Wednesday 11 September 2013
A New School Year!
Here is a glimpse into our first few days of school! We ROCKED it!!! I am very proud of the work and the bravery everyone has produced each day we've been at school.
Thursday 25 April 2013
Wednesday 20 February 2013
Our Winter Writing Inspiration!
Our latest bulletin board display is showing off our writing talents!
The grade ones are working on their recount writing and they used the snow filled days as inspiration for their snowball recount! First we planned our winter recount while illustrating a winter picture. Then we made sure that we had all of our recount sentences. We put a sentence on each plate...or should I say snowball! We wrote what we did first, next, then, and finally. Now we are building on those sentences. When we write or read new recount stories we are looking for details and an opening and closing sentence. Our writing is really beginning to soar. I hope you enjoy reading and sharing the work being brought home by the students.
The grade twos also got to show off their artistic talents but it wasn't just art...it was MATH art! Look carefully at the yarn illustrations on the fronts of the cards. Each design was measured and made with one meter of yarn! We didn't stop there! The inside of each card shows off the students' poetic talents! The students were asked to describe a winter item or activity. They then used their best adjectives and verbs to describe their winter things in a poem that spells out their winter item. I can't wait to take them down so that you can read the wonderful poem your child wrote! I was so pleased with the final products!
The grade ones are working on their recount writing and they used the snow filled days as inspiration for their snowball recount! First we planned our winter recount while illustrating a winter picture. Then we made sure that we had all of our recount sentences. We put a sentence on each plate...or should I say snowball! We wrote what we did first, next, then, and finally. Now we are building on those sentences. When we write or read new recount stories we are looking for details and an opening and closing sentence. Our writing is really beginning to soar. I hope you enjoy reading and sharing the work being brought home by the students.
The grade twos also got to show off their artistic talents but it wasn't just art...it was MATH art! Look carefully at the yarn illustrations on the fronts of the cards. Each design was measured and made with one meter of yarn! We didn't stop there! The inside of each card shows off the students' poetic talents! The students were asked to describe a winter item or activity. They then used their best adjectives and verbs to describe their winter things in a poem that spells out their winter item. I can't wait to take them down so that you can read the wonderful poem your child wrote! I was so pleased with the final products!
Tuesday 29 January 2013
Thursday 17 January 2013
The Power of Poetry
We have started looking at poetry during our busy days! Poetry is a great way to show VOICE in writing and it has helped us to see the importance of using describing words (adjectives) and nouns effectively in our writing! Here is one of our favourite websites...the students have been begging me to post it on the Blog so that they can check it out at home.
http://www.poetry4kids.com/
More about poetry later...our day is about to begin!
http://www.poetry4kids.com/
More about poetry later...our day is about to begin!
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