Today we used the puppets we made last week to make up stories that we shared with our friends.
Month: January 2015
Family Literacy Day
For Family Literacy day this year, our school hosted a “Breakfast and Books” morning. Yummy pancakes made by our administrators and school community council followed by a chance to read without parents at school. Here are some of the sightings.
Stories of Long Ago
We heard wonderful stories from Ms Fraser, a First Nations knowledge keeper, at the Art Museum this afternoon. Ask your children to tell you one of the stories!
Making Bannock
Photo by Allie.
This week we made bannock. Watch the students’ blogs for their directions to appear as they finish their writing and editing. Below you can see some of the students hard at work.
Avatars and Secret Comments
This week we created our first avatars using the iPad app Telegami. We used those avatars to represent us as we showed off our reading fluency. You can hear us (and see our chosen avatars) on our blogs.
We also talked about the comments we have received and about what makes a good comment. Then, we drew names and made a secret comment for a friend in our classroom. On Monday, we will get to read the comments that others made for us. Although a few of the secret friends did leak out, we tried really hard to not let anyone see what we were doing.
Snow Clothes Challenge
Putting on snow clothes is a time-consuming process, but my students have been getting faster. Today we made a video to show how fast we are.
How fast are YOU? We’d love for you to show us. You can post your video on this Padlet so that everyone can see how fast you are, too!
Animal Projects
For the past few weeks, the students have been researching and writing about an animal of their choice as part of a unit of Inquiry. You can find each child’s final project on their blog. Below is one example to tempt you to read further.
Recommending Books
This morning the students all chose a book they were reading to recommend to their friends. It was interesting to see that some students chose paper books while others chose digital.
