with Ms. Lai & Ms. Loungsay
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.
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!
Since it did not snow as expected, we decided to make our own snow in the classroom!
We used shaving cream and white liquid glue. The students used their fingers to make snowballs and then they each made a snowman!
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.
Inspired by Peter Reynolds’ book, Be You!, we celebrated the importance of being unique and true to yourself. In our class discussion, there were some statements that stood out more than others. Many students liked, “Be your own thinker!” “Be okay reaching out for help,” is one that many of us adults have a hard time with. We also really liked, “Be connected,” and “Be kind,” and some students thought they were good statements in a pandemic.
We shared the connections we made to some of these statements.
“I felt brave when I jumped off a diving board into a pool.”
“I was being curious when I went for a nature walk.”
“My mom was patient when she was waiting a looooong time for me.”
Please login to your child’s blogfolio to view their response to this book. Students were asked to choose a statement that stood out for them.
For our school-wide write, we read a picture book called, What is your Superpower? by Aviaq Johnston. In this story, a girl named Nalvana discovers that anyone can have superpowers. She has friends with super speed, friends with super strength, and friends who can do all sorts of amazing things. Nalvana discovers that she herself has a unique superpower that is even more powerful than strength and speed. Please ask your child to tell you more about this story.
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.