M.E. fd project, debate, computers, music and class photos

Notices:  

The Wed Express, 

The free class picture 

and 

The awardS for those students in the bike rodeo 

were put into the student mail boxes today.

We began the day working on our father’s day writing project.  Then, because of popular demand, the students wanted to have a debate, like we used to do weekly on Thursday.  The students submitted debate topics into a jar and we then went through the topics trying to narrow it down to two. The suggested debate topics were: lemonade or chocolate milk, fruit flies or normal flies, s'mores or plain marshmallows, ice-cream or popsicles, hello or hi, hot dogs or hamburgers, peanut butter and jam or peanut butter and honey, blue or red, hunt or buy food, soccer or hockey, waffle or French toast and finally, Winnie or Tigger.

WHO HAS FINISHED WHAT

The final four were: soccer vs. hockey, fathers vs. mothers,  hot dogs or hamburgers and Winnie or Tigger.  The final two were; soccer vs. hockey and hot dogs or hamburgers.  The students were broken down into four groups and assigned a debate topic.  The students then worked individually to think of the positive things about their topic and the negative things about their opposite.  We then went to the computer lab and library where the students did more research and transferred their individual notes onto a larger group poster.  The students also had time to research on the computer,  facts and information to support their topic.

After lunch we returned to the computer lab, where students either continued to work on their research, or worked on 'little alchemy,' a program where the students have thing creatively to mix elements to create other elements.

SIGNING THE CLASS PICTURES

This was followed by music then a cleanup period while the students got other students to sign their class photo.  That just gave us enough time to walk to the gym before the bell went.  See you all tomorrow for the last regular spelling test of the year.  There will be one large spelling test, but after that you can look forward to more advanced spelling in grade 5.  See you all tomorrow... .Mr. W