with Ms. Lai & Ms. Loungsay
Our class has been learning about important community helpers and services that make up a community. We took the information we learned and built five different communities for some lucky bugs! Each group brainstormed what their community needed, collected materials, built it and then they named their community. These lucky bugs can choose to live in Bugland, Bug Town, Bug City, Winch Street Town or Fun Town!
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In one of our lessons in Indigenous Cultural Enhancement with Ms. Ditta Cross, she taught us the importance of exploring one’s own identity. She shared an artifact that showed her connection to her family, her traditional territory and her ancestors. She also shared a story about her artifact and how it connects her to her family. Ms. Ditta Cross encouraged our class to write a poem that will tell others more about ourselves.
Our class brainstormed objects that are special to us, our favourite food, a tradition that we like to do or celebrate and something special people say to us. We then created our own poem and painted a background with our favourite colours.
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Let’s help protect the earth by reducing, reusing and recycling!
We took advantage of the beautiful weather and spent the afternoon drawing and painting with light and shadow!
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With a little imagination, we were able to make it rain and snow in our classroom! First, we poured water into a large bowl. Second, we added a few layers of shaving cream to the water. The shaving cream is the cloud. We talked about how clouds are formed from a process called evaporation (when the sun heats up water in rivers or lakes or the ocean and turns it into vapor or steam). The water vapor or steam goes into the air forming clouds. Lastly, we added food colouring. We pretended it was rain/snow. When water droplets grow heavy enough and depending on the temperature, rain or snow will fall. We had so much fun watching those clouds!
Welcome back, families! We hope you all had a wonderful and restful holiday. All our friends had so many stories to share with each other and their teachers. To share our favourite winter break story, we used loose parts such as gems, rocks, sticks, wooden pegs etc. to build our story. We took pictures of their story and then they each recorded their favourite winter break moment orally! Our storytellers cannot wait to share their stories with you!
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The story Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert is about the Leaf Man drifting around and it visited many places and saw a lot of animals. We don’t know where the Leaf Man is going because it goes where the wind blows. After reading the story, we went on a nature walk and created our own leaf person or creature. As the children were building their leaf person/creature, we heard some interesting stories of where their leaf creations have gone and what they have seen and done! A few leaf people went to the North Pole to look for Santa. Another leaf person went to outer space. And then a leaf butterfly was too sticky, so the wind couldn’t blow it away! We also had a leaf family hanging out at the park! These leaf creations can be anywhere. Look around next time when the wind is blowing. You might see a leaf person drifting by.