Cards for Evelynn

 

Our students have been learning about giving.  In keeping with our discussions, we learned of an opportunity to give to a young girl.  A young girl named Evelynn will be in the hospital during the holidays, and her mother is hoping to cheer her by asking for 1000 Christmas cards for Evelynn!  Each student in our class created a beautiful card for Evelynn, and Mrs. Neville (one of our Grade 1 teachers) will be forwarded our cards to Evelynn.  Our students displayed amazing compassion and caring during our discussion about Evelynn.  Way to go class!



Our Giving Tree

 

We have changed our fabric tree in the hall from a Peace Tree at Remembrance Day to a Giving Tree for the holidays.  We asked our students to think of something they could give to someone else - a twist on asking for something for themselves.  Our students responded in a beautiful way - sharing so many wonderful ideas for what they could give to those in need.  We have posted photos of some of their gift ideas below.  Enjoy!

Learning Centre Time

Felt Board Centre

 

We have moved our felt board centre from a hidden corner of our classroom to a much better location.  And now that felt board has a better home, we have seen a lot more activity at this centre.  Two of our students asked us to take a photo of their work recently. 

Light Table Creativity

 

We recently opened our light table centre, and this photo shows one of the first masterpieces!  Two of our students created this amazing light table display using coloured glass beads, Linking People and our new light table numbers.  It's hard to see the number 17 but they counted the number of people around the circle and placed a 17 in the middle. Great work!

Visitor at our Wonder Window...

But Not the Bird We Were Waiting For...

Hello Squirrel!

 

Our bird inquiry has continued in recent weeks.  We placed some seeds on a cookie sheet outside our Wonder Window.  Our students were hoping to see birds enjoying the seed.  We had a visitor...but not a bird.  We captured these photos of our first visitor.  It seems the squirrel was happy to eat our bird seed.  The wait for birds continues...

Remembrance Day

2015

 

Our students participated in class discussions about Remembrance Day.  We talked about the meaning of peace, and our students had amazing ideas about peace.  They wrote on a poppy for our fabric tree, and shared their thinking about peace by finishing the sentence, "Peace is..."  We have included a few of their ideas here for you to read.

Plein Air Art

In a recent post, we showcased photos of our students engaged in Plein Air Art.  They LOVED painting outside in the school yard.  We currently have our art work on display outside of our classroom.



Fine Motor Practice

 

 

Using clothespins to build a bird nest.

 

Q-tip in water to practice printing different types of lines - wavy, loops, straight, zigzag

 

 

Rip and Tear Art

 

 

 

 

 

Using tweezers to pick up pompoms and shiny animals

 

 

Threading alphabet letters on pipecleaners

 



 

Rolling and cutting play doh worms - practice with scissors

Plein Air Art

On a recent beautiful fall day, we loaded up our wagon with our art supplies.  We took our young artists and our materials out to be "in nature" while we were inspired to paint fall.  It was an amazing experience - so awesome to see our entire class focused on creating and expressing their creativity!