January 30, 2018

How to animals stay warm in the Far North?  Today we took a polar dip in some icy water - BRRRrrr!!  However, when we put on our blubber glove, our hands stayed warm and dry.  Polar bears have 10cm of blubber today we realized just how important that protection is!  
 

In the afternoon, the lady from Jump Rope for Heart was in teaching us all about ways to keep our hearts healthy!  Exercise, healthy food, rest and lots of water are all important for growing bodies.  The school will be participating in the Jump Rope event on February 14, students are encouraged to fundraise, more information can be found in the package that your child will be bringing home.  


Reminder: 
- Tomorrow is a PD Day, there is no class for students. 

January 29, 2018

HOT CHOCOLATE DAY!!  Today students tested their Hot Chocolate Storage Container (insulators) in a 2 hour long experiment.  Congratulations to Sawsha, whose container retained the most heat; it was made of our two three insulators: wood, styrofoam and plastic.  

We culminated this day by celebrating student accomplishments with a tasty treat!  Cheers! 

January 26, 2018

Congratulations to Jay, who was the 2D Student of the Week!


In art today, students completed their Cardinals in the Snow art project.  They are on display in our hallway, swing by and check them out!


Reminder:
- Hot Chocolate Storage Containers are due on Monday.  Please check your email for complete details.  

January 25, 2018

It's hockey day!  Students who had full face masks were invited to bring their sticks and play some hockey with their buddies.  Thank you again to the NAX players who were able to make it out this week and skate with their buddies.  We appreciated all of your support!  Also, a huge thank you to the parents who came and tied skates and joined us on the ice!  Your extra hands were appreciated!


In art, students drew their cardinals and began painting the sky, using our favourite fancy sparkle paint!  

January 24, 2018

Thank you again to everyone who joined us on the ice and in the dressing room today.  This skating week is always a fun one!
 

In Math, we continued our 2D shape exploration.  Today students connected the dots to reveal a variety of shapes!  


Reminder: 
- Hockey sticks are welcome on the ice tomorrow.  Students must have a cage to participate in the hockey activities.  

January 23, 2018

We had a lot of buddies with us on the ice today!
 


Polar Bear Ice Cream was the perfect way to end our fabulous day!  Thank you to Mrs. Peach, who provided the ingredients for this month's Tasty Tuesday!
 

January 22, 2018

It's skating week!!!  Thank you in advance to all of the parents who have offered to come out and help.  Also to the NAX buddies who are volunteering their time on days when they do not have exams.  We couldn't do this fun event with all of your support!  

 

January 19, 2018

Mrs. Delbridge and I were away today on Professional Development, but heard from Mrs. Cross that 2D was fabulous!  Have a great weekend!

January 18, 2018

Today in science, we looked at the effects of heating a potato. We learned that the heating a potato results in a change that is both permanent and yummy, and that although the potato did not change states, it certainly underwent changes!  The cooked potato was much more popular than the raw potato!  
 

For the past two weeks, students have been learning about gymnastics the importance of safety when participating in this sport.  Today they enjoyed working through centers on different balances and movement activities.  

 

Art was a messy one!  Students created ripped paper snowmen - and when they were done, it looked like we had a snowstorm in our classroom.  

January 17, 2018

Today we signed our Energize Challenge and committed to doing 60 minutes of physical activity per day.  Each day, students will bring home their Energize Log, we will record the activity that they do in school, and ask that you write in any activity that they do at home.  For every full week of activity, students will receive one entry into the draw for a class trip to the Oilers Game.  

In Math, we discussed ways that we could sort shapes (number of sides, number of corners, shape name, shape size).


Let's change states.  Today we learned that adding heat to ice will result in a change of state from solid to a liquid.  Our science class was filled with friendly competition as students attempted to be the first to melt a piece of ice.  First place went to Rourke, who placed his ice cube in a glass of hot water.  Sawsha secure second place by microwaving his ice cube.  Tialla finished third by rubbing the ice cube between her hands.  The most unique award today went to Damien, who used his forehead to melt his ice cube! 
  

January 16, 2018

Students began their month-long research project on Polar Bears today.  They learned how to read non-fiction and take point form notes.  We will complete this task 8 times, then learn how to turn the point form notes into complete sentences and a final research product.  

We ended our day by looking through Mrs. Luciw's photos from her trip to Churchill Manitoba and measuring each student's height against the height of an average adult male polar bear.  We are feeling pretty tiny today! 

January 15, 2018

We launched our Shape Unit in math today with a game of BINGO!  

January 12, 2018

Congratulations to Noah, who was the 2D Student of the Week!

January 11, 2018

Students shared their current knowledge of 2D shapes by creating objects that included shapes.  For example: a bike tire has a circle, a house has a square and a triangle.


Our basic fact focus is Make 10.  We learned Make 10 On My Head today.  This is a game that you can play at home, all that is needed is one deck of cards.  


Reading thermometers is a real skill.  Yesterday, students practiced on paper thermometers, and today they were ready to move around the school and check the temperatures in a variety of rooms around the building.  

January 10, 2018

Today we talked about reading analogue thermometers.  Students learned about the difference between temperatures that are above zero and those that are below zero.  Reading thermometers is a very tricky task.  Students focused hard on this skill, preparing for a fun task planned for tomorrow. 

January 9, 2018

The highlight of the day was playing a math game to review ordinal numbers.   

January 8, 2018

Welcome back!  I hope you all had a restful and relaxing Christmas vacation!