Friday, May 1

Researching Animal Names

This week we began talking about animals and their offspring.  We discussed what we knew about the different names animals can have based on their gender or age.  Then, using the iPads, we did a scavenger hunt to find the different names of certain animals.  We had to work together as a table group, and with a partner to find the answers.  We discovered that a lot of animals have similar names, some of them are very interesting.                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

We also had a visit from the Grade 5 Divisional Choir this week.  They sang beautifully, and we were very grateful for the opportunity to hear them.   

How Wind Works

This week, in Science, we have been learning about wind.  We went outside on Tuesday to learn about what wind is, and how you can tell when it is windy.  We looked at the trees, puddles, a plastic bag, and the flag to see how windy it was that day.  It was interesting to see how many different ways we could tell if it was windy.

After learning about the wind we made flags.  Our flags are decorated with things that are important to us.  We used our initials, flags from our culture, our favourite animals, and hobbies to show what is important to each of us.  They turned out really well!  We will be using them in choir when we sing Wavin' Flag.

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Have a great weekend!

Artist In The School

This week we had our first visit from Mrs. M.  She is the artist that is working with the classrooms this month.  Mrs. M is teaching us to create clay works of art.

Mrs. M taught us how to make different shapes with clay.  Then she showed us how to scratch the clay in order to get pieces to attach to each other.  To test out the new techniques we have been learning, we made caribou.

It was a lot of fun to build things with clay.  We are looking forward to her next couple of visits.

Our caribou creations turned out really well!