by Liezel BOSHOFF | Feb 9, 2013 | Grade 2, The Grades
To start off Oman Week, we reminded ourselves of our Who We Are unit of inquiry. Today was a great chance to look at the lines of inquiry exploring the cultures of others and exploring our cultures’s values and beliefs. These lines of inquiry apply to us whether...
by Liezel BOSHOFF | Feb 6, 2013 | The Grades
We found this little guy in our school garden. A bit of research from the very knowledgeable Mr. Akestrom revealed it to be a sort of Hawk Moth caterpillar. Ms. Fitch did not want it eating our lettuce anymore but she is too much of a softie to give it a good squish....
by Liezel BOSHOFF | Feb 6, 2013 | Kindergarten 3 (ICS), The Grades
After the kids measured themselves with blocks, we discovered that it wasn’t a very reliable method, so today we measured things around the classroom, introducing centimeter.
by Liezel BOSHOFF | Feb 5, 2013 | Grade 2, The Grades
To begin understanding the concept of multiplication, Grade 2 has been having lots of fun with arrays! We made some…… We sorted them out…. We looked at them very closely…. We thought about how we could use them to design an airplane…. We...
by Liezel BOSHOFF | Feb 5, 2013 | Kindergarten 3 (ICS), The Grades, Uncategorized
The K3’s experimented with measurement. They measured their own bodies, using blocks. more photos
