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Yoga Anyone?

Feb11
2012 5 Comments

Written by lcameron

We have just begun a new mini-unit on Yoga in Phys. Ed. We are learning about the poses and how to move from one to another properly. We will also be focusing on the benefits of yoga and understanding why it’s a popular form of exercise. Check out some photos of our Yoga in Action!

~The most important pieces of equipment you need for doing yoga are your body and your mind. -Rodney Yee

Yoga For Kids! on PhotoPeach

Do you do yoga? Do your parents or anyone else that you know? What is your favourite form of exercise and why?
~Mrs. Cameron

Posted in Phys. Ed.

PINK… for a few more days!

Jan30
2012 7 Comments

Written by lcameron

Konner M. arrived at school this morning with pink hair! He is participating in the Hair Massacure and raising money for cancer. Konner has a goal of raising $1000.00 for cancer and is quickly approaching his goal. So far, he has raised $750.00.

When I asked Konner about this journey and participating in the Hair Massacure, he explained, “I dyed my hair pink and will shave it off on Friday because one of my cousins had cancer. I’m doing it with my Uncle.”

He continued, “I think it is fun to have pink hair, but more importantly, that we’re raising money for the Stollery Children’s Hospital and all the kids with cancer. I can’t imagine having cancer. It wouldn’t be fun to have it and it’s more important to give money to the hospital than be made of fun a little bit for my pink hair.”

Konner, I’m very proud to know you, to teach you, and to support you in this amazing cause. You are doing a great thing and will help to make a difference. Good luck with the rest of your fundraising!
~ Mrs. Cameron

Posted in Connections

Flat Danny’s Awesome Adventures!

Nov29
2011 12 Comments

Written by lcameron

Well, Phase I of our Flat Danny project is complete! I am SO pleased with the wonderful work my students put into their projects! Flat Danny went on many adventures with my students including:
-a family trip to Disneyworld
-hockey game to see a student score his first goal of the season
-to work with Mom’s and Dad’s
-to the dentist and orthodontist
-to dance class
-to the park
-to Grandma and Grandpa’s house
-rock climbing (where Danny was scared of heights, but his owner kept him safe!)
-hanging out with friends of his owners
-playing in the snow and learning to make snow angels
… and the list goes on and on!

Congratulations Grade 3′s! You did a fabulous job and I loved how many of you even wrote from Danny’s perspective in your Journal. Excellent work! I’m excited to embark on Phase II when he travels to your family and friends for some more adventures!

Grade 3′s, did you enjoy our Flat Danny Project? Why or why not? Please explain in a comment. Thank you!

Posted in Connections, Language Arts

Do You Hear What I Hear?

Nov22
2011 2 Comments

Written by lcameron

It’s discussion… about literature! That’s what we hear!

Lately, in our Language Arts we have been learning about another Reading Comprehension Strategy, Inferring, to help us understand our books at a deeper level.The first read-aloud we engaged in was “The Stranger” by Chris Van Allsburg. I absolutely love this book and enjoyed reading it to my eager readers! The question I posed to the students was “Who is the stranger?” The author never comes right out and tells us who “the stranger” is, so we need to infer and use clues that the author presents to make a prediction or judgment. We had a great discussion and there were some great ideas.

Today, I read the story “If You Listen” by Charlotte Zolotow to the class. The question I posed was “Where is her father?” Again, the author never
comes right out and tells us, leaving the reader to infer
where he is, based on clues from the text, as well as the beautiful illustrations.
We had a great discussion and here are some tidbits from our conversation:

Kaylyn – “I think her father passed away because she can’t see him or hear him, but she can feel him.”

Thea – “I think that he has been in war and he passed away in war because you could see everywhere, you could see this man. You could see him in the clouds.”

Shae – “He passed away because his pictures are on every single page.”

Emma – “I think he’s a ghost because he appeared and sometimes you watch a movie and ghosts appear in clouds or a rock.”

Jared – “I agree with Shae but I’ll just add a part to it. On the other pages that doesn’t have him on it, it might have had something that happened to him. Like he might have liked apples and felt lonely a lot.”

Chloe – “He’s a ghost and passed away. In some of the pages, we can see him in the doorway, in the clouds. But the girl can’t see him.”

Konner – “I think he probably set off on a trip or something and he’s wanting to come back, with food or something. But instead of him getting the animal, the animal probably killed him. The train was a clue for me.”

Kaylee – “I think he died and he’s still with her, but he’s invisible to her.”

Maleena – “I think he passed away and he became a ghost because in every single page, there was a picture of him. The people feel very sad because they don’t know what happened.”

Jade – “I think he passed away when he went away to war because there’s a picture of him in a hat pretty much in every page.”

It is exciting to have conversations about literature and see the use of reading comprehension strategies in action. Keep up the great work, my readers! I’m proud of you!

Posted in Collaboration, Language Arts, Uncategorized

“Flat Danny” – Phase 1

Oct18
2011 5 Comments

Written by lcameron

The students in 3A are SO excited for you to meet……. FLAT DANNY!

We read “Flat Stanley” by Jeff Brown at the beginning of the school year and enjoyed reading about the adventures Stanley went on after he was flattened like a pancake. Can you imagine a giant bulletin board landing on you in your bed? This is what happened to Stanley. He was a little boy, 4 feet tall, 18 inches wide, and 1/2 inch thick! The book follows his adventures of being flat!

Our school mascot is a dragon, so we decided to have a flat dragon, instead of a little boy named Stanley. We came up with a name for him based on a few criteria, including:
- The dragon’s name should be easy to say
- The dragon’s name should be easy to remember
- The dragon’s name should be ‘catchy’

So, we derived a list of possible names and then voted on our favourite one. Danny was the winner!

In the title of this post, I mentioned “Phase 1″. All 3A students took home their own “Danny” today (that they had coloured and had laminated). Their job is to take “Danny” on a few adventures and take very good care of him. Some ideas that we brainstormed together included taking Danny to the mall, trick-or-treating on Halloween, visiting Grandma and Grandpa, and even going to Disneyworld on a family trip soon! Each student has a Journal to record Flat Danny’s adventures. In one month, all Journals will come back to school. I am so excited to see the adventures that our “Danny’s” go on, along with the illustrations/photographs and journalling my students do!

Here are our classmates with their own “Danny’s”!

Have fun with Flat Danny, Grade 3′s! Let’s take him on some GREAT adventures!

Posted in Connections, Language Arts

Learning With Indiana Jane!

Sep16
2011 3 Comments

Written by lcameron

* This blog post was written collaboratively by the Grade 3A Students! *

On Wednesday, September 14, we learned all about Rocks and Minerals with an in-school field trip. Indiana Jane came to teach us everything she knew! We enjoyed the five different stations and had fun while learning a lot. Here are just a few thoughts about our afternoon and things we learned:

- Emma: “Pumice is the softest rock. It is the only rock that is able to float.”
- Kaylyn: “The three types of rocks are Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic.”
- Konner: “Igneous rocks can change into a metamorphic rock.”
- Chloe: “My favourite part about yesterday was making the toothpaste and gave it to my Mom!”
- Damian: “I really liked doing the tests on minerals (scratch/hardness tests and Vinegar test.”
- Kage: “Toothpaste is made out of minerals.”
- Jared: “Indiana Jane said she is Indiana Jones’s sister, but I didn’t believe her.” Hmmmm???
- Stephanie: “I like Igneous rocks the most. They are formed from lava exploding out of a volcano. Before the lava comes out, it is called magma inside the volcano.”
- Thea: “Some igneous and sedimentary rocks have morphed to become metamorphic rocks with heat and pressure.”
- Alexy: “I liked seeing the igneous rocks.”
- Kaylee: “My favourite parts were making toothpaste and the scratch tests.”
- Jade: “The inside of rocks are minerals. Minerals make rocks colourful.”
- Quin: “I liked the scratch tests.”
- Maleena: “We learned a secret handshake.”
- Alexis: “Putting a drop of vinegar on the rock is another test to see if it fizzes with bubbles or not.”
- Konner: “I liked being a geologist yesterday.”
- Kaylyn: “My favourite Igneous rock is the same as Indiana Jane’s and Mrs. Cameron’s rock. It is called Obsidian.”
- Emma: “A diamond is the hardest thing on the planet.”
- Damian: “A sedimentary rock is formed by layers of sediment.”+
- Thea: “We learned that sand is tiny, tiny rocks.”

Here are some pictures of our afternoon! Enjoy!
Learning about Rocks and Minerals with Indiana Jane! on PhotoPeach

Posted in Collaboration, Science, Uncategorized

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Yoga Anyone?

PINK… for a few more days!

Flat Danny’s Awesome Adventures!

Do You Hear What I Hear?

“Flat Danny” – Phase 1

Learning With Indiana Jane!

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