All About the Zoo!

Hi Everybody!

We had a very awesome week! We had a field trip to the zoo. We had an amazing day with beautiful weather. Here are some of our highlights:

- "The puppet lemur was funny!" -D
- "Some pandas were sleeping. The pandas that were awake were walking over the sleeping ones!" -G
- "When we went to the komodo dragons, one was staying still while the other was moving around." -R
- "When we had free time I loved playing at the zoo park!" -M
- "My favourite animal was the snow leopard."-O
- "My favourite part was when we saw the monkeys!" -M
- "I saw a giant furry caterpillar walking on the floor!" -E
- "My favourite part was seeing the red pandas and the giraffes!" -J
- "The best part was seeing the penguins!" - N
- "I liked seeing the red pandas because they were cute!" -S
- "I liked seeing the giant pandas because one was climbing!" -A
- "I loved the penguin presentation and learned that there is a logo on tuna cans that show no sea animals were harmed with the fishing." -T

 

 

Thank you to our amazing volunteers!

Have a great weekend!

Love Room 13

Goodbye Chicks!

Good morning everyone!

This week, we spent a few awesome, cute, and fun days with our chicks! We got to pet the chick's yellow, soft down. Some of us tried to hold the chicks, but we didn't think they liked it because they were flapping their wings and chirping loud! Also, we put the chicks on the carpet and let them run around! Then we did some sketching of the cute, fluffy chicks. On Tuesday, Farmer Mark came to take the chicks back to the farm. We miss them so much! :(

Today was Sport's Day! The theme was A Day at the Beach! 
- "My favourite part was the face painting!" -T
- "The best part was the dance party!" -K
- "I got a mustache at the face painting station!" -E
- "It was fun doing the hula hoops!" -O

Have a nice rest of your day!

Love Room 13

Our Baby Chicks!

Happy June Everyone!

It has been a fun and happy week in Room 13. On Thursday, we got baby chicks! They are really fluffy and soft, and so cute! 

Here are some facts we have learned about the chicks:
- When you hold them you must be very gentle.
- Their bones are very fragile.
- They grow really fast!
- They will live about 8 months.
- They need heat lamp to stay warm.
- The chicks are very sensitive to noise.

We have been watching the chicks closely. Here are some of our observations.
- They poop a lot!
- They eat their food so quickly! Miss MacLeod has to refill their food dish often.
- All 4 of the chicks like to stay close to each other
- They are so messy!! They often put the shaving in their water dish!
- The chicks are very sensitive to noise.
- Their heads turn very far around.

Have a great weekend!

Love Room 13

Volunteer Tea

Welcome to our blog everyone! We had a pretty awesome week! 

First, we performed for the Volunteer Tea. Some students in our class played the recorders (melody, harmony 1 and harmony 2), while others sang and played the tone chimes and xylophones. We performed the song "Hot Crossed Buns."

Next, we started writing a short story! We discussed the criteria for short stories. They must have characters, setting, beginning, middle, end, problem and a solution. We started by reading a few short stories in our class, such as "The Ninjabread Man" and "Thunder Boy JR."  Then we brainstormed many different problems that we could write our own stories about. Finally, we started planning our stories and writing our first draft. Next week, we will continue writing and editing!

 Lastly, we started learning about the mealworm life cycle. Currently, they are in the larvae stage. Some are shedding their outer shell (molting). They will transform into a pupa and then a beetle. We observed the mealworms and did some sketching. We also learned how to classify animals into groups (mammals, amphibians, birds, fish, reptiles, insects). We are looking forward to our zoo field trip in a few weeks!!!

Hope you have a great weekend! 

Love Room 13

Volunteer Tea Placemats

Happy Thursday Everyone!

This week we began an new inquiry where we are exploring nests! Mr. Thelmo found some pigeon eggs and a nest on the roof. This had us wondering, "What is the perfect environment for birds to take care of their eggs?" We learned that an incubator is not always the most successful. 

On Tuesday, we had a funeral and buried our 2 chick eggs that did not hatch. The students said some nice words about the eggs, and now we have said goodbye. Even though our eggs did not hatch, it was still an exciting experience for us, and we learned a lot about the chicken's life cycle.

This week Room 13 had an important for the Volunteer Tea. We made beautiful placemats of abstract flowers for the volunteers to enjoy at the tea next week! First, we planned the flowers we were going to create. Then, we painted them. After the paint dried, we added details with sharpies! Here are some pictures of our work. 

Have a fantastic long weekend! 

Love Room 13

Sad News :(

Hi Everybody!

We have some very sad news this week. Our eggs have not hatched and we think that they have died inside of their eggs. We are going to wait over the weekend and see if there are any changes. When we did research, we learned that some eggs hatch on day 25, but we have not heard any noises or seen any movement in the eggs. 

On Monday we had an assembly for Music Monday! We sang 5 different songs as a whole school!

Here are some quotes about our week:
- "I loved Music Monday because it felt really good singing the songs." -M
- "I like when we made the Mother's Day cards." -R
- "I learned how to say hello in different languages." - M
- "I don't want the chicks to die!" - E
- "I am really sad because we think the chicks are dying." -T

This week we finished our smilie poems and self-portraits. Here are some pictures of our fabulous work!

We hope that you have a splendid weekend! See you on Monday!

Love Room 13

Exploring Tunisia

Check out this website to learn more about Tunisia!

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/sstic/html/tunisiaimagescollection.html

Typing Practice Website

We are 21st Century Learners! We are using the laptops more and more to type our work. It is important for students to practice typing efficiently. This is a fun website to help us practice our typing skills.

https://www.typingclub.com/

Our Class Band

Good morning everyone!

Our week was filled with many different emotions. We were sad to hear that only 2 of our chicks are surviving inside of their eggs. Farmer Mark came for a visit on Tuesday. He candeled all of the eggs, but we could only see a chick moving and forming inside of two eggs. We are feeling excited because in 4 days, the remaining eggs should start to hatch! We are hoping that our two chicks stay healthy and strong! From our research, we know they are starting to turn yellow and form feathers. Their eyes and beaks are starting to form. Now the eggs do not need to be turned. We are listening carefully for peeping to begin!

In our Hearing and Sound inquiry, we designed our own instruments made from recyclable items. We were inspired by a video we watched called "The Recyclers." Here is the video we watched!

First, we made blueprints of our instrument designs. Then, we gathered materials from home and around the school. Finally, we started to build! Here are some pictures of our final products. We made a beautiful class orchestra, just liked in the documentary we watched!

This week we also enjoyed a performance from Quest Theatre! 

Have a happy warm weekend! Stay tuned to see pictures of our simile art work that we have been working on :)

Love Room 13