Chatham Cultural Centre Field Trip

Greetings, Last week we went on our field trip to the Chatham Cultural Centre to participate in a morning of art centres followed by an afternoon of black light drama. It was a fantastic day and we all had a great trip, as can be seen in the photos below. A special thanks to the GNPS Parent Council who provided $10.00/student to offset the cost of our trip. We also really appreciated all of our parent chaperones that took time out of their busy schedules to join us. Enjoy the show! Lise Fellbaum Chatham Cultural Centre Field Trip on PhotoPeach
Chatham Cultural Centre 2 on PhotoPeach

Procedures and Plants

Greetings,

We have been working really hard in our literacy block writing simple procedures using key words, such as first, then, next and finally. Visitors to our classroom cannot believe the writing that 1F students are doing. Wait until you see the food chains that we painted and wrote about. They are sensational!! and will come home after we finish showing them off in the hallway.

While we were studying plants in our Characteristics of Living Things Science Unit we decided to make some procedure videos to teach others how to conduct an experiment, "Can a bean seed grow without soil?" Watch out Hollywood, some talented actors and actresses are on their way!






Enjoy!
Lise Fellbaum

Greetings,

During the past couple of weeks we have been learning about the steps involved in writing a letter. Our final task was to write a letter to someone "special" for an upcoming celebration:} I am sure you will be equally impressed with the quality of these letters.

In Science, we have been looking at the needs and characteristics of living things so we decided that a living thing would make for an appropriate Mother's Day gift. I am hopeful that our "living things" survived the bus ride home.

Mrs. Woodruff taught the students a song for Mother's Day that we'd like to share with you.

Thanks again for the recipes and all of the wonderful samples. Our April "Show-n-Share" was definitely a yummy highlight of our day!

Happy Mother's Day!

Lise Fellbaum

Harmful to the Earth Slideshow

Greetings,

During the past week we have been discussing the importance of taking care of our Earth so that all living things can continue to flourish. We have decorated grocery bags for Essex Foodland to promote this message and will be making banners tomorrow with similar messages to display throughout our school. Students have been encouraged to bring in a garbage free lunch on Thursday and we will attempt to do as many activities as possible with the lights out. 1F students were particularly moved by this video and asked that I share it on our blog so they could show their parents too.



Thanks for your continued support of our program.

Lise Fellbaum

Structures, Structures, Structures

Greetings,

During the past month we have been very busy little scientists investigating in our science unit called "Materials, Objects, and Everyday Structures. We learned to identify the materials that make up objects and structures and to distinguish between man made materials and those found in nature. We discussed why certain materials work better than others and experimented with different kinds of fasteners. Do you know what kind of fastener is in the picture above?

We finished up our science unit with a fun afternoon of building with a variety of structure toys.

Enjoy the show!

Structures, Structures, Structures on PhotoPeach

My Mystery Project
Green Group - What group does it belong to?
It is used by cats.
Blue Do - What do you do with it?
You put it on a cat.
Eye - What does it look like?
It is pink and has diamonds.

Brown - What is it made of?
It is made of leather.
Pink - Parts What are its parts?
It has a bell and a buckle.
White - Where? Where do you find it?
You find it in a pet store or on a cat.
Orange - What else do I know?
A leash can go with it.

My Mystery Project

Green Group - What group does it belong to?

It is a toy.

Blue Do - What do you do with it?

You play with it.

Eye - What does it look like?

It is white and black. It has fur and black eyes.

Brown - What is it made of?

It is made of plastic.

Pink - Parts What are its parts?

It has a head and feet with a little tail.

White - Where? Where do you find it?

You find it in a store or you can receive it as a gift.

Orange - What else do I know?

There are different toys that can be bought for this toy.