Shapes in our World

Room 10 explored with two and three dimensional shapes today within the classroom and in our outdoor space. The students noticed a variety of shapes within the natural objects such as the trees and stumps. They also noticed shapes that can be seen within the negative space such as in-between branches and the center of a tire.

We are learning:
-Shape terminology
-negative space
-building with shapes
-creative thinking
-looking with multiple perspectives

Shapes in our world!

Room 10 is learning about shapes. We noticed that the world around us is full of many different shapes. We were given a variety of different shapes and asked to create an image with them and then name each shape.

We are learning:
-2D shapes and their features (face, point, sides)
-composite shapes
-shape recognition and how shapes differ
-we are working up to exploring 3D shapes

Learning about Birch Trees

On our Field Experience to Fish Creek Park we learned about the Birch Tree. We learned that the white powder on the bark of the tree acts as sun protection for the tree. Today we listened to a Blackfoot Legend about Old Man and the Ol'Birch tree, this legend explained to us where the birch got its unusual markings from. Ms. V (our student teacher) led us in a tape and water colour exploration creating striking paintings that display the interesting markings of the Birch Tree.

We are learning:
-art concepts and exploring with different mediums and materials
-fine motor skills (tearing the tape)
-literacy skills and story telling
-scientific concepts such as the salt reacting with the water colour and about the white powder found on the bark of the tree

Beakerhead 2018 Ingenuity Challenge

Maple Ridge is participating in the Beakerhead Ingenuity Challenge again this year. We were given a box that consisted of seven rolls of masking take and the theme "3018". Room 10's challenge is to create a vehicle for our community that would leave a small environmental footprint with the materials provided for the year 3018! We have started the design process by making a blue print.

We are learning:
-literacy skills
-planning
-thoughtful use of materials
-learning about our environmental footprint
-thinking about the future and our impact

Indigo/Chapters night is tonight 6:00-8:00 pm. Some of the proceeds from purchases at the 130 ave store will go towards Maple Ridge School.

Story Telling

Room 10 headed to our outdoor classroom to work on our story telling and learning about how to make Stop Motion movies. Our goal was to create a setting and choose characters. Some of us decided to tell a story about our characters using Stop Motion Movie making.

*Parent/teacher conference booking opened today*

We are learning:
-how to organize a story (setting, character, beginning/middle/end)
-adding detail to our structures tells a story
-collaborating with peers
-using found materials to create