Friday, October 23, 2015

Halloween sketches

Math
Mad minute - division facts day 5.
The students took up their  textbook questions together.
Grade 5 and 6 have practice book questions for homework.

Grade 5's practice book pages 4 - 5 all the questions
Grade 6's practice book pages 2 - 3  all the questions

Language
Unit 6 spelling post test.
Work period for the lab report.

Show and share, Molly brought in Dot and Hufflepuff to show the class. Thanks Molly.

UOI
The students watched a clip from the documentary  Nature Great Zebra Exodus. The class had a discussion about the different animals in the ecosystem and their roles (niche). The students discussed some of the reasons that animals survive and perish in the wild.

Art
Today the students learned some of the sketching techniques and the differences in HB, HB/2, 4B and 2B pencils.
Stippling, cross hatching, shading. The students made Halloween themed sketches.