Monday 4 May 2015

May 5th Open House celebrating Education Week and Explorations in Science

This is an opportunity for us to share our classroom spaces with each other and the wider community. Classrooms teachers, parents and community members are welcome to join us for an inside look at the learning activities of our students.

Be sure to sign-in at the office before heading to a classroom experience.


  • 9:15 to 10:00 Ideal Community Structures; 5/6 and FDK
  • 9:30 to 10:00 Ogden Daycare – Play-based Learning for Pre Ks
  • 9:15 to 10:00 Endangered Species: Inquiry and Art in Science; Grade 3 to 6
  • 9:15 to 11:00 Vocabulary Building Jeopardy; ESL
  • 9:15 – 11:00 Gardening/Outdoor Classroom Inquiry; FDK
  • 10:15 to 11:00 Imaginary Garden Inquiry Centres; FDK
  • 12:15 to 1:45 Hybrid Habitats – Inquiry and Art in Science; Grade 2
  • 12:15 to 1:45 Programming and Coding; Grade 3
  • 12:45 to 1:45 STEM Design Challenge Grade 3 to 5
  • 2:00 to 3:00 Inquiry in Science: Animal Projects; Grade 1
  • 2:00 to 2:30 Bee Movie Screening; FDK




Grade
Room
Topic
Time of Exhibition
Activity Description : (Learning Goal)
FDK
R.4
Garden Inquiry/Centres/ STEM
10:15 - 11:00
Room 4 can't wait for the flowers to grow outside. Stop by and see all the different activities that are happening to create our imaginary garden (inspired by the book The Imaginary a Garden by Andrew Larsen)
FDK
5/6
Rm 6,14
Ideal Community Structures with Kruger/STEM
9:15 to 10 am
Room 6 and 14 have been working together to learn about structures. We now are creating structures that we feel are important to our community and will be placing them on a large map.
FDK
Rm 7
Bee movie screening/STEM
2:00 to 2:30
Students have created a stop motion movie about how bees make honey; They built the set, created all the props, wrote the storyboard, and filmed and edited the movie themselves.
GR.1
Rm 8
Animal Projects/Inquiry in Science
1:15 to 1:45
Grade 1s will be using knowledge from science class drawing on Characteristics of living things to help organize their research information to create their own self-published non-fiction texts after completing a reflective and peer editing process that allows students to use social and communication skills.
Gr. 1/2
Rm 2
Animal Projects
1:15 to 1:45
Students will be working on the same subject matter of researching animals that students have chosen to report on reflecting knowledge they have learned from science classes about the characteristics of living things.  Ms. Brown's class will be using I-pad technology to produce a digital version of their written reports.
Gr. 2
Rm 11
Hybrid Habitats/ Inquiry and Art  in Science
2:00 to 3:00
Students will present habitats designed to meet the needs of hybrid creatures. These creatures incorporate the characteristics that will allow them to adapt to different biomes.
Gr.3
16
Programming and Coding
12:15 to 1:45 PM
Programming and Coding: Students will learn coding language to create his or her own video games online.
Gr. 3-5
Rm 12, 15
Design Challenge with Nelson/ STEM
12:45 to 1:45
Students will take unwanted materials (recyclables/garbage) and reuse/repurpose them by designing and making something new from them.
G3-6
Rm 10
Endangered Species: Inquiry and Art in Science
9:15 to 10 am
Room 10 has been researching “how we can be a part of the solution” in reducing our carbon footprint. We are completing our Endangered Species projects and creating interesting paintings of our animals.
Gr. 1-3
Gym
Physical Education and Health
1:00 to 3:00 pm
Healthy bodies with Daily Physical Activity and Eating Right.
FDK
Yard
Gardening / Outdoor Classroom Inquiry
9:15 am to 11:00 am
Rooms 4, 6 and 7 will be observing changes in our early gardening activities, investigating interesting items at our discovery table, and enjoying free exploration in our outdoor classroom.  
ESL
Rm 19
Vocabulary-Building Jeopardy
9:30 to 11:00 am
Students will write their vocabulary words on cards with assigned points. Then they will use words in sentences that *make sense* to win points.