On November 27th we got a delivery of new desk chairs! This was very exciting as the students got the pleasure of unwrapping them. They took this job very seriously. It was a great opportunity to use their problem solving skills.
Category: Class News
All About Me Robots / My Name
As we are wrapping up our unit on self-discovery we have finished off the last two activities. The first was our All About Me Robots. Students needed to decide and state their preferences in a number of different areas.
The second activity was putting together all the bits about our names. This included the sheet that was sent home for family input.
Our bulletin board did not manage to accommodate all of this work so we have some mounted on our white board underneath our Word Wall.
More Complementary Colours
Sudents used construction paper, in complementary colours, to create woven patterns. These are on the bulletin board outside of our room next to the office.
Remembrance Day Poppies
After a directed drawing lesson on flowers – in the style of Georgia O’Keefe – students outlined their pencil drawings with China markers. These were then painted red with green centres. After these had dried students re-outlined them, cut them out, and glued them onto green construction paper. This was also a reinforcement on our lessons on complementary colours (red and green).
Who Am I?
As part of our Social Studies unit we have been exploring our sense of self. Students created these wonderful word and picture maps that depict themselves and things that are important to them.
They worked very thoughtfully and put in a great effort to ensure a very fine finished product! Here they are individually:
These are mounted on the bulletin board at the back of our classroom.
Pumpkin Pie
Students enjoyed a sample of a Fall classic – pumpkin pie 🎃
We are thankful for …
After discussing Thanksgiving, and all that it means, we brainstormed things that we are thankful for. Students worked in partnerships to create these lovely thoughts.
I hope you all have a wonderful long weekend!!
Happy Thanksgiving 🦃🦃
Pumpkin Patch Trip
What a wonderful day we had today!!
The weather was great; the kids were fairly well behaved; and everything went quite well. I feel that students really enjoyed themselves. Thanks to our lovely moms who came along to help us🥰
Nutrition – Four Food Groupings
We wrapped up our unit on Nutrition with a small group collage project. Students worked in groups of four or five to cut pictures from grocery flyers to represent the foods in their category. These were glued onto chart paper and are seen below:
Colour Theory – Tertiary Colours
As part of our ongoing study of colour theory, students experimented with using two secondary colours (orange and green) to create tertiary colours in their Fall pictures.
It took a bit of practise but most students were able to blend the two secondary colours to create the effect of tree leaves gradually changing colours in the Autumn 🍃🍂🍁🎃