For the next twenty-one or so days our class is looking after thirty pheasant eggs. We’ll need to turn them regularly and keep them warm and moist. To the students, it seems like a long time to wait. I was asked a couple of times today if they had hatched yet.
Month: March 2015
Flashlight Friday
My Pot of Gold
On St. Patrick’s Day, after reading a book about some things that were more important than a pot of gold, we discussed what our “pot of gold” would be. Later, the children tweeted about #mypotofgold. I have embedded the tweets below. You’ll have to click through to see the tweets from our class (they are at the end) as others saw our hashtag and got involved. I have deleted a few tweets that were not primary friendly.
We Were Wondering…
Have you ever wondered how many marshmallow shapes there are in a box of Lucky Charms? We did. So we counted and sorted them to find out.
The grade twos helped out with some very tricky double digit addition and we discovered that there were 457 marshmallow shapes in our box, but we speculated that not all boxes would have the same number.
Later, we painted shamrocks, but the best part was when we FINALLY found where that tricky leprechaun had been hiding his gold.
Norman Foote
Subtraction with Playdoh
Emmy Again!
After working so diligently to help Emmy Barr with her business, the students wondered what she had won in the contest. So, when Emmy and her mom came to pick up the money from the caramel we had sold for her, we got to ask her. Besides the money, she got help with her finances, webpage and some time learning from other women business owners.
Emmy also showed us the giant cheque she had received…
…and of course we had to finish with more hugs.
Pie in the Face
Our school has been collecting money in support of Telemiracle, an annual telethon for the benefit of the Kinsmen Foundation. As the students brought in money, they got to put it into the container of the person they would like to see get a pie in the face.
Much to the delight of all the students, there were two “winners”, Mr. Orescanin and Mr. Paice.
First Nations Learning
For the past few weeks, we have been learning about the First Nations people. The students have all completed a digital book about their learning and posted it on their blogs. Check out what they have learned!