Country Projects

This past month 3 very hard working students decided they wanted to learn about the countries their ancestors came from.  Here are their projects.

This is my China project! It was very difficult to do! I wanted to learn more about China so I decided to do my very own project.  I  have learn so much about China stuff that I already know and don't know!!!!

 

This is the food I brought. They are dumplings that me and my mom made together! I made fifty-two dumplings with my mom!! When I finish I was proud of myself!!!!!

This is my Scotland project. I chose Scotland because I wanted to learn more about my culture.

I made shortbread to go with my project. It is a very special food in Scotland. I was so proud of myself when I finished.

I chose Norway because I think it's a very fascinating country and 

 

 

 

 

 

I wanted to learn more about where my ancestors came from.  

This is me making strawberry cake rolls (a Norwegian treat).

Unit 33! The "EY" sounds!!

These are the new words for this week...

monkey                             rabbits                               oh                                  door                             horse                                birds                              hockey                                  bears                               years                                     goes                               elephants                           caught                         

These are the the  new challenge words...

alligator
fear 
zebra
turkey
hippopotamus
camel
whale
birdhouse

We are learning our "EY" sounds for this summer week of June!!!

Unit 32! The "OW" and "Y" sound!!

These  are the words for this week...

puppy                                          daddy                                     mommy                            pony                                          glad                                         know                                     milk
food                                           grow                              cute                                        store

These words are the challenge words...

throw
market
lamb
knife
grocery

We are learning the "OW" and "Y" sounds for this week!!!!!!!!

Another visit from the chicks!

The chicks are growing fast!  And boy, they are very active!  They kept trying to escape our little "play pen"!  Next time they visit, we may have to make higher "fences"!!

Unit 31 ite or ight sounds!!

These word can be easy or tricky and some are ight sounds for this week...

grass                               summer                        long                          water                              bird                                     want                               really                      watch                                        people                                  might                                   night                  

These words are a little bit challenging...

autumn
cosy
sight
tight
bright
moonlight
waterfall
nighttime                     

Another visit from the chicks

They are soooooo cute.

The chicks like to eat food a lot!

Making a mess.

cuddling together

BLG reader came

Today Sienne  brought  a book called Freddie & Gingersnap.
It was about how a dinosaur taught a dragon how to fly. This is about Freddie & Gingersnap helping each other learn new things.

This is our favourite part of the story because they are facing eye to eye and they look a little funny.

Growing Chefs - lesson 4: Lettuce Tasting & Vegetables with Feelings!

Today we tasted 4 different lettuces. 

Some were sweet and some were SPICY!!

 After trying the lettuces, we listened to the story How are you Peeling?  Then we each got a fruit or vegetable and made faces on them using macaroni and black-eyed peas.  Can you tell what animals we made and how they are "feeling"??

Unit 30 Review!!

These are the words for this week...

could                    teacher                      school                               family                             pretty      
           let's                                    coming                                      children                                    can't
                         lived                                         very                                 flowers 

We are doing a review spelling test!!

Canada - Landforms and Bodies of Water

We have been learning about Canada in Social Studies.  This week we used plasticene to show what we learned about ...

Bodies of water:

 Can you identify:  the ocean, the bay, the river, the lake, the strait and the inlets in these models?

Landforms:

Can you identify:  the mountains, the lowlands, the hills, the valleys, the island and the peninsula???

"Someday"

We were inspired by this book to write our own "Someday" stories.  What would YOU like to do "someday"?

Chicks in the classroom

Petting little chicks.

Cuddling!!!

Jumping around.

Trying to eat the bricks!

Today in our class a BLG reader came to read to us.Her name was Yoko and the book that she read to us is Henri's scissors.  The book was writtin  by Jeanette Winter.In the begining the little boy's dream was to be an artist when he gets older.But when he got old all he could do was to lay down and sleep.When will he get more better?Read the book to find out...

This is our favourite page because it's so colorful and also because we love the big view of the water.It also reminds us about beaches.

Unit 29 Syllables!

These are the words for the week...

family                           little                         kitten                          pretty                            letter                             spring                                        things                                flower                                  animals
   find                             dance

These are the challenge words...

umbrella
robin 
rainbow
fruit
Canada 
weather

We are learning our syllables!

    

Catch us if you can-can

Today we had a BLG reader .Her name is Aelene.The book she read to us is called Catch us if you can-can.The alligator's name is Alphonso and the fox's name is foxy.The fox and the alligator was best friends .But then fox did something wrong .
      The book was about something that is good news and bad news.The good news was when they got a golden egg but the bad news is when the fox was too excited she throw the golden egg too high but the fox was not a good catcher so she dropped  it and it cracked .But the alligator said I should have gobbled you up when I had the chance !! But the fox said see you later alligator.

Unit 28 "soft C" sound!!!

These words are for the week...

lion                                                 bear                                              bunny                                  down
        ball                                             all                                            place                                    rice
nice                                         elephant                                          rabbit                                         

These are the Challenge words...

mice 
chance
shoelace
lice
downstairs
space

The blog you have been waiting for Unit 27!!!!

These are fantastic words for everybody this week...
brown                        how                   love                             catch                          teacher                          happy                             school                            children                            after

These are the very challenging words...

heart
owl
shower
change
chalk

We're learning the "OW" sounds!!!!

Van Dusen Garden Trip

We are looking at the lily pads in the water.

look at that bamboos it's awesome!

we are walking in the cave.

we are walking in the maze!

look at that maze it's so big!

we are drawing nature.

this is a picture of a garden.

This is a blue heron .

We are sketching.

We went on a scavenger hunt in small groups looking for things around the garden that started with each letter of the alphabet.  With all our heads together (24 children and 3 grown ups) we completed the hunt!!!  Try doing this the next time you and your family go somewhere!