We have been designers, planners and builders this month! As a literacy challenge, I asked the students to design a building. Their imaginations soared as they came up with creative ideas of what to make and who to make it for in a structured plan!
J.M.X. "This is a house for J.L.(JK)"
D.V. "This is a house for Bumblebee and Optimus."
N.W. "I made a Lego Ninjago base."
E.R. I made a base for Sonic."
J.L. (SK femaile) "I made Rick Hansen Public School. This is Mr. Yoshida's room."
G.F.F. "I made a snail house it is for Shelly Thunder."
D.M. "This is Mickey Mouses house."
Z.L. "I made a castle for My Little Pony."
M.S. "This is my home, my mom's car and my dad's door."
A.L. (male) "This is a dino house."
V.R. "This is Barney's castle."
L.S. "
J.Lds. "This is Spike's house."
E.R.(SK) "I made a castle for a princess."
A.G. "This is a station for Batman and Robin."
E.Z. "I made a zoo."
L.U. "This is Barbie's house."
A.L. (SK female) "I made a school for Hello Kitty."
J.L. (JK) "I made a house for JMX"
S.Z. "I made a castle for Optimus and Bumblebee."
A.M. "This is a house for my family."
M.O. "I made a fort for Mr. Rabbit."
S.S. "I made a jumping castle."
A.K. "This is a house."
E.W. "I made a beach."
C.W. "This is a castle."
After making a detailed plan of what kind of building we wanted to construct, who we were making our building for, and what materials we would use... We got to work building! After we completed it, we took pictures and then wrote and labelled what we did on our favourite Ipad app - "Pic Collage!"
Check out some examples! Everyone's copy will be coming home next week in their Portfolio.
Science and Technology
4.2 state problems and pose questions as part of the design process
4.3 make predictions and observations throughout the design process
4.4 select and use tools, equipment, and materials to construct things using the design process
4.5 communicate and record results and findings after constructing things
either individually or in groups (e.g., explain and/or show how they made their structure; record ideas using pictures, words, numbers on labels or in charts)
either individually or in groups (e.g., explain and/or show how they made their structure; record ideas using pictures, words, numbers on labels or in charts)
The students began making potions or soups in the water! We began writing out our potions and soups for others to follow the recipe for! We are amazing writers!!!
measure (e.g., length, mass, area, temperature, capacity) and use
measurement terms (e.g., hot/cold for temperature, small/medium/large for capacity, longer/shorter or thicker/thinner for length)
M2.2 demonstrate, through investigation, an awareness of non-standard
measuring devices (e.g., feet, hand spans, string, or cubes to measure length; hand claps to measure time; scoops of water or sand to measure capacity) and standard measuring devices (e.g., measuring cups at the water and sand centre, balance scales at the block centre) and strategies for using them (e.g., place common objects end to end to measure the length of the classroom; use cubes to plan the length of a road at the sand table or the block centre; use footsteps to measure the distance between the door and the sink)
M2.3 demonstrate, through investigation, a beginning understanding of
non-standard units that are the same type (e.g., straws, paper
clips) but not always the same size
Primary Play Day and our Kindergarten Celebration were a huge success on Wednesday! We are so thankful for the good weather, but more importantly how supported we felt by the families in our Kindergarten community!!!
Thank you ALL for such an amazing year. It is such a pleasure to work at RHPS. I am excited to see everyone in September!
