Hey Little Ant

A few weeks back Ms. L read us the story Hey Little Ant by Phillip and Hannah Hoose.  At the end of the story, we had to decide if the ant should live or if they boy should squish him.  We had to give two reasons why.  Here are some of our responses.  If you're never read the book we think you should too, then tell us what you think the boy should do.

Jobs in Our Community

We have been working hard to co create a book about jobs in our community. The book is finally ready! Enjoy...

Creating with Straws and Connectors

This week some of us got together to create with our straws and connectors. This is what we created...

What have you created with straws and connectors?

Blogging Advice Needed!

Ms. Lirenman received a voice message on our blog from Ms. Adams. She is a teacher in Vancouver. She is wondering if we can help her out with a little advice about blogging.  Take a listen.

listen to ‘Ms Adam’ on audioBoom

Data Collection with Twitter

This past week we have been creating surveys and asking our friends to respond to them.  On Wednesday, we decided we'd ask our questions to a larger audience. We tweeted our questions to the twitter hashtag #div18data.  We made up that hashtag. We are thankful so many people took the time to read and respond to our questions. Now we need to analyse our data. Here are some photos of us looking at some of the responses.

Coding with Scratch Jr

Recently we have returned to learning how to code on our iPads using a FREE program called Scratch Jr.  Coding is teaching us problem solving skills and perseverance.  Here are some photos of us busy coding this week.

Have you ever tried coding before?

Math Wonders About Our World: This Weeks #mtgr1

For most of the year, each week we have taken part in something called #mtgr1.  It is organized by a teacher in Iowa named Mrs. DeGroot.  Each week Mrs. DeGroot puts up an open ended math problem and children from around the world have the opportunity to respond to it by tweeting their responses to the twitter hashtag #mtgr1.

This past week we were asked to look at a picture of a globe and share our mathematical wonders. Here are some of our wonders...