100 Day

Friday was 100 Day and unfortunately I "wasn't there". I stayed home, watched T.V.  and ate bonbons all day instead of teach the class (this I what I told the kiddos). Ms. Lulu Inabelle was our 100 year old guest teacher that day. And from the looks of the pictures the kiddos weren't there either...they sent in their great grandparents to school instead!

I told the kiddos t give me their best "Senior" face! What goofballs!

"Everyone pretend you are happy to see the grandkids!"

I told everyone to give me their best "angry grandparent" look. I must say I've seen all of these looks from my own grandma who really is named Lulu Inabelle!

Our hallway looked like the geriatric section of the hospital. We had quite a few seniors with canes, one with a really bad hump on their back, a few old folks with mustaches and one skeleton. The skeleton told us he didn't quite make it to his 100th birthday but wanted to celebrate with us all the same.

In the morning we wrote about what it would be like for students in 100 years, read 100 day books, started a challenge to read 100 books before March break and collected 100 words. During Math we did four stations. For You and Your World we talked about the changes that happen to someone as they turn from a child into an adult and then into a senior (newsflash-all the kids think they will have lots of nose hair and lose their teeth when they are seniors). We then made pictures of ourselves at 100 for Art class. Our brain breaks were centered around 100 day. I gave the kids 100 seconds to do as many jumps, stand-sits, etc as they could!

It was a fantastic day!

Music Class Song

The kiddos came back from Music class today very excited. They got to beat on drums and learn a beautiful song that originated from a Native American tribe.  They told me that they wanted to sing this song for me. They almost had me in tears (quite a feat) when they told me the meaning behind the song. Ask your kiddo tonight what it means!

Colour Mixing

This week in Art class students were given the opportunity to mix red, blue and white to make new colours and shades. The kids really enjoyed this and we will definitely be experimenting with colour mixing again!

Beebots-Coding

As many of you know back in December our class participated in the Hour of Code where our kiddos practiced how to write computer programs. Mr. Robichaud visited our class again this week for a follow up on our coding lesson. The time he brought us robots. Students were expected to use what they had learned during our coding lesson to program a Beebot to move to specific block on a grid. Students played a little game in groups of two. One student was the programmer of the Beebot and the other student had to tell their partner where they wanted the Beebot to move on the grid. Please watch the video below to see the kids explaining the game to me.

 

Miss. Julie and Africa

All year long we love to celebrate diversity here at FES. Miss. Julie, one of the new student interns at our school, came to our class to talk about her experience growing up in Africa. Students were taught about customs and traditions that Miss. Julie holds dear. Unfortunately I was in an important meeting and missed the presentation. However, our kiddos had a lot to say about the presentation. Ask them what they were taught over dinner or while driving to activities this week!

Luckily I snapped a picture of Miss. Julie as I was leaving for my meeting-isn't her dress beautiful?