A great way to start the week....

What a great way to start the week...

Students collaboratively built this amazing structure.

(a school)

Student created graphs of their 'Most favourite' and 'Least favourite' holiday wish list.

These students were not afraid to get messy with shaving cream.  Tomorrow shaving cream will be added to the large textile bin.



Many students were using the large tweezers to sort beads. 

Physical Education is every Monday. 

Please send appropriate shoes with your child. 

It is only Wednesday, and we have explored and learned so much...

Moments I was able to capture..

Links from the math kit make beautiful jewellery

Community Visitor -- Dairy Farmer

Mrs. Wright shared information about her dairy farm discussing the process of producing milk from cows, the value of eating local foods and other key points of living on a farm.

I was very proud of the students during the question and answer period.  All students asked questions!!! 
Some of the questions asked were:
 - Are all cows black and white?
 - Does it hurt when you remove the cows horns?
 - What are boy chickens called?
 - Do you have pigs on the farm?
 - How do cows have milk?
 - Do rabbits eat carrots?

The students enjoyed experimenting and mixing colours with the ice cubes.

Glue, Salt and Water Paint --A 2 Part ART Activity

1st day -- Design a picture using white glue, then sprinkle salt over top of the wet glue. If you look carefully the salt reacts with the glue and makes it puff out.

2nd day -- Paint over top of the glue and salt mixture

Mixing colours in shaving cream

tadpoles

Having fun = memories that last forever!!

Finger Painting

Finger Painting on our Light Tables

Student's Voice while their were finger painting.

Naythin - "It reminds me of my mom."

Kaylo - "We are making brown."

Harmony - "Look, we have blue hands.  The colours are turning."

Naythin - "We are using colours to turn the paint."

Hannah - "We are going to wash our hands really good.  I love yellow. This is fun."

Hamoudy -"We are mixing clolours."

Hannan - "The paint is sticking to me."

Branden - "I drew the world.

Gracie - "I'm making letters in the paint."

The following day the student's painted letters on overheads to create our own "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" tree.

Also, the students had an opportunity to practise the formation of the letters.  They traced the letters from an overhead projector.

Light Table Inquiry

Mathematics

Haven-Taylor was interested in sorting the buttons.  She began sorting the buttons by placing them onto one her favourite books about cats.  She was sorting the buttons to match the colour of the cats.
 Soon many friends joined into Haven-Taylor's inquiry.

During the inquiry one of the buttons looked black on the light table, when they placed the button onto the book, it changed to white.  Haven -Taylor asked "Why does that happen?"

Leland is sorting by colour on the Light Table

Curriculum Expectation:

Data Management 5.1

sort, classify, and compare objects and describe the attributes used

Language

Many students visited the light table to use the props to retell the story Goldilocks and the Three Little Bears.

Curriculum Expectation:
Language
1.10  orally retell simple events and simple familiar stories in proper sequence
2.9  retell stories, in proper sequence, that have been read by and with the Early Years Team, using pictures in book and /or props

GIFTS...

This week some of our students were busy helping us build new furniture that was given to us from our Board of Education.   Each classroom received a Light Table and a Full Length Mirror. 

While looking at himself, he replied, "I have two eyes".

A big thank you to the GECDSB for our gifts.