Month: April 2015

I am always amazed by what children can do!

Division 10 has been reading First Nations stories from the Pacific Northwest Coast.  We have been learning about the rich, mythic traditions that these stories contain.

One of the stories that we read was “Storm Boy” by Paul Owen Lewis.  This story is about a boy who is lost in a storm and is transported to the mysterious undersea world of the giant Killer Whale people. 

With the help of Ms. Chow, the district technology teacher,  the children reinterpreted the story using iPads  and an app called ChattterPix.  The children each chose a page and retold the story from a different perspective.

The 100th day of school is not only an important milestone, but it is also the perfect opportunity to have fun with the number 100.  

From the very first day that school started, Division 10 has been keeping track of the number of days that we have been in school in anticipation of the 100th day. Each day was represented by a straw, ten of which became a “ten bundle”.  This provided us with many opportunities to count by tens and ones while developing place value concepts. 

When the 100th day of school arrived, each child brought 100 items to school to count and sort into groups of 10.  Look at how different 100 can look.[metaslider id=2115]

Division 10 read “One Hundred Hungry Ants” by Elinor J. Pinczes.  This book is about one hundred hungry ants that are travelling in single file to get to a picnic.  It seems to be taking too long to get there so the littlest ant rearranges them into various groups.  We decided that we wanted to try it ourselves.  Here we are making one row of 100, two rows of 50, four rows of 20, five rows of 25 and ten rows of 10.[metaslider id=1958]