Footprints

We had TIA today. In TIA, we did print making. We made people out of different shapes. We got to put designs on our plates and use any colour we want. A plate is a piece of styrofoam that you use  in print making.

While some people were doing their print making, Mrs. Muir and Mrs. Squires called students to come print their feet on our class canvas.

We had to sit down on a chair and Mrs. Squires rolled paint on our foot.

We had to hop on one foot over to the canvas and put our footprint on the canvas we painted last week.

We then had to hop on one foot over to a bucket of water and wash our feet. After we dried our foot with a towel.

We love TIA and had a fun time!!!

Making Gak

This morning we discovered a new science activity. Our class made Gak which feels like slime. To make our Gak we used:
       - one cup of cornstarch
      - 1/2 cup of water
      - food colouring
We poured all of the ingredients into a bowl and mixed them together. We used some blue and green colours to make ours.

Then we played with the Gak and touched it.

When you moved your hands around, the Gak got hard like a solid. When you spread your fingers apart and made your hands stiff, the Gak oozed down.

We loved playing with the Gak!

Go Jets Go!

This morning our whole school rode on a school bus to the Jets practice at the MTS Centre. When we arrived, we got to give Mick E. Moose a big hug. After we each got a snack and a Mick E. Moose card. When the Jets came onto the ice we all cheered! The players were all wearing their practice jerseys. The practice jerseys were different colours. We were excited to see some of our favourite players up close!

We had a really fun time at the Jets practice!

Go! Jets! Go!

Our First Week

We just had our first full week at school. Here are some of our favourite things from this week:

"Playing the Starburst game" - Natasha
"Writing number sentences in Math" - Caleb
"Learning how to play Match-Up in Math" - Joshua
"Playing Name Bingo" - Arial
"Playing Math Games" - Kevin
"Drawing self portraits" - Sophia
"Playing frisbee at recess" - Palmi
"Going on the play structure at recess" - Sajzsa
"Learning how to play Screaming Toes" - Corey
"Making new friends" - Ahmed
"Drawing my Batman book during Calm Time" - Jordan
"Playing at our new water table" - Yvonne
"Reading Elephant and Piggie books" - Jabez
"Reading books" - Angel
"Playing Lego during Choice Time" - Tyler
"Going to Gym" - Christopher
"Playing dodgeball" - Gilbert
"Riding my bike in Gym" - Khristian
"Choice Time" - Breanna

Our First Blog Post

We are like a family in our class. We see each other everyday and that is what makes us like a family. We help each other and are kind. We share. We respect our family and the things in our classroom.

Everyday we learn new things. We are looking forward to learning new things in math (especially Caleb).

School is fun! We have fun in our class!

We love school! It is cool to be in school!

Written by the students in room 7.

Welcome Back!

Welcome back to school! I hope everyone had a wonderful summer!

Thank you for visiting our blog. This blog will be used as an online journal to share our learning with you. Please feel free to leave us a comment or ask a question. 

~Mrs. Muir

Trip to Children's Museum

On Tuesday April 9th, our class went to the Children's Museum. We had so much fun!

Some of our favourite things we did were:
   1. Play in the water table.
   2. Explore the train.
   3. Play in the lasagna lookout.
   4. Make crafts with reusable materials.
   5. See different optical illusions.
   6. Play with the crane.
   7. Send pom poms through the pipes.

We loved sliding down the optical illusion slide!

Sitting in a can of tomatoes at the lasagna lookout.

Playing at the water table. Look at the ball float.

Playing at the water table.

Peek-a-boo

 
 
We also made our own rulers with beans or macaroni.

Making a ruler with beans.

Measuring a bottle of glue with my new ruler.

Our class at the Children's Museum.

We had fun playing and learning at the Children's Museum. We can't wait to visit the museum again!

Making Jell-O

Today in our classroom, we discovered what happens when you mix a solid with a liquid.  What happened produced some delicious results!

In order to make our jell-o, we followed the following steps:

1. Put the jell-o powder into the bowl

2. Boil water to 100 degrees celsius.

3. Mix together 2 cups of hot water and powder.

4. Measure 2 cups of cold water and add it to our mixture.

5. Put it into the small cups.

6. Bring cups to the kitchen and put them in the fridge.

7. Wait

8. Eat the jell-o!

We had lots of fun making and eating our jell-o in room 7.

Stirring up our mixture.

Justice busy taking notes...look at those finger spaces!

Careful not to spill!

Stirring our second batch.

Our Favourite Book

For I Love to Read Month, all of the classes in our school are decorating their classroom doors as the cover of their favourite book. In our class we had a vote to decide on our favourite story. We chose "We Are In A Book" by Mo Willems. It is a really funny book and we would recommend it to others. Mo Willems is one of our favourite authors.

Written by the students in room 7.

Snowmen at Night

Mrs. Muir read us the story Snowmen at Night. We talked about what we would do if we were snowmen at night. First we wrote a rough copy and then we typed our idea on the computer. To make our artwork, we first drew the outline of our picture in pencil. Next, we ripped up little pieces of paper and glued them down in the shape of snowmen. Some people used different colours

Muffin Makers

Every Wednesday morning, half of our class goes to hockey. While they were gone today, we made banana chocolate chip muffins.

To make the muffins, we first had to mash the bananas and beat the eggs. Next, we sifted the flour and added sugar and baking soda. We then got to add chocolate chips and mix it all together. We used a spoon to drop the batter into the muffin tins. We all walked the muffins down to the kitchen and baked them for 10 minutes.

After recess, we all got to eat one...they were SPECTACULAR!

Written by,

Aimee, Lydia, Gabriel, Breanna, Caleb, Tyler, Joshua and Arial

Mashing the bananas.

Sifting the flour

We all wanted to try sifting the flour

Mixing the wet and dry ingredients together

Yay! We are adding chocolate chips.

Mixing the batter

 

We all took turns spooning the batter into the tins.

They're ready!

Mmmm! They're ready to eat!