Prints are up!

Hi families,

We have been busy this week!

In Poetry, we made ourselves a little rhyming dictionary on the board so that we could try our hand at some short rhyming poems. Next week we will begin the process of selecting and revising just one of the poems we have written over the past 3 weeks. We will present this poem for an audience at our "Poetry Café" next week.

In Science, we took up the experiment we started 3 weeks ago. Look at the results. Plante A, which was on the windowsill, grew and looks very healthy. Plante B, which was in the cupboard, has seen better days. Both plants were watered daily. Ask your scientist what they learned from this experiment!

We have almost finished our measurement unit. In the last couple days we have been talking about mass and using the terms lourd et léger. Today students used balances to weight several snack foods and put them in order from plus léger to plus lourd. We talked about how it's important to compare every package with every other package in order to be accurate. All groups presented their findings and then everyone was treated to an afternoon snack from the snack selections. Lucky kids!

We have worked on several art projects this week, including finishing the prints that we began with Mme Ally. Each student made 3 prints - one with black ink, one colourful print on a mural and one colourful print that they brought home right away. Students also kept the styrofoam print that they made. It can be reused as many times as they wish. At school we used a roller to apply the ink, but you could use a paintbrush and thick paint. Have fun!

 Click on the pictures below to zoom in on your child's black print. They look so amazing!

In the printmaking project, we talked a lot about creating texture in our art. Today, Mlle Bradfield did another art project with us focusing on texture. Each student used several different textures to decorate their montgolfière. Then we painted over and again were wowed by the resist technique we've used throughout the year. We have another cool texture project coming up next week!

In addition to bringing home one of their prints yesterday, you probably also noticed the rolled up piece of brown paper that came home. This is their piece of either "Casquettes à vendre" or "Tipingee" that they retold as a big group. It was sad to cut the stories into pieces, but alas, other cool things need to be displayed as well!