We Have Visitors…
Monday we should have 6 visitors to our classroom. Can you guess who they are? Created with Padlet
View ArticleDoInk and Storywriting
In June we experimented with the DoInk app. We wrote stories and retold them, then we used the green screen to record and create settings for our stories. These are our first attempt using this app....
View ArticleAre you excited?
Photo: Horia Varlan/Creative Commons I am getting very excited that school is going to start soon.
View ArticleWhat we think we know about spiders.
In our class we are learning about spiders. We are will discuss what we think we know about spiders and then we will use the following sources to discover new information. During our learning we will...
View ArticleLearning about Wolf Spiders
We have Wolf Spiders here in British Columbia as well. This is an interesting post about a wolf spider carrying babies. What do did you learn about a Wolf Spider here and what do you think about it?...
View ArticleRemembrance Day
Our Remembrance Day Assembly is early this year because of the Professional Development Day on Monday, Nov 10. This song is one of my favourite tributes to Canadian soldiers past and present. Please...
View ArticleNew Units
We have begun new units in both Math and Themes. For the next 4-6 weeks we will be learning about our huge country, Canada and in Math we will be learning about measurement. The first week in our...
View ArticleNew Year, New Blogs
Our class has begun blogging! Please check out our blogs on Kidblog
View ArticleLandforms
We are learning about the different types of landforms as we drive across the provinces on our road trip from Port Hardy to Halifax. Today we will watch this video and then use atlases to find the...
View ArticleThe Yukon Quest Has Begun!
The Yukon Quest is a 1 600 km dog sled race between Whitehorse, in the Yukon Territory to Fairbanks, Alaska and will last 10 to 16 days. You can follow the race standings live HERE The organizers of...
View ArticleVincent van Gogh
We will be learning about famous artists in history. The first artist we will learn about and is Vincent van Gogh. We will learn about his life and his painting style then we will attempt to create...
View ArticleKing Penguins
Things to think about: What are the important pieces of information that you learned from this video? How could you write an interesting first sentence to hook a reader?
View ArticleWe have a chick!!
This is what is happening in our class. We have one chick that has hatched and another seems to have a hole.
View ArticleMultiplication Games
We are learning about multiplication in math. Try some of these LINKS to practice your skills.
View ArticleRoots of Empathy
We are very lucky to have Mrs Hagen come into our classroom and do the Roots of Empathy program with us. The highlight of this program is that we have a baby come and visit our classroom once a month....
View ArticleHonestly, October was So Busy!
We have been working hard in Grade 1 & 2. Learning how to learn is hard work, but it is fun. We have been talking a lot about honesty this month in our Classroom Champions unit. Sometimes telling...
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