Today in 5th grade we...

- Beautified the school grounds by painting the walls to match our house colours. 

- Practiced identifying the Greatest Common Factor of a pair of numbers by using multiples and prime factorization. 

- Started our unit on Ancient Egypt by finding it on a map and discussing why these ancient humans settled there. 

- Conducted a simulation of a plant experiment by testing how plants can survive in both droughts and floods. 

- Wrote poems about Ancient Egypt. 

Homework:

Reading - Read "Dangerous Crossing" and answer comprehension questions #1

Math - Workbook p. 56

Science - Textbook p. 285 - 288 which should help you study for your test tomorrow