Month: October 2020

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Halloween Artwork…

We have been engaged in some spooky artwork recently.  We have also been working on following directed drawings to create detailed pieces of art! First we completed a silhouette painting and then a zombie drawing! Our students are incredible artists and put so much effort into their work! Their art has been Spooktacular!


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Pumpkin Patch Surprise

As we could not visit the Pumpkin Patch this year, we decided to bring the Pumpkin Patch to school! We had a beautiful morning to explore the Pumpkin Patch and each child spent time searching for their perfect Pumpkin!

We later spent time estimating, measuring and painting our pumpkins too! Check out your child’s blogfolio for a glimpse of their experience and work!

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Goodbye to our Tree!

Yesterday we started our Adopt-a-tree program.  Each student chose and named a tree, followed by some observations and drawings.  Today we arrived at school to find one of the trees in front of the school was being cut down.  It was Conor’s adopted tree named Tilily!
The district employee allowed us to come outside to see what Tilily looked like inside. We talked about the difference between a healthy tree and a dead tree, and shared our observations. Rob, the district arborist, even cut each student a “tree cookie” as a memento! We enjoyed watching them cut the trunk and branches into smaller pieces and get hauled away. All that’s left of Tilily now is a hole and wood shavings. We had a mini “Funeral” for few moments upstairs where we said thank you to the tree for its air-cleaning, shade, branches and beauty.
We then learned how to “read” our tree cookies and examined and identified the outer bark, phloem, cambium, sapwood, growth rings and heartwood. Lots of great discussions around seasons of growth and beetle damage too.
Such a neat opportunity!
                    
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Reading in the Park

We are taking advantage of the beautiful weather and doing more things outside!  Yesterday we spent our Silent Reading time on the swings!