Author: laij

February

Division 12 had a busy month learning, playing and exploring! Here’s a little glimpse of what we did in February…

Reading in the Dark

 

Over and under the Snow- In Story Workshop, we created our own Over and Under the Snow stories.  Please ask your child to tell you their story.

 

We went on a nature walk to look for homes animals could hibernate in during the winter.

 

We made birdfeeders for animals that adapt to the weather in the winter.

 

We went to our forest to look for animal tracks.

 

Valentine’s Day Fun!

 

“I Am From”- we each wrote a poem about things, places and words that are important to us. Some of us shared our poem to the Parkcrest community at our Celebration of Learning assembly.

Math

Math in the Fall was all about exploring with numbers and making patterns using different materials.  These mathematicians were busy counting, comparing, building and writing numbers!

We can count with different objects.

 

We can count and make numbers with playdoh.

 

We can match numbers with pictures.

 

We can count and trace numbers.

 

We can count, match and write numbers.

 

We can make patterns with loose parts.

 

We can make patterns with playdoh

 

We can make patterns in nature.

Happy Diwali

 

Diwali is also known as the Festival of Lights! We learned Diwali is India’s biggest holiday of the year! Diwali is a 5 day celebration.  People decorate their homes and meals are shared with families and friends.  They also celebrate with fireworks and gifts are given to children.

 

Diyas are small type of lamp or candle holders lit on Diwali.

Remembrance Day

In class we talked about the importance of Remembrance Day.
It is a day to honour soldiers, veterans and families who have
sacrificed their lives for our freedom.
Each class made a wreath for the wreath laying ceremony at the assembly.
We talk about why the poppy became a symbol for Remembrance Day and we made our own representations of poppies.  Here is an invitation to create poppies with loose parts:

We painted poppies on our hands

 

 

 

We also read “The Peace Book” by Todd Parr and talked about what gives us peace.

I feel peace when I am…

“loved”

“loved by my mom”

“with my brother”

“with my family”

“playing with my friends”

“playing with my mom”

“with my teachers”

“my dad carries me”

“getting hugs”

“nice”

“kind and sharing toys”

“with my cats”

“watching T.V.”

“with my hamster”

“at a park”

Apples!

Our class has been learning about apples this term! Here are some highlights from our apple exploration.

 

We used our sense of smell, sight, touch and hearing to explore the apple trees in our park.

“The bug is eating the apple!”

“Ew! The apple smells bad!”

“This one is rotten.”

“The tree is bumpy.”

“I hear something inside!”

“I hear nothing.”

 

We used our sense of taste to find out which apple is our favourite – red, yellow or green.

“The red one is crunchy and hard.”

“The Green one is very sour!”

“The yellow is really good!”

We found out most people like the red apple! It’s a tie for the green apple and the yellow apple.

 

We did an experiment to see if the apple will sink or float.  The predictions were 10 for it will sink and 5 for it will float! We were pretty excited to see it float!

 

 

Making colour patterns with apples

 

 

Making art with yarn

Orange Shirt Day

 

On Orange Shirt Day, we learned it is a day to honour children that have survived residential schools, and to remember the lives that were lost. Our class read a story called “I Hope”, which captures the adults’ hope for children.  After the story, we brainstormed “words of hope” that will make all children feel safe and respected in our school community.  We then created stitched hearts to honour the hearts of all children, especially the Indigenous children and families.

Terry Fox

Terry Fox is a symbol of hope in Canadian history. Through books and discussion, Division 12 learned who Terry Fox was, why he did his Marathon of Hope, and why we do a Terry Fox Run every year at school.