Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Maple Sugar Tuesday March 4th

reminders


hoodie orders by Friday if interested
Purdy's Easter (PAC fundraiser) due after spring break
did not give out any spelling activties today- think we will start again after spring break!
girl's last basketball game this evening- good luck girls (Boy's won their last game on Thursday last week- congratulations)


our day


Band class

follow up Lab report on the Polymer lab Monday afternoon - showed them a couple of other ways to create 'flubber' with glue and a starch solution (sorry)
When I asked one of the students what a polymer was at the end of the day all they remembered was that it was in a diaper!!!
Really? That's what they remembered!

Math 7 practice on the skills of measuring and naming angles using a protractor. Started into some practice on recognizing the different types of angles and the letter 'shapes' they make on parallel lines with a transversal- to follow up tomorrow.

1-2pm Renee the Maple Sugar guy
fabulous audio visual and hands on workshop on how to make Maple sugar and an introduction into the French-Canadian culture of working the Maple tree farms. Renee had us playing spoons, dancing a traditional dance and tasting his top grade maple sugar 'pops'.

Read to self
needed a calm quiet(er) time for some independent reading- some read some were still 'high' on maple sugar!!
Students were a little 'squirrelly'!!
New reading record and the April Scholastic flyer were distributed

art - worked more on the landscape sketches started last week- using some scenic pictures for students to follow lines and blends of sea to sky to land. Some are looking very effective. Some students have used shading already- soon we will be using the watercolour pencils and paint- just need the sketched lines completed first.

Have a good night. I have a busy one ahead!
Mrs. Johnston









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