DUOLINGO IS ON THE BLOG!

Students in the Learning Centre are now learning and practising their French skills on Duolingo, an awesome online French learning site.  Log in on the menu to the right!

Cardboard Arcade Math Project!

We are starting our cardboard arcade math project.  This is based on "Caine's Arcade", the story of a 9 year old boy in L.A. who built a full games arcade out of cardboard.  Right now we are busy gathering our materials and cardboard.  Before we begin to build our arcade, we will be practising how to make a budget, adding, subtracting and multiplying with different money amounts, measuring our materials needed and calculating what we will need to build on a $50.00 budget.  Here is the inspirational video, enjoy!

We are now on Edmodo, a classroom site where we can learn together, chat and work on activities.  Sign in at the right hand menu under www.edmodo.com and let the fun begin!

Roald Dahl's "The Witches"

We are almost finished reading our second Roald Dahl novel, "The Witches."  It was great fun making the witches out of clay, with their blue saliva and wigs.  Next, we are watching the movie version of the book, and then on to "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."  Yummy!

Roald Dahl-The BFG: We are almost finished reading our very first Roald Dahl novel of the year, The BFG.  We love the way that Roald Dahl invents his own words, like whizzpopper  and human beans.  We are looking forward to our next Roald Dahl novel called "The Witches", just in time for Halloween!

WELCOME TO THE 2013-2014 SCHOOL YEAR!

Welcome to the Learning Centre, Room 102 and the new 2013-2014 school year!  The September Learning Centre newsletter is coming home on Monday, September 9th!  Please check our blog often as we will be posting updates daily.  I am excited to be introducing Project Based Learning in the classroom this year.  We will post our project details on the blog and look forward to your comments.  I look forward to working together with you as we get ready for another year of great learning!    Sincerely, Mrs. Astin!   

THE ABC QUICK CHECK FOR BICYCLE SAFETY....TRY IT OUT!

AIR-make sure your tires are properly inflated
BRAKES-check to see that front and back work
CHAIN/CRANK/CASSETTE-do a visual check before you ride