Feeling the love!

Awwww, thanks for the kind words and appreciation kiddies! I feel the same about you guys as well. I really don't want June to come !!!!!!!

Making and investigating Fraction Strips

Using fraction strips to make concrete connections!

Black History Month Assembly

Thanks to Babarinde Williams from Drums et al for an amazing assembly today. It was engaging, informative and extremely interactive. I loved the message of UBUNTU. Celebrating our "human-ness" is a great way to approach life.

Trip to Queens Park

Our class trip to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (Queens Park) was quite memorable! The students and I enjoyed our tour immensely and we actually got a chance to sit in on a live session. To top if off we met the Premier - Kathleen Wynne!!!!!!

New Science Unit

Next week we'll start a new Science Unit - Properties of and Changes in Matter.

This unit introduces students to the properties of matter, changes of state, and physical and chemical change. It provides them with opportunities to conduct investigations that explore the properties of matter and changes in matter. The unit also challenges students to evaluate the social and environmental impacts of processes used to make everyday products. Should be interesting!

Jello earthquake!

Investigating structural stability and earthquakes in Science class. Nice way to wrap up unit on Forces acting on Structures and Mechanisms!

Check out our Jello earthquake simulation! It was a lot of fun! The kids enjoyed eating the marshmallows and jello :-)

Valentines Party

Sticky notes with positive messages all around the room, inspirational quotes daily uploaded on Edmodo -  my class has been feeling the LOVE all week long! Thanks Navtaj for your leadership in creating such a wonderful climate in the classroom. It is so appreciated!!!!!

And thanks to you and Maryann for taking the lead to coordinate our Valentines Party. Thanks to all the performers and thanks to the Food Team. You guys really know how to throw a PARTY!!! There was FOOD everywhere! A special thanks to Mr Yousufi for taking in two large party-size pizza boxes!!! Love the spirit!

My class (5 Diamonds) rocks!

Snow Mountain antics!

My students are truly very HAPPY kids! It was a pleasure watching them yesterday frolicking in the sun without a care in the world. Seeing them all excited as they slid from the top of "Mount Everest" made me smile. There's nothing more beautiful than seeing kids being kids. I mentioned this to them and one girl in my class remarked that it was a shame that kids everywhere in the world could not enjoy something as simple as playing. She made reference to kids who are child labourers who are denied the right to attend school. I stood in awe and listened to her speak passionately about an issue that I also hold dear to my heart. When she was done talking she raced back up the snow mountain and asked me to take another picture of the group. I really love my job! Never a dull moment around kids! #the simple pleasures of life

Snow angel!

Social Studies presentations

This past week's  Social Studies presentations on a social or environmental issue was a definite SLAM DUNK!!! Don't know how else to express my satisfaction and pride with the students' effort and enthusiasm while speaking passionately about some serious issues - Pollution, Poverty, Hunger, Healthcare, Crime. The research was amazing and supported by graphs, charts and tables. Well done everyone! I was truly pleased :-)

Chef à l’école

The 'Chef à l’école' presentation was GREAT! My students loved every minute of the 80 minutes session.It was engaging and very interactive. Chef Suzanne spoke mostly in French and I was pleased that they all understood what was said. They were attentive and participated very well.

I would strongly recommend "Chef à l’école" - it's worth every cent. Apart from the fun of making a cake, the students were exposed to authentic French music and a very interesting history presentation on the arrival of the French in Canada. The overall cultural experience was indeed wonderful! Merci beaucoup Chef Suzanne!

We see the light!

I am always asking my students if they see the light when checking their comprehension. Look at the chart paper below. My students do have a sense of humour indeed! Love it, love!

We see the light :-)

Social Studies Comic Strip on Poverty

I am sooooo proud of my students' Social Studies comic strips. They had to write a story on any aspect of poverty or come up with an antipoverty message. Their creativity and knowledge of the issue is quite impressive.

Looking forward to their group presentations.This has been an ongoing inquiry research that involves examining current social and environmental issues from the point of view of a variety of stakeholders. My students love to debate so this should be REALLY, REALLY interesting. Can't wait :-)

Chef a l'ecole

On Wednesday, my class will participate in Chef à l’école. They will be making 'un gâteau au chocolat'  and chai tea.  Miam :-)

Will post pictures. The students are learning food related vocabulary and how to read recipes. Lots of learning going on! Really impressed with their level of French and even more with their enthusiasm to learn a second language. Bravo!

L'arbre Ungali - Final presentation of play

This past week in French class was AMAZING -  INCROYABLE !!!!

My two classes did an excellent job memorizing the play and pronouncing the words well. They were prepared and extremely enthusiastic to show off their acting and speaking skills.

Bravo tout le monde! Madame est très  fière de la classe :-)

Voici les photos!