We had a great Valentine's Day!
Thank you for ensuring your child had valentine cards to deliver to her/his peers. It is a very exciting day for the children, and I always worry that someone will have forgotten their cards at home. I was really impressed that the children were able to recognize some of their peers' names as Jenn and I helped them deliver their cards.
We also had some special Valentine's centres for the children this day. On the SMART Board the children drew 'Valentine's Pictures", at the art centre they created valentine cards and decorated foam hearts, they played a toss game with gummy hearts, completed heart puzzles, and created patterns with two different kinds of heart erasers. We then had snack (a big thank you to the families who brought in snacks to share) and opened our valentines.
Continuation
By Augustus
Once upon a time in a continuation of a story, the bear and the squirrel were teaching each other things.
But suddenly - poof - they were in a different world.
The powerful, powerful, powerful encyclopedia brought them to the new world.
They saw no creatures, no trees, no other animals.
They only saw a new world full of different creatures.
And those new creatures were dinosaurs.
To be continued...
Love
By Gabriella
Once there was a cow, he was playing all day on his eyeball.
A pen comes up and writes on a piece of paper.
The pen draws an eyeball.
Three zombies have a battle with the cow and the pen.
Three princes come up and help the cow and pen.
The zombies fall down and they sleep for one hundred years.
Zombies Vs. Pirates and Monsters
By Nathan
There's five pirates swimming to find treasure.
And there's two zombies guarding the treasure.
The pirates reach land and they fight them.
And there's two monsters - their colours are black, blue, and pink - they eat the zombies.
The pirates win and get the treasure.
The end.
Last week the children used puffy paint (a mixture of shaving cream and glue) to create snow scenes. We quickly discovered that in order for the paint to remain puffy, it had to be dabbed onto the paper - rather than spreading it around with our paint brushes.
"Princess Leia Land"
By Leia
One day Princess Leia was playing in the water.
A storm comes and it rains.
Luke Skywalker comes and plays with her - they play leapfrog, they play with blocks too.
"E-A-N-D-O"
By Tobias
In the forest a cougar was roaring at a lion.
They fight.
"Unititled"
By Kaliko
A little boy and a little girl were making a snowman.
And a big storm comed.
And then they went inside and then they went to bed and then it was close to summer.
"The Bear and the Squirrel Met Friends"
By Augustus
Once upon a time there was a bear, and that bear was sad because he lost his old friend.
But one day the bear set off and he found a friend that was up in a tree.
And that friend's name was Mr. Oldy Squirrel.
Mr. Oldy Squirrel was so scared at first, so the bear told him he was a good bear.
The end.
"Every Pirate Gone"
By Luka
The invisible pirates jump on the ship.
Two pirates and invisible pirates fight them off their ship.
The two pirates fall in the sea.
They don't know how to swim.
"The Two Girls are the Best Friends"
By Aroh
Once upon a time two girls built an igloo.
They went inside and then a boy named Aroh came along, he wanted to go in the igloo too.
The girls let him in and they stayed friends for the rest of their lives.
The end.
"There's a Snowman"
By Kinan
A boy makes a snowman.
Then the boy is sleeping and the snowman breaks.
Activity Description:
Everyday we will be acting out stories told by two of our class members. During centre time the two students (who are chosen by pulling names out of a jar) work with Jenny to create their stories. They then identify the characters in their stories and choose which of their peers will be playing the roles. A tracking sheet is used to ensure all students have equal turns in both the storytelling and the acting portion of this daily activity.
A photocopy of your child's story will be sent home the day she/he tells it, so that your family can read it also. Perhaps you will want to act out the stories at home too!
"Race"
By Finn C.
There was a guy who had a motorcycle with flames and a monster on it and he crashed.
Then another guy went super fast and it was snowing and he slipped off his bike and jumped onto a pole.
Then three more motorcycles cam and they zoomed and they won the race.
"Triceratops"
By Jasper
A mommy and a daddy Triceratops are cooking plants for their babies.
And the babies are cooking plants for the mommy and daddy.
A T-Rex eats them all.
And then a Velociraptor eats the T-Rex.
Then a giant dinosaur eats the Velociraptor.
The end.
"Pender Island"
By Cooper
Did you know on Pender Island the fridge was really stinky and there was a big blob of mould in it.
My mom had to use bleach and she told us to stay away.
Sillus had to stay away too.
"Snowman"
By Lowyn
Once upon a time there was two boys named Cooper and Finn.
They built a snowman with Lowyn.
Here is our work on T-Rex
Our work on Yangchuanosaurus:
Our work on Stegosaurus. The first picture documents what we have learned about this dinosaur. The second picture is Leia's colouring of a stegosaurus for our floor measurements.
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