Power Outage
What do you do when the power goes out? Well you read of course! What a wonderful class. As we waited for our families to pick us up from school on Wednesday my class quietly got our their book-bags...
View ArticlePatterns!
We made books about patterns. Ms. Gray helped us to make these books using the Book Creator app on our iPads. This is some of our first tries.
View ArticleHigh School Buddies
Our high school buddies came and helped us make more books about patterns. Thank you to Ali, Mackenzie, Molly and Chantel. As usual with technology some of the books worked and some didn’t… Here are...
View ArticleRemembrance Day
We watched this video and it explained a little about Remembrance Day and why the poppy is a symbol for remembering.
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We had a hunch that garbage on the playground was a problem at our school so we went out to find evidence. We discovered that it was indeed a problem! All the Grade 1 & ½ classes collected garbage...
View ArticleThe Yukon Quest Has Begun!
Unfortunately because of the Olympics we won’t be following the Yukon Quest as closely as last year. We will keep track of the mushers during the race. The race began in Fairbanks, Alaska on Saturday,...
View ArticleEd Hopkins is in the lead!
Most of the mushers have made it over the boarder and into Canada and to top it off a Canadian, Ed Hopkins, is in the lead. If you want to find more information about the different mushers you can find...
View ArticleSymmetry & Button Blankets
It has been so long since we posted anything. These are beautiful examples of symmetrical Button Blankets using U shapes, Split U shapes, S shapes and ovoids.
View ArticleMaybe….
Day 21 – As I sat in our quiet classroom after school on Friday I heard a small “cheep” from the incubator, but there were no signs of pips. I am planning to head in Sunday to check on their progress....
View ArticleSigns of Spring Field Trip
We had such a great time on our field trip to Cluwexe. We saw signs of spring everywhere. A huge thank-you to Megan Hanacek for leading and teaching our students all about the forest and to all the...
View ArticleOur day at school was fun.
The Tour de Rock riders came to our school and it was cool. The raccoon gave us high-fives, we liked him the best! They are riding 140km to Victoria. Ben was a rider from Port Hardy. It is hard to...
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We saw Smokey the Bear. Smokey sleeps in the forest with cougars. He gave us high-fives. He didn’t talk at all. He helps to take care of the forest.
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Today at school we played with playdough. We went to the gym and played corners. We learned about bats. We learned that some bats are poisonous. Bats hunt at night. We drew bats. We wrote in our...
View ArticleMicrobats and Megabats
Did you know that microbats use echolocation to help find their prey? Do you know the difference between a microbat and a megabat?
View ArticleThings We Did Today
We did a lot at school today we played a fun game in the gym with Ms Lasota we drew and coloured witches we played Buzz and I Have, Who Has we did a phonics lesson made I Am Special poems with Ms...
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