Thank you… - Maple Grove Elementary School

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News from our classrooms… Grade 2: In Mme Claudia’s class, we started a new project on plants because summer is coming. Everyone in the class planted seeds in a cup. First we put the dirt in the cup, then we put the seeds in, and then we added water. We put the cups near the window because the sun will help it grow and we water it every day. Our plants are just starting to grow. Mme Claudia said that we will plant these flowers in the Maple Grove schoolyard to start a garden. We are also collecting compost in our classrooms. For compost, you can use things like orange and banana peels and old fruits you don’t want to eat anymore. Then the worms eat the stuff we put in the compost bucket and their poop turns into dirt. For Math, we started a project where we made creatures out of shapes. We used triangles, circles, squares, and hexagons. Dylan used triangles for the hair, a hexagon for the nose and triangles for the eyes. By: Kiara B, Dylan M. and Julian M. (Room 19) Earth Day Assembly The whole school sang the song. The choir sang “Protégeons notre terre” and “Enfants de paix”. We also sang a fun version of the song “Dynamite” but with lyrics for Earth Day. These were some of the lyrics: “’Cause I told you once and I told you twice, we’re going to save the earth so let’s do it right”! Then the grade 4 classes read a poem about the earth. It was really good! We also learned about the importance of not polluting and putting papers into the recycling instead of the garbage. By: Mahalia AK. and Allison D. (Room 19) Grade 1/2 (Continued): What's cooking? Room 17 and Room 20 have learned a lot about vegan cooking (no meat and no dairy) this winter. They made many tasty meals that they have shared with people around the school. Every week, for six weeks, a different group of chefs were busing washing, peeling, dicing, and chopping a variety of vegetables in class. The delicious aroma of simmering spices, vegetables, different grains and beans, were wafting down the hallway from their slow cooker. The students were amazed by the gambit of colours, textures, sizes and tastes they explored through their recipes. If you haven’t tried using a slow cooker, let us assure you it is wonderful. You just put your ingredients in the pot, turn it on, and walk away. A couple of hours later, a tasty meal is yours to enjoy and share generously. With our vegan recipes, the cost was so little. A bit of this and a bit of that and voilà! Souper pour tout le monde! It is just like in the story of Stone Soup, where a wandering beggar enters a very poor village, going door to door asking for some food. No one has anything to spare for a hungry stranger. Somehow, the beggar convinces each villager to contribute a small something something to his big pot, and in no time, a delicious soup is simmering on the fire in the centre of the village. Inviting everyone to come and share the soup, the beggar ladles out enough soup so that everyone goes home that night to their bed with a full belly. With our slow cooker, we also had enough food for ourselves and others. It was a fabulous experience of skill building and community building. By: Mme Zemnickis The Little Mermaid On April 18 th , we went to St. Patrick’s school to watch The Little Mermaid play. A lot of people liked it because it looked a lot like the movie. Every time they had to change scenes, they closed the curtains so we couldn’t see anything. When they opened the curtains, there was a big ship. The sets were really good and they had a lot of props. They sang almost all of the songs from the movie. Our favorite song was “Under the Sea”. The costumes looked really good too, they had all kinds of designs on them. All of the characters were played by kids that went to the elementary school. They did a really good job! By: Kaleb M. and Jasmine S. (Room 20)
News from our classrooms… Grade 3: We went to the Ecomuseum to learn about animals. We learned about the American black bear, the lynx, the red tailed fox, the arctic fox, ducks, swans, and many others. We also got to touch a snake! It felt wet, slimy and gross. We saw a cool turtle that looked like a pancake because it was really flat. We also saw bats, an eagle, and a poisonous lizard. We left at 9:30 a.m. and returned at 1:30 p.m. It was very fun! We have also started to learn about the Native Americans. They were the first settlers of North America. They hunted animals for their food like white-‐tailed deer, fish, porcupines, wolves, beavers, foxes, and other animals that lived in the woods. The Native Americans used arrows, spears, etc. to hunt. They lived in teepees, which are cone-‐shaped tents that only have one room. They are also the people who invented dream catchers. A dream catcher is supposed to capture your nightmares so that you can get a good night sleep. Native Americans are very creative people! By: Tehsin A. and Liam C. (Room 15) By: Tehsin A. In French, we read a story called, “La fête dans la forêt”. The story was about animals celebrating a butterfly’s birthday. They made him a cake and they gave him presents. After we read the story, we had to draw and colour a picture. We learned a new song called, “Les enfants de la terre” for Earth Day and then we made pictures of the earth and of people who are sharing. There is going to be an Earth Day assembly on April 22 nd , 2013 and the whole school is going to sing the song together. We also played a game to help us learn about insects in French class. We got a paper with facts of information about bugs and then we had to match the information with the right insect. When we finished that, we made teams and we were ready to start the game. Mme Rochon said a piece of information and in our teams, we had to raise our hand and say which insect it was about. Whichever team had the most correct answers won. We learned about la grenouille and lots of insects like “la coccinelle, le bourdon, le ver de terre, l’abeille, la mouche à viande, le papillon, l’araignée, le criquet, le patineur, la sauterelle, le perce-‐ oreille” and more. By: Elizabeth DP. and Liam W. (Room 18) Grade 4: In French class, we started to learn a song called “Les enfants de la terre” because April 22 nd is Earth Day. It is about the kids of the earth helping the earth to be a better place. We are also decorating plates for literacy week. On each plate, we have to draw a picture of our favourite book. We are going to hang up all the plates together to make a caterpillar. We also did something called, Stop, Drop and Read, which we did every day for one week. Our teacher would choose a time where we stop what we are doing, pick up a book, and read for a certain amount of time. Then we have to write down the title of the book and draw a picture representing what we read. Miss Adara is going to be our 2 nd English teacher for a few weeks. We are happy to have her in our class. We also want to welcome Brittainny, Biancia, Connor, and Mayden to our grade 4 classes. Brittainny explained that she was shy to start a new school, but she had a good day and made some new friends. She is happy to be here at Maple Grove. By: Brittainny J, Trianna S.D.M. (Room 3), and Faith W.M. (Room 1) Maple Grove’s “We Love to Read” Caterpillar Grade 5: Cat’s Craddle Mrs. Lazaris taught us how to do “Jacob’s Ladder” with string and our hands. There are 11 steps to do it properly. This was a project for us to learn how to do something new and then present it to the class. Everybody had their own string and the presenters had to teach the rest of the class all of the steps in their string figures. Some of the figures we learned how to make were called, “The Witch’s Broom”, “The Drum”, “The Star”, “The Teacup”, “The Eiffel Tower”, and “Cat Whiskers”. In French class, we did a project on famous French people. An example of someone that was researched is Jean-‐Paul Riopelle who was a famous painter and sculptor from Quebec. He painted abstract pieces. You can find his paintings in a museum. He died in 2002. On a aussi fait un dessin de notre livre préféré sur une assiette en papier. Après, toute la classe va coller ses images ensembles pour faire une chenille. By: Yosvany R, Josiah R. and Méshama E.A. (Room 6) Miss Alyson is a student teacher from McGill and will be teaching in our class for 3 weeks. She is very nice and helps all of us in class with our work. We are very happy and lucky to have her in our class. By: Sana M. and Christian D.G. (Room 4)
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