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Venus is Moving
and will pass in between the sun and the earth this afternoon. Venus will appear as a tiny black dot in front of the sun. Remember that the light can be very bright. Do not look directly into the sun as you could damage your eye sight. Venus in Transit will not happen again until 2117! Better not miss it!
http://old.transitofvenus.org/sarah.htm
Little Entomologists!
Particle Pete came to visit us today! Pete is an engaging scientist with the,”High Touch High Tech- Science Experiments That Come To You,” group. The children learned how scientists use their powers of observation to study creatures. They classified plastic insects into groups, learned a song that taught the three Insect body parts- “Head and Thorax, Abdomen. Abdomen. Abdomen. Head and Thorax, Abdomen. I’m an Insect!” We wiggled and giggled like insects at the end of the song! We made gluey spider webs, learned about arachnids, and even trapped a plastic insect! Here’s an amazing fact! The common housefly has compound eyes enabling it to see 4,000 “yous!” We used “looking glasses” to view the room with our newly discovered compound eye! Pete brought some of his favourite insect friends. Milly the Millipede was adorable, curled up in her earthen bed with bits of lettuce to feast on! Charlie the Madagascar Cockroach was a popular insect! Cockroaches are resilient and this one was massive! It was an exciting science event and as emerging scientists, we are now ready to use our powers of observation and classification to sleuth out insects in our neighbourhoods! Thank you to our families for supporting this exciting and stimulating learning event!
• View a video clip about “arthropods-” the Cockroach!
Check out the High Touch High Tech site and consider signing up for some summerscience fun! http://www.sciencemadefunbc.net/birthday.cfm
“The creatures that inhabit this earth–be they human beings or animals–are here to contribute, each in its own particular way, to the beauty and prosperity of the world.”
― Dalai Lama XIV
tags: inspirational
We Love Our Moms!
The children spent the week, preparing a Mother’s Day booklet, reading, Mercer Mayer’s- Just Me and My Mom, pressing a hand print, painting a portrait of Mom, and of course adding a little something that “glitters” and “sparkles” just like our beautiful and amazing Moms do! Being a Mom can be challenging at times! We realized that Moms can have up to twenty jobs a day! However, being a Mom is the best job in the world! Watching our children grow and spending precious moments with them is heaven on earth! To all of my little learners, give your Mom a hug and tell her that you love her! Happy Mother’s Day Moms!
xox
Will you treat your Mom like a Queen for the day?
The Teachers “Love” Jan Brett…
and we want the community to “love” her illustrations and stories, too! We enjoyed sharing this month’s favourite Jan Brett story, The Easter Egg, with a captive audience at our local book store, Chapters! The children were enchanted by dear Hoppi and shared their connections to the Easter Bunny! “Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate!” Adorable Hoppi stick puppets with white pom pom cotton tails were carefully coloured and crafted, delighting our young audience and their parents! Of course, we encouraged the parents to support our school’s quest to host beloved author/illustrator, Jan Brett! We were thrilled to see some of our “friends” from school attend this literacy opportunity. Thank you to all for your amazing support! A very special thank you to Chapters bookstore and their amazing staff for providing this partnership opportunity, supporting our educational community! We are grateful.
http://www.janbrett.com/index.html – Please continue to “vote” for our school as we really want to win an opportunity to host a school literacy event with our beloved author/illustrator, Jan Brett. You will need to enter the school’s name, City, and Postal Code. Thank you!
http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/kids/
Presently in Fourth Place! Let’s “host” Jan Brett…
We can do this! We must continue to ask all of our “friends” and family to support our school, on celebrated Author/Illustrator, Jan Brett’s Home Page- Contest Entry Form. As of this morning, we are 355 votes away from the First Place spot. As your teacher, I have a couple of “ideas” up my sleeve! I know that there are others that will support me! We need to keep voting in order to close the gap! Our dream just might come true! Author/Illustrator Jan Brett\’s site
What question would you like to ask, Author/Illustrator, Jan Brett?
Parents and Friends- Please vote for “us” on Author Jan Brett’s site!
Remember our “dream” of bringing the much loved, Children’s Author/Illustrator, Jan Brett to our school? We are so excited! Today we were informed that our school is the only Canadian school in the top 100! Currently, we are in 76th place out of 11,000 schools! We have a chance to host the New York Times #1, beloved children’s author/illustrator, Jan Brett, if we “pull out all the stops!” This would be such a wonderful experience for our children. We need “votes!” Parents, please ask all of your “friends” and colleagues to
1. go onto Jan Brett’s facebook site
2. “like” Jan, You will be directed to “log on” to your facebook account. Log on. You will be able to see the Jan Brett page.
3. click on Contest Entry Form (on the left side of her site page) and vote for our school! You will need to know our school’s name and Postal Code- V3E 2A4. Dream big!
Help us host a visit by beloved Children's Author/Illustrator...Jan Brett
A Poppy is to Remember
This morning we read and discussed the text, A Poppy is to Remember- Heather Patterson. We discussed that the poppy is a symbol to honor brave soldiers, a symbol of peace, love, and hope for a gentler, kinder world. A poppy is to remember those who sacrificed for our freedom. We discussed why we wear the poppy above our hearts. The children shared their own “connections” to the topic. We learned that several children had grandfathers, and great grandfathers who served in wars throughout the world. We discovered that some fathers have served in the military. The children illustrated their connections to the text. We were impressed with the details that the children added to their illustrations.
Illustrations have been added to the slideshow. Writing “samples” will follow.