Flat Stanley was a Success!

Thank you to everyone who helped mail out or host Flat Stanley. He travelled to Cambridge, multiple areas in Toronto, Sudbury, Nova Scotia and Alberta. He even met Barry Davis, SportsNet reporter for the Toronto Blue Jays and was on the field before a game! 

Flat Stanley also went across the boarder to the United States and visited cities in Washington and California. He flew across the ocean and visited relatives in Ireland and a Grade One class in Switzerland.

We LOVED opening all the packages, reading and learning about new towns and cities as well as seeing where each adventure took Flat Stanley. 

Thank you for supporting our Flat Stanley Adventure!

To read about some of our adventures that were posted online, check out our Flat Stanley Blog: https://kidblog.org/class/flat-stanleys-big-adventures/posts

Hour of Code: Coding Options

With your coding partner, choose one of the coding options below:

Minecraft

 

https://studio.code.org/s/mc/stage/1/puzzle/1

Angry Birds

https://studio.code.org/hoc/1

Lightbot 

http://lightbot.com/hour-of-code-2015-flash.html

The Foos

http://thefoos.com/webgl/

Wonder Wednesday Learning

Today we continued with our Wonder Wednesday, inquiry projects. We have been learning about a variety of topics and presenting/sharing our learning in a number of ways. Some of us have made posters, or used Explain Everything on the iPad, or made booklets. You can check out our blog here to see some of the projects we’ve created so far. 

After researching today, Mrs. vanRees asked us to join her on the carpet and share one thing we learned today. Here’s what some of us said...

A bald eagle is a symbol of the United States. - Katelyn

A Tyrannosaurus Rex spends most of his time hunting. - Hayden

An Iguanodon means iguana tooth. - Ali Q.

A female quarter horses have one baby at time. - Khloe

Jupiter is the 5th planet from the sun. - Manush

Veterinarians use the same tools as human doctors. - Leah

Tyrannosaurus Rex hunts other dinosaurs. - Gracelyn

Our Wonders

Most of us have finished up our first wonder projects and have presented our new information with the class. We have learned a lot through our Wonder Wednesdays!

Some things we've learned so far:

• Using non-fiction books to find information
• Using PebbleGo to read and understand new facts
• Creating sticky notes to write down new facts
• Taking our information and creating a presentation
• Choosing the best way to present our information (So far we've created posters, booklets and slideshows using Explain Everything)

You can check out our wonders on our blog: https://kidblog.org/class/gradeonelearners/posts

Using Google Docs

Today we explored Google Drive again, but this time we used Google Docs and Read and Write to help us with our writing.

Once we had a google doc opened (from our classroom assignments) we had to insert a drawing that we got to create. After completing our picture, we needed to add the words to describe the picture.

Before we started on our own, Mrs. vanRees taught us how to use the microphone to record our thinking. For the most part, the computer was able to type exactly what we wanted to say. We needed to remember to speak clearly, but it worked really well - even with a 'not so quiet' classroom! 

Here are a few examples of our work today. We were allowed to draw what we wanted, as long as it was a picture (not just random lines or icons) and were able to talk/write about it.

How have you used Google Docs and/or Read and Write in your classroom?

Google Drive

There is a new Google Drive link button (above this post) that will directly take you to the sign in page to sign into your Google Drive account. You can do this from school or home.

Please let Mrs. vanRees know if you have any trouble logging into Google Drive at home.

100th Day of School Performance

February 12th was a very busy day in our class! We had a Valentine's Day party, a dance-a-thon AND celebrated the 100th day of school. Mrs. vanRees missed out on the fun that day because Emma was sick, but Miss B. was there for the whole day! In the afternoon we invited our families to come celebrate the 100th day of school with us and Ms. R.V.'s Grade 1/2 class. Together we performed a 100th day song entitled, "We Can Count by 10's" for our visitors. We'd love to share it with you now.