What’s Hatching?

Division 7 and 8 are studying a new theme this month. We are little scientists and we are learning about oviparous animals. Last week, three eggs arrived at our school. We will get to see how these eggs hatch!  The eggs are slightly larger than the ones we usually eat at home. They will take approximately three weeks to hatch.  The eggs are safely stored in an incubator in Ms. Gourlay’s classroom.  We will visit them every 2-3 days to make an observation about the eggs and write down some notes in our observation booklets, as scientists do.

eggs in the incubator

Ms. Gourlay and I are keeping it a secret.  What animal do you think is inside?  “Hopefully not a dinosaur,” said a kindergarten student.

Spring flowers!

We painted the backgrounds and experimented with changing paint colours. We added white or black to make a colour lighter or darker, and mixed some colours together to make new colours. Then we made flowers and added them to our paintings.

Let’s hope these flowers bring on some warmer weather ahead!  These are now on our bulletin board in the hallway.



 

Buddy Reading

Happy New Year!  I hope you all had a restful winter break.  There is something about January.  The kids seem to bounce right back into the school routine with renewed energy for the new year.

Every so often, we have older buddies come into our class to read with our kids.  Today during our kindergarten literacy time, we had grade 2 and 3 buddies come to read with us. 

Reading is a necessity in any classroom, and getting some extra time to share a story with someone is a gift. We have all heard about reading being the secret to success. Students gain access to rich vocabulary and even simple stories contain complex aspects of relationships and events. While being read to, students are able to just relax and concentrate on what the story is about.  They gain by listening to critical language and enunciation skills.  There is no pressure to sound out words or memorize any information.  For the older kids, the more they read to their little buddies, the more confidence they gain in their own reading skills. The benefits are just too many to list. Plus, it’s fun and the kids love having buddies!

Most of these buddies were in my class for kindergarten and/or grade 1. It’s always so nice when they come back to visit their old classroom!

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A Community Christmas

Our Christmas event was a hit!  There was singing in the gym, hot chocolate and apple cider, and gingerbread men decorating contests in our classrooms.  Families got to take photos with two elves.  Many of my students brought their younger siblings, so there were quite a few toddlers joining in the fun too.

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A big thanks to our music teacher, Ms. V. for doing so much organizing, and to our wonderful parent volunteers!  Volunteers baked over 250 gingerbread men!  What a fun night!

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The Mobile Dairy Classroom Experience

Daisy the Cow

Today, Daisy the cow and the Mobile Dairy Classroom visited our school.  Daisy is 6 years old (which is equivalent to our 60 years old) and weighs 1600 pounds!  The amount of food she eats in a day is equivalent to us eating 1375 bowls of cereal!  We saw a milking demonstration and milk was pumped into a milking jar.

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Website: https://bcdairy.ca/dairyfarmers/initiatives/mobile-dairy-classroom-experience