The Kindness Bear

When Ms. Lirenman was at her previous school she was given a very special pink bear. This is her kindness bear.  Today we met the kindness bear.  When you are holding the bear you tell a classmate some of the ways they have been kind.  We managed to pass the bear around the circle three times. It was wonderful.  Do you have a kindness bear in your classroom?

Salmon Craft and A Salmon eBook

Yesterday between recess and lunch we created salmon mosaics. While we were working we told Ms. Lirenman facts that we knew about salmon to be able to create a book.  Here are some of our mosaic salmon with some of our facts in the background.

Today we were able to finish our pages for our class ebook and create our ebook.  We are pretty proud of our book as it's the first one we've made as a class and most of us contributed to it.  Below are screen shots of our pages but if you really want to hear us reading it you'll need to download the book and open it in iBook on an iPad or iPhone.  Here's the link to where the book is being stored for you to download.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/rtjmcm811gmeoe2/OurSalmonBook.epub

But for those who don't have an iPad or iPod but want to see our pages all the same you can check them out here.

We are really happy to have been able to find such great images on the Discovery Education. We also loved that those of us who wanted to draw our own images could too.  Enjoy.

Learning About Salmon

Today was our day of inquiry on Salmon.  Since December we have been following closely the salmon eggs that are developing in Mme Kell's classroom.  We watched them turn from a red egg, to  alevin, and they are now salmon fry. It's been exciting to see their changes over time.  Today we wanted to learn even more about salmon.

We started our morning in our own Today's Meet room where we shared what we knew about Salmon and what we wondered.  Here are a few photos of us adding information.  If you're curious what we were typing the entire transcript can be found at the end of this blog post.

Once we had our wonders up, and we reviewed what we wondered Ms. Lirenman showed us the Magic School Bus Salmon movie.  She downloaded the movie from Discovery Educations.  She even showed us how we can find the movie.  As we watched the movie we stopped every so often to add our new knowledge to our Today's Meet.  Ms. Lirenman was impressed by what we were learning from the video.  We enjoyed the video.

Between recess and lunch we worked on a special salmon mosaic craft.  Unfortunately Ms. Lirenman forgot to take pictures of the mosaic salmon we created.  While we were working on our craft Ms. Lirenman was asking us what we knew about salmon. She wrote our thinking onto paper for us to use later.

After lunch we visited Mme Kell's classroom to watch the salmon fry get fed.  Ms. Lirenman was telling us that they will be moving to the salmon hatchery when we go on spring break.  It was nice to have a little visit with them before they move to their new home.

We then returned to the classroom to learn a bit more about Discovery Education.  Ms. Lirenman taught us how to log in, do a k-2 search, and find salmon images.  You see we are creating a special book (from our facts about salmon) and we want to add some great salmon pictures.  Discovery Education did not disappoint us at all.  Even though we are only six and seven we were able to search and find perfect images.

Our collaborative book has not been created yet but stay tuned.  If things go as planned it will be finished before we head off for our Spring Break.

If you're curious about what we wrote on Today's Meet today, check out the transcript.  You'll be impressed by how much we know about Salmon.

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samin could cow et 04:02PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by aiden

Sam 04:02PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Camron

I woneder wot do samin do 04:03PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Natasha

Salmon swim. 04:03PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Mya

i now wen samins lase eggs they die after 04:03PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by diego

wjdnf 04:03PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by aiden

I wonder about 04:04PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Jessica

sam 04:04PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by sam

wjdnf 04:05PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by sam

samin cant be yower pet 04:06PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Brayden

Saimin c 04:06PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Joban

I wneder haw samins have baby 04:07PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Natasha

You cood eat samin 04:07PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Jadyn

Samin can eut 04:07PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Mya

I wonder if they can swim when they are little? 04:07PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Cm

Samin can not swim 04:07PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Daniel

i wonder how samin cood swim 04:07PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by diego

samn 04:08PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by sam

I wonder how salmon swim? 04:08PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Carlos

samin can swim rilleefafast 04:08PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Brayden

Salmon eggs can not move. 04:09PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Amaan

dieGo 04:09PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by aiden

samin can soim up the 04:09PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Samin can eut

I think that samlan live in a rad egg. 04:09PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Yvonne.

I wonder wot samne eat 04:09PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Natasha

samn kan live in rvrs 04:09PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Grayson

Salmon kan live in rvrs. 04:10PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Karamvir

I wonder if samin do toke? 04:10PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Simar

wjdnf 04:11PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by sam

Siamin can eet siamin 04:11PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Joban

stairs 04:11PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by aiden

saimonbareytheirags 04:11PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by keeghan

Samin can swim too the oshin 04:12PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Mya

Salmon eggs can not move. 04:12PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Jessica

samin can soim hi ubuv the rivr 04:13PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Samin can eut

i laek same 04:13PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by aiden

Their is ovr1000 samin 04:13PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Jadyn

Did you now that salmon can jump won there little 04:13PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Cm

i now that samin cant be your pet 04:13PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by diego

sam 04:14PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by sam

aiden 04:17PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by aiden

I wonder wou saminc.chach culr 04:18PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Seth

Did you no that wen salmon get out off thar eggs that pachs 04:19PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by karman

wen samin lay thaayer eggs the eggs cant moov 04:21PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Brayden

Did you naw 04:26PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Cm

iwonderabouT 04:28PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by sam

salmon 04:28PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by diego

samns enumw is a shark 04:29PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Grayson

I now the salmon is enemies are the sharks. 04:30PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Carlos

salmons enemies are shark 04:30PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by diego

They almost got ate by a shark. 04:30PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Amaan

Samin migrate 04:30PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Mya

shrc 04:30PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by sam

salmon like to migrate 04:30PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by diego

Did you now that salmons enemies are sharks 04:30PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Camron

Samins enami is 04:30PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Jadyn

aiden 04:30PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by samena

I lerd about there enemies are sharks 04:31PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Natasha

salmon like to eat raa fish 04:31PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by diego

saimon migrate 04:32PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Grayson

Samns enumw is shark 04:32PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Karamvir

samins enamisi shrcs 04:32PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Jadyn

I wondr that Salmon cod col uadr sid? 04:32PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Yvonne

I think samin do not move wen they are in . 04:33PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Simar

Salmons enemies or shark 04:33PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by karman

salmon can swim fast 04:33PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by diego

Samlon eat alots 04:34PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Natasha

Samin slip 04:34PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Mya

Salmon cannot eat salmon 04:34PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Camron

Aa saimon inme. r shrks. 04:34PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by samena

sharks like to eat salmon 04:34PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by diego

Ithink the bas was hungry. 04:34PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Jessica

Samins can snecuoa frum inumes 04:35PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Samin can eut

I wonder how salmon get out of the salmon egg? 04:35PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Carlos

Salmon sime faste 04:35PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Natasha

Salmon can sense wot 04:38PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Camron

seals eat salmon 04:39PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by diego

There skin changed colour. 04:41PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Amaan

I know that salmon will trn cunrs. 04:41PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Yvonne

Samin the culrs can change. 04:41PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Samin can eut

I know samin gow in the oshin? 04:42PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Simar

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Aa saimons inme r shrks. 04:42PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by keeghan

salmon chang colour in the river 04:43PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by diego

I learned about that when the salmon water gets low the salmon stop swim. 04:43PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Carlos

I learned that salmon can sense what they can't see. 04:43PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Camron

ilrdabaot samin 04:44PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by samena

Samin gro in the solte wotr 04:45PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Samin can eut

Samin thanj colours 04:45PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Mya

went saimon go to the rivr sa sas klrs 04:46PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Grayson

Sharks eet saimon. 04:46PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Joban

I know that salmon swim awy fom soc. 04:46PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Yvonne

ilrdabaot samin 04:46PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by samena

Salmon change cdour in the river 04:47PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Natasha

I know salmon chang calers in the oshin. 04:47PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Simar

I nou that salmon. Wot in tew the wat in teo the wod risi 04:48PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Seth

salmon digb 04:53PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by diego

The people went in salmon eggs 04:54PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Amaan

Samin can la eggs 04:54PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Samin can eut

Salmon can lay eggs. They are red. 04:55PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Joban

I learned that salmon can lay red eegs 04:55PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Camron

Salmon chang colour. 04:55PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Jessica

I lernd that 04:55PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Natasha

Tat samion. Mac a. Ho to lau ter egs 04:55PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Seth

saimon dg u hol asn saimon la theagz 04:56PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Grayson

I 04:56PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Natasha

salmon dig holes to laye eggs 04:56PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Diego

When the Salmon lay their eggs they go back to where they were laid. 04:57PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Jadyn

Samin aftr thea lathe the eggs thea disuper aftr 1000days 04:57PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Samin can eut

I know salmon laye eggs wen they are there. 04:59PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Simar

When salmon have their eggs they swim to where they were born. 05:00PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Mya

I lrnd that salmon trn green wen that get les solte wotre 05:03PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by karman

I lerd that 05:05PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Natasha

I learend 05:05PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Carlos

Samin can be frid 05:05PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Samin can eut

They trended into salmon. 05:05PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Amaan

I learned that the new salmon migrate back to the ocean. 05:06PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Jadyn

i lak samein 05:06PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by samena

They grow. 05:07PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Amaan

I know salmon grow wen they aet. 05:07PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Simar

I know that salmon will go awy win they gro big 05:08PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Yvonne

The egs or red 05:08PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Joban

saimon kan jup ovr wodr fols 05:08PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by grayson

They grow 05:08PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Jessica

I lerde that thay bakte ptadw fish cokei 05:08PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Natasha

new salmon migrate back to the ocean 05:08PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Diego

I learned about the salmon die in water. 05:09PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Carlos

I like smen. 05:10PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by samena

Naw. I nowsaimon. Wen saimon migrate. Aen ten tau go to the sam plas 05:10PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Seth

Samin be cum frid in the wivr 05:11PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Samin can eut

Seals are salmons enemies 05:11PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Brayden

Salmon lay their eggs where they were born and then they die. 05:13PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Keeghan

Salmon migrate bac too the oshin 05:15PM Wed, 12 March 2014 GMT by Mya

An Important Message from our Classmate Amaan!

Amaan has something important for us to know. Take a listen.

listen to ‘Amaan’ on Audioboo

A Voice Message from Mrs. Avrith

Last week we received a voice message from Mrs. Avrith.  She saw our blog post from the day we worked with LittleBits but got confused and thought they were a MakeyMakey.  Her voice message is awesome all the same.  Take a listen for yourself.

listen to ‘Mrs. Avrith’ on Audioboo

Jobs in Our Community

This week we were lucky to learn from one of our parents who is a nurse. One of her favourite parts of her job is helping people and seeing them smile.  She isn't too fond of cranky people.  She also told us about how exercise is one of her important home jobs.  We told her a bit about our daily physical activty.  She joined us as we exercised with GoNoodle.com . We are very thankful she took the time to share her job with us.

Learning About Aboriginal People's Use of Plants

On Thursday, we didn't just have one presentation about Aboriginal culture and tradition, we had two.  Our second visitor was Ms. V.  We first met Ms. V. back in January when she told us about how the First Nations people used cedar in the past and present.  Today we learned about how First Nations People use (and used) plants.  We learned about several different types of plants that can be eaten for food and nutrition.  We learned about wild mushrooms although we know we must never eat mushrooms we find growing unless we speak with an adult first.  We learned about berries and nuts too.

Ms. V told us a lot of interesting stories about how plants are used for survival.  When she was finished sharing with us we each drew pictures of some of the plants we learned about.  Here are some pictures of us hard at work.  If you check out our blogs posts from March  5th under the category socials or science you should find some of our final products and hear us talk about them.

It was great to learn with Ms. V again.  

(Pst... did you notice in one of the pictures above two round tables are pushed together to form an eight? Sometimes so many of us want to work together that we turn our circle tables into crazy eight tables.  Thursday was one of those days.   )

Learning About Aboriginal Activities

Today we learned about aboriginal activities.  Did you know three types of people fall under the category of aboriginal people.  They are First Nations, Inuit, and Metis.  Our guest is First Nations from the Katzie people.  The Katzie people are known for their fishing skills.

We learned that a long time ago there were only two vegetables onions and potatoes. We learned a bit more about cedar.

Below is a picture of a cedar net that was used to catch fish.

Many of us blogged about what we learned.  You can read more on our student blogs under the category of socials.

Goldilocks and The Three Bears

Today after recess we worked in small groups to practice our own version of the story "Goldilocks and the Three Bears".

After lunch we performed our plays for our classmates. Ms. Lirenman was impressed with what we put together in such a short time.  Here are some photos of us performing.

Do you know what type of bug this is?

One of our classmates brought this bug to school today. We looked at it and tried to figure out what kind of but it is but we couldn't.  We have asked friends on Twitter and researched the answers they suggested but none of them matched. Maybe you can help us out?

An Expert Project - Minecraft

Today we had another class expert share what they are passionate about.  This student is passionate about Minecraft, and he's very good at it too.  He shared some of the creations he's made, showed us how to build in Minecraft and answered our questions.  We were all pretty excited to see what he was showing us.  Some of us love playing with Minecraft too.  If you check out our individual blogs today you'll see that many of us were very impressed with what our friend showed us. Here are some pictures.

Who will be our next class expert?