We have been so busy this last month.  The students have been very curious about spiders.  They have been reading books and researching  all the different types of spiders and webs.  They have made it their mission to try to scare me with a new pet spider every day.

Someone friends are still inquiring about rocks and minerals.  Thanks to Elliot for bring his rock collection to share with the class. 

In math we have been playing and exploring area.  Last week, we created our very own "Mindcraft"

characters.  The children had a blast designing and creating their character.  

On Thursday April 23,  the students will be going to the book fair.  The cost per book is between 25 cents to 2 dollars. All book are gently used. Happy Shopping!

We have been really busy these last few weeks in our Grade One classroom.  We built teddy bear chairs which allowed us to show our knowledge of structures and explore stability.  We then created  a video using the "Showme" app to help us explain how we built our chair and explain the science behind it. We had a great time designing and building our chairs.

After all that hard work, it was time to have some fun and learn about tennis. 

Growing Crystals

Wonderful World of Crystals

The students were wondering about crystals, so we decided to grow some crystal using Borax and some hot water.  They are having so much fun watching their crystals grow and making notes about their observations. So far their crystal look like tiny little pieces of ice.  

Our Crystal Growing Station

Take a look at what we've been up to!!!!

The students decided they wanted to know how long we were at school for.  Check up the cool strategies we came up with.

Dance workshop. We had so much fun!

          100th Day Celebration

3-2-1 HOORAY! Hooray for the 100th Day !!! We started our day by sorting and counting our collection in the most efficient way.  We then did a gallery walk to see and discuss how our friends had decided to count their collection.  

Bringing Music To Life!

Bringing Music To Life!

We have been really busy learning about music.  We talked about different beats, rhythms,  tempo and dynamics.  We learned about some amazing composers such as, Camille Saint-Saens who composed "Carnival of the Animals", Beethoven, Vivaldi and Mozart.  We got to compose our very own music and perform for our friends.  Yesterday, we got to use all different kinds of music instruments to act out the book "Mmm Cookies" by Robert Munsch. I was happy to use instruments.(Chase) We were excited. (Kaitie) I got to play the triangle. (Yoel) I was excited to use a tambourine and a paint brush to spread the icing on the cookie. (Avery) We all had a lot of fun.  Stay tune for one of our performance.