It was wonderful to have the fifth graders start their year! We practiced active listening with Eliana, Mrs. Woods, & Miss Weiss by interviewing each other and then introducing a classmate. Then students were "quizzed" to see how well they listened to each other.
Some of the many highlights of our first day together include: writing our hopes and dreams for the academic year (and illustrating and sharing these), a hevruta (partner) text study about the importance of asking questions, deciding how to define math to an alien and what students need for a "mathitude", and observing, picking, and being in the school garden.
All 5th graders went home with something they picked in the garden. Hopefully these foods will be eaten! A couple of noteworthy quotes from students today: Math is a form of thinking; Math is a way to understand the world around us.
Tomorrow morning the hopes and dreams will be posted on a bulletin board in class- do come and take a look!
I look forward to day 2!
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