CrAzY HaT DaY! (Mar. 12)

Our Inukshuks

As a part of our Arctic inquiry, we found out that Inuits build Inukshuks. We found out that Inuits built Inukshuks with rocks and they used them to find their way around the Arctic. We know that every Inukshuk is different. Everyone worked very hard at building an Inukshuk; it's a lot harder than it looks! When we were finished, we took pictures of our Inukshuks. We then looked at our pictures and painted what we saw. Take a look at our creations now hanging in our hallway!

Putting Smaller Numbers Together to Make a Bigger Number

In Math, we are learning to use 2 smaller numbers to make bigger numbers. That is called Addition! Some of the games and activities that we are playing in the classroom include "Shake and Spill", "In and Out", "Counting Beads", "Adding Dominos", "Dot Plates" ,"Ten Frames" and we practice on the Smart Board and on the Light Table too!

Everyone Counts!

In class, we read a story by Kathryn Otoshi titled "One." In this story, the Blue dot gets bullied by the Red dot. None of the other coloured dots stand up to Red and so Red grows bigger and bigger! Until one day, 1 comes along and he stands up for Blue. All the other coloured dots join together to stand up for Blue as well! The story is about how one person can make a difference and how everyone counts and everyone is special! This story inspired our students to make dots of their own. Everyone decorated a dot and one of their friends chose to write a secret message about them! Everyone is still trying to figure out which of their friends wrote a special message to them!

Sink or Float?

We have been learning about sink or float. We have been experimenting with different objects inside our water table. We found out that most objects that are light float, and objects that are heavy sink because "they push the water away"! We have even learned a song about objects that sink and float. You can sing this song at home as you keep experimenting with different objects! The tune of the song is to "Twinkle, twinkle little star."

Arctic Inquiry

The class had many wonderings about the Arctic and we recorded some of the questions so that we could find the answers together. We read books, watched videos and looked up information on the Internet over the weeks. Together, we found out what is inside Igloos, what the weather is like, what the sky looks like, and we even learned about how people go to the washrooms when they live in the Arctic! We have created different Art work to show what we have learned. Our work has gotten many compliments from others passing through the hallways!