Healthy Living

Today, we looked at the effects of smoking and ways to say no to peer presure. We created comic strips to show different non-smoking messages. We found out that it is very difficult to quite smoking once you are addicted, so it is a better idea to just never start in the first place!

PBS kids site about tobacco/smoking facts

http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/body/smoking/article2.html

Bonko's Body Quiz
http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/games/smoking_flash.html

Choose your path series of videos about drug abuse:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JIo-PL1vAo&feature=plcp&context=C474caabVDvjVQa1PpcFMPqSfcnHMywUBtKSsapjtrifov-B2s03U%3D&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

Also, we have started looking at probability in math and this will be our last math strand for this year to cover, then we will be going back over number sense and numeration as the fractions and division really was tricky for many students.

In language we are continuing with Literature Circles and will be doing a final projects on each groups novel next week which will look like giant scrapbook pages.
Also, students are working on making their diaries of animals, which tie in with writing and habitat studies in science.

Have a great weekend everyone!