Happy Easter

We had an Easter Egg hunt. There were words in the eggs and we had to read them and check them off the list.
We had a half day of learning and we didn't have a lunch recess. It was raining at recess and we had to have walking club.
We watched Charlotte's Web because we finished reading the book. We had popcorn and chocolate Easter eggs.

THE BIG BAD BLOWDRYER!

The houses!

Check out this video of the Big Bad Blowdryer:  The Big Bad Blowdryer Challenge!

We were challenged to build a house that wouldn't get wrecked by the Big Bad Blowdryer! The materials we used were clay, coffee sticks, popsicle sticks,pipe cleaners and paper. We had a limit to the number of materials we were allowed to use. The clay made it stay. Some people used Lego characters for the houses. Lots of the houses stayed up with against the Big Bad Blowdryer.
We used pipe cleaners. Everyone's house looked different!

Tomorrow is the Family Dance. We danced with Miss Nikki.

Guess My Number in a Different Province!

We figured it out!

Recording our answers!

We played Guess My Number with a Grade 1 class in Moose Jaw, Sask! We played it using Skype! Their number was 56 and we guessed it easily! Our number was 16 and it took them longer. They asked us if we could get to our number counting by 2s. We said yes!
Their class used iPads to record numbers and we used 100 charts and markers.

Our Skype field trip!

3 triangles will join together to make a pyramid!

Our completed project

Talking with the engineers

We made catapults today!  We had a field trip on the Smartboard because we skyped with DiscoveryE from the University of Alberta in Edmonton. They were engineering students. They told us that they build  and plan and even help kids make their own toys like we did today.

We used shapes to build the catapult. We used popsicle sticks, coffee stir sticks and a dixie cup and lots of tape! We had to build triangles to make the base of the catapult because it is a strong shape.
Before we built our machine, we tested some shapes. The triangular prism held 3 books BUT the cylinder held 19 books! They told us that is why there is a lot columns in historical buildings.

A room of pirates -AR!

We are practicing our dance for the Family Dance! We have to practice the moves because some of them are hard. We will practice every day until Wednesday.
We made some AR pirates for the ar sound. Words like: art, car, tart and farm
On the ipads we finished our Fairy Tales. Mrs. Saunderson will email them to you soon!

Les Bucherons

We had an assembly . Les Bucherons, is a French-Canadien singing group.  They tell stories about the development of Canada. Les Bucheron means woodcutter. TWO students got to go on the stage. The Grade 5s learned a dance very fast and showed it to us. He spoke a LOT of French!
After the performance, everyone went outside for gym! Gym went all the way to home time.

We are writing a Fairy Tale!

We are writing our own fairy tale. We had to use a story map and write a plan about the story. We could retell a story OR we could make our own ideas. We are using our best printing and good spelling. We can look at the word wall or ask a friend how to spell a sight word. We are using good sentences.
We played Dance Tag in gym. Miss Nikki will be coming to teach us our new dance!

We are Picasso's!

Picasso was a very good painter. In some paintings, one eye looks forward and one eye looks sideways.  He drew weird drawings called cubism!
Karon Argue was at our assembly this morning. She has a cool screen that helps her draw up close. It magnifies it lots and lots. She has to use it to draw her pictures because she is legally blind.  She read us her book called The Smooch.
As engineers, we had to build a bridge using only ONE piece of paper and no glue or tape.  We tried many different things but the best design was when we folded it.

Nutrition Bingo

We are still playing Nutrition Bingo! We are looking for a full card. THREE people have got a bingo already. We are learning about healthy foods and making good choices.  We need healthy food to make us strong.  The food groups are: milk/dairy, grain, meat, fruit & veggies!
Ask me what food groups I need for a bingo.  (Veggies seems to be most needed!)

Engineers in the Making!

Chairs for Baby Bear!

We had a building challenge! It was to make a chair for Baby Bear.  We made them out of cards, K'nex, straws, or cubes.  We had to make a chair that would not break.

We also read a story called Little Red Hot. We made a problem/solution chart for Little Red.  The problem was the wolf (Senor Lobo) was trying to eat them. The solution is that Little Red fed him some red hot chili pie and he shot right out of the roof of the house. Then Little Red and Grandma ate the pie.

We got a little bag of blue and yellow jelly beans for World Down Syndrome Day. Those are the colours for the Down Syndrome Association.  We learned that everyone is different and we all need acceptance.  We ROCKED our socks!