Manon Harrison

We are a 5th grade class at the American School in Japan. Here's what's going on in 5H!

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And we’re off! Hakuba, here we come #asij

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Thank you to all of the parent volunteers @mrfaulknerpe and @jeffteachespe for such a great day!

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Using scale and the coordinate plane to replicate actual buildings around the world.

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Walking to support the fight #RelayForLife #CancerAwareness

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Bring out our inner poet, vampire, and other characteristics with visiting author, Candace Fleming.

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Noticing the structural elements of poetry. What do we notice? What is it called?

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Learning all about the attributes of 2D shapes by playing Lines of Three.

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Putting ourselves into someone else’s shoes as we begin the design thinking process #empathy #global issues

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Differentiated math stations to support our learning ✍️ 📖 ♦️

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Figuring out how real authors use descriptive words, phrases and sensory details so that we can do the same in our own writing!

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Doing a gallery walk protocol to give feedback and ask questions about how we defined and drew geometric shapes based on their attributes.

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Noticing what dialogue looks like and how we can use it to enhance our own writing ✍️ #readingforwriting

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Using peer feedback to make some adjustments to our designs and calculations.

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Such creativity as we created 3D shapes and calculated the volume!

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Designing catapults to launch marshmallows after reading the Marshmallow Incident by Judi Barrett #ALThour #pactday

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Reading like a writer. How can we use sensory language to describe our setting?

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Reading like writers to prepare us for our upcoming fantasy unit!

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Choosing which concepts we want to work on through a variety of math games!

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Such a great day reflecting on ourselves as learners! #gohawksgo

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How can you add eight 8’s to get the number 1,000? What is the mathematical reasoning behind this?