Paper Planes in the Making

Over the past couple of weeks, the grade 5/6s prepared to take flight. They got ready for a paper plane competition that combines art and science. This past Thursday, they put their planes to the test for one of three prizes: furthest flight, coolest acrobatics and most attractive.  The competition wraps up our science flight unit. As each competitor showed…

Making Pizzas… in French

Aimez-vous la pizza?  The grad 5/6s and 7/8s both had fun days recently cooking pizzas in French class. Their task was to create a french cooking show, and they did a great job!  They had to describe the ingredients, cooking process, utensils and more as they created their masterpieces. They made videos to demonstrate and describe the process, all in…

STEM Activity – Oil Spill Challenge

As we near the end of the year, I wanted to make the most of the time we have left and engage the students in some fun learning experiences. This led to an unexpectedly messy lesson recently. A question I sometimes hear in math class is “What does this have to do with the real world?” or “When will we…

Reading Buddies

As you may have seen on another blog post, we’ve paired up our grade 6s and kindergarteners as reading buddies. They meet on Fridays to read together, with the older students helping the younger ones.  It’s not only the kindergarten class who love this… my students look forward to it all week! It’s their chance to take on a leadership…

The Heavens Declare

We have recently finished our solar system unit.  The Kindergarten class loved it, and we all learned so much. Did you know that Jupiter has 79 moons? Did you know that it takes 248 years for Pluto to orbit the sun? Did you know that Venus is the hottest planet? Thank you, God, for our beautiful world and beyond!