Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Capacity

The grade 2 class explores capacity in math class.  This student predicted how fill the glass would appear after putting in 1/2 cup of juice.


 Although is does not look it, all of these glasses have the same amount of juice in them!

 We invited the Grade 1 class to have some "capacity juice"(fruit punch) in fancy glasses with us.  They were surprised to learn that all the glasses had equal amounts of juice in them!

Monday, May 28, 2012

Our Best Handwriting


The grade 3 and 4 class has been making progress on their handwriting! It gets neater and neater each week.

Friday, May 25, 2012

Kindergarten's Morning Message


This is an example of a morning message that the Kindergarten students read as a class every morning.  It is interactive and allows the teachers to review concepts that the students are learning.

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Learning about Possessives

 

The Grade 3 and 4 class is excited to be learning about possessives!


This colour-coded chart sure made things easier to understand.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Rain and Water

 Playschool friends are discovering lots of things about rain and water!

Monday, May 21, 2012

Victoria Day

Happy Victoria Day!

Friday, May 18, 2012

Eleanor Rigby Recorder Duet


The grade 5 and 6 class wanted to learn how to play the song Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles after hearing the song in their classroom.  Their music teacher made it happen.  The final product had separate parts for each student and sounded truly wonderful.

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Simple Machines Continued


Continuing with our study of simple machines, we experimented with levers.  Where is the fulcrum? Where is the load? And does the nearness of the load to the fulcrum affect the amount of force or effort needed? We know the answers to these questions in the grade 3 and 4 classroom!

Monday, May 14, 2012

Forest of Reading Program at Olivet


Look at all the books that the upper grades have been reading through the Forest of Reading Program.  After every student has read every book they each get to vote on the various favourites.

Friday, May 11, 2012

Boomwhackers

The grade 1 and 2 class work together to make beautiful, harmonized music with "Boomwhackers". They each hit their long plastic tubes on the floor to produce a certain note!


Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Simple Machines


The Grades 3 and 4 are learning about simple machines. How is an inclined plane used to move a load up or down? Is a longer incline better or a shorter one? How does friction impact movement on the inclined plane? These are the questions the students are investigating.




Monday, May 7, 2012

Math Fun

The Grade 1 and 2 students have a great time playing a math game together!

Friday, May 4, 2012

"Nn" is for Noah's Ark

The Kindergarteners are colouring their alphabet bible story page.  “Nn” is for Noah.


Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Math Class



Understanding math is easier when students are allowed to manipulate concrete objects. Here the students are making arrays to demonstrate multiplication and division.