Sunday, May 21, 2017

5B Classroom News: Week of May 15th

SBAC Testing is over! The students were very focused this week on SBAC testing.  I could see that they worked very hard and did not rush through their tests.  I appreciate all of their effort!

Fractions in Math
In math, students are learning how to multiply fractions.  They played a game this week called Target One.  They were each dealt 5 number cards and had to choose 3 cards to form an equation with a whole number multiplied by a fraction that would get them as close to one whole as possible.  Their score for a round was how far away from one whole they were. After 5 rounds they added up their scores, and the partner with the lowest score was the winner.  Not only did this game strengthen their fraction multiplication skills, it also had them practicing their addition and subtraction skills with fractions.








Writing
On the Storybird app we get to make our own picture book, chapter books, and poems. We get to make all of the the books and poems on fun interactive pictures. We get to create our own covers and all the pages inside. All of the people in our class are connected so we can all see their work.

--Ella

Spider Web Challenge
On Friday, we headed to the woods to do the Spider Web Challenge. This is a team building exercise that the students attempted in the fall, but did not complete. They needed to use their communication skills to get everyone through a homemade spider web without causing the web to move too much. Also, there were only 14 holes to go through in the web, and they could only use each hole one time. It was early in the year and they were not able to get the task done in the time that we had. They had been wanting to try the challenge again. So... now that mud season is over, we went out to try again. I also thought it would be a nice way to celebrate the end of SBAC testing. I'm please to report that the students were successful! Many thanks to Mr. Clough for taking the students through this challenge. Their perseverance was amazing! Next week, I hope some of the students will report on the blog about this experience.













  



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