Wow, we have had an amazing time continuing our inquiries, and story telling in Div. 11! Here is a snapshot of some of our highlights!

Our Story Workshop

We have been busy building stories with characters, problems, and solutions in our classroom and library! Today, we wrote some of our stories down! Congratulations, writers!!

 

Our Bird Inquiry

We got to read our very first letter from our pen pals! We have so much in common! We are so excited to send our photos! If you were away, don’t worry – we will take yours when you are back!

Water Inquiry

On Wed. Oct. 26, we went to the Fraser River Discovery Centre and New Westminster Boardwalk.

Getting to the Centre was an adventure! We saw and experienced so many types of transportation! We took the bus, skytrain, and walked across train tracks! Then we saw boats and trains travelling around us!

Inside the Discovery Centre, we learned about the Fraser River and the impact of pollution on our watershed and food webs. Then we had some time to explore the other learning invitations of the centre and dug like archaeologists, balanced barges, put on puppet shows and played with models!

   

Outside, we observed the spaces below and above, looking closely with our eyes and binoculars! We used field guides to understand and wonder about who lives here. We used charcoal to create representations of what we saw.

   

We were inspired by the maps at the Quay and explored maps of the watershed and Metro Vancouver area in class this morning! Then we started creating our own maps!

Buddies & Halloween

With our big buddies, we created haunted houses! We can’t wait to see our buddies next week! Please remember, you can wear a Halloween costume on Monday if you want!