may not see it, but your responses assist me in determining how to help you learn more effectively and efficiently.

Love Mrs. French