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Bavisella

A big congrats for all our runners yesterday. In particular, we want to congratulate Lorenzo (1st), Leo M. (2nd) and Sarah (3rd) for their great performances!

In Math today we reviewed for our test on next Tuesday and we reviewed our nonfiction unit in Reading. Next week we will begin not only our last chapter in Math but also our last unit in Reading (the Socratic circle).

Problem of the Day: Special Edition

THE WRITING WORKSHOP

We just finished our unit on Informational Essays. The Grade 5 writers chose to write on the topics of "Obesity," "Anorexia" and "Food Allergies." The final essays were due on Monday. They will be presented next week.

This week we also began a new writing unit on Opinion Essays. We have been discussing several topics such as "Should kids be allowed to get tattoos and piercings?" , "Should students be allowed to have cell phones in class?" and  " Should students get paid for getting good grades ?"

I am looking forward to these class discussions and to reading their ideas.

Problem of the Day 107

Nervous System

In Math we already finished our chapter 14 on 3D solids by looking at cylinders, spheres and cones.

In Reading we talked about how history often repeats itself. So, when we are reading a non-fiction book about history we should see if anything can be compared to another time period or even what is happening today in the news.

In Science we talked about both the excretory system as well as the nervous system. Here is the prezi:

Problem of the Day 106