Studying Plants and Habitats at the Bioreserve

As part of our Science unit on Plants and Habitats, we walked down to the Transcona Bioreserve (we're lucky to be just a short walk away!). In pairs, the students took some time to observe the different plants and animals around them, and to record them and sketch them. It was a blustery, but fun outing! Here are some photos from our excursion:

 

What can you make with two lines?

Today in Art, we worked on creating images by starting with two vertical, horizontal, or diagonal lines per quarter page. The lines could be straight, curved, zig-zagged, dotted, dashed, etc., just as long as they both travelled across the page in the same direction. Here are some sneak previews of some of the great ideas that the students came up with - you'll have to wait a while until we post the finished products!

 



Infographics

In Math this morning, we talked a lot about how effective it is to share information using a graph. After our discussion, we surveyed the class to see what they had to drink with their breakfast this morning. We started by creating a simple graph on the whiteboard, using sticky notes and markers. After, I showed them how to make a quick infographic using the site easel.ly - here's what we came up with:

 

 



Provinces and Territories

We have been working on Canada in Social Studies. I learned that there are 10 provinces in Canada, and 3 territories. - Taryn
We did a paper about what we know about Canada and what we want to know about Canada. - Braedon
Today we wrote on the board to tell everyone where we have been in Canada. - Faith
We are learning about Canada so that we can know the provinces better. - Riley
We are learning about Canada, and it is really fun. We had to write about some of the facts we know about Canada. - Kayleigh
I learned that Prince Edward Island is a province. - Zoey
I learned that Nova Scotia is a province. I thought it was an island. - Jaida
I thought that Quebec wasn't that big, and that the map was making it look bigger than it really was, but it really is big. - Austin

Writing letters

Tomorrow evening at the school, we are having a BBQ/open house, where students and their families come together to eat, socialize, and meet the staff of Radisson School. A brief note went home to families last week, but we thought it would be much more personal if we wrote letters home to our families to invite them to the event. We worked hard as a class to come up with a letter we could write to our families, and here's what the students came up with:

Today is the start of the second week of classes. It looks like everyone survived the first one, and is ready to keep going. I had lots of students who wanted to tell you what we were up to during our school day today - here is what they had to say:

So far we've had lots of math and gym. - Kayleigh
Today we had our first Science class and Choir. - Maegehn
We had our first Health class. We did a running relay. - Easton
I've sat beside Riley twice. - Austin
We got new spots where we sit in class. - Kaylynne
For Science we watched a Bill Nye The Science Guy video about Plants. - Nolan
We got a new piano in the Music room, and it can record. - Taryn
We did Number of the Day in Math. - Jaida
This class has lots of posters in here - Jets posters, Bombers posters, and space posters. - Brady
Today we did Daily 5 and I wrote about camping. - Faith
In Health we've been learning about safety in the gym. - Kaelyn
Our class has an electric fan that really cools it down. - Braedon

Welcome back!

Today is one of the most exciting days of the school year - it's the first day of classes for the students, AND it's the first day I get to meet my new students! We had a lot of fun getting to know each other today, and I'm looking forward to doing more of that this week and beyond. Today is the first time that all of the students in my class have had the chance to take part in a classroom blog, so I gave them a chance to tell you some thoughts from their first school day of the year - here they are:

We're in a new class, and we're happy. - Kayleigh
This is an awesome classroom. - Taryn
First day of school: awesome classroom. This rocks! - Jaida
This class is fun. - Easton
I wish that school would never end. - Kaylynne
This is probably Mr. Hoeppner's best class ever. - Maegehn
This classroom is cool and awesome. - Zoey
There are Magic Treehouse books, and number one of the series is the dinosaur one. - Austin
Right now we are reading the 'On The Run' series. - Josh
This class has two iPod Touches. - Brady
Our classroom is rockin' the Jets carpet! - Emily
I like how much sports stuff is in the classroom. - Braedon

(For those of you who have never been to Room 18, here are a few pictures of it, so you know what it looks like.)