Experiment: Putting a coloured drawing (rainbow outlined in black) into a pot of water. Materials: – Coloured drawing in ziplock bag (outline drawing with black Sharpie on the outside of the ziplock bag- I didn’t tell the students until the explanation) – Huge pot of water Observations and Results: The colours in the rainbow “disappeared”…
Community
Division 16 has been learning about community helpers and places. People who work to help others in their community are called community helpers. As a class, we brainstormed some community helpers: Teachers, cooks, mechanics, construction workers, doctors, firefighter, paramedics, nurses, grocers, coaches, engineers, police officers, mail carriers, and boat drivers. Thank you parents who came…
Using Internet Safely
Today, we learned about what is the internet and how to use it safely. By starting to learn about this topic in Kindergarten, I hope this will set a foundation for students to become responsible digital citizens throughout their lives. Internet– a place where people go to find information, learn new things, chat with friends…
Mandalas
In art, a mandala is a geometric set of patterns, colors, and shapes that is usually in a circle but can also be a square. For our provocation, the students were asked to create a mandala design using loose parts. Check out some of the creations.
Hyacinths Q-tip Art
Hyacinths are flowers that bloom in the late spring. We used Q-tips and tempura paint to create beautiful hyacinths artwork. Take a look!
Tomatosphere Results
More observations: May 6, 2024: Group U- 5, Group T- 4 May 9, 2024: Group U- 7, Group T- 6 May 15, 2024: Group U- 8, Group T- 7 Final Results: Group U- 8/10 = 80% of the tomato seeds germinated Group T- 7/10- 70% of the tomato seeds germinated Question: How does exposure to…
Mothers are Special
Happy Mother’s Day! I hope you had a wonderful weekend and enjoyed the gifts that your child made for you. Mothers are special for many reasons. During our class talk today, we each gave one reason why our mothers are special to us. My mom is special to me because she … Alisa-…
Div. 16 Students are Word Collectors
Are you a collector? What do you collect? Today, the class read the story, The Word Collector by Peter H. Reynolds. The story is about Jerome who enjoys collecting words that he saw, heard, and read. For a reading response to the story, the students collected their own words and wrote them down. …
Tomatosphere Experiment
Division 16 is participating in the Tomatosphere program. Here is the link to the website. http://tomatosphere.org/ It is a program where we will use “space” tomato speeds to learn about the scientific inquiry and about plants in space. We have two types of seeds (labelled U and T): one type has been to the International…
Measurement- Length
In Math, we started a unit on measurement. We will learn how to measure length, width, height, weight, and volume. The students will learn about direct comparative measurement (i.e. compare two items to see which one is longer than, shorter than, equals to) and using nonstandard uniform items to measure (i.e. using unifix cubes to…