A Special Visit...

We are very blessed here at ISW. Why? Well, the one and only, Saint Nick took time out of his busy schedule to come visit us!

Before he came to the grade five classroom the students were on pins and needles...anxiously awaiting his arrival.

Saint Nick gave the class some great advice about joining the MYPs next year, and gave each one of us a goody bag.

Like I said, we are very blessed.

Enjoy the pictures below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you Santa!

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We heart libraries.

Libraries are amazing!

Libraries have lots of books!!

Libraries are for everybody!!!

The grade fives just had the opportunity to explore the library in Winterthur. I am sure many of them will be back there again soon.

One of the greatest gifts in life is a good book. So curl up with a fantastic read, especially on those cold winter day.

Here is a picture of the grade fives in front of the library (smaller number due to illness).

 

Happy reading.

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Energy comes from....Where?

We need energy. So humans have been getting our energy needs met in many different ways.  Our energy sources are either renewable or non-renewable, and are some are very different from the others.

To get ourselves thinking, the grade fives came up with riddles about various energy sources.

Some were quite difficult; we were really stumped!

Below there are pictures of the riddles. The first picture will be the clues, and the next picture is a drawing (or diagram) of the answer. Can you guess what energy source it is???  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hope you had fun guessing! (And learning)

 

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Energy for Work and Play

Energy is a fantastic unit for the grade fives as they really seem interested and want to be learning more and more.

We discovered that there are two types of energy: Potential energy and Kinetic energy. Did you know that using a slingshot is a great way to explore these types of energy? Just be careful not to hurt anyone!

Tomorrow we will look further into potential and kinetic energy as they come in different forms. For example, the potential energy an object has based on its height is termed gravitational potential energy, while the potential energy that is stored in the nucleus of an atom is termed nuclear potential energy.

To understand these forms of energy a bit better, I thought the grade fives should have an understanding of the `atom` and its parts.

Who better to explain the atom than the one and only: Bill Nye the Science Guy!

Note: After watching this you will need to recall information you learned and included it in the section of your unit notebook `What I learned.`


 

Happy watching!

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Exploration of many Belief Systems!

Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Judaism are just some of the belief systems that exist today and people follow all our the world.

Due to the summative assessment, the grade five students know quite a bit about these religions and, now, I do too! It was very impressive how much information they were able to learn. But what I was really happy to witness was how they worked together to make a plan, and get all their work completed. Successful team work is key for a good finished product.

The Hinduism group!

 

 

 The Islam group!

 

 

                                         

 

 

 

The Judaism group!

 

And the Buddhism group!

 

 

 

Congratulations grade fives on a job well done.

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The Research Process

A big part of grade five is learning how to research properly, which is a detailed process that takes time and practice. The grade five students have been learning how to search books for information, take down notes based on what is relevant to them, share this information, and then reflect on their learning.

The summative assessment for this unit, requires each group to research a particular religion. We are nearing the end and they are just about to put it all together as a brochure and special `performance`.

Here are some pictures of the students busy working away.

 

 

 

 

I cannot wait to learn about the different belief systems from my students. I wonder what they will teach me...

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