Me! Me! Me! Have you heard that before? Well… they get to embrace their egocentric side by learning and sharing about themselves. In class, the students drew themselves using a Sharpie to create a black and white self-portrait. Some fun facts about each student are included. Check out the drawings! Here are some close-ups: Division…

Terry Fox is a Canadian hero who is known for trying to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research. Every year, schools recognize and celebrate Terry Fox by doing a Terry Fox Run to fundraise money to help fight cancer. Our Terry Fox happened on September 23. Thank you for your donations.  …

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom   “Chicka chicka boom boom! Will there be enough room?” This classic book by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault introduces alphabet letters to the reader. The lowercase alphabet letters take turns climbing the coconut tree. Will there be enough room up there? After reading the story, the students created Chicka…

Your child has reached another milestone in life- starting elementary school! This can be scary and anxious for your child. To help them, I read a story called, The Kissing Hand, by Audrey Penn. It is about a raccoon called Chester and he is anxious about the first day of school. His mother teaches him…

Welcome to Mrs. Wong’s (Div. 16) class blog! (Please click on the post (the title) for the entire post. Otherwise you won’t be able to read and see the entire post!) Part of celebrating student learning will take place on this blog. To facilitate this, with your child, please view the class blog at least…

What is Story Workshop? Story Workshop is a Reggio Emilia inspired literacy approach where children are encouraged to tell their own story in any form they choose. The children are invited to play with a variety of materials (i.e. loose parts, tempura paints, play dough, wooden blocks) and use these materials to represent their stories…