Mairi Anderson's classroom website
This week included many engaging activities, including… a delightfully disgusting science experiment to study digestion. We broke, crushed, mushed, and strained graham crackers to simulate the digestion process. Using a bit of water to represent saliva, vinegar to imitate stomach acids, and nylon hose to replicate the effects of the small and large intestines, we […]
This week we began working on place value in Math, and started studying the digestive system in Science. In French, we learned body part nouns and adjectives, and created an imaginary creature to describe them with. We will be using these imaginary animals/creatures as models for a project in Science that will compliment our learning […]
This week we began thinking about decision-making processes, leading into our study of political systems and the levels of Canadian government. Since we reached half-way to our class points goal, we practiced our democratic rights and held a vote for what we should do with them – it was a tight race, but students voted […]
Another full and exciting week! This week we worked on setting our Strength and Challenge goals for Term 1. We are planning to build on our strengths and interests, in addition to the skills that we need more support in. Our goals are now hanging as leaves to help us “branch out” in our classroom. We […]
Our second full week flew by, with exciting activities like our field trip to the Rivers Day School and the Terry Fox Run. This week, we continued increasing patterns in Math, worked on a short writing project inspired by the book The Best Part of Me, and delved deeper into our understanding of learning profiles […]
This week in Division 2, we had lots of fun doing a range of activities. We reviewed what we need to respect ourselves, others and our classroom, by making our class rules. We filled out our Class Brain and (almost) finished a collaborative weaving project. Our Class Brain highlights our individual strengths, and what skills […]
Subjects Term 1 Grade 5 Math Big Ideas: Identified regularities in number patterns can be expressed in tables. Patterns and Equations: -rules for increasing and decreasing patterns with words, numbers, symbols, and variables Whole Numbers to 1 000 000: -counting: multiples, flexible counting strategies, whole number benchmarks -numbers to 1 000 000 can be […]
Welcome to Division 2’s class website. Here you can learn about our weekly schedule, term plans, and electronic copies of classroom notices (although daily homework will be communicated through student agendas, which parents are requested to read and sign). I will update the website throughout the school year to share information on both upcoming and […]