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What an exciting, once in a lifetime, moment we have experienced today! 22/02/2022 is the date today and no matter which way you spin it around, it comes out the same.  We won’t see this date ever again! And to think it landed on a Tuesday, what we have called Twosday! Our Double It Up, Twins Day has been so much fun.  We discussed Dynamic Duos, Listened to and reflected on Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg (author of the Polar Express) and participated in all things “2” twoday!

Check out our twinning!

Our mushroom planting also decided to twin up today!  We have new Oyster Mushroom growth from our dismantled shroom garden.

We will post again tomorrow when we share about Pink Shirt Day and our Change Sings presentation.

We have been exploring measurement!  We completed our measurement of time unit and got right into measuring capacity.  With our recent Recipe experiences, we thought we would learn how to measure dry and liquid goods with our teaspoons, tablespoons, cups and measuring containers.  Though a bit messy, we enjoyed the experimenting and comparison activity.

The Trestle Tree has brought many smiles to our faces.  Students have been beaming with pride as they maneuvered through all of the apparatus pieces.  Just a few of our Trestle Tree antics below.

As we move toward Family Day, you are encouraged to send in a family recipe for next week.  Attached is one of the Kids In The Kitchen recipes that you can also try together as a family.  Have a lovely long weekend.

https://app.gonoodle.com/activities/cooking-matters-kids-in-the-kitchen-episode-number-4-snack-recipe?sp=favorites&sn=favorites&st=video%20versions&sid=1218

Where has the time gone?  We did continue with our measurement of time but we did not expect it to already be mid-February!  Happy Valentines Day!  We are currently enjoying our Monday Friendship Funday.  So much appreciation and gratitude has been shared today.

Looking back a week, we can see that we have been immersed in non-fiction reading with recipe and cookbook searches on our to-do list.  We hope to create a classroom cookbook of our favourites.

We began February with an outdoor experiment that did not lead us to our hypothesis.  We predicted that the water in our red water containers would freeze with below zero temperatures.  Unfortunately, the temperature did not drop enough for our liquid to change to a solid.  So… we changed things up and brought the water inside.  This time we were considering how a liquid would change to a gas.  It took only a few days for the minimal amount of water to evaporate.  It took a week for 5/6 containers of water to be empty.  Even though we couldn’t see the transformation happening, our evidence tells us that evaporation has taken place.

We have also been experimenting with the creative process.  As we move through our art experiences, we consider all the pieces of our creative opportunities.  The Valentine and Powerful Pink decor on our door not only had us reuse paper we might normally recycle but it helped us think about a “beautiful oops” or a “happy accident!”

Our next blog post will share some Trestle Tree moments.  Currently, Yinan and Athena, with great cheering from their peers, have challenged themselves and climbed all the way to the top of the climbing rope that goes to the top of the gym ceiling. Wow!

Our first week of February began with the Lunar New Year.  We took time to consider the book, Friends Are Friends Forever, shared by Ms. Hossack in the library.  We created the red ice snowflakes as illustrated in the book.  We hung them in our school garden as a symbol of connection and kindness as a new lunar new year began. 

Our creative process for making the snowflakes began with adding colour to coffee filters, spraying with water and letting the colour bleed through.  We then used red tissue and cut out the snowflake patterns.  A laminate covering acted as our ice and we were able to hang the snowflakes outside despite the weather.

We also continued to celebrate the Year of the Water Tiger with the wearing of red and the symbolic lighting of our lanterns.  We replaced our red lanterns with Colours Of The New Year lanterns that now hang in our room as Rainbow Lanterns of Diversity.

We had so much fun going to Groundhog Weather School and hibernating before waking up on February 2 to see if we had a shadow.  We didn’t see our shadow which means we hope to have an early Spring!

Go Canada Go!  A look into the history of the Olympic Games and connecting with the meaning and purpose of the games led to our Olympic Torch Run and the lighting of our imaginary cauldron.  The experience ignited the ending of our first week of February.  Click on the link for live action footage!

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Jack then connected his learnings from school and experienced the Vancouver Olympic cauldron that was lit for 4 hours at Jack Poole Plaza. It is always a pleasure to see classroom learnings experienced in the real world! 

Mrs. Jefferson also joined in with the February Fun and had students participate in a xylophone sound effect experience connected to a Lunar New Year story.  Check out the link to see and hear the Division 10 performance.

https://sd41-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/e13432_burnabyschools_ca/EXyG9BKro_VMg34wnRtr1mgB4Y5LVV7OuqrnxB5GYT59sA?e=uUtjdk

Thanks for checking out our Division 10 blog post!

Yoga in Motion: We have been improving on our Yoga practice with some of our class leaders taking a role in leading our yoga lessons in the gym.  We are getting very good at downward dog, eagle arms and table top.  We enjoy coming to the edge of our mat in Mountain Pose.

Coffee Breaks:  We have been sharing our learning and knowledge through coffee breaks where we have cafe conversations with one another.  Most recently, students shared their goals and intentions for 2022 over a pretend latte or cappuccino.

Virtual Fieldtrip:  We recently participated in a B.C. Hydro livestream event where we learned about extreme weather conditions and winter weather safety.  We learned about kinetic, electric and sound energy with the water dam being a source of electricity for B.C.  We learned about atmospheric rivers and our summer heat dome.  We also had some of our classroom questions answered during the session.  It was great to have Clinton School acknowledged during the event with guests from all over B.C. attending.  Students will be encouraging their families to make sure they have an Emergency Kit ready at home and in the car.

Family Literacy Day: Today, Thursday, January 27, is Family Literacy Day.  Check out the Clinton Website for some ideas. Return a postcard of your family adventures by February 3.

Shroom Garden:  We have mushrooms!  We have been learning about the importance fungi play in the role of biodiversity and the lives of trees in our forests.  We have been thrilled with the growth of our oyster mushrooms.  It is turning into an amazing science opportunity.

We also listened to the communication of mushrooms through a mushroom music experience. We watched our mushroom music on National Geographic Facebook Post but you can check out a simple sound from the link below or go to the Facebook post on your own.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0tNEp4m5PY

Tornado Potatoes:  While reading about tornadoes as part of our extreme weather and non-fiction reading lessons, students became interested in some extreme recipes like the tornado potatoes.  Some wanted to make some tornadoes at home, so here is the link to that recipe.  https://tasty.co/recipe/tornado-potato

It’s great to know that recipe reading is part of a non-fiction reading experience.

February is upon us.  We look forward to beginning the Lunar New Year of the Water Tiger next week.  February is going to be a very busy month.  We are excited about all the adventures we will participate in.

We’ve had a great start to our year despite a week late.

TREES STAND IN THE MIDDLE OF LIFE: We have immersed ourselves back into our classroom inquiry, “What stories do the trees tell us?”  We began the winter season with considering the Night Life of Trees.  We referenced a book with original art by Ram Singh Urveti, Bhajju Shyam and Durga Bai.  Each page of the book has artwork that is silk-screened by hand on black paper.  We decided to create our own images on black paper.

DASH OF CREATIVITY AND A SPRINKLE OF CONFIDENCE: We have considered our intentions for the year and made some goals for 2022!.  Smart Cookie helped remind us that we are all on our own personal learning journeys and we can share our knowledge in many ways.  We decided to create our own Smart Cookie world in class.

WORDS OF HOPE, PEACE AND JUSTICE: Ms. Hossack shared with us the story of Martin Luther King, Jr.  We continued our learning and understanding of the peaceful message and movement that he began.  We considered all of the ways we could celebrate diversity and invite respect into our classroom and community.  Check out our Black Shirts and our messages of freedom.

WE’VE GOT MAIL!: With travel not really an option at this time, we considered our winter break and the many amazing opportunities we had with our families.  We created postcards of our time.  We then invited other classes to send us postcards.  We are getting so much mail.  It is wonderful to read all about the real and imaginary travels that Clinton students have been on.

We wish you all a very happy new year as we also move forward into the Year of the Water Tiger!

We are going to try and practice a team meeting in class this afternoon.  We are going to use the school laptops.

This meeting is for Division 10 students only.  Thank you for your understanding!

Students, please click on the link below to access the meeting.

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3a74nBNjs4lQyO5GqUi_33ETe8mqVmpzW7efUCXsEY1hs1%40thread.tacv2/1641926458184?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22c1ec5e2d-9413-4aac-9e69-bf7d21d6b642%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22966cbc62-23a5-45ae-8a5f-ff0490314610%22%7d

Well, we tried but unfortunately the school laptops needed a TEAMS update.  At least we know that we can access a TEAMS meeting from our classroom blog!  Work in progress!

Highlighted here are Count On Day, Jingle Bell Day, Arctic Snow Day and P.J. Day!  Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Division 10!

From Hat Day to Golden Ticket Day to STEAM Day, we have been having so much fun aboard the Polar Express!  The Division 10 DJ’s have been doing a wonderful job of sharing the spirit of riding the rails this season!

November has brought us torrential rains, a parade of storms and atmospheric rivers.  It hasn’t stopped Division 10 from working, thinking and creating.

Some favourite books this month have been

Can You Hear The Trees Talking.  We have learned so much about:

How Trees Breathe, How Trees Drink, Why Trees Don’t Fall Over, How Trees Procreate, What Tree Children Learn At School, Can Trees Talk and The Forest Internet.

Students created trees for all seasons with their team tables groups.

We continue to appreciate story time in the library and “kindness” continues to be a theme for us to all consider.  This was our latest story time book.

We’ve also appreciated some visiting story readers to share their personal favourites in the class.  Recognize our story tellers?

Division 10 has continued to develop their daily reading skills.  They have particularly enjoyed being Wild Word collectors, enhancing their learning through the book, The Keeper Of Wild Words. 

Mom Dad Our Books and Me carried them into considering all the ways they could make reading fun at home.  A new December Reading Advent Calendar has been sent home.  Have fun with literacy this month.  Remember, Every Day Is A Reading Day!

The Polar Express 10 Days of Christmas will begin on December 6. Please check the schedule that was sent home so you can be prepared for each fun and exciting day that your child will be part of at Clinton School.

The Scholastic Book Fair will be held from Dec 6-9 and purchases can be made online.  Students in Divison 10 will get a chance to purchase books in person on Monday, December 6 during their library time.  They are encouraged to bring their money in a Ziplock bag with their name and money amount on the bag.