We hope you all had a wonderful and relaxing March Break! The students were excited to see all their friends and share stories with us about their time off.
Eric Carle is the Author/Illustrator inspiration for our art activity this week. Students have been experimenting with different materials to make textured looking paintings. They use bubble wrap, q-tips, sponges and toothpicks to make different designs.
At the building centre J.M, M.C and R.T worked together to create a structure. They drew their plans so they would know how to build it. They got the idea from "three different books'.
When they were finished, they pretended to share their blueprints and asked each other questions about how it was built. We've been practicing using question words so it was great to see them asking each other thoughtful questions!
Many students are still interested in building spinners out of the unifix cubes. They love playing "beyblades"!
The students took time today to write their March journal. They are working very hard to write a full sentence! It's wonderful to see the progress each student is making in their writing strategies.
Ms. Blakely put up numbers in the blue math organizer! M.C and G.F made a number game where they would alternate finding numbers and putting them back in order from one to twenty. Ms. Blakely has more fun things to add to this math organizer so stay tuned for more learning!
In our Aquarium, G.F spent time at the cash register and invited other students to play as sharks and scuba divers.
Our ECE student taught the children how to make a fruit salad! The kindergarteners LOVED it! It was great watching them peel oranges and cut bananas on their own. Fostering a great sense of independence while promoting healthy and delicious food choices!
Ms. Blakely gathered students ideas about what "boys can do" and "girls can do". You'll notice that our students for the most part agree that boys and girls are capable of doing a lot of the same things. For example, both boys and girls can...
"play with blocks"
"play with barbies/dolls"
"wear jeans"
Mrs.David asked the students to help fill in a Venn diagram with spaces for "Girl toys", "Boy toys" and "both girl and boy toys". The students agree that boys and girls can play with any toy they like. We're excited to see how the students' thinking has changed.
After Mrs. David read a story about animals sinking a boat, G.F shared her boat creation with the class. She talked about how the paper she had originally used, didn't work well in water. The foam sheet she stapled to the bottom of her boat works much better! We'll be exploring buoyancy and objects that float/sink at our science table.
Our fish survived March Break and have grown quite a bit. They still spend a lot of time hiding. Today, Ms. Alannah found a fish hiding inside of a seashell. Here's a fish hiding under one of our big rocks!
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