Month: October 2019

What a week!  Even though it was short due to the Pro-D day tomorrow, it was packed full. We practiced French vocabulary for colours, body parts, and clothing. We began a storytelling workshop, learned about some of the differences between oral and written stories, and mapped out stories of self.  It was fun to hear […]

This week included many engaging activities, including… a delightfully disgusting science experiment to study digestion.  We broke, crushed, mushed, and strained graham crackers to simulate the digestion process.  Using a bit of water to represent saliva, vinegar to imitate stomach acids, and nylon hose to replicate the effects of the small and large intestines, we […]

This week we began working on place value in Math, and started studying the digestive system in Science. In French, we learned body part nouns and adjectives, and created an imaginary creature to describe them with.  We will be using these imaginary animals/creatures as models for a project in Science that will compliment our learning […]

This week we began thinking about decision-making processes, leading into our study of political systems and the levels of Canadian government.  Since we reached half-way to our class points goal, we practiced our democratic rights and held a vote for what we should do with them – it was a tight race, but students voted […]