December in Review

Well December was certainly a busy month!
We began the month preparing for Christmas.  The grade ones and kindergarten classes were in charge of the Advent Liturgies held at the school.  It was beautiful coming together as a school to mark each week of Advent and light the candles on our wreaths. 


We wrote a promise each week to try to do something that would help others.  We also wrote about who lets our hearts shine and has done something nice for us.


We did a lot of work around the theme of Gingerbread.  We read many different stories, comparing the different characters and endings.

 

 

We even did some gingerbread math, measuring items around the classroom as well as ourselves to see how many "gingerbread people" long things were.

 

After three weeks worth of Gingerbread work, the fun part came:  we decorated our own gingerbread cookie!  Some of our creations included characters like the Gingerbread Man, the Gingerbread Girl and some even decorated the cookie to be a Gingerbread Ninja!

 

Other activities this month included making beautiful winter tree scenes:

 

Making handprint angels:

 

It was a fun filled and busy month.  A wonderful way to end 2016!  See you in the New Year!

 

 

       

 

 

 

 

 

 

Owl Visit

We were so lucky to have a visit from our friend Ophelia the owl.  She came to visit with her handler Janis from the Calgary Wildlife Rehabilitation Society.  We learned so much about the Rehabilitation Center and the animals that live there, as well as many interesting facts about owls.  Ophelia had such a majestic presence in our classroom, the children were in awe! 

 

 

Some of our journal entries:

 

"What's That Smell?"

Today we explored our sense of smell. We had containers filled with a secret substance and tried to guess what it was by smelling it. There were some smells (like Parmesan Cheese and onions) that made our noses crinkle. Other smells like maple syrup and vanilla made us smile.

Genius Hour

                                                             Our challenges today:

Look at what we built: 

 

 

 

It was a challenge to keep them from falling!  Some of us decided that we would combine our towers to make them even taller.  A great lesson on working together and sharing our materials!

 

 

Who Has More?

Who Has More?
We played a card game with a simple deck of cards comparing numbers and determining who has the bigger number.

Welcome to our class!

We have been learning about the wonderful world of owls!
Here are our snowy owls that we created using squares of newspaper and white paper: