Float or Sink?

That was our challenge this week! We had to paper fold three different types of boats from the canoe, kayak and speedboat. Then we tested them in water to see how long they could float and how many blocks they would hold. Some of our boats lasted a long time and some of our boats sank. Next we made a boat out of tinfoil and like our paper boats some floated and held over 30 blocks. On Friday, we are creating floatation devices for our "Bears". Can hardly wait to see what we came up with and if they float.

Next week is the start of our spirit days. On Monday, June 21st it is wear orange day and it is National Indigenous Peoples Day. 

Upcoming Spirit Days:

Monday, June 21 - Wear orange

Tuesday, June 22 - Western Day

Wednesday, June 23 - Wacky Hair or Sock Day

Thursday, June 24 - Inside out day 

Friday, June 25 - Reading Day (wear a shirt with words or a picture on it)

Monday, June 28 - Beach Day

Tuesday, June 29 - Canada Day ( wear read and white)

Have a great weekend!

  

 We have successfully finished the Amazing Race CBE and what an exciting time we had as we were "Better Together" as we worked through each challenge and road block. The work that went into organizing and planning the activities were greatly appreciated. We want to thank Mr. Van Es and his team for their creativity, inspiration and work. 

We also spent some time last week creating Minecraft selfies. The idea was to incorporate symmetry into our art.

We also had the opportunity to work on following directions and using our rulers to create straight lines. The great thing was how we were able to help each other figure out the steps and after a few starts we are very proud of our work. As a class we are exploring Minecraft Education Edition and the prairies. Our challenge will be to select just one image of the prairies and our history and create it using this program before we are done for the school year. 

 May 31 - June 4

We have been very busy participating in the Amazing Race CBE with 841 other classes and 18 000 students. Last week we travelled to Brazil and invited other classes to join us in our challenges. Our kinder buddies learned how to do the "wave" and participated with us in making a long line outside. This week we are back in Calgary and had to figure out the final message that was " We are better together".

 In math we have been exploring inequalities and equalities using the Pan Balances and interlocking blocks. 

 

In literacy this week we are continuing to work on story writing and adding descriptive details. Our stories range from creating a technological suit to allow our character to be in the daylight to a character who wants to dance. 

We also attended a live reading of Nibi's Water Song by the author Sunshine Tenasco. She shared how she got her ideas and how the character was named after her daughter. This story complimented our work in science on liquids.