Ms. Watt's Class

Flat Stanley Project

Posted on October 14, 2014 by Ms. Watt | 42 comments

We are currently learning about continents & other map skills in class. Among them, we are learning how to locate our province, our country & other countries on maps & globes. The character Flat Stanley has inspired our current project. Click on the picture above to learn more!
Division 8 students have created their very own Flat Stanleys that are ready for adventure! There are a couple different ways they can travel…

Take Flat Stanley on Your Family Vacation
Take pictures of your family with your Flat Stanley at landmarks & recognizable locations during your travels & if you are able to purchase a postcard &/or small souvenir it is definitely welcome! When you return email the photos to Miss Watt @ stephanie.watt@sd41.bc.ca & she’ll share them with the class!

Mail Flat Stanley Around the World
Your Flat Stanley can be sent to a friend or relative that lives in another province, or one that lives in another country! We can mail our Flat Stanleys from school, so if you provide the name and address, Miss Watt will take care of the postage. Division 8 has a letter that is sent along to explain the activity to friends or family members & one for them to return to our class. The recipient will be asked to return the traveller after a week or so with pictures of the Flat Stanley somewhere in their area and a postcard or artifact/souvenir if they are able. They may also email me the photos @ stephanie.watt@sd41.bc.ca.

When the Flat Stanleys return to school, we will plot their whereabouts on our map & share the information received with each other.
Our Flat Stanley project will continue throughout the year & we are all very excited about what we’ll learn about our world. Our own travels; letters, pictures & artifacts from our friends & family; & lastly through the research we do in the classroom, we will learn about the different places our Flat Selves travel to.

To see examples of other Flat Stanleys please click HERE to see a video made by the Canadian creator of the Flat Stanley Project!

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Flat Richard’s Korean Adventures!

Posted on October 11, 2014 by Ms. Watt | Leave a comment

Flat Richard’s adventures in Korea!
Here are some pictures of Flat Richard on Cheju Island & at the amusement parks Lotte World & Everland Resort in Seoul! After being blown into the sea by a typhoon, its good to see a new Flat Richard having such fun adventures!

Click on the pictures for a closer look!

TERRY FOX RUN 2014

Posted on October 11, 2014 by Ms. Watt | Leave a comment

Nelson students participated in our annual Terry Fox Run last Friday. After a late start to the year & only a few days of fundraising, bringing in Toonies for Terry & collecting pledges, we raised $1097 for the Terry Fox Foundation!! Incredible!! Our fundraising in the last couple years has been:
2011 ~ $502
2012 ~ $642
2013 ~ $1430.
We easily surpassed this year’s goal of $800! I’m so proud of all of your hard work!

Click on the picture of Terry above to see our runners in action!

Summer Where Am I? ~ 6

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Ms. Watt | 5 comments

Congrats to Angie for correctly guessing the our 5th Where Am I? of the summer! Check out the Where Am I? page to see the winning answer & where I’m spending the last couple weeks of summer!
I hope everyone is enjoying their last week of an incredibly sunny August & I can’t wait to see you all in September!

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Summer Where Am I? ~ 5

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Ms. Watt | Leave a comment

Congrats to Angie & Amanda for correctly guessing the our 4th Where Am I? of the summer! Check out the Where Am I? page to see the winning answer & the 2nd best university in British Columbia. 😉 haha
The inspiration for our 5th clue comes from my vacation plans for the last couple weeks in August. It’ll be our final Where Am I? for the summer as I won’t have access to a computer during the trip. This city is brimming with history, which I love, & has a couple of friends of mine who moved there whom I love as well! Can’t wait to see them & the sites of this beautiful city & can’t wait to sharing my adventures with you in September!
Good luck with this week’s question!

Summer Where Am I? ~ 4

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Ms. Watt | 14 comments

Congrats to Angie for correctly guessing the our 3rd Where Am I? of the summer! Check out the Where Am I? page to see the winning answer & my very favourite place during hot summers in Vancouver!!
The inspiration for our 4th clue comes from my second favourite thing to do for exercise in the summer. This incredible weather is continuing into August & doesn’t look like it’s stopping anytime soon! I need to make sure to stay hydrated for this exercise & it takes me to some pretty cool Vancouver spots.
Good luck with this week’s question!

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Summer Where Am I? ~ 3

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Ms. Watt | 4 comments

Congrats to Angie & Onisha for correctly guessing the 1st half of our 2nd Where Am I? of the summer! Check out the Where Am I? page to see the winning answer & I’m eager to see if anyone can correctly guess the entire length of this famous North Shore trail It’s a LONG one! My dad & I hiked 1/2 of it last summer & will be finishing the 2nd 1/2 this summer.
The inspiration for our 3rd clue comes from my favourite thing to do for exercise in the summer. We’ve been lucky to have incredible weather so far in July & I hope you’re all getting out & active in this gorgeous sunshine!
Good luck with this week’s question!

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Summer Where Am I? ~ 2

Posted on July 19, 2014 by Ms. Watt | 4 comments

Congrats to Onisha for correctly guessing our 1st Where Am I? of the summer! Check out the Where Am I? page to see the winning answer & how its connected to this years World Cup host city!
The inspiration for our 2nd clue comes from my dad! He’s written a hiking book based on the North Shore & we enjoyed a hike a couple days ago to an enormous 1100 year old Douglas Fir! I had a Who’s Taller contest & then gave it a hug before we continued on our way! Incredible tree! Good Luck with this week’s question!

“Hollyburn Fir ~ Diameter 9.7 ft / 3m ~ Height 150 ft / 43.7m”

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Where Am I? is baaaaaaaaaack!

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Ms. Watt | 15 comments

Where Am I? is back for the summer!
In honour of Germany’s win today, there’s a soccer themed question waiting to be answered! Good Luck!
DEUTSCHLAND!

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Flat Angelina’s Israel Adventures!

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Ms. Watt | 6 comments

Flat Angelina’s adventures in Israel! Here are some pictures of Flat Angie at the Israel airport, posing with 2 Israeli soldiers, at the sacred ancient Western Wall, next to a real candle that was used by people a few hundred years ago, by a painting depicting ancient Israeli markets & an ancient Israel map, & visiting King David’s tomb. An adventure filled with rich history!!

Click on the pictures for a closer look!