Silver Cove ~ Rocks and Minerals Presentation

October 6th, 2015

We had a great hands-on presentation this afternoon, learning all about Rocks and Minerals from Chris and Melissa from Silver Cove. They are the Ultimate Rock Hounds!   Chris and Melissa had many rocks and minerals to show us, and we were able to touch everything!! Every student left the presentation with a "goodie bag" filled with rocks.  Very cool!  Thank you, Silver Cove!

  

Click here for more about Silver Cove and "Rocktober" their rock, gem and mineral show.

Science Centers Day ~ All About Rocks & Minerals

October 2nd

Today we had an awesome afternoon of hands on science learning all about Rocks and Minerals.
Students rotated through eight stations.  The stations were: Fossils, Rock Jeopardy, Rock Dig, Mining for Minerals, Crystals, Layers of the Earth, Volcanoes and Metamorphic Rocks.

A HUGE thank you to all of our parent volunteers!

Here's a slideshow of the fun.

Layers of the Earth

October 1st

Part 1
We know that the earth consists of four layers:  Inner Core, Outer Core, Mantle and Crust.  Today we made our own model of the earth.  Students worked in partners to make one earth.  Next week we will cut them in half and students will label each of the parts of the earth.

Stay tuned for Part 2!

Part 2
October 5th

We cut the earth in half.  Then we labelled each of the four parts!  Very cool!  Here is just a sample.

Fall Scarecrows

September 30th

Today we read "Scarecrow" by Cynthia Rylant. We took inspiration from the story to draw and then paint a scarecrow.  I love how they each have a slightly different personality.

Stay tuned....scarecrow stories coming next week!!

Click here  to read a "Goodreads" summary of the book.

Classifying Rocks

September 28th

We know there are many different ways to describe and classify rocks.  Today we sorted our rocks in to many different categories.  Some of the categories included: Colour/Texture/Shape/Size/Weight/Luster.  We also came up with words to describe the rocks that fell in to each of the categories.  For example some texture words included: bumpy, smooth, rough, jagged and sharp.

School Spirit Day!

September 25th

Woot-Woot!  Today was School Spirit Day & The Terry Fox Run day. What a fun afternoon.

Math Stations ~ Hands on Learning!

September 25th

Here's a glimpse of our math stations in action.  Each day the students get to practice their math skills by working with games, manipulatives, playing cards or other fun things!  This month our focus has been on time and the clock, addition facts and patterning.  Each station box has slightly different activities and materials in them.  The students work in partners, they practice with a different station box each day.  Math stations take place after a whole group lesson and after the pencil and paper practice.