Welcome!

Welcome to the new school year in 5B!  I have enjoyed getting to know the students better during the first week of school.  We have been spending time building a community of learners in our classroom.  One project involved sharing information about themselves on puzzle pieces they decorated to show how they all fit together as a class. Another project involved each student filling in a newspaper about themselves from the perspective of being interviewed by an alien.  They also created classroom expectations listing what their classroom looks like and sounds like to enable them to work together and learn from each other. In math, they learned the Give and Take Strategy which helps them subtract numbers more efficiently. It's been a wonderful first week of school!