I hope you all have a fun and safe Hallowe’en night! Our day was filled with a costume parade, Mystery math, Candy writing, a Would You Rather active break – Halloween style, and a zoom visit with Ben Stanton, author of the Narwhal books. He read part of his ” A Super Scary Narwhalloween” book,…
Gymnastics
Today was our last day of having the Gymnastics equipment in the school gym. The students had such a good time learning to use the equipment. We practiced 2 foot landings (with strong arms and core), balancing, rolls, and jumping. Take some time to find out what skills your child learned or practiced. What was…
Story Workshop
Every 2nd week we have the opportunity to visit the Library and use the Story Workshop materials. In our first visit we explored the materials and then had an opportunity to orally share the stories we created. Today when we visited our focus was on creating interesting settings for a story to take place. We…
Collaborative Art
You may have seen these 3 colourful creations on the bulletin boards outside our classroom when you visited for Parents as Partners Meetings. We wanted to share with you the process by which they were created. Students worked together, learning and practicing the art of communication (to share their vision, to ask each other for…
Scientific Method
Last week we began exploring the scientific method. We asked questions about Skittles (the candy), made predictions, tested our predictions and recorded our observations and conclusions. We asked many questions, but we formally explored one of them – “What happens when Skittles get wet?” Many students predicted the colour would go into the water…
Orange Shirt Day
This week Division 11 has been talking about Orange Shirt Day. We have listened to the story When We Were Alone, read to us by the author David Robertson as part of a livestream, then we discussed the ideas of how people’s actions today are formed by their experiences in the past. For example in…
Roots to Grow – Session #1
We were so fortunate to have some decent weather (not pouring rain) for our first visit with Pablo in the garden. We had 3 exploration groups: harvesting, collecting and observing seeds, sorting and observing seeds. The students all learned something new and had a great time exploring. Our harvest included: kale, tomatoes, tomatillos, radishes, basil,…
Welcome to Division 11!
Dear Families of Division 11, Welcome to the Division 11 Class Blog!! We will be using our classroom blog as one of our communication tools this year. Here you can find snapshots of our journey and materials to support learning at home. Please check the blog on a regular basis, or subscribe to our newsletter…