We are raising butterflies! We have been noticing, wondering, and recording our observations as we watch our caterpillars grow! Stay tuned for updates as we continue to observe the life cycle of our Painted Lady Butterflies! Design Challenge Over the last few weeks, we have been working on designing and creating projects that aim to…

We are Citizens We have been exploring community and investigate the questions What is a community? and What communities are we part of?  We have also been exploring our impact on the local environment. Over the next couple of weeks, our school is taking part in a design challenge. As part of the design challenge,…

Here are some of the highlights from our week that we would like to share with our families. We have been learning about bears! As a class, we engaged in an inquiry of bears. We started by exploring pictures of bears, where we had the opportunity to share what we notice, what we wonder, and…

We would like to share our learning with our families from the last couple of weeks! On February 24th we took part in Pink Shirt Day. We read a story about ways that we can be kind and discussed how we can help to spread kindness and stand up for others when we see that…

This week we celebrated 100 days of school! Throughout the day we took part in activities that had us explore 100 in different ways. As explorers and inventors, we worked together in small groups to plan and build with 100 blocks. We also built paper airplanes which we then tested by measuring 100 inches and…

We are scientists! We are exploring living and non-living things in our environment as we begin to understand how local plants and animals depend on their environment to survive. Over the past two weeks we have had a chance to develop wonders, explore our thinking and reflect on how it has changed, and explore outdoors!…

Welcome back!! We were very excited to see our friends this week and to have recess and lunch with them (L.C). We enjoyed connecting with and playing with our peers at school (A.M). We also enjoyed getting back into mindful drawing (T.D). We do this after lunch to help us find our calm bodies and…

Here is what we would like to share with our families from the last couple of weeks! We are citizens We have continued to build an understanding of our role  and responsibilities within our classroom community. As part of this, we have been choosing and taking part in daily classroom jobs (L. C).  We have…

This week we want our families to know that…   We are citizens  Ms. Lewis joined us and Ms. Brolin’s class on Thursday for a celebration of her and her retirement (V.K). With Ms. Brolin’s class we wet felted a Mood Meter and made a book of the things that we want Ms. Lewis to feel and what she can do to help her feel these ways (A.G-W). We…

This week we want our families to know…   We are Citizens We have been working hard with Ms. Brolin’s class to create something to wish Ms. Lewis well in her retirement (L.C ; C. G-M). We are very excited to share it with her next week! We do not want to spoil the surprise…