Catapults: A STEM Project!
We’ve been reading a class read aloud titled The Terrible Two by Mac Barnett and Jory John, which inspired us to make our own catapults! Students followed video instructions to build their catapults. It was tough, but we know that we are built to do hard things. After students successfully assembled their catapults, they recorded … Continue reading
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
Show & Tell – Winter Break Edition!
For our first day back after the winter break AND for online learning, students did a show and tell activity. They were each to think about something they would like to tell the rest of the class about their holiday. Students added a photo and wrote a paragraph about their show and tell onto a … Continue reading
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Story Strips and Digital Flip Books
After we finished reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, students each chose a character to retell their sequence of events in a story strip. As a class our writing goal has been focusing on adding details and descriptive words. Once our story strips were done, students illustrated their writing as a digital flip book using … 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
The Atmosphere: An Inquiry Project!
During one of the first days of our staggered entry, Gage asked if we could learn about the atmosphere. Dude? Heck yeah – let’s do this!!! Once our class was all together, we began determining importance by reading and viewing about the atmosphere. Students wrote and drew and created and played and imagined about this … 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!!!
Standing Long Jump Challenge – A #STEM Project!
Our 2J students have been learning about measuring length, so today Ms.J challenged them OR one of their family members to do a standing long jump and measure it using a deck of cards or a different non-standard unit . They followed a series of instructions that included watching video directions, showing their unit of … Continue reading
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