Monster Smartie Party!!!

Today we earned our 30th SMARTIE! This means that tomorrow we will celebrate with a Monster Smartie Party- with a Christmas theme!! Plus, we will enjoy a pizza lunch as a reward for reaching our Read-a-thon goal. For the Monster Smartie Party, students may bring treats to share among the class. I will provide drinks, and of course, the Monster Smartie Cookies! Students are also invited to bring their favorite board games to enjoy. Way to go, 5M!

Candyland!

Yesterday was a fantastic day! In the morning, we worked on "How-To" writing pieces. We practiced by creating together, "How to Make an Easy Gingerbread House". This was quite helpful when it came to actually making our gingerbread houses (more on that adventure later!).

After recess, Elasti-Girl came to 5M, along with the members of the Official Committee. The Committee listened to the Incredible science presentations. It seems too difficult to eliminate any one of the body systems- they are all FAR too important!

Gingerbread house making was a definite highlight of the day. One of our goals for the activity was to apply the Golden Rule in "thinking of others before ourselves". It was encouraging to see how well students shared their candy treasures- they did a fine job and we had a lot of fun together.

Here are a few pictures, including a picture of our "Pop Can Carolers" craft that we finished last week. Thanks for your help in sending supplies!

Christmas + Math

Looking for some seasonal practice with math? There are great ideas here!

A Broken Heart...

That describes the heart of the cow we dissected yesterday in 5M! It was so interesting to learn about how blood flows through our heart by examining a real HUGE cow's heart. We even learned about the tricuspid and bicuspid valves! Everyone was very brave! :) I learned a lot, too!

God's Gift Day

On Monday it was "God's Gift Day". A pair of Moses, Angel Gabriel, Joseph, Ruth and Naomi, Mary (and baby Jesus), David (featuring a sling shot), a Wise Woman, and Jesus (the older version) all showed up! It was fun to interview each guest! Great job, 5M.