Category: Literacy

Leaf Man

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 created our own Leaf Man.  As the children were building, we heard some interesting stories of where their Leaf Man has gone and what they have seen! A few leaf men went to the beach, some went to Parkcrest school, one went to the states and another one went to a pond.  These leaf men can be anywhere!  Look around next time when the wind is blowing.  You might see a Leaf Man drifting by.

 

Our Jack-o-Lantern

We are scientists and we have been studying about pumpkins. We read stories, had discussions, made observations, and last week, we touched and smelled the inside of our class pumpkin! The children watched me carve our pumpkin into a jack-o-lantern.

We created a web of  words that we thought described the inside of the pumpkin.

We measured, drew pictures, and counted pumpkin seeds. Our small pumpkin had many seeds, much more seeds than a bigger pumpkin! We learned about the life cycle of a pumpkin, and most importantly, we had a fun week!

Ask your child to tell you what they know about pumpkins.

Thanksgiving Stories

 

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving long weekend! Our class had so many stories to share with each other and their teachers.  We used loose parts such as gems, rocks, sticks, wooden pegs etc. to build our story.  We took pictures of their stories and then they each told us their stories orally.  Our storytellers cannot wait to share their stories with you!   

Please login to your child’s blogfolio to see the story they built and ask them to tell you about their story! 

 

I Am From

 

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.

Please log in to your child’s Blogfolio and enjoy reading their poem!

What is your Rainbow?

Share Your Rainbow is a book inspired by children displaying rainbows on their windows to show their love and support for healthcare workers and frontline workers during the pandemic.  These rainbows represent caring for one another and our hopes for the future.  With the virus restrictions and the hope to stay safe and well, it means we can’t gather with our friends and family, celebrate milestones like we used to or travel.  With hopes in our hearts, we built our rainbow with loose parts.  In our collection of rainbows, you’ll see friends playing in each other’s homes, going on a vacation with family, going on an Easter egg hunt, petting dogs and sharing ice cream with friends.  What is your rainbow?

Please log in to your child’s Blogfolio to see their rainbow!

 

Literacy Week

We had a fun literacy week!  We listened to daily stories – read-alouds recorded by different staff members. Thank you parents for participating in the Family Bingo!

Students all did an amazing job on their bookmarks!  Congratulations to Everett who won the library prize.

Thank you to Ms. Sanchez for creating this campfire for our “Reading in the Dark” literacy day.

Winter Break Stories

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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!   

Please login to your child’s blogfolio to listen to their story.