Ms. Watt's Class

F is for FREEZIES & FREE TIME

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Ms. Watt | 3 comments

F ~ It was one HOT day in Burnaby!! What else do you do, but head outside for some FREE TIME in the sun & cool down with some refreshing FREEZIES! We enjoyed blue raspberry, cherry, grape & everyone’s favourite, cream soda!
Click to see our fun!

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E is for ESTIMATION

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Ms. Watt | 1 comment

E ~ Jujubes, Smarties, Jelly Beans, Sours… Count the Candies!!
We spent the morning using referents & good ‘ol fashioned thoughtful guesses to ESTIMATE how many candies were in the jars.

After all the Guessing Jar estimates had been counted, the winners were announced in the afternoon.
Drumroll please……………

Lucas, Eric, Rhea & Hanielle had the closest estimates, with Hanielle making a perfect guess!
Well done to all Division 9 students & their excellent estimates! Can’t wait to enjoy the candies at another Alphabet Countdown day very soon…

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D is for DINOSAURS

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Ms. Watt | 1 comment

D ~ DINOSAUR books, drawing books, matching games, pattern blocks, posters, toys & more! We spent the day learning lots about dinosaurs, watching a movie in the morning & then doing different dino activities in the afternoon.
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C is for CHALK

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Ms. Watt | 1 comment

C ~ pink, orange, blue, green, white…sidewalk CHALK!
We got our creative juices going & decorated Nelson’s cement surfaces with our chalk pictures & writing. Thank you rain for holding off!
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B is for BUBBLES

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Ms. Watt | 1 comment

B ~ bubbles, Bubbles, & MORE BUBBLES! Using big wands, small wands, pipes, pipe cleaners & even our hands, we created hundreds of beautiful bubbles!!
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ALPHABET COUNTDOWN

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Ms. Watt | 2 comments

My favourite (soon to be yours too!) time of the school year has arrived!
The ALPHABET COUNTDOWN has begun!

For the rest of the school year we’ll be celebrating each day with a letter, or two. We’ll be participating in activities &/or dressing in something special to make our last month together memorable & lots of fun! Today we began with A & spent the day with our favourite stuffed ANIMALS!

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Burnaby Art Gallery ~ Memories of Place

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Ms. Watt | Leave a comment

Division 9 made the short journey to the Burnaby Art Gallery this Wednesday. Thank you parent drivers!! We were there to see 2 exhibits & create some art!

On the 1st floor we saw the Arts Alive exhibit which featured the works of talented Burnaby students. It showcased student paintings, drawings & sculptures depicting a place that holds special memories. We grabbed a clipboard & became gallery detectives & went on a Gallery Search to find key images in the works of art. We found a Pharaoh, fireworks, nighttime, & even a watermelon!
Click here to see their amazing works of art! Well done to all the young artists!

On the gallery’s 2nd floor we saw Focus on the Collection: Wood Engraving which featured a selection of wood engravings which the gallery has been collecting over the past 60 years. We took our clip boards around & studied & drew setting, line detail, & how the artists depicted calm & movement.

The second part of our visit was in the fireside room where we created our own paintings using watercolour paints & watercolour crayons depicting a place that holds special memories . Click on the tree above to see Division 9 artists at work!

* * * special note re: VICTORIA DAY this weekend in Burnaby * * *

This Victoria Day Monday from 11am-4:30pm is a special time at the Burnaby Village Museum! Just around the corner from the Art Gallery there’s “entertainment all day long including: Morris Dancers, a parade, and construction of a colossal cake. After the parade, be presented to Queen Victoria by her ladies-in-waiting during the Queen’s Levee. Enjoy a piece of birthday cake.”
Click on the smiley for more details! I hope some of you can go join in the fun!

GO CANUCKS GO!!!

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Ms. Watt | 1 comment

*sigh* Fingers crossed…
Division 9 has been hard at work transforming our classroom into a Canuck Cheering Zone. Putting to work our artistic skills to create Canuck borders & our math skills to create graphs of all different kinds! We’re using pie graphs, bar graphs, pictographs & tally charts to record games won, goals scored, players points & our predictions.
Tomorrow Nelson will be alive as the Canucks head into a Do or Die Game 4 in San Jose, with staff & students wearing Canuck gear, making game predictions (thanks Mr. Klarich!), buying tickets to win an autographed Sedin jersey (thanks Leadership!) & I cannot wait til everyone joins together to sing The Hockey Song (thanks Mrs. Heighton!). Nelson Spirit is at its peak!Let’s get our Canucks back to Vancouver for Game 5! Go Canucks Go! Go Canucks Go! Go Canucks Go! Go…

click on Johnny Canuck to see our hard work

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How To Experts

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Ms. Watt | Leave a comment

Have you ever wondered how to…
~ care for a fish?
~ play hockey?
~ play football?
~ play the piano?
~ take care of a rabbit?
~ play basketball?
~ make a book?
~ play soccer?

Miss Kerr’s kids will teach you how!
Check out their ‘How To’ books on display now in our library!

Esso Cup

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Ms. Watt | 2 comments

On Wednesday, April 24th we were incredibly lucky to have the Edmonton Thunder visit us at Nelson. We welcomed them in our gym with our signs held high, showing our Nelson Spirit! The team autographed signs & pennants before being introduced & seeing a power point full of pictures of their team’s great accomplishments! After the assembly, the girls came around to autograph our planners and answer all of our questions. We wished them luck & then they were on their way to an afternoon game!

After lunch, the BP team from Nova Scotia came to our classrooms & handed out hockey puck erasers & shared their team cheer with us. We met them again during gym class when some team members practiced passing around the puck & shooting with us. What a cool experience!

The best part came on Thursday, April 25th when we went to Bill Copeland arena to cheer on the Edmonton Thunder to a 3-2 win over Quebec! Division 9 had front row seats to all the excitement & were right next to the player’s bench so we got to high five them as they left & returned to the ice each period. Lucky us!