Room 8 Blog

Hello  families, We welcomed some cute fluffy friends as the eggs in room 13 hatched! During hatching we observed wet feathers, the egg tooth cracking through the egg and some of the chick's first steps! I loved seeing the pure excitement in student's faces when they got to hold the chicks and name them!

Hello families, We had a wonderful field trip to Fish Creek on Thursday! During our plant walk we learned how plants can be used for different things. Ask your child what "ethnobotany" means how some local plants can be used! Thank you to the parent volunteers who made this day such a memorable one!

Hello families, This week students completed their Vincent van Gogh inspired art. Our classroom now has a pop of beautiful Spring colors in it!

Hello families, This week our class went outside to enjoy the spring weather for a sit spot as well as do a garden clean up! I appreciate how students took time to care for their place and nature.  

Hello families, This week we began a Social Studies inquiry abut identity. Students set up their sketchbook pages and we began with the "My Name" puzzle piece. Your child may be asking you about their name over the weekend - What does my name mean? - Why did you give me this name? Feel free to write it on a paper to send to school if you think they will forget. In Science we began learning about Earth systems. Students have buddied up with a student in the other grade for this unit. So far we have learned about the 4 different spheres: Atmosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere, as well as some Alberta landforms.  Here are some of the great questions students have come up with so far: Why do we not feel the Earth rotating? How do we not run out of water on Earth? Why does the atmosphere not go into space? How has life evolved over Earth? Some of the famous Alberta landforms we learned about about are Dinosaur Provincial Park, Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump, and Woodland ...