Kandinsky Inspired Rainbow Flowers!

Today our Kinders learned about the famous artist, Wassily Kandinsky! We found out that he used music to help him be creative when he painted, and that much of what he painted was abstract art. After we created our own artwork inspired by Kandinsky, we each wrote a message about it! Take a look!!!

We’re Learning About Chinese New Year and Chinese Dragons!

Yesterday the Kindergartens did a cross-curricular project on Chinese Dragons, in advance of us learning more about Chinese New Year next week! We listened to a folktale read aloud about how dragons came to be, had a great group discussion about the events in the story, and made connections to it as well. Make sure … Continue reading →

Podcast Episodes: Discussing The BFG!

After we completed our read-aloud and viewing of The BFG, we decided to dig deeper into understanding the story by generating think questions we still had. Students began with doing a turn and talk in pairs or small groups to discuss anything they were still wondering about, then they shared with the rest of the … Continue reading →

Our Year End Picnic & Lawn Games at Denise Nielsen Park!

The 2Js Have (Subtraction) Problems!

Over the past week and a half, we have been working on creating and solving word problems in math. Today we spent quite a bit of time discussing, visualizing, acting out, creating and solving subtraction problems. We each generated our own problems on our white boards, and then added them to a shared Google doc … Continue reading →

The Giants of Wolfcreek Giant Country; A Collaborative Project!

Even though we finished this project a month ago, it’s too good not to post! After we finished reading The BFG by Roald Dahl, students got creative and made up ideas for their own giants. Mr.Kaegi’s grade six class from Ponoka Elementary school listened to a video of our kids describing their giants and they … Continue reading →

Shoes From Grandpa

Today students listened to a read aloud by Mem Fox titled Shoes From Grandpa. We had some discussion around the rhyme and rhythm of the text, and we also paid close attention to the detail in the artwork by Patricia Mullins. The 2J’s created their own art project inspired by the illustrations using ripped paper, … Continue reading →

Spaghetti/Straw Tower Challenge!

Our kids made towers out of spaghetti & straws, then measured the heights & widths using non-standard units. It was a tough project, but they were resilient and persevered! Take a look!!!

IREC Leadership Awards!

Emy got an award for showing leadership when she begins with the end in mind.  Emy tries very hard to think about what her end product will look like before she even begins her projects.  In 3J we’ve also been working on graphic organizers for our writing, and Emy has been putting a lot of … Continue reading →

Plasticine Animals: Design Considerations & Adjustments

Our class has been focusing on design and construction in our science building unit. Today students had been challenged to design and build animals that can stand up. Before they got their plasticine, they had to discuss their ideas with a partner and note at least two design considerations that would increase their chances of … Continue reading →