Pusheen Fan Art

I hope you like my drawing of Pusheen, a fat cat that I LOVE!!

By: Mikayla

Mikayla and Chloe's Jeopardy Game

Here are the links for Mikayla and Chloe's Jeopardy game:

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/three-toed-sloth/

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/spider-monkey/

http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Disney_Princess

http://www.sportchek.ca/category/index.jsp?categoryId=12000677&ab=GH-world-cup


The Minecraft sheets will be handed out.

The Continents of our World

Working with Quotation Marks

Do you know what these animals are talking about?  Students were asked today to write out the conversation using quotation marks and great word choice.

Panoramic Pyramids

Here is a great site to gain a unique perspective on the pyramids.  Use this site to help understand the diargam of the Giza Plateau and to create a more accurate model.

Giza Plateau Panoramic - Click here

Science Links

Hello Class!

Please notice the new links on the left side bar to help you with your salmon research.  You will also find the following video interesting.  Happy researching :)

Conservation vs Preservation video - Click here

Fun Memory Game Using the Continents fo the World

Continents Memory Game - Click Here

Although you do not really have to remember where the continents are with this game, it seems to me it is a clever way to play a memory game and be looking at the continents the whole time!  Give it a try and see what level you get to.  You may also want to use your headphones so you and the people around you can focus a little better.  Have fun!

Stone Hammer Visits Our School

 

 Stone Hammer Geopark came to our school so we could learn about rocks and minerals by taking part in stations that were set up in the library.

 

The stations were learning about acid rain and rocks, sedimentary rocks, metamorphic rocks, and igneous rocks.  We were able to perform simulations of acid rain, touch different kinds of rocks, use magnifying glasses and flashlights, and many other things related to rocks.

This experience was excellent and we had a lot of fun!

Time Lapse Video of a dig

A recap of our friends at Copper's Ferry:

Looking at a long time in a short time:

World Curling Championship in Saint John, NB

On Monday, the 17th of March, our school will be going to watch the World Curling Event and we will be cheering on Team Korea.  Go Korea!

Internet Safety Discussed in Class Today

The week of February 10-14^th is Safer Internet Week and, your child will be introduced to the Zoe and Molly Online safety kit (grades 3 and 4) or Media Smarts (grade 5); both are exciting new educational tools to help teachers and parents teach their children how to stay safe online. We encourage you to visit the websites (zoeandmolly.ca or mediasmarts.ca), read the story with your child and/or complete the online activities. By completing these activities at home, you will help reinforce important safety strategies and ensure your child is better prepared to properly deal with difficult situations s/he may encounter online.

Zoe and Molly

Media Smarts

The Torch Relay in Sochi

Image source: Teaching Kids News

The torch is gaining lots of attention in Sochi and rightfully so.  Read this article to get a better understanding of the complications taking place in Sochi as the flame gets closer to the opening ceremonies.  Click on the title below:

Olympic Torch On An Eventful Journey Across Russia

First Nations in New Brunswick

Follow this link to learn more about the First Nations People in New Brunswick.

Tourism New Brunswick

Our Class Flock

Today in class, we started to make our flock of birds. Two nice artists came into the classroom and taught us how to make them. These two artists, Mrs. Sue and Cathy Hooper, had been here once before and are going to come back in the spring! To make the birds, it was easy and fun to do, but they were really messy too! We had to use newspaper to make the shape of the bird, then wrap it in tape, and here comes the messy part! The two ladies passed out some plaster bandages and tubs of water. You had to dip the bandages in the water to make them
sticky, and then wrap them around the taped paper that were going to be our birds. I'm sure everyone was tingling with excitement! (I know I was.) There were little holes in the bandages, so when we dipped the bandages into the water, the holes were covered with plaster, making the bandages even more slippery! But we had to stick the plaster on our birds fast because if didn't, they would dry on the table and it would be hard to get the plaster off.

The artists explained to us that everyone's birds would be different, and that was okay. They said that they might not be exactly how you thought they would be, but that was okay too. And they were right! Some people said they were going to make robins that ended up as sparrows, or penguins that ended up a owls! I still don't know what type of bird mine will be, but maybe I could make up a bird. That would also be okay because it would be completely new and therefore, just more original! Anything is possible in art! You might mess up on something, but that's nothing to stress about because you can change it up, and soon you might find it was beautiful even with your mess up!

The artists came back again the next day so we could finish our birds. We had to stick in the feet and wrap them in plaster too so they would stay where you wanted them. When all the birds were dry, we painted them. Our choices for colors were red and blue, blue and yellow, or red and yellow. I picked red and blue to make purple. The purple dried as black with small purple streaks. It was really cool! Anyways, I think everyone's bird is beautiful and hopefully everyone will like their birds.

Check out their studio website:

http://artathooperstudios.com/gallery/artists/2

Canadian Territories Websites

The grade 5 students are using Prezi to assemble their research information about Canada's First Nations and Inuit people.  Here are links to the websites for each of the territories.  You can use this information to help build your presentation.

Yukon
Nothwest Territories
Nunavut

Happy reading!

Our Week Ahead

Hello Everyone, This week we will be starting a few new things that will be exciting for the students. We will begin learning about area and focusing on the area of rectangles to start, then we will move into finding the area of irregular shaped objects. We will also begin using the website storybird.com to help generate ideas and publish stories online. In the near future we will be embedding some of these stories on the blog. And finally, on Thursday and Friday Morning our visiting artists, Sue and Kathy Hooper will be back with us to continue our "Bird Watching" project. Pictures will follow. Have a great week, Mr. Carr

A Canadian Symbol - The Beaver