December Musings

December is always a busy month, full of festive feelings, art projects, and excitement.

So, what are some things we’ve been doing this month?

We welcomed Mr. Downes into our classroom last Monday. He is an expert in technology and in how to use our Chromebooks effectively. He focused a lot on Google Read & Write and gave us some great suggestions. We have been using our Google Drive a fair amount this year and Google Read & Write can be a wonderful tool to help us read online and also write all sorts of things. Thank you, Mr. D for coming in and spending time with us.

In math, a small project we completed was our very own bead pattern. We selected several beads as part of the “core” of our pattern. We had to repeat our pattern. We needed to include at least 3 attributes. We drew our pattern, described it, and completed other criteria.

We’ve been busy completing 3 Christmas art tasks. We have been painting a background for our Nativity scene art. We also brought in a Pringles can to create our very own nutcracker. Stay tuned for an updated post on our completed projects!

Category: Math, Teacher Talk, Tech Talk, The Arts | 1 Comment

November 12

Digital Art–Remembrance Day

As we remember our fallen heroes and honour those who have sacrificed so much for our freedom, we must understand what peace is. It is easy to get caught up in the negativity that we may see in social media, on the news, and around us. But, we must celebrate the good, and remind ourselves how we can be peacemakers in our world, in our school, in our families.

We read a beautiful book called What is Peace by Wallace Edwards and had some terrific discussion around the thought-provoking pictures in the book and the great questions posed on each page.

Next, we designed our own peace posters with the theme of remembrance and peace. We recorded ourselves against a green screen sharing what we think peace is. Our posters are proudly hanging in our school.

Have a look at a few examples!