Our Grade 1 classroom is back into the swing of things! Our 2012-2013 students had their first Skype interaction when Mrs. Caldwell and her Junior and Senior Kindergartens Skyped our class. Since her Senior Kindergartens were project leaders last year, they explained the great work they’d done last school year to help the environment. […]
After checking out World Wildlife Fund’s Facebook page and website, we came across this adorable video. Mrs. Obach and I decided that it would be the perfect video to review some of the important components of “Little Hands, Big World” from the 2011-12 school year. The students loved the video, and my kindergarten class watched
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If you want to learn more about QR codes, the Grade 1s and Kindergartens watched this interesting video today. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VsZDIoCfsc
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We were excited to design more reusable bag reminder stickers today! See our design below and feel free to download our PDF version from SkyDrive so you can print your own using Avery Labels #06499.
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This morning we started designing our reminder stickers to help people remember their reusable bags. The stickers were one of the solutions the Grade 1s came up with when we found out from the RCMP officer that hanging things from our rearview mirror was not legal or safe. We used the Avery website to design
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We have been busy designing and creating reminder tags in our classroom too! Students came up with lots of great ideas and we can’t wait to get them out into the community and world! Below are 3 samples of our digital designs. Please feel free to print one for yourself and help contribute to our goal
We are thrilled to be CDW Canada’s 2011 Teaching with Technology Video Contest Winners! Our video showcases the ways that we use technology to enhance learning and our prize allows us to pick out $5000 of technology for our classroom! Check it out at: http://www.teachingwithtechnology.ca/winners.php
http://youtu.be/PsgqMOBXx3c
What does authentic problem solving look like at the JK-Grade 1 level? Listen to these students share how they identified a problem, collected data, came up with a plan, encountered some roadblocks, and developed a solution.
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http://youtu.be/-dEYqgPjxv8
What is the impact of a JK-Grade 1 sustainability project? Using student and parent testimonials, this video examines the effects of our youngest learners leading the way to more sustainable living practices.
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Our students have continued to develop reusable bag reminders tags as part of our sustainability project. If you’ve read our previous posts, you would know that we’ve encountered some problems along the way. After the students called the police and confirmed that hanging tags from the rearview mirror is illegal, a few adjustments were made
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