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December Calendar

30/11/2014

 

BLSC Hands-On Lab

30/11/2014

 

BLSC Demo Lab

28/11/2014

 

Friday Housekeeping

28/11/2014

 
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We had a beautiful long fall, for which I am very thankful. They said it was coming, we knew it was inevitable, and here it is- the wind the snow the cold. Hopefully this is a short stint and next week will be a bit warmer. The children went outside for recess today but it was too cold and windy at lunch so we had an inside day. Be sure to bundle up for the Santa Claus parade tomorrow morning.
  • Andon shared his Minecraft game, Samuel had a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle that talks, Bailey showed us his watch and Brynn brought us a cool estimation activity.
  • Monday Dec. 1 the Xmas card orders are due to the office. No late orders will be accepted.
  • Tuesday Dec. 2 & 9 and Thursday Dec. 4 is Family Math Night at BEST. See the notice that went home tonight for more information.
  • Thursday Dec. 4 I will be at a workshop for the morning so Team Awesome will have a substitute teacher.
  • Friday Dec. 5 is a Pro-D day so the children will not attend school.
  • Jacob had a single winter/ hiking/ camo boot go missing. If you have it or have seen it, please let me know.
  • For the Christmas concert the children will need to wear blue and white.
Go forth and Be Awesome!



Moldy Pumpkin

27/11/2014

 
Do you remember Jack? As part of our pumpkin unit, we adopted the ugliest, bumpiest, wartiest pumpkin ever seen but the children loved it. They named it Jack and spent time running their hands over the warts, studying it with magnifying glasses and generally observing it. But then came the day, after Jack had been on the science table for about three weeks, that someone noticed a soft spot.  And then another one. And then a bit of...ugh!..mold! There was black mold on the warts and some around the top as well as a speck growing on the soft spot. So Jack had to go. Before we threw him into the garbage can we remembered we had not tested the question we had asked on Halloween about whether or not pumpkins could float. So we got out a large tub, filled it with water and threw him in. You can watch that experiment in the video titled "Float or Sink".
After a day of lounging in the tub, Jack was put back on the science table for a few days and we were amazed to see the mold grow quickly. There was some black mold and some thick white/gray fuzzy kind. But why was he getting moldy? How did mold grow? We made some hypotheses (scientific guesses), we put him back under the knife and chopped Jack into pieces. Parts of him were put into two jars. We made sure that each jar had mold. One jar we poked holes into the lid and labeled Aerobic (with air) and the other we put a lit candle into and screwed the lid on real tight so the flame would use up all the air and we labeled it Anaerobic (without air). We predicted, remembering that we had earlier guessed mold needed air, water and 'food' to grow, which jar would grow the most mold. Then we left Jack to do his thing. And boy is he doing his thing! He grew a baby! We are thrilled! We will watch the two Jacks for the rest of the year and compare and contrast what is happening in each jar. Team Awesome is making plans to help the baby pumpkin plant grow and grow and grow. Hmmm.... sounds like another experiment.

First Snow

26/11/2014

 

Book Fair This Week

24/11/2014

 

Fresh Air Friday 21/11/14

22/11/2014

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Friday Housekeeping

21/11/2014

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Another Fresh Air Friday goes into the books under the chapter titled 'Awesome'. Mrs. Farber and myself had an animals in winter role-play lesson all prepared and we tried to direct the kids but they were so excited and distracted by the frozen puddles that our chatter went in one ear and out the other for most of them. Some of the children did build winter shelters that hibernating animals would enjoy but most spent their time walking on, slipping, sliding, stomping, skating and busting the ice. They were happy, busy and engaged so although the lesson was a bust and will be tried again at another time, the afternoon was a success. We are all looking forward to our next afternoon outing.
  • Kahli shared a special photo album, Logan had a cool robot, Riley showed us her stuffed polar bear in an igloo and Aiden brought a quartz rock.
  • We did not do Home Box today due to lack of time so Team Awesome will not have their folders.
  • December family projects went home yesterday. They are due in December.
  • Lunch orders are due Monday Nov. 24 and so are permission slips for our BLSC visit.
  • Tuesday Nov. 25 the Ks in both classes have a Healthy Schools presentation. Book orders are also due on Tuesday. If your order is meant as a gift, let me know and I will put it in a bag and give it to you directly rather than to the child.
  • Wednesday Nov. 26 is our visit to the Big Little Science Centre with Mrs. Farber's class. We will leave first thing in the morning and be back just before lunch.
  • Blazers tickets are due Thursday Nov. 27.
  • On Friday Nov. 28 reports cards will be sent home.
  • FYI I often use papers that have been copied on one side and discarded for cut/paste activities and colouring sheets.
  • There is no library exchange on Monday due to the Book Fair. Our time to peruse the items for sale is Monday at 11:00. Check the posters for times the Book Fair is open.
  • If your child has birthday party invites please leave them in the Home Box for distribution at the end of the day.
Go forth and Be Awesome!



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Snow

20/11/2014

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So when the kids came in this morning they were all like...
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