Mrs. Cook's Class:
What happened in December:
The
grade ones and twos have worked very hard to complete their first independent
class projects for term one. The grade one students have been working on
learning all about the built and natural local community features of the
St. Ignatius neighborhood. They have looked at who are our community
helpers that serve our neighborhood with helping hands and have completed
an inquiry challenge about who they would like to be as a community
helper when they grow up.
Grade
two students have looked at various communities around the world, with a
focus on the similarities and differences of those communities to their own.
For their projects they were asked to take the perspective of a child from
another place in the world and come share their new knowledge of food,
transportation, recreation, language, daily living and natural features with
their classmates. Goal of the project is for students to see the needs and
wants of children their own age from other countries and recognize that we are
all children of God. Both grade were asked to make a classroom
presentation, as we learn from each other, and have fun with their
work! Well Done Grade 1's & 2's!
Grade two students working in pairs during math class, creating various addition sentences on chart paper so that they can share their work in whole group discussion. Challenge is to try and find as many addition sentence combinations as possible by counting the sides four geometric shapes picked at random in order to make a two digit number. There were so many combinations!
Do you want to build a snowman? Students have been working on learning about the properties of liquids and solids in science, and reading up on " The Story of Snow: The Science of Winter Wonder" by Mark Cassino. In Language class students have been learning the steps of procedural writing by creating a step by step how build a great snowman, which is inspired by our classroom book "The Biggest Snowman Ever" by Steven Kroll. During art class students were asked to create their ideal snowman using white paint but instead of using brushes, the tools for the day where tooth brushes, cotton balls and Q-tips to create life like swirls and fluffy balls of snow.
Thanks to the help of Ms. Comper's grade 7/8 class, students spent time with an older buddy to write great letters to the jolly man himself, Santa Claus. Thank you to the grade 7/8's for making sure each student had a letter to mail and for sharing in the Christmas magic. Santa was able to get those letters and write back just in time for Christmas break!
