It has been a fantastic Grade 5 school year.  We have been busy with exciting projects, loads of learning, and students I will never forget. 

As a class we sat down to talk about all of the fun things we have done this year.  We broke it down by month to look at all of the projects, events, technology, and craziness of the school year.

Here are some highlights:

September:
Think Project
First Geocaching
Start Blogs
VC with Hamilton and Arizona
Terry Fox Run
Family Roots Glogs
Wordle

October:
Marvin
First Podcasting
Thriller Dance at Halloween

November:
Ms. Deyenberg Goes to Brazil
Marvin Day at the Movie Theatre

December:
Christmas Play with Rapping Elves
Singing Podcast
Math Facts Video Conferencing with Hamilton

January:
Mr. VanDyk arrives
Curling
Mario and Sonic at the Winter Olympics on the Wii
Around the World Sleepover

February
Skating
Weather Moodle
Survivor Man Backchannel

March:
Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins
Mentos and Pepsi
Weather Twitter
Nunavut Jog the Web

April:
Kid’s Marathon
Digital Stories on Photostory III
Mr. Van Dyk Leaves Us

May:
Science Experiment VC
Mt. Vesuvius Moodle
Professor Layton on Nintendo DS
Band Concert

June:
Beauvais /lake Geocaching/Wetlands Trip
Swimming
Canadian Please Video
Track and Field Day
Scribblenauts on Nintendo DS
Endless Ocean on Nintendo Wii

I’m sure I’ve missed all sorts of things – but those are the highlights!

My top 3:

1) Around the World Sleepover
2) Marvin Day at the Movie Mill
3) Professor Layton on the Nintendo DS

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The kids are making their own versions of this video!  They are also learning about to use embed code in their blogs!

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Our run sensor battery has died – but our running is just getting better! We are at 32 km!

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As always we get our think project ideas from the fantastic blog : Kids Who Think!   The students did very well, and learned all about volume!

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

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We completed our first run of the kid’s marathon! 1.3 km down – 40.9 km to go!

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Episode 8 – The Arctic
Episode 8
Episode 8 – The Arctic

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