Good afternoon!
What a wonderful last day of school! We started our morning off with a classroom meeting. We didn’t have anything that really needed discussing today, so we played two TRIBES energizers today instead of one. We started off with an energizer that we are already familiar with, This is a What?, and then we played a new game called Buzz. Buzz is a great way to practice using multiples! Yesterday we were reminded that multiples are when you start at a number and continue to count up by that number (eg. 3, 6, 9, 12, etc.). You can see that this strongly relates to our multiplication unit, as multiples are directly related to the times tables that we have been practicing (eg. 3 x1 = 3, 3 x 2 = 6, 3 x 3 = 9, 3 x 4 = 12, etc.). Students go around the circle counting up (eg. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, …) when you reach a multiple of the number you are practicing you need to say, “BUZZ” instead of the number. It can be really challenging, and the whole group needs to use their attentive listening to help remember where we are in the game. I heard a lot of mutual respect and appreciation statements for each other today as we played this game for the first time. We practiced with multiples of 10 and multiples of 3 today. Stay tuned for more Buzz fun in the new year!
Today we also had the opportunity to go and watch the Division 1 Christmas Concert. They had an encore presentation in the gym today for parents that were unable to attend the concert on Tuesday night. The students showed amazing attentive listening throughout the performances! At 11:00 am we returned to the gym for our annual carol sing-along. We got to sing songs like “Jingle Bells,” “We Wish You a Merry Christmas,” and “Frosty the Snowman” with the rest of the school, and we also got to enjoy an encore of the Grade 6 classes Christmas concert song.
When we weren’t enjoying some Christmas fun in the gym today, we were working on some Art projects. Students were working on a Social Studies project that we started earlier this week. These projects will be continued in the new year. Students also had time to finish up their Grinch images from yesterday. See some of the completed images below!
Agenda:
Read 20 minutes
Math: Practice Multiplication Tables!
Have a good break!
