April 16, 2019

Today the students continued working on 2D and 3D shapes.  The Vivo group were inspired by a sculpturist David Smith.

In Phys. Ed the students worked through their gymnastic circuits. 

The Zoo Crew is writing letters to the Zoo School workers to ask if we can create enrichment toys for some animals. 

The Museum group back at school were looking at different symbols in preparation for creating flags.

All students are using the "Clips" app to start practicing film making.

To All EHS families:

1) Correction to the error in the Monday Connect: ​School Council meeting is tomorrow, Wednesday, April 17/19 at 7:00 pm at the school.

2) A reminder there is NO SCHOOL on Friday, April 19/19 as it is a statutory holiday.

3) A reminder there is NO SCHOOL for students on Monday, April 22/19 as it is a Professional Development day.

4) A reminder Spring Picture Day is Thusday, April 25/19.

Also, the Spring Dance is this Thursday!

Back at school, the rest of the Kindness Pod continued to expand their knowledge of 2D and 3D shapes.  They are learning the terms "vertices", "edges", and "faces".  See if you can find any 3D shapes around your home.  How many vertices, edges and faces do they have.  Think about how they move.  Can they slide or roll? 

The Zoo Crew were starting to practice interviewing each other for their documentaries.  They are almost finished writing their "Wonders" about their animals that they are studying. 

April 11, 2019

It was another fabulous full day of learning for the students at the Glenbow Museum.  They went behind the scenes of the 7th floor of the museum.  They saw armor, a tin foil castle, a mustache tea cup, a carpet beater, and all kinds of fascinating baby shoes that date back to 1885.

Back at EHS, the rest of the pod explored 3 dimensional shapes, and did their Daily 5 rotations in the morning.  We have been creating a nursery rhyme book for our Roots of Empathy babies and Phys. Ed. was outside this afternoon. 

Next week is our last week with our student teachers, Miss Leask and Miss Troskie. 

Thank you again for the parents who went to Open Minds today!

Apri10, 2019

The third day at the Glenbow Museum was a great success.  The students enjoyed exploring the museum and the downtown area.  Thank you again to all of the volunteers who helped out today!

Mrs. Le is still looking to fill a few volunteer spots for next week's Glenbow trip. 
 
The students back at EHS continued to look at 2D shapes and are starting to look at how we can use 2D shapes to make 3D shapes.  For example, a rectangle prism has 6 flat faces (4 rectangles and 2 squares).  What 3D shapes can you find around your house?  What shapes are the faces?uld

Some of the students have been using their Ignite time to start some planting.  So far we have beens, sunflowers, tomatoes, wheat grass, and other flowers.  If you have any seeds you'd be willing to donate to our pod we would gladly accept them!

Mr. Der is teaching the students how to do safety shoulder rolls.

Today some of the students went into the Studio to inquire into materials that sink and float.  We started to build boats that we could take into the coulee next week to race.

April 9, 2019

Mrs. Low's Glenbow Museum group had another fantastic day exploring the museum and artifacts.  The students were filled with stories and excitement when they returned at the end of the day.  Thank you to all of the volunteers who went with the museum group today!  Thank you to Wyatt's Mom for volunteering in the classroom and for Fun Snack today!

The rest of the pod spent their morning doing literacy and math.  The students are exploring the question, what is a shape?  Can you define what makes a shape a shape?  We have done some art work with shapes and are looking into the dimensions of shapes.  How is a 3D shape different from a 2D shape?  Some of the students today starting inquiring into parallel lines as well.

This afternoon, the students watched part of the movie "Inside Out" to look into the way our brain responds to emotions.

The Zoo group is continuing to work with the app Clips to prepare for their documentary film making while at the zoo.  They are coming up with wonders that they can research about their animals, specifically thinking about what they wonder about their animal in their zoo enclosure rather than in the wild.  You can support your child at home by talking about the animal they have chosen and how their needs must be met in an enclosure.