Self-Love Affirmations

We talked about affirmations and what they mean to us. We say them to ourselves out loud or in our heads to lift ourselves up when we are feeling in the blue zone, or need a boost of confidence. Here are the great ideas our students came up with, on “conversation hearts” for Valentine’s Day!

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So Much Fun at Camp Read!

We filled our class pom pom jar and earned ourselves a Camping Party during our literacy week! We read in the dark with flashlights, built blanket forts in our classroom, and ate warm and gooey s’mores. We also got to visit our school’s book swap, thank you to all of the families who donated their pre-loved books for our students to take home!

Fire Station Field Trip

We took a nice walk to Fire Station #4 in our neighbourhood. We visited our community helpers, the firefighters, and they talked to us about fire safety and their important jobs of helping our community and keeping us safe. We got to go into the fire trucks and also slid down the pole!

   

Happy Holidays!

We created holiday decorations over a few days. First, we painted our boards light blue, then we painted a layer of white paint for the snowy ground. Once it was all dried, we used our fingerprints and coloured sharpies to create “snowmen” to represent the members of our families, thinking about their favourite colours, their height, and their facial expressions. We learned a few different font styles and wrote a holiday greeting once everything was dry. Once they were ready to go home, we wrapped the presents using our choice of wrapping paper and ribbon.

Cedar Ornaments

With the help of Mrs. Austin (our Indigenous Education Resource Teacher) and our big buddies in Ms. Kumar’s class, we learned how to weave cedar ornaments of our very own! We had to use six wet cedar strips because they were easier to bend and work with. We then used blue twine to secure our work!

Oobleck!

We had a scientist from SCWIST (Society for Canadian Women in Science & Technology) come to teach us about properties of matter and how to make oobleck! We learned that oobleck is a non-Newtonian fluid, meaning it takes the properties of solids and liquids. Oobleck is also so much fun to play with!

Patterning

We learned about making repeating patterns and expanding patterns. We practiced using different materials and manipulatives to make patterns of our own and had our classmates ask us questions like, “what goes next?” and “what will the _th shape be?”

A Visit From Some Critters!

We had a visit from Mike’s Critters where he brought some amphibians (meaning they can live on land and in the water) and reptiles!

Mike brought two types of frogs, a toad, a turtle, a tortoise, two types of lizards, a skink, two types of snakes, and an alligator’s head to share with us! We learned about their habitats, what they like to eat, and their survival techniques.

Thank you Mike for bringing your critters to visit!