Eggciting Experiment

The grade 1's are currently partaking in an experiment with other students from British Columbia,  New Zealand,  Newfoundland, Texas and many other places. A few weeks ago we skyped with Mrs Soltau-Heller's class from Vancouver Island.  She put out a question on twitter about if anyone was interested in different classes all doing the same egg experiment and recording the results on a common Wiki. Check out the Wiki here Eggciting...

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What Brings You Joy?

Joy. The feeling of delight, happiness and pleasure. It’s one of the most cherished emotions you can experience in life. What brings you joy? I have been wanting to invite other classes to tweet and Skype about this particular topic for a while now. What puts a smile on your face?  I don't mean just a polite smile but a real, genuine and infectious smile?  What makes you as happy as the animals in these pictures? via: utterlycute.com via: wowcoolpics.blogspot.comThis...

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Redesigned Blog

Did you do a double take when you visited my blog today?  Do you like the new design?  There are a few things that are not finished yet but I couldn't wait any longer to switch it over.  I just love it!  A big THANK YOU to my husband (Mr. Wideen) for working so hard to get it just perfect.  Check back often because I will be finishing some of my links (Math Stations and Literacy Stations links).  We have been on break all week enjoying this beautiful weather and I need to take some pictures of my stations for the explanations....

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Math Problems

The Grade 1's have been working very hard on using pictures, numbers and words to solve word problems.  At the beginning of math class, students put a sticker in their notebooks with the word problem printed on it.  They also put a sticker of the same problem in their agendas to show their families what they have been working on at school.  Here are a few examples of students' work: I drew 5 fish in a bowl and I drew him eating...

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It's World Read Aloud Day Tomorrow

World Read Aloud Day: March 7, 2012 Take Action for Global Literacy, Celebrate the Power of Words, Change the World Worldwide at least 793 million people remain illiterate. Imagine a world where everyone can read...World Read Aloud Day is about taking action to show the world that the right to read and write belongs to all people. World Read Aloud Day motivates children, teens, and adults worldwide to celebrate the power of words,...

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Math Stations

Here are some pictures of our newest Math Work Stations.  We are mainly working on addition and subtraction and 3D shapes this rotation.  The students start out on the carpet with a mini math lesson (10 minutes or less)  The students then get into their math groups.  They have 11 stations all together and the students do 2 stations a day and work with the teacher in a group almost every day.   Students need to order the...

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Quad Blogging

Next week we will begin our Quad Blogging. What is Quad blogging you ask? Imagine four schools that have a partnership/agreement.  That would mean that for a four week cycle, each school’s blog will be the focus for one week out of four. Each school in the Quad spends some time visiting the blog of the school for that week, leave comments etc. After that week, another one of the four schools will be the focus and this will be repeated for the four week cycle. It won't take the pupils long to work out that during their week, they...

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