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This morning we had parent reading. Parents came to the school to read to the students. This time, the vice principal and a parent helper read The Book with No Pictures by B.J. Novack to the school. We liked the part of the book that read, "Never read this book again! It's ridiculous."
We went outside to do some obstacle courses for DPA. Students teamed up and created obstacle courses for other students to do.
This week, we also got Chromebooks to use in the classroom. We have to log in and put in a password to use them.
Earlier this week we also started learning the Folk dance and the May Pole dances.
It has been a very busy week leading up to Spring Break. We saw a mother cow named Libby and a baby cow named Charlie. They were part of the mobile dairy that came to our school. The mobile dairy taught us about cows and how they are milked.
This is Libby with Anna and Grace.
This is a picture of Charlie, the baby cow.
This is the milk machine that hooks up to the mother cow's udder.
This is the food that the cows eat.
We also made little leprechauns with a pot of gold and conducted a mini inquiry project on St. Patrick's Day. If you look on the pots of gold you will see our writing.
We've been quite busy over the last few weeks and haven't had much time to update our blog, but I couldn't let our Wear Pink Anti-Bullying Day go without a mention.
Last week, students were entertained at an assembly completely put together by another class. The theme of the assembly was anti-bullying, and their message was to be kind to others. Students all over the school wore pink and messages of kindness were displayed throughout the school gym.
Some students from Division 5 with the collaborative kindness poster we created.
While I don't claim to have all the answers to stopping bullying, I do believe that acknowledging that it happens and talking about it can help. Division 5 watched a reading of Bullies Never Win by Margery Cuyler and talked about what the protagonist went through. I've posted it here in case anyone wants to re-watch it.
This week at school division 5 is completing a brochure on BC. Included in it is information on BC weather, activities and plants and animals. The brochures also include an explanation why we have seasons on Earth.
Our school also had visiting lacrosse coaches teach us some fun lacrosse skills and activities.
As you know, our class has been studying space this term. A really neat space site to explore is NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day. You can click on any date since June 1995 and see the picture NASA posted for that day. I like asking students to check out the picture from their last birthday.
In our space unit, students need to learn what causes day and night and what causes the seasons. We have been working with a Wikispaces site that I set up: Space Wiki. If you go to the pages entitled Night and Day or Seasons, you will see some videos on these subjects. Your child has seen each video, but I'm sure he or she would love to watch them again with you.
While we were at the Planetarium, some of the parent volunteers noticed a display dedicated to Astronaunt Bob Thirsk. Thirsk was born here in New Westminster! To read about his life, visit his biography page using this link: Bob Thirsk.
How Many People are in Space Right Now? is a site that lists the astronauts currently in the International Space Station (ISS). If you click on the astronauts name, it will take you his or her biography page.
Even though he isn't in space anymore, Chris Hadfield's Website contains some interesting information about life on the ISS.
Below is a video of Hadfield and musician Ed Robertson playing a song together while Hadfield is in space and Robertson is on Earth.
I hope you enjoy these space links and please let me know if you come across any other space related games or sites that the students might enjoy. I love teaching this unit as there is so much information out there!
Last week we went to the Vancouver planetarium. We
learned things about the solar system like how the moon was created. We also
learned about how astronauts live in the International Space Station. There was
a demonstration on how astronauts eat and go to the washroom. While in the
Cosmic Courtyard, we touched one of only 5 pieces of moon rock on the Earth.
By Evan and Faisal
Outside of the planetarium in front of the crab statue.
Touching the moon rock.
This Week
This week we had a visit from
a parent. She told us about rats. We learned that rats are very clean and only
go to the bathroom in one part of their cage, so owners only have to clean the
cage once a week or so. The rats were being fostered by a family because the
New Westminster Animal Shelter has too many rats for adoption right now.
In school we created First
Nations moons and in the library we learned about the different genres of
stories.
