Cool Sandpaper/Papertowel Art with Mrs. Kulyk

Mrs. Kulyk came by today to do a special art class with us for part of the afternoon.  It was a very different project-we first drew with crayons on sand paper to start, filled them in really well with colour and then she ironed the image onto a paper towel.  They turned out beautifully!

Spring Haiku Art

Our Spring Haiku art is finally finished!  Our bulletin board looks very beautiful and colourful and makes for some delightful spring reading.  Excellent job grade fours, they turned out great!

Excuse the glare, our poems are printed on overhead transparencies!

Poem by Anna

Room 26 Poems

3-2-1 By Matt T.

321 weekly update may 5 to 9^th

This week was fun and exciting.  The first thing I learned is that sound is very fast. And also that sound is faster in solids than gases and liquids. Another thing I learned is how to say how many people are in your immediate family. This is how you ask it, “combien de personnes est-ce qu’il y a dans ta famille?” The last thing I learned is that the Inuit have changed a lot. They went from eating berries and raw meat to pizzas and chips. Now they eat unhealthier because junk food costs less. One thing I enjoyed is music Monday because we Skyped with Chris Hatfield and somebody in Vancouver and newfound land and Toronto. That’s the first thing I enjoyed.

The second thing I enjoyed is gym we tested how good we did push-ups and curl-ups. We also did pinny tag what you do is run around in a square and try not to get caught. My goal is to write more and more every time.

3-2-1 by Jason

3-2-1 update April 28-May 2

This week at school was amazing. J

In French we learned a new question. Comment s’appelle ta mere, soeur, ton pere and frère. It means what are your mom’s name, dad’s name, brother’s name and sister’s name.

Another thing I learned was social studies! We learned about Inuit art and inuksuk’s. For the art we learned what it’s made of. It’s made of different stones and the art is usually a spirit or a person.

One more thing I learned was in science. We learned how sound waves look when they are loud, soft, high or low. If it’s loud the waves are tall, if it’s soft the waves are little. If it’s high the waves are high the waves are close together and if it’s low the waves are far apart.

One thing I enjoyed was the handball tournament! My team did well and lots of my friends were there from outside of school. If we do it next year I’m going to do it again, and I hope my friends go too.

One more thing I enjoyed was gym. We did a lot of basketball stuff. I like doing basketball because it’s one of my favourite sports. I hope we do more!

My one goal for this week is to do my home reading. I read a lot but I don’t write it down.        

Manitoba Museum Field Trip

Our class took our first field trip on April 22nd to the Manitoba Museum.  We got to learn even more about the Inuit in Inuit: People of the North and more about Sound for Science.  And...we got to have some fun while we learned!  Check out some pictures from our day and be sure to read Bruce's 3-2-1 review of our trip.  Enjoy!

Manitoba Museum Field Trip

Inuit:

In the Inuit part I learned what the Inuit eat, what they use as tools and Clothes. I learned that the Inuit eat Beluga Whales, Seal and Caribou. I learned that they use Inukshuks, the kudlik and the ulu. 

I learned that they use caribou skin and seal skin to make parkas and mukluks.

Sound:

In sound I learned about an object, it’s called oobleck. It’s not a liquid or a solid. It’s really cool. 

I enjoyed:

I enjoyed learning about the Inuit because it’s exciting. I enjoyed seeing the oobleck because it was cool to see what it was.

I wonder:

I wonder how you make the oobleck? 

3-2-1 update April 21-24 by Sara

This week was wonderful and lots and lots and lots of fun

In ELA we listened to Ms. Dodds read, “Matilda.” Yesterday Matilda did a really big prank on her family she brought her friends parrot home without anyone seeing except her friend.  She hid the parrot in the house and the parrot started talking and Matilda’s family didn’t know who was talking and Matilda said there is a crook in the dining room. And then they all went into the dining room and there was no one there. But they still were hearing someone talking and then Matilda said oh no I think it might be a ghost and then everyone started screaming. And that’s what we heard in Matilda.

In art we are sketching flowers.  We’re making art that has flowers on it. We practiced sketching flowers and we had to practice a lot but I really, really like drawing flowers. And now that I've practiced a lot I'm really good at drawing flowers. We are going to paint the flowers with water colour paint it will make it look really good at the start we had to tape our paper down. We did some other stuff on it but it is kind of hard to explain.

In gym we played badminton we learned a tip for when your serving. You don’t swing the badminton all the way behind you; you just keep it simple and keep it in front of you. I love playing badminton.

I enjoyed gym because I love to play badminton. I also enjoyed art because the art that were doing is simple and it will look great in the end.

My goal is to keep bringing my 3-2-1 in because I am getting a little bit good at it.

Spring Haiku Samples

Our class has been working hard to write some Spring Haikus to go with some spring artwork we'll be doing.  Check out some of our fantastic poems!

Haiku Poem

Spring is here at last

Birds come out and sing now

Spring is beautiful

By: Abbey

Spring returns

Water on the ground

Geese returning from the south

Popsicles melting

By: Dobie

Spring time snacks

Birds are eating worms

Dragonflies eat mosquitoes

Frogs eating crickets

By: Brett

Spring begins

Shiny snow melting

Green grass playing peek-a-boo

Days getting longer

By: Matt P.

Spring Is Coming Back

Geese are flying back

The world is getting warmer

The grass starts to grow

By: Aria