Making Birdfeeders!!

Today our class worked hard on making birdfeeders using bagels, birdseed, lard and string.  Each student is taking their birdfeeder home.  We are looking forward to hearing about what happens to this birdfeeder in your backyard.  We also hung some bird feeders around the school yard and we will be checking to see if our bird feeders change over time.

Ice Cream Shop is Open for Business

It took some planning and work, but our kindergarten friends finally celebrated the grand opening of our ice cream shop.  We created signs and labels using our best guess spelling and by copying print. We are working on math as we count the play money.  We decorated the center with our "icecream art masterpieces".

Of course we are working on cooperation and turn taking as we play together.  A successful first day at the ice cream shop!!

Planting in JK/SK

 This week our Super science Wednesday investigation focused on planting.  Each child had the opportunity to plant a sunflower seed.  We discussed the elements necessary for a seed to grow and recorded this in our science journals. We also are in the process of making plant diagrams in which we label the parts of a plant. 

Fighting Island

Sorry it has taken a few days, but here are some photos from our adventure on Fighting Island.  Weather certainly could have been better, but we still had lots of great learning opportunities.  From boarding the boat, exploring animal tracks, examining a pond, nature hike and planting, it was a busy day! Thanks to all the volunteers who joined us on this outing!  Back at school our students did a fantastic job writing and drawing about their experiences.  

Earth Day is Every Day

This week our focus has shifted to environmental awareness in honour of Earth Day.  We had the opportunity to participate in activities involving the entire school, such as an assembly by ERCA about water conservation and planting a tree in our school yard. We also explored the topic of environmental awareness in our very own classroom.  We made instruments out of recyclable materials, practiced appropriate sorting of items in the red/blue bin and read non-fiction texts about environmentally friendly practices.  

Exploring the items in our blue box at school.

Exploring items in our garbage can. We talked about the importance of reducing the items in our garage bin and the use of landfill sites.

Take a look at our "earth" necklaces. We made these by recycling juice can lids!

We participated in a tree planting ceremony as part of the Essex Communities in Bloom program. 

We will be continuing to explore the topic of caring for our earth over the next few days.  We are proud of our youngest learners as they make an effort to protect our earth!