Love is in the air!
Hi Division 6 families…we are very happy to be back in our freshly painted classroom!
Here is a Valentine’s Day notice, in case you missed it.
We are also doing a short unit in Physical and Health Education on healthy eating. There is an online graphic novel called Patoo: The Legend of Spaghetti if you’d like to check it out with your child.
Today we went for a walk and we found hair ice in the forest. Click the link below for a quick video explaining how hair ice forms. We sure are lucky to live in a place with such interesting science!
Hello Division 6 families; we are starting to use our educational technology more and more, integrating it into our curricular work. Occasionally, I will be asking students to access their Office 365 accounts or their blogfolios from home.
These are a couple of resources to check in case you or your child run into difficulty….Of course, I will always answer emails about tech support whenever possible! 🙂
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Open in new tab We did some painting with watercolours and tempera paint to mark Remembrance Day. In order to understand the concept of perspective, we talked about the beginning of Star Wars movies. The scrolling print in the introduction is large near the bottom of the screen and fades away to smaller print to give a sense of perspective. We tried to apply this idea to our art, and it turned out really well!
Hi Division 6 families,
In an effort to keep ourselves safe and healthy, we have been keeping our classroom windows open as much as possible. We are lucky to have windows on two walls which definitely helps keep the air refreshed…however, this also means it can get quite cool in our classroom.
It would be really helpful for students to keep a sweater, hoodie, or smallish cozy blanket at school as the weather gets colder so that we can try to keep the windows open and still be comfortable enough to work and learn. Students can store these items on their coatroom hook when they aren’t needed. If you have any questions, please ask.
To get into the autumn spirit, we decided to create some pumpkins, but not just any pumpkins! First we looked at the style of the Japanese artist, Yayoi Kusama. Here is a short video that describes her work:
We used construction paper, sharpies, and tempera paint to create the dotted pumpkins. Then we cut them out, pasted them on a dark background and used metallic markers to make designs to contrast with the dots.
These are not your average jack-o-lanterns!!
Today we began working on our classroom charter by inviting everyone to write their ideas about how we would like to feel when we are at school. It was a big, messy brainstorm on the whiteboard full of words and checkmarks beside them where kids agreed with what had been suggested.
Then we organized the words and tallied up the number of checkmarks to see what the most important things were to us. Our next steps will be to discuss how we will agree to treat each other at school so that we can achieve these feelings. These agreements will form our Classroom Charter. Here is what we have so far…check back for updates!
You have landed on the Stoney Creek Division 6 Classroom Blog homepage! Here we will occasionally share classroom news and events from our learning together.
We will also be using our “blogfolios” for documenting our growth in learning. We can self-assess, our teachers can offer feedback, and our families can see all the things we know, do, and understand! Ms. McQueen will be sending a note to families with more information about blogfolios once these are up and running…stay tuned.
In the meantime, here is a funny video about handwashing that we have been enjoying in class…hope you like it, too!
Hi everyone, I sure miss seeing your happy faces at school and all of our great conversations, but I’m so grateful that we can stay connected through technology while we are keeping ourselves and our families safe and healthy.
I just wanted to let you know what the plan is for this week:
- Today the teachers will meet with Mr. Hiltz through our computers so we can do some planning for how to learn together when we aren’t in the same building
- I will be contacting all the families in our class Thursday (tomorrow) and Friday to find out more about what will work best for you to learn from home
- By Monday, I’ll have an outline for our learning activities posted/sent out for April 6 – 10
In the meantime, here is link to Continuing Learning in Burnaby where you can find ideas for learning activities to keep you engaged in learning. There is a link for parents and a link for students. Pick a few activities from the grade 3 and 4 sections that look interesting to you and try to complete a few by the weekend.
Try to get outside today and enjoy the sun (while staying away from others, of course!)
Ms. McQueen (jill.mcqueen@burnabyschools.ca)