We rescued Fred!

We're talking a lot about working together as a community these days in room 208. Students are learning in Social Studies that without the help of the entire community, early settlers to Canada would have found it even harder to begin their new lives. 

On Monday, the boys and girls were challenged to work with each other to save poor Fred, the worm. 

We first read a wonderful storybook from our school library called Worm Loves Worm.  With it's message of inclusivity, we were in a positive frame of mind to get to work on helping Fred! 

With only two paperclips to use as tools, the boys and girls had to get Fred out from under his boat, put his life-jacket on him and place him back in the boat safely! It was a lot easier than it looked, but as you can see, the boys and girls worked very hard.  Not eating Fred's life-jacket might have been the biggest challenge of the afternoon! 😂

Is it a pyramid or a prism?

To assist the boys and girls with practice at home for Tuesday's Math test, here is the strategy we use to help remember the difference between a pyramid and a prism.  

The countdown is on!

Parents, you have some homework to do...sort of!  Tuesday night's Practice Page is all about you! The boys and girls are going to ask you about your favorite Christmas gift as a child.  
I'm posting this nice and early in the day so you have time to think about that special gift. 

Maybe your gift was handmade by someone special in your life.  Perhaps it was a Cabbage Patch Kid or an Atari Game System! Or maybe it was the Barbie Camper?! ! 😉

You don't have to do the work for this assignment, but you do have to provide the subject.  I can't wait to read the results on Wednesday,  this is my favorite homework activity of the year! 

Reindeer Directed Drawing

As part of our Fun Friday activity, the boys and girls are learning how to draw a reindeer! They're coming a long very nicely! We'll continue to work on them on Monday, but in case blog visitors would like to draw one at home or have their own class create one, here's the video I made with directions!