We began the month considering our inquiry, “what stories do the seasons share with us?”  We wondered if the groundhog would predict 6 more weeks of winter or an early spring.  We went to our imaginative Groundhog Weather School and became groundhogs for a day.  We predicted 6 more weeks of winter.  We talked about hibernation and used an ADST (applied design skills and technology) opportunity to create some groundhog dens. 

We learned of the tragedy in Turkey and Syria when news of the Earthquake was shared with us.  Ms. Hussain let us know that the Turkish community was collecting items to send over to the devastated areas.  We knew that Words can also be powerful ways to support those in need.  So Division 10 created pictures, drawings and words of comfort and hope to send to the children and families that were challenged by the earthquake. 

Through a round about way, it was shared with us that our messages of hope were received by the Turkish community right here in the lower mainland and just the knowledge that the children of Clinton cared, made the families so far away from Turkey, feel supported.  The letters became part of the instagram page, @helpturkeyvancouver.

Our Friendship Fun afternoon on Valentine’s Day, was filled with smiles, laughter and kind words.  Kind words also have been filling buckets as Room 15 students have been finding ways to uplift and support one another through being bucket fillers. 

We look forward to continuing the rays of support and care as we recognize Pink Shirt day and walk with Pride and Recognition of all those that have needed allies when confronted with bullies that do not recognize the beauty of diversity!

We ended our Literacy Week with Reading In The Dark and the encouragement to let the Great Clinton Book Flood flow into your homes so that literacy continues from Family Literacy Day until Family Day and onward.  Students brought home reading graphs and many literacy ideas were shared online with families.

Thank you to Ms. Wang, who shared with us the Spring Blessings of the Lunar New Year.  The Lunar New Year ends with a lantern festival.  We used ink and special brushes to create our Chinese Characters that share the message of prosperity, good fortune and time with family.

Division 10 continues to be Clinton Stars and spread the message of taking care of our Clinton Community while having respect of the space we live, learn and play in.  Students created messages of encouragement so that other students would take responsibility for their actions.

Ice is nice when learning about the stages of matter.  A cold snap is once again upon us so we are taking the opportunity to try and have water turn to ice or a liquid turn to a solid.  We have made some predictions and now we will wait to observe and witness the results of our experiment.

We had so many book characters visit Clinton the other day.  It was a joy to see the Paper Bag Princess, Charlotte’s Web, Fly Guy, Hermione and Dogman!  The Clinton classroom doors are full of Door Decor to represent the love of reading and everyone is excited to participate in the upcoming Reading In The Dark!

Dr. Seuss has been an inspiration for the Division 10 door and what a surprise to have Thing 1 and Thing 2 drop by!  Clinton Staff and students are hoping that Family Literacy Day will be the beginning of a flood of reading, writing, speaking and listening, both at school and at home, as the Clinton Book Flood flows.  Happy Reading!

We have our favourites, our challenges and those pieces of apparatus that we have made good progress on. Check out our strength, flexibility, balance and coordination!  Thanks for hanging out with us in the gym!

Our classroom inquiry continues to open up the possibilities of the seasons with January at the forefront of our Winter curiousities.  We are beginning the year considering the relationship between the Sun, Earth and Moon as we explore Measurement Of Time.

In learning about the sun, we found that the Northern Lights of the Arctic, the Aurora, are in direct relationship to the sun.  We were inspired by the book “The Lights That Dance In The Night” so we added artistic flair to our learning.  The images shared are accompanied by artist statements, some of which mention the aesthetic elements (line, colour, balance, emotion) of a piece of work.  The bulletin boards and classroom displays are always available for your viewing.

What Stories Do The Seasons Share With Us led to some creative writing, turning winter words into poetic stories through the use of a Cinquain pattern.  Students shared ideas and then worked independently to create their Winter Wonderland of Poetry.

We are starting the year off with many opportunities for literacy.  Division 10 had some time to engage in word work activities today.  We have a new reading corner as well as magnetic word boards, words on the wall whiteboards, wood letter sorting boxes, ABC order letters, rhyme time wheels and poetry books as well as Boggle word builder pages.

We also looked at a library resource called Tumble Books during our laptop time.  It can be accessed at home from going to the Clinton Website, heading to Library and clicking on Web Resources. We tumbled right into some good read-alouds and word games.

Literacy Week will be coming up at the end of the month.  Home reading will also be starting soon.  Division 10 is going to work with both non-fiction and fiction so let the learning begin as we start a new year!

Happy New Year!

Happy Holidays to you all from Division 10.  Happy 2023.  See you in the New Year!

Winter is in the air but the Clinton Thunderbirds performed over 2 nights and Division 10 was part of the Wednesday concert performances.  The grade 2’s danced and played guitar for Run, Run Rudolph, sang in the primary choir and performed at the finale.

What a most amazing way to begin the festive season. Here is a snapshot of their practices and their cool attitudes.

Click on the link for a tidbit of a rehearsal!

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Lately, we have been enjoying time with our Buddy Class.  On Friday, students from Ms. Benson’s class invited us to their room and helped guide us with the laptops.  We are learning how to independently log on with username and password, access the classroom blog and make use of virtual fieldtrips and educational sites/games that are highlighted on the blog sidebar.

Friday was also a very cold, North Pole day in our classroom as the heater wasn’t working.  Spending time with our buddy class in their classroom with the virtual fire warmed our hearts.  Having lunch in the library was a new experience too and we thank Ms. Hossack for providing a cozy space for us.

We now have the heater working again and we are so thankful for that as Winter is on the way!

We are going to be starting December with snow on the ground.  What fun Division 10 had today with sun and snow.

  We also watched the Robins and our Garden Squirrel enjoy our red berry tree in the Clinton garden.  It helps continue our journey our classroom inquiry, “What Stories Do The Seasons Share With Us?”

We also want to thank Ms. Hossack for our new book bags.  “I Love Books” is exactly what we say when we thank Ms. Hossack for the opportunity to listen to some amazing stories and take out some interesting books. It is hoped that books will be kept safe to and from school when housed in the book bags.  Please remember to have library books return to school each Tuesday.

During Term 1, we have been building our reading stamina in class.  Students are able to now independently read for 15 minutes as we work toward 20 minutes. In the new year, students in Division 10 will be encouraged to participate in daily reading stamina activities at home.

As we say with our Daily 5 Reading, “Everyday is a Reading Day!”