Thursday, April 27, 2017

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, we went to the gym for our Easter mass.  (Antonio)
2.  Today, I played Kodable on the iPad.  (Andrea)
3.  Today, on the iPad, I went on QR reader.  I read words for the signs of spring.  (Owen)
4.  Today, we listened to a new story that our friend William brought in - "The 3 Kangaroos Gruff".
5.  Today, I listened to a new spring song called "L'arbre est dans ses feuilles".  (Noku)

Notes:

1.  We are short of tissues.  If you have an extra tissue box at home that you could donate, that would be greatly appreciated!
2.  Cake walk is tomorrow,  Please remember to bring in your cake, if you are donating one, and it will be the last chance for kids to buy their tickets for $1.

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I went on the iPad.  I did a Pic Collage on a garden. I wrote "garden" and I saw images of gardens.  (Owen)
2.  Today, I did a Pic Collage on morning glories.  I took pictures of our morning glories.  (Aidan)
3.  Today, I made a movie theatre at the block centre.  (Antonio)
4.  Today, I retold the stories of The Three Billy Goats Gruff.  (Taha)
5.  Today, I tried to beat the drum to the beat of the music.  (Archita)

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I went to the Writing Centre and I did "La course de mots".  I haven't finished my race yet.  I will find out which word will win on our next French day. (Lily)
2.  Today, I went to the Math Centre. I measured how long the block was.  It was 24 snap cubes long.  (Deshmi)
3.  Today, I took an iPad to read QR codes.  The QR codes were about signs of spring.
4.  Today, I went to the Art Centre.  I cut out my thunderbird and my beaver to make a totem pole.  (Noku)
5.  Today, I built a castle with wooden blocks with my friends. (Andrew)

Monday, April 24, 2017

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I learned to design my movie theatre, then I build it with wooden blocks.  (Owen)
2.  Today, I went to the Writing Centre and I learned a new game.  On a number cube, there is word wall words. I roll the number cube, and write the word wall word that is on the top.  It's a race!  The word "she" won! (Andrea)
3.  Today, I drew a totem pole on the big easel in the atrium.  (Juan Miguel)
4.  Today, I went to the Science Centre and I used a magnifying glass to look at the flowers.  Then, I drew a picture of the flowers.  (Samuella)
5.  Today, I went on the iPad and I did a Pic Collage on totem poles.  (Gia)

Friday, April 21, 2017

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I went to the Writing Centre and wrote vegetable words like carrot.  (Aniyah)
2.  Today, I went to the Art Centre.  I drew a unicorn.  (Gia)
3.  Today, I went to the Block Centre.  I made a castle.  (Antonio)
4.  Today, I went to the Writing Centre.  I made carrots, cauliflower and cabbage.  I labelled my words.  (Owen)
5.  Today, I played with Osmo Numbers.  I tried to get the fishies.  (Noku)

Thursday, April 20, 2017

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I was playing on the iPad.  I was playing Kodable.  When I get to a higher level, it gets trickier.  I need to learn what to do when I run out of boxes for codes.  (Sophie)
2.  Today, I went to the carpet and I did some coding.  I learned that when I have the turn code, I need to stay in the same box.  (Deshmi)
3.  Today, I learned what a sunflower is.  I made one for our class garden.  (Archita)
4.  Today, I was making a castle with blocks and I was drawing my design.  (Noku)
5.  Today, I drew a tipi with pastels on the easel in the atrium.  (Antonio)

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I went in the atrium and I drew a picture of a totem pole on the big easel.  (Lily)
2.  Today, I retold the story "Les 3 barbichus".  (Taha)
3.  Today, I learned how to make a musical instrument.  I made a shaker with a can, seeds, wax paper, construction paper and markers.  (Erin)
4.  Today, I went to the Writing Centre.  I made a strawberry for our garden.  (Naomi)
5.  Today, I went to the gardening bin and played with flowers and soil. (Jamie)

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I learned how to create my own music with jars.  (Avery)
2.  Today, we went to the gym.  We listened to the St. Pat's Band play their music.  (Archita)
3.  Today, I learned what plants need to survive (water, sunlight, soil, and air).  (Gia)
4.  Today, I learned to paint with Q-tips.  I painted in the word "Alleluia".  (Naomi)
5.  Today, I wrote a letter to the Easter Bunny.  (Owen)

Thursday, April 13, 2017

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I went to the sensory bin.  I was pretending that I was planting flowers.  I used "un cultivateur" and "une truelle".  (Owen)
2.  Today, I weighed toys.  The cylinder was the heaviest toy.  (Taha)
3.  Today, I retold the story "Les trois barbichus".  (Deshmi)
4.  Today, I went on the iPad and I spelled words.  I saw "onkey" so I had to place the "m" to spell "monkey".  (Erin)
5.  Today, I went to the Art Centre.  I made an Easter card.  I wrote "Joyeuse Pâques".  (Gia)

Happy Easter :)

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I went to the Dramatic Play Centre.  I acted out the story The Three Billy Goats Gruff.  (Lily)
2.  Today, I drew morning glories.  (Gia)
3.  Today, I played in the sensory bin.  I played with the soil, the pots, the flowers and the gardening tools (trowels and cultivators).  (Archita)
4.  Today, I went to the Writing Centre.  I wrote "grass" and "de l'herbe" because we are talking about the signs of spring.  (Owen)
5.  Today, I wrote down what I learned.  I wrote that I learned how to plant seeds.  (Lucia)

Monday, April 10, 2017

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I learned that I can use my fingerprints to make bunnies and chicks.  (Aidan)
2.  Today, we learned how to play some musical instruments.  We played the xylophone, the drums, the shakers and the tambourine.  (Andrea, Lucia, Jamie)
3.  Today, I went to the morning glories.  I saw that they sprouted over the weekend.  I learned that it took 6 or 7 days for them to sprout.  (Antonio)
4.  Today, I learned how to play with Osmo Words.  I had to place the missing letter at the beginning of each word.  (Owen)
5.  Today, I went to the Writing Centre and I drew a road and the car had to get to the end of the road.  I wrote a code for it using arrows.  (Aniyah)

Thursday, April 6, 2017

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I wrote Easter words.  (Owen)
2.  Today, I wrote a question about morning glories:  I wonder why morning glories are different colors.  (Lily)
3.  Today, we went on a number hunt in the school.  I found numbers in the hallway that say where to find certain classrooms.  (Erin and Archita)
4.  Today, I played Kodable on the iPad.  I needed to get Rainbow to the end of the path so I gave it commands.  (Lucia)
5.  Today, we practised the song "Get Up to Get Down."  We might sing it at a Reach for the Stars Assembly.  (Andrea)

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I wrote down additions.  I did 1+1=2, 3+4=7.  (Seanna)
2.  Today, I used snap cubes to show 10.  I then counted down by taking a snap cube away each time.  (Lucia)
3.  Today, I went with Mrs. Singh to the Science Centre.  I spelled "We are naming our learning."  (Sophie)
4.  Today, I went to the Writing Centre.  Seanna helped me write "tipi".  (Laura)
5.  Today, I did some coding.  I took a code and I matched it to a road.  I got the car to the end of the road by following the code.  (Deshmi)

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I made a kite.  I used construction paper, tape and string.  (Taha)
2.  Today, I learned how to code.  I had to find the right code to go with the road.  Then, I followed the code and got the car to the end of the road.  (Gia)
3.  Today, I made my own road (with grids) and I made a code for the car to get to the end of the road.   (Owen)
4.  Today, we learned how to use our WITS (W=Walk away, I=Ignore, T=Talk about it, S=Seek help).
5.  Today, we welcomed a new friend to our class.  Her name is Skylar.  (Juan Miguel)

Monday, April 3, 2017

What did you learn today?

1.  Today, I learned to show "5" by putting 2 green snap cubes and 3 pink cubes together.  (Taha)
2.  Today, we planted morning glory seeds.  We learned that they need to be planted 1 cm into the soil and 5 cm apart from each other.  (Erin)
3.  Today, I learned what a morning glory looks like.  I drew one.  (Deshmi)
4.  Today, I drew seeds growing into morning glories.  (Aniyah)
5.  Today, I made an Easter egg.  I learned that I can dip chalk into water to color an Easter egg.  (Aidan)