Category: Literacy

Remembrance Day

In class we talked about the importance of Remembrance Day.  It is a day to honour soldiers, veterans and families who have sacrificed their lives for our freedom.  Our school had an in-person assembly on Thursday. There were many thoughtful presentations and all the children were very respectful during the Remembrance Day assembly.  Division 11 recited the poem “Poppy Poppy” with Division 12 in front of the whole Parkcrest community.
Each class made a wreath for the wreath laying ceremony at the assembly.
We talk about why the poppy became a symbol for Remembrance Day and we made our own representations of poppies.  Here is an invitation to create poppies with loose parts:

We painted poppies on our hands

We also read “The Peace Book” by Todd Parr and talked about what peace means to us.

 

 

Story Workshop- Pumpkin Patch

 

Story workshop allows learners to explore, create and connect their ideas through play. A variety of materials like loose parts, paint, playdough or blocks can be used to help children develop their ideas.

This week, we used loose parts to retell our pumpkin patch field trip with a friend.  Look at the story with your child and ask them to tell you more about it! Enjoy their pumpkin patch stories!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Thanksgiving

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Division 11 is so thankful for many things! We brainstormed what we are thankful for and then we created our own thankful mobile.  Here is what we are thankful for this Thanksgiving:

Kaede: “My friends, my bike and my family”

Eden: “My home”

Jack: “Waves and mountains, my family and my friends”

Felipe: “My family”

Anna: “My family and my bike”

Arydan: “My dad, my family and I can draw circles”

Yeona: “Ice cream, heart and food”

Brooklyn: “My family, my house and my friends”

Aubree: “My family and my heart”

Melody: “My bike, my home and my friends”

Chloe: “My family, dad, mom and grandpa”

Olivianne: “My friends, daddy and I’m a queen”

Greyson: “My family, trees and chocolate”

Hera: “My family, my friends and my sister”

Myles: “My scooter and my family”

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family and friends!

 

 

Story Workshop

Our class has been busy having fun building stories!  Story workshop allows learners to explore, create and connect their ideas through play.  We have been using loose parts, paint, playdough and blocks to help us develop our ideas.  Our class is learning to include characters, different settings, problems and solutions in our stories.  We are all becoming great storytellers and we cannot wait to share our stories with you!

Please login to your child’s blogfolio to see their stories!

Leaf Man

The story Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert is about the Leaf Man drifting around and it visited many places and saw a lot of animals.  We don’t know where the Leaf Man is going because it goes where the wind blows.  After reading the story, we created our own Leaf Man.  As the children were building, we heard some interesting stories of where their Leaf Man has gone and what they have seen! A few leaf men went to the beach, some went to Parkcrest school, one went to the states and another one went to a pond.  These leaf men can be anywhere!  Look around next time when the wind is blowing.  You might see a Leaf Man drifting by.

 

Our Jack-o-Lantern

We are scientists and we have been studying about pumpkins. We read stories, had discussions, made observations, and last week, we touched and smelled the inside of our class pumpkin! The children watched me carve our pumpkin into a jack-o-lantern.

We created a web of  words that we thought described the inside of the pumpkin.

We measured, drew pictures, and counted pumpkin seeds. Our small pumpkin had many seeds, much more seeds than a bigger pumpkin! We learned about the life cycle of a pumpkin, and most importantly, we had a fun week!

Ask your child to tell you what they know about pumpkins.

Thanksgiving Stories

 

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving long weekend! Our class had so many stories to share with each other and their teachers.  We used loose parts such as gems, rocks, sticks, wooden pegs etc. to build our story.  We took pictures of their stories and then they each told us their stories orally.  Our storytellers cannot wait to share their stories with you!   

Please login to your child’s blogfolio to see the story they built and ask them to tell you about their story!