Transforming our Science Centre into a Winter Wonderland

Transforming our Science Centre into a Winter Wonderland

The students of Room 108 were asked what they needed to change (from our fall table) to reflect our current season winter. This is what they came up with...

The students were given various materials and were allowed to create their science table without very little direction. For snow they used paint, sugar cubes, Kleenex, cotton balls… They created snowmen using paper cups, pipe cleaners and felt.

In order to create the shimmery effect, the students used glitter to cover the cotton and the paint.

They also created pictures and placed them around the table. 

This is a work in progress and the students think of new ideas every day, stay tuned for the changes at our Science Table!

Art Activity: Creating Snowflakes

The students have been creating decorations using beads and pipe cleaners (focusing on fine motor skills).

The students were asked to create pictures of what they saw on their way to school today (as it snowed today). We read a book about snow, discussed the changes in the season and brainstormed a few ideas on what we see, feel and hear. Check out what they created..

Science Curriculum Expectations:

-ask questions about and describe some natural occurrences, using their own observations and representations

-state problems and pose questions before and during investigations 

-select and use materials to carry out their own explorations 

-state problems and pose questions as part of the design process

-make predictions and observations throughout the design process 

-select and use tools, equipment, and materials to construct things using the design process

Math Curriculum Expectations:

-identify and describe informally the repeating nature of patterns in everyday contexts (seasons)

 In Literacy: Building our Word Wall

The students of Room 108 are beginning to build our Word Wall. The SK's have been working hard in the Reading/Writing groups exploring various word blends, the sounds of the letters and learning new sight words. They will building the word wall by practicing and recognizing words and then spelling them out (if possible from memory).

Language Curriculum Expectations:

-demonstrate an interest in writing

-begin to use reading strategies to make sense of unfamiliar texts in print (strong focus in our Guided Reading/Writing Groups)

-begin to use classroom resources to support their writing (e.g. word wall)