Inukshuk Building

Pictures of students building their plasticine inukshuks. Please send in any empty egg cartons you have to help us build the next part to our arctic landscapes: igloos! 

Arctic Animals

Throughout the week, we have been talking about, watching and reading about the animals that live in the Arctic. Yesterday and today, students did a phenomenal job of drawing those animals.

After reading the book, A Promise is a Promise by Robert Munsch, we talked about what animals live under the ice and which animals live above - and those that live in both environments! 

Students had to plan out their pictures and spent time accurately drawing arctic animals of their choice. Today, we worked on using pastels to add colours. The art looks incredible! 

Becoming Arctic Researchers

Students are beginning a research project on an Arctic animal. They had a choice of what animal they would like to study. Choices have included polar bears, harp seals, arctic fox, killer whales and the snowy owl. We have created brainstorming webs. The students had to think of all the questions they wanted to answer about their animal. TOday, we learned how to look for information in a non-fiction book. Students have started recording their findings on their web as well.

In math, we learned a new strategy for addition: doubles plus one. This helps us for questions like 6 +7 - we know that 6 +6 is 12 and one more is 13! We will keep practicing this strategy tomorrow.