April 23 - 27 ~~~ Finishing up our Dinosaur Theme

The children created their own dinosaurs.

They were given a half of a paper plate,

white construction paper for the legs, neck,

and tail, there was an assortment of

materials available for the children to

use freely. They glued their dinosaurs

onto black construction paper.  I love

the uniqueness of each dinosaur!

Our second dinosaur floor puzzle!

Roll and record.  Which dinosaur would

race to the finish line first.  Use a

number line to self correct when forming

the numbers.  I overheard a couple of

children saying my Compsognathus  

raced to the top.

Making a volcano erupt… was the all time

favorite work job this week. The expressions

on the children’s faces were priceless! I had

both classes all day Thursday and Friday.

Emily was absent so Cohen took her place

with Seth at this work job!

This work job was clipboard cruising at a

whole new different level. The word MEATEATER

was on the recording sheet.  First find a word

that begin with M, then E, etc.  The dictionary,

books, and word wall were all used to find words.

I set up work jobs for Mrs. McCarthy’s

class on Friday.  They consisted of a

dinosaur floor puzzle, the computers,

the writing table and the volcano work job!  

The children did a wonderful job!

We also made dinosaur fossils!  Max from

grade nine was my assistant.  Thanks, Max!

The fossils need to harden and then we

will paint them up next week!

Learning centre time pictures!

My class loves to read!  Here they

are buddy reading with a friend!

It makes my day when they ask

can we read!!!

To ensure that everyone got to help

with the volcano.  Mrs.Arsenault

graciously let me borrow her big volcano

and each child had a turn adding some

baking soda or vinegar.  It was spectacular!!!

When Grayson grows up he is

going to be a Veterinarian!

Here is Max, he is leading the class

in a game of guess that sentence!

The children take turns guessing a letter

and try to figure out the sentence before

Max draws a complete umbrella.  Each time

an incorrect letter is guessed a part of

the picture is drawn.

Dinosaurs and Earth Day!

Happy 6th birthday to Morgan!

This work job consisted of 10 dinosaur prints

with pictures of them around the room.

The children went clipboard clipping and

tried to sound out the words. Many

children were able to put beginning and

ending sounds and quite a few added

the vowels in the centre.

This work job was a dinosaur board game.

You went around the board and if you

landed on a space with a dinosaur egg.

 You put an egg on your card.  You tried

to fill your card with 4 dinosaur eggs first.

Measuring dinosaur bones,using links, cars,

Lego and blocks.  When you are finished

get a number line to check that your

numbers are made correctly.  

Finally, decorate your dinosaur bones.

We celebrated Earth Day early.  I read

a couple of books, did a couple short

you tubes on Reduce,Reuse, Recycle.  

Created our own earth day people and

when KB joined us we had a discussion on

how we could help protect the earth and wrote

an earth day promise.

This work job was one of my

floor dinosaur puzzles.

When Morgan grows up

he is going to drive a bulldozer.

We used the chromebooks with our book buddies.

Each Friday the students read

their guided reader to the class.  

A friend holds the microphone

for the reader.

Spring is in the Air!!!  We made

some colorful spring birds to put

on the tree in the hallway.

Some dinosaur activities from this week!

Learning centre time.  It is interesting

to see who plays with who and what

they choose for learning centre time.

We usually have  two rotations each day!

Braydon White,the Easter Seals

Ambassador was at our school.

Magnetics, Capacity, Sink and Float, and Part,Part Whole

As a sign of respect for the

Humboldt Broncos we are

wearing jerseys or green tops.

Part part whole, shake and drop

the two sided chips, count to see

how many of each color.  Show

different ways to represent 10.

Sink and float. Drop the items in the water.

Check to see if it will sink or float.

Record your findings.

Capacity - using the small blue cup

fill it to the top and pour it into the

different containers.  Record how many

cups it takes to fill each container.

Which one held more, less, did any hold the same?

Magnetic s - test each item to see

which ones attract and which items detract.

Record your findings.

As fishing season is opening on Sunday.  

We went fishing in our class.  Each fish

had a sight word one it.  After you

caught a fish and told what the word

was on the fish you got your own fish to

decorate, cut out to take home. We

watched a documentary on trout fishing

on PEI to see what trout fish looked like,

the children did a great job of making

the trout look realistic.

It was time to do a Spring Mural.  

We are getting right into the paint

to make our Kindergarden of flowers!!!

Griffin wrote our morning message.

We were doing some experimenting

on heavy and light.  Each child was

asked to bring over to small items.  

We then predicted which one would

weigh more before placing the items

on the scale.

Emma wrote the morning message.

Holden was being the teacher as part

of his Star of the Week.  He chose

the game Doggie, Doggie, Where’s your Bone?

When Holden grows up he is going

to be a bus driver!

Seth, Chandler and Holden enjoying

the block centre.

Maddy, Grace and Cohen are busy

at the writing centre.

Emma and Maddy are

concentrating with the bunny game.

Grayson and Caleb are busy

creating at the Marbleworks!

Harper, Clairabella, Bransen, and Griffin

are busy at the writing table. They are

making snowflakes and kites!

Kaden, Morgan, Cohen and Nevaeh

are busy creating with the Lego!

They worked really hard on this creation

and asked to keep it up so I found a large

piece of cardboard and we slid it on and

put it in the back room for safe keeping.

The bird’s eye view really shows their hard work.

Jayda is sharing her diary with Emily.

When Chandler grows up

he wants to be a Police Officer.