April 13 - 17 Our first week of Dinosaur Days

Lydia Jones is our Star of the Week!  Congratulations Lydia!

The children are enjoying the Art Easel.

Paintings that the children created on the art easel.

Outdoor recess!  Soon the snow will be all gone!

Creating our own art dinosaurs we were able to use any materials we wished.

The results our dinosaurs each one is unique!

Roll the dinosaur cube record by printing the numbers which dinosaur will race to the finish line?

Measure the dinosaur bones using links, cars, blocks, and cubes.  Record how many of each item it required to measure each bones.

The Paleontologists are hard at work uncovering dinosaur related words.  After six words are recorded they draw their favorite dinosaur.

The children are busy designing impressive car parks.  We may have some architects in the class.  Notice the bird's eye view of the building.

I reintroduced the choice board.  The children were choosing the same area all the time with the same people.  Now they choose a centre and each there is a posted number of children permitted at each centre..  Each day different people choose first.  After 15 - 20 minutes children are asked to choose a different centre.  On the second rotation, one group of children work/play with me at my table.

A couple of groups working with me at my table we played 7 Up and Snakes and Ladders!

Some learning centre time!

The dinosaur puzzle is popular!

Our Dinosaur learning map the children know a lot  of facts about dinosaurs!

We ended fabulous Friday by making Flubber with Mrs. Yes's grade eight students in the science lab.  Each child got to take some Flubber home with explicit instructions to use it at the table!

April 7 - 10 The Little Red Hen

Gemma MacLean was our Star of the Week!  Congratulations Gemma!

Weighing objects using the scales... which object was heavier?  Record your answer.

The Little Red Hen .... which characters were in the story?  Which characters were not in the story?

Working on creating our own Little Red Hen!

Our finished Little Red Hens, each one is unique!  I believe art is the favorite work job!

Creating a page in our own classroom book.  I am helpful when I ...

The children working together cooperatively between activities.

Our Little Red Handprint Hens.  The children did an awesome job of adding extra detail!

I Know My .... we are working on full names. birthdays, address both civic address and community and telephone numbers.  When your child knows all the information a sticker is placed by their name.

In keeping with the story we made bread just like the Little Red Hen.  It was called Bread in a Bag.  Here the children are measuring the ingredients, after the bag was sealed we passed it around and the children squeezed and squished the bag to mix the ingredients.  Then I kneaded the dough and placed it in the pans to rise.  Mr. Acorn turned on the oven and after little recess and when the children were at music the bread cooked!

The bread before and after it was cooked

Everyone had a slice of the bread.  All children enjoyed the the bread.  It was a team effort of everyone working together.  The comments from the children included:  Mmmmmmmm,  can you teach us in grade one so we can bake bread again.  No every time we go to another grade can you come too.  We could make bread every year!  We put the other loaf in the staffroom for the teachers and there was not a crumb remaining. 

I read the story of Bibi and the Bull.  I asked each child to draw something about the story.  Bibi went to her Grandfathers farm and he took her around and pointed out some of the dangerous things on his farm.  I love your illustrations.   You are now adding many more quality details!

We compared four Little Red Hen stories and found that each had some of the same characters and that the Little Red Hen was the main character in each of the stories.

Here are some props for the children to act our the story.  The story sack will be sent home to each house for you to enjoy for a night!

March 30 - April 2 It was all about Easter

Jacob was our Star of the Week.  Congratulations Jacob!

Even Pete the Cat got into the Easter Spirit!

Our Easter Classroom display table!

Working hard on our Easter Cards!

Measuring with carrots...tall and wide using a bunny!

Using paper plates to create our own bunny!

The finished display!

How many eggs of each color were in each bag.  Count and record the number.  Then decorate each egg!

The children love working on the floor puzzles!

The puzzle is complete.  Everyone is giving the activity a thumbs up!

This year we used plastic tumblers for our Easter basket.  The children used stickers and Easter grass for the cups.  When they take them home they also have a cup to keep!

A tisket, a tasket a little Easter Basket!  ________  wrote a word for his/her friend and on his way he dropped it.

5 Little Easter Eggs ... the last egg tried to run away but Mrs. MacNeill was pretty fast and caught him.

Liam and Josh had a wonderful time creating this block structure.

The children are doing an excellent job of reading their guided reading book to the class.

Sharing the Easter treats brought in by Colton and Gemma.  Thank you for the treats!

Lauryn and Jack enjoying the soft chairs!

We stopped in to see Mr. Tumblin's class.  They really liked our I'm Some Bunny Special headbands!

Creating our own bunnies.  We started with a form bunny shape and could add any details we wanted.  They sure looked awesome!

The last Easter activity was the basket search.  Everyone found their basket!  Happy Easter Everyone!!!