We had a research lesson in the library, and then spent some time with online resources learning about Japan. Our class has been assigned Japan for International Children's Week, and on Wednesday, Mrs. Sawada and Mrs. Miyazawa presented to our class about elementary schools in Japan. They also showed everyone how to write their name in Japanese and we all got to try the art of origami. It was a wonderfully engaging presentation, and the kids loved it! Thanks so much to Shota's mom and Sota's mom for all of their time and effort. On Friday, we began creating Google drawings to show all that we have learned about Japan.
Thursday was special as Peggy Eddleman, the author of Sky Jumpers visited our school and gave a great presentation to 3rd, 4th and 5th graders about her process as a writer. Four lucky students from our class was selected from a drawing to win an autographed copy of her book!
In math, we are having great success with division, and learning how it is related to multiplication. I teach these lessons with lots of hands on work with manipulatives so students can actually SEE what they are solving.
In science, we have moved into natural resources. We have briefly touched on renewable versus non-renewable resources, as well as the three R's for conserving those resources (reduce, reuse, and recycle). We will continue with these lessons next week.
It is hard to believe we only have one more week of school before Thanksgiving break. I just know it will fly by as we have the book fair and International Children's Week. Events next week include an opening assembly on Monday, a family evening on Thursday evening, Friday morning country rotations, and a closing ceremony on Friday. I hope you all have a great weekend, and rest up for the week to come!
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