Ducklings!

Our ducklings pipped their way into our world on Monday, 21 April 2014!  They just couldn't wait for their debut in the classroom.  Their arrival was recorded on my iPad and shown to the students the next day. 

Students thought of names for our ducklings and we voted as a class.  The names we chose we Charlie (for our darker coloured duckling) and Linda (for the lighter coloured duckling).

We learned about the life cycle of a duckling, completed a life-cycle activity and made our own ducklings hatching out of a tagboard/brass fastener shell.  Our grade one friends from Ms. Taillon's class visited us to join in the fun.  We took our ducklings out for their first walk in the world on Friday, 26 April 2014, and saw first-hand how quickly they can move on their webbed feet. 

Math - Patterns

After reading and listening to the story Caps For Sale by  Esphyr Slobodkina, students buddied up to create a pattern for their peddlars!  This activity allowed students to design as complex a pattern as they wished, while providing them with the opportunity to translate their patterns using letters.

St. Patrick's Day

We were filled with all things Irish during the week of St. Patrick's Day!  After reading The Night Before St. Patrick's Day, students had some ideas on how to construct a leprechaun trap.  We also learned about  the different symbols of St. Patrick's Day:  St. Patrick used the three-leaf clover to teach about the Trinity three-in-one as the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.  We watched some Irish dancing and a man playing the bagpipes.  We completed our blueprints of our leprechaun traps, shared how they worked with classmates, and predicted whether we would catch a leprechaun!  We set our traps before we left for the day.  Mrs. Champion arrived at school just as the bell rang and when we went to change our outdoor shoes, we could not find our indoor shoes!!!!  We opened the door to our class and.....

We searched throughout our school and FINALLY found our shoes in the library!  When we came back to our classroom we found the leprechauns had indeed visited our class, entered our traps, and left us a special note and gold coin!  It looks like they escaped out the window.  We will try again next year!

Lent 2013

We are on our Lenten Journey:

• Counting and colouring each day on our Lenten pathway
• Caring for our Easter garden, watering it and watching it grow with us as we journey  to Easter Sunday
• Learning about the Easter Story through our Resurrection Eggs
• Reading many stories that show different points of view, depictions and traditions: 
• Humphrey's First Palm Sunday (we met Humphrey at Epiphany when he gave up his caravan blanket for the Baby Jesus...)
• The Legend of the Easter Robin (how the robin came to have a red chest)
• Rechenka's Eggs (Ukrainian tradition of pysanky)
• The Legend of the  Easter Lily (resurrection and new life)
• The Legend of the Three Trees (manger, boat, cross)

In Pictures and In Words