Book Week Learning

Book Week provided the students the opportunity to explore literacy in depth. Some of the more memorable activities were writing “wacky stories”, DEAR (Drop Everything and Dear) and the annual Book Week quiz organized by Mrs. Simpson. We even decorated our...

Poetry and Islands

This week we had the opportunity to explore poetry books from our classroom library and listen to several poems that Mr Tomalin recited from memory. We also had fun creating some fantasy island communities!

Dot Painting

Two highlight activities this week were sharing what might happen if we did not have agreements and dot painting.  Dot painting was done in conjunction with Dot Day and led by our Grade 3 neighbors.  We also had fun earlier in the week thinking about and...

Personal Inquiry in Gr 4

The pictures show Gr 4 students inquiring into topics of their own choosing to be presented to their peers next week.  They worked hard at developing central ideas for their chosen topics and finding relevant information.  We also played a community building...

Our Gr 4 Community

Grade 4 had an exciting first week that went by quickly.  We spent time community building and planning how we want our learning area to look.