Last week, we received a new class member! His name is Cornelius. He is our stuffed mouse that reports to Ms. Griep at the end of the day to tell her how the day went and if we were being respectful. 🐭

This week, our classroom has a new school wide challenge called "Don't Break the Ice." This challenges us to be more respectful in the classroom. At the end of every day, we can earn an ice cube to add to our lake, if we have at least one or more letters at the end of the day. We don't yet know what our incentive is, but we will be getting hints starting next week! 

Today, Mr. Kelly awarded us with the Achieve belt! This means that our class has the greatest percentages on Achieve articles this week, for the fourth and fifth graders. 

This week, we have been working on many different activities. In math, we are working on Order of Operations, including PEMDAS and patterns. In writing, we are continuing to work on our Informational writing skills. Our class is almost finished reading the great book "Wonder." During reading, we have been working on painting a mental picture of important scenes. In Inquiry, we just started looking into the topics we are interested in further researching about Colonization. In word work, we just finished up our test and received a new sort this week. 

We just finished our basketball unit in gym class. Our last game was an intense game! 🏀 In Art, we posted our pictures on Artsonia, and we made Lego people. In Music, we have a concert coming up on Thursday, December 18th. We are practicing songs for our upcoming event. In SEL, 5th graders will soon have parent teacher conferences. 

Watch out for St. Nick tonight! 

Have a wonderful weekend from 302!