Conscious Kindness! #kindWPG #kindnessmatters #WpgWed

As part of the 50th anniversary of United Way Winnipeg, people are being encouraged to commit acts of 'conscious kindness' today. We talked about this as a class, and brainstormed some ideas of what we could do today - here's what we came up with:

Let someone have my stuffy (Douglas) for a day - Eric S.
Ask someone if they want to join in at soccer. - Brady
Ask a friend who I haven't seen for a while to come over after school. - Avery
I won't get upset when someone hits rope in tetherball, and won't leave the game. - Morgan
This afternoon at the corner store, I will tell the clerk to keep the change. - Tyrell
I will gather up toys and clothes that I don't need anymore for the Goodwill store. - Nolan
I will give put-ups and compliments to my family and friends. - Matthew
I am going to put a sticky note on my neighbour's door with a good message, and a little treat. Braedon
I'm going to read my little siblings favourite book to them. - Faith
I'll help someone practice their recorder at recess. - Connor
I'm going to make hot dog fettuccine Alfredo for my family today. - Kayleigh
I'm going to be a good neighbour today by cleaning their yard. - Emma
I will be kind to my family by going downstairs and not being annoying to my sister. - Robert
I'm going to help my mom when she has to take the dogs out, and feed them. - Jaida
I will help a classmate to clean up. - Avery
I will help my mom with the laundry. - Sara
I'm going to let someone cut in front of me at tetherball. - Albert
I paid for the coffee of the person behind me in the drive-through this morning, and at lunch, I'm going to Tim Hortons and I'll round up my purchase, and that money will go to help underprivileged kids go to camp. - Mr. H.

After we brainstormed our list, the students took sticky notes to create notes of kindness to spread around the school - here are some of them:

Room 18's NHL Playoff bracket challenge update #3

As you read in an earlier post, we used our Stanley Cup Playoffs predictions to help us learn about fractions, decimals, and percents. As a class, we are having a friendly competition to see who is the most accurate in picking the winners, all the way to the Stanley Cup. For each first round series picked correctly, 1 point is awarded. 2 points are awarded if they correctly pick the second round winners, 3 points for 3 round winners, and 4 points for picking the correct Stanley Cup winner. Now that the third round is complete, here are the updated standings (and it continues to be a tight race!):

Mr. Hoeppner	18
Wesley	15
Tyrell	12
Avery	11
Maddie	11
Nolan	10
Sara	9
Robert	8
Brady	8
Raina	8
Braedon	8
Kayleigh	8
Eric M.	8
Eric S.	8
Emma	7
Connor	7
Jaida	6
Matthew	6
Faith	5
Morgan	5
Oliver	5
Zachary	5
Albert	4
Mrs. Nes	4
Teagan	2
Kevin	2

30x30 Challenge - week 3

With last week being a short work week (Monday, May 18th was Victoria Day), there were only 4 days that we could get out at school for the 30x30 Nature Challenge... but we were outside for every one of them! Here's what we were up to:

Tuesday, May 19: free time outside

Wednesday, May 20: Dancing in the Field (folk dancing festival at Radisson)

Thursday, May 21: reading outside

Friday, May 22: free time outside (I was away at PD, so there is no picture from that day).

Room 18's NHL Playoff bracket challenge update #2

As you read in an earlier post, we used our Stanley Cup Playoffs predictions to help us learn about fractions, decimals, and percents. As a class, we are having a friendly competition to see who is the most accurate in picking the winners, all the way to the Stanley Cup. For each first round series picked correctly, 1 point is awarded. 2 points are awarded if they correctly pick the second round winners, 3 points for 3 round winners, and 4 points for picking the correct Stanley Cup winner. Now that the second round is complete (as the third round is nearing completion, I'm a little tardy on this update - sorry about that!), here are the updated standings (and it's a tight race!):

Wesley	12
Mr. Hoeppner	12
Avery	11
Tyrell	9
Sara	9
Robert	8
Raina	8
Braedon	8
Kayleigh	8
Maddie	8
Eric M.	8
Eric S.	8
Emma	7
Connor	7
Nolan	7
Jaida	6
Matthew	6
Faith	5
Morgan	5
Oliver	5
Zachary	5
Brady	5
Albert	4
Mrs. Nes	4
Teagan	2
Kevin	2

30x30 Challenge - week 2

We had a pretty good second week of the 30x30 Nature Challenge, but unfortunately, it rained heavily on Wednesday and Thursday, not allowing us to get outside on those days (I know that on the 30x30 Challenge website, they suggest dancing in the rain... but as much as I'd love to take the class outside to do that, it's more of an 'at home' activity, where they can easily towel off and get a dry change of clothes!). Here's what we did the rest of the time:

Monday, May 11: free play

Tuesday, May 12: WASAC games

Friday, May 15: Math (taking photographs of numbers around us)

30x30 Challenge - our class is famous!

Our class made it into last week's weekly 30x30 Challenge email from the David Suzuki Foundation to educators - check it out!

30x30 Challenge - week 1

We had a great first week of the 30x30 Challenge. Here's what we did:

Monday, May 4: making observation notes for Science (Habitats & Communities) in the Transcona Bioreserve.

Tuesday, May 5: writing

Wednesday, May 6: reading

Thursday, May 7: scavenger hunt (the rain let up just in time!)

Friday, May 8: looking for numbers outside, and photographing them

We're looking forward to getting back outside next week for Week 2 of the challenge... and to the weather warming up (it was cold today!)! Make sure you get outside this weekend! #natureiscalling #30x30challenge