Signs of spring

Things were not warming up as quickly as we wanted outside, so we decided to bring in some branches and "force" them into bloom! The children are observing the branches as they unfold.

Our new couch!

Poem (March 24-28)

Poem (March 17-21)

Using graphing in the "real" world!

It was such a proud moment for us when we noticed a group of boys setting up a chart with the question, "Do you like our castle?". They independently chose to use a graph to get some feedback about a castle they made. 

A neat observation!

The children in our classroom noticed that the yellow and red sponges were changing colour when they were in the water. They were puzzled for a moment and then one child exclaimed, "I know why! The water is blue and the sponge is yellow. It's mixing to make green!"

Printing Numbers

Straight line down

And then we're done.

That's the way

To make a one.

 

Over the hill and across the track,

Then the train goes all the way back!

Two, two,

Two, tow.    

 

Around a tree,

Around a tree.

That's the way

To make a three.

 

Down and across and

Down once more.

That's the way

To make a four.   

 

Straight line down,

Then around.

Hat on top

And five's a clown.

 

Watch this rope do a trick,

Down and around 

to make a six.

 

Across the sky

And down from heaven.

That's the way

To make a seven.

 

Make an S

And do not wait.

Go back up

And that's an eight.

 

A balloon on a line,

That's a nine.

 

Our flower observations!

The Integrity Song

Some of the children in our class are still humming our Integrity song. Below is a link to a version of our Integrity Song. Your child might enjoy singing along!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cgJOF2wiuk

Popcorn Word Graph

Rhyming Critters

A child in our classroom brought in the book "There's A Wocket In My Pocket" by Dr. Seuss. The story inspired us to make some of our own creatures that rhyme with a location in our classroom. 

Draw-A-Rhyme

More Chemical Reactions

After our Volcano, some of the children in our classroom continued to be very interested in chemical reactions. We set up a a science centre where the children could experiment with mixing baking soda, cocoa, flour, lemon juice and vinegar. There was a lot of excitement as the children watched the bubbly reactions that happened!

An Update on our flowers

Adding more dye to our water worked!

Creating our own graphs.

The children are beginning to create their own graphs by posing a question and then surveying their classmates. When your child has finished his or her graph, we are asking him/her to answer questions about the graph (e.g.,  Which colour was the most/least popular? How many people liked baseball the most?).

Our Poem -Week of March 3-6

Pancake Tuesday!

We enjoyed reading two books about pancakes.

Parent volunteers served us some delicious pancakes. They were yummy! We want to thank Parent Council and our parent volunteers for the delicious lunch and memorable experience.