Author Archives: Ms. Fischer
Lego Cars
This week for science/ADST we worked with a partner (or small group) to build a balloon powered LEGO car. We had to use all our communication skills, critical thinking skills and creative thinking skills to figure this one out. We built, then tested, then revised, then tested again… We showed flexibility like Ormie and perseverance like … Continue reading
Sound Map
On Monday Divisions 7 & 8 went to Confederation Park during nature school. We learned about sound mapping. Students got ready for the activity by listening to the story, The Listening Walk, by Paul Showers. We then worked together to find some idea for things that they might hear. The nearby construction made it easy … Continue reading
Lion Art
During nature school on Monday Divisions 7 & 8 walked over to “Chestnut Town” and collected a variety of natural materials to create some art. Some of the items we found: pine cones chestnut ‘shells’ blossoms sticks leaves We filled up a wagon and headed back to school to create… Working alone, with partners or … Continue reading
Bird Kites
ADST Big Idea: Skills can be developed through play. Science Big Idea: The motion of objects depends on their properties. Today we continued working on our science unit on Force and Motion. You might have noticed we have been building a number of flying ‘contraptions’ to explore a variety of forces at work…today we constructed … Continue reading
Force and Motion
We are learning about force and motion in science. We have looked at all kinds of big machines that help us do jobs. We’ve also been building ‘machines’ (like the pinwheel and roto-copters) that explore force and motion. Below are some links to some videos we’ve watched to learn about some of those big machines. … Continue reading
We’ve been busy!
We have have super busy in our classroom these last few weeks. We have been working on our Lion King project for a month now, and have finally completed it! We did lion research in the library with Ms. Besic and we learned so much about lions. Thanks for helping us use a variety of … Continue reading
Learning about Learning Continued…
We have concluded our lessons on growth mindset (although of course we never stop learning about it!). In the past few weeks we have learned about empathy and resilience. Empathy is: learning by putting oneself in another person’s shoes. We watched a fun video with Mark Ruffalo and Murray from Sesame street about what empathy is. You can watch … Continue reading
Spring Sketches
This week we got out to enjoy the sunny weather and did some sketching of the spring blooms in our garden. It looks amazing already. If you haven’t seen it, go take a look. We are very proud of the bulbs we planted last year! We used our regular pencils to sketch the outline of … Continue reading
Outdoor Adventures
This week we ventured into “Mother Nature” and “Baby Court” (also known as our garden and the grassy field right next to it) to do some exploring. We planned two activities: Build the first letter of your name using sticks and raffia Measure the items that have begun to grow in our garden and record … Continue reading
Symmetry In Geometry
Today we revisited the word symmetry. You might remember that our art show project involved symmetrical bugs! This time we used geometric pattern blocks to create our symmetrical patterns. If the pattern is symmetrical we could ‘cut’ it in half and fold it up to match each side. We had to use our critical thinking skills … Continue reading