A Grade 5 Reflection

Wow what an amazing year in 5T I don’t know where to start. There are so many things I enjoyed about 5T but one of my favourites is the smartboard. The smartboard is so cool you can do almost anything with it. We suggested they make smartpapers. Another thing I liked about 5T is being able to pick our own jobs. I have never been able to pick my job before because usually you just get put on a random job and rotate every week. This year we also got to choose the names for our jobs. The last thing I will mention is switching seating plan every month. I also liked the fact that the students got to pick the plan. Our seating plan was different every month. There are so many more things I can talk about but I don’t have the time.

Madison at the beginning of the year....

My favourite memory of grade 5 is pretty funny. If you don’t know I DON’T LIKE SHOES. So when I finished my first expert project and Mrs. Tresoor asked me if I was going to wear my shoes for the presentation. So I said of course I will it’s an occasion. But then Mrs. Tresoor asked if I would wear fancy shoes so I said I’m not going that far with this shoe thing. Now most of the time I wear my shoes.

Madison with shoes on!

Mrs. Tresoor has taught me a lot this year. These are some things that I never knew about. One of the things I learned was voice tone can mean a lot and how to be kind to everyone. She has also taught me a lot of things I can use in normal life. Like math and other skills.

I am looking forward to a lot of new experiences next year. I am looking forward to going to Robert Andrews. I am looking forward to lockers and different teachers. Also being able to do band. I am looking forward to so much I can’t explain. Good bye grade 5. I will miss Mrs. Tresoor.
By: Madison


Here is a video of our design projects. Hope you enjoy it. I love the Animotos Mrs .T makes


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T.W.A.S.

This week we did a lot we had a field trip to the science Gallery at the museum. We started with a presentation on chemical and physical changes they used super-duper science powder. It dry’s liquid and makes it a solid. It was a really fun field trip because we were free to do the stuff that we wanted. We could wander around the whole thing and do anything in the gallery. It was really fun.

We also did this art with the art teacher Mrs. Kulyk. We worked with an interesting art materiel. The material was clay and that was a really neat thing. My clay pot looked like a unicorn got blended together with a tellatubby. I liked it is for my dad to hold his pens in. That it is why it is shaped like a cave.

We are doing all kinds of poems. They are really fun. We did limericks. Those are the most fun poems that I think we have done yet. I also liked the list poem that one is really fun.

We started our design projects. We have to make something that will protect you from the sun. Most people are making hats. That is the easiest thing to do so that is what I will do but it will be different.

Most people are almost done there expert projects. I still have to find pictures and type the information. Then I have to put it all together. I think that it will be really good.

By Nicholas

T.W.A.S.

This week at school we had gym. We played baseball. We played outside on the baseball diamond.  We had fun.  Some people hit a home run.

We had music. We drew a picture of the gnomes. Mine was the gnomes. It looks good.

Today is the last day of our temperature graph for May . It is so hot out.

Brooke did her ep project it was about Jennifer Botterill. She is a hockey player. Braelyn did a project on eagles. You can tell the difference from a boy or a girl.  

Have a good weekend every one.

By Devlin

T.W.A.S.

This week at school we had fun let me tell you all about our week. First we had gym. We played soccer baseball.  I didn’t get any strikes. I almost got a homerun if I was first or maybe even second.

Also we had a special assembly done by the grade 1s. I saw Ethan the hug monster and then Cayden the one who thinks of me as his mama. Then I saw Rylan my best little bud. It was cute when the little kids spelled volunteers. One of the kids got in the wrong spot at first but then got in there spot.

For my ep I’m doing the bird eagles. I’m almost ready to present. I have been using Smore. And I  have been helping the kids who are new to smore.

Also we made a flower out of paper. Cayden mostly made it. I let him read to me after. The flowers we made were given to the volunteers after. How I know is I saw one in ms Gregg’s room. I hope you had a good week.

- By Braelyn

T.W.A.S.

Basketball tournament

Brenda typing her T.W.A.S.

This week at school all the girls went to the basketball tournament. It was at maple leaf school. My team is good I got one basket LOL!!!! :D 

Mikayla did an expert project on Lil bub. It is a cat on instagram. Lil bub has a lots of health problems. She was adopted. Lil bub is a cute cat.

Mikayla's presentation

By Brenda

T.W.A.S.

This week at school we had gym. In gym we played a basketball game. In the morning before school I’m in basketball club. We have to meet at 8:30 am. When I got there we practiced dribbling around the gym. Then we had a basketball game it was fun. Next week we have a tournament.

Today we had rooftop photos. A roof top photo is where the whole school goes out to the front of the school.  The photographer climbs onto the roof and takes a couple of pictures of the school.  Then we went back to class.

In library I took out two books. One was about BMX bikes. The other one was on dirt bikes. On the book about BMX bike a guy was doing flat land BMXING I might try it.in the dirt bike book when they race it looks dangerous!

This week we wrote poetry. In poetry I started to write an acrostic poem on my leopard gecko but I didn’t finish it. I also wrote one about me. After I  shared it with Jerrett. It was a good week.

-By Ryan

T.W.A.S.

This week at school we had choir. It was fun. I liked singing. We are singing a song. I don’t know what it is called. I got a sucker for winning music bingo.

We also had read to self. I am reading magazines called Bmx plus. There are pro Bmxers. It is cool. I like the magazines and there are always handle bar grips and a whole bunch of frames for sale.

We had expert projects. It is awesome. I am learning more about quads. I have my own quad. I ride quads a lot. They cost so much money for a new one.

We had gym. We played basketball tag. I like playing regular basketball better because you get to shoot at the hoops. I didn’t join basketball club because I can’t get to school early enough for practices. 

By Sebastian

T.W.A.S.

This week was nice to see all my friends in 5t back at school. We did art with are little buddies it was about how to make a circle to an oval. We first got a circle and then you would bring your markers and colour on the slippery side of the paper and do different sections with different colours. well I guess if you wanted to. My circle did end up turning into an oval well an oval with spaces in it. The trick is you make lines running from one end to another and then you cut on the line you made. Then after that you get construction paper that you space the pieces that you cut out. Then it creates an oval! 

On Friday I started having another reading buddy. We go every morning started today. His name is Avery. It sounds like he is a pretty good hockey player. I do not know what position he plays but I know he plays for the river east royals. And he also plays spring hockey. He is a really good reader we were reader about cats and big cats. And it turned out that the big cat struck the deer and killed him!

This week on Wednesday we had day of PINK! Are school was filled with pink it was like a normal day but everyone was wearing the same colour. It was awesome!!!!! The day of pink shirts looked amazing. And the reason of day of pink was… One day in Nova Scotia at high a student wore pink to school he was teased bugged and was bullied.

On the day of pink we did an activity that’s called Stop/Talk/Walk. We did sort of like plays it was pretty fun. One of the activity’s was we got paired up with a partner and we did a play of someone getting bugged/teased. I was the one bugging the other person I was throwing paper balls and then Brody said stop assertively. Then we did the whole thing my partner was Nick and Andrew. This time I was throwing way more paper balls then last time but we did a good example and a bad example. The first time nick said stop assertively but Andrew was the bystander and him and me got into a fake fist fight because he said stop too aggressively. The good time nick said stop assertively then walked away and Andrew said Stop assertively. And that was are good example.     

- By Jordan

T.W.A.S.

This week at school we started our expert projects. That is where we have to research a thing like an animal or a car or something like that and become an expert. I am doing a platypus. My second idea was doing Jackie Chan the Chinese Karate king. I asked my Dad which one I should do and he said that I should do a platypus. So I did what he said I should do and also I was leaning more to the platypus.

Today we had a presentation where Hailey's Mom came to talk to us all about Down syndrome. At one point she did all of these little thingsshowing us that it is harder with Down syndrome because they have low muscle tone. She picked me to do this one little thing where I had to cut a piece of paper in half with work gloves on. It was CRAZY hard. But would you believe that today was world Down syndrome day.

This week we also learned about one simple machine. The one we learned all about was an inclined plane. It is longer but it is an easier walk or drive to get to your destination. I am excited to see when we work on the gears and the screws. But I remember in a Bill Nye video that he said simple machines are everywhere.

This week we also had an outdoor gym class. In the class we went snowshoeing. On the little kids side there is these huge snow ditches. Me Jerrett and some other kids went in there all the time. If I had to say it was hard or it was easy I would say that it was easy for me. There are some other kids that think that it is hard. I hope next out door gym we can go snow shoeing.

-By Carter

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This week at school we finished our term 2 portfolios. It was hard to make them but we only had 6 tags. In my 6 tags I did math, s.s., art, science, health and word work. Than we had to do the handwriting sample. I am looking forward to showing my mom and dad how good my school work is.

In health we are making posters on the computer about safety.  Mine is about quad safety. Always have a good grip on your handlebars. Wear a helmet, goggles, gloves, boots and a jacket so you don’t get soaked in mud. I follow these tips to keep safe.

By Brody

T.W.A.S.

This week at school we had a fun filled week!
One of the things we did was…  ART I love art. But this wasn’t your normal art we used… shaving cream. It was the first time I have used shaving cream it was fun. The art we were making was shamrock art. The steps to making the shamrock art that we have gone throw were… The first step was to put paint on top of the shaving cream on a pan then we had to take a Popsicle stick and mix the shaving cream and the paint together. The second step was to put a paper on the shaving cream mixed with paint and carefully pat it down. Then you peel the paper of the paint. After that you have to set the paper down on top of something and let it sit for about 4 mins. Then once it’s been about that time you can take a scraper and scrape down the paper. That’s all we have done but we are doing them today.

Also this week we had an Olympic Activity Day! It was really fun to go around the school and do the games that were set up for that day. We were all in ‘’Country’s’’ the Country I was in was Brazil. We also went around with our little buddies. My little buddies name is Gabbi.  One of my highlights from that day was having hot chocolate.

This week all of the girls are going to sing in a church on Friday. We have to wear all black. We are going to sing to be singing two songs. The songs I remember that we are singing are, a distant shore and the canoe song we are going to have to eat lunch at 11:00 am. We just got back and we won Silver
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Also this week we got… Our new home reading. What we have to do this month+ is… We have to do a book recommendation and we have to list out top 3 favourite things about our book and we have to write a question we have about our book. I have not started mine yet.

The end is just the beginning.........

By-  Mikayla

T.W.A.S.

Wow what a great 4 day week at school. We had no school on Monday. It was report card writing day for the teachers.

Science gallery walk

Rocks and Rings

The next day we did gym. In gym we did rock and rings unit. The teacher’s name is Liz. We did curling. We had to sweep and throw the rocks. I did good at sweeping. It was fun to throw the rocks. I did not get it in the rings.

In science we did a gallery walk to show our science projects. We showed them to Ms Wasney’s class. Then we got to see theirs. Theirs were cool and they liked ours too. Our project worked a few times.

Stop drop and read!

We had a stop drop and read day. It was awesome to do. I love reading. I am good at reading. We had it when we were in the computer lab writing TWAS. 

By Ariel

T.W.A.S.

This week we went to festival du voyager (AMAZING TRIP). As soon as we got there the first thing I saw was a mini donut stand, and really cool ice sculptures. The first stop we made was a bonfire. There was a boy and a girl there talking about how maple sap was made, and how maple sap was discovered. After that we went to another bonfire and there was 2 boys talking about how they got the sap out of the tree and more about how sap was made into syrup. Next we went to a maple taffy tent (the tent was not made out of taffy) there was taffy making inside the tent. When we went inside there was a big long table with snow on the top. Then a man would poor maple syrup and let it cool for a second and then you would put your stick on the side and roll it up and then you have taffy on a stick. I liked mine but it was not my favourite. Then we went to shop in a big tent. There were so many little places inside the tent to shop. I got mom a wooden bracelet and Jo got her mom a matching one too. Me and Jo got matching infinity rings. We also bought food. Festival was so fun wish I could go back!

This week we had a…. MATH TEST. The math test was not that hard. It was about estimation. We learned about front end rounding, compatible numbers and compensation.  Here is an example of front end rounding:  354+ 250+79

300+200+70 = 570   so it would be about 570. Front end rounding is not always accurate.

This week we also had to work on our French book. We are making mini French books. It’s so cool because you don’t need tape. The books are about what sports you and your friends like or don’t like. We made a book similar to this last year.

This week we also had library. I took out a horse book. Jolene gave me and Karlee a horse test. During library STOP-DROP-AND- READ music came on and Hailey started dancing in the middle of the library. Jolene took a random book from Karlee and I just read a random book.

- By Anna

T.W.A.S.

This week we had days that we did a lot of design project and we had days where we did a real lot besides design project. On Monday we did a science page called simple machines. I found it really easy because the machines that they listed were all things that I had used. Like pulleys and levers and inclined planes they also had a screw so that one was really easy. The only thing that we had to do was identify them. The pictures of the machines could have been drawn better but I guess it was alright. I did very well.

Another thing that we did this week was that all the grade 5s went to Robert Andrews School to look at the band program. My brother does band and I think that I will do band to. The band there played a whole half hour concert for us. I liked it. My brother plays the euphonium it is really a mini tuba that’s noise is a little bit higher. I don’t know what I will play.

Another big thing that happened this week was the big art installation in the main hallway. We took the native art that we did and we glued it to the wall that is basically what they did. They are at different depths so you can’t run your hand along the wood blocks that the art is made on. The art that the class did was print making and I did a muskrat. 

The last thing that I am going to write about is the fit a thon. In my group I had Jordan and Andrew they are both fast runners.  I think that my group did a lot more than we said because we were in it for the running not for the laps. We were trying to pick up a popsicle stick every lap we did my group really didn’t do that. We kept forgetting. 

-By Nicholas

T.W.A.S.

Go Canada Go!

Our Assembly hosts, Jacqueline and Nicholas

Our new February attendance

Hailey with her T.W.A.S.

Enjoying the music

It was Hailey's turn to write our blog post today. We had a busy  four day week. Today we went to the gym for an assembly hosted by the grade 5's. We celebrated the hard work of our school patrols and peacemakers. S.P.I.N. Club members spoke about the money we have raised so far and they also told us about the We are Love and We Create Change campaigns. To kick off the 2014 Olympic games, we learned about all the events being held in Sochi. A video of highlights from the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver was shown. We all sang Go For the Gold to end our assembly.  What a great way to start our day!

- Hailey & Mrs. T :)

TWAS

We had little buddies. It was awesome. I liked playing. We played this math game where we had to get to one hundred. I want to do it again. Brody`s buddy won two times. My buddy was away.

We also had print making. I liked it. We had print making with Mrs. Kulyk. We had to draw animals. Since I was Sabe I had to draw one then we had to trace it. I liked mine. I would do it again.

We had reading. I read this book called Santa Paws. I like reading the book because it is about this dog that lost his family. In the end he saved a boy from drowning. And a girl who lost her wallet and saved people from a burning house.  You should read it.

We had gym. We played soccer baseball. We had to kick the ball. We also had to run really fast. Jordan ran so fast he got a 3 home runs.  It was cool watching him run around three times.

By Sebastian