This Week at School

This has been a very busy week at school.

In music we are doing Garage Band and Mme Burdeniuk is teaching us different ways to add tracks, change volume, use fade out, and put different sounds together.

Today we went to Fort Gibraltar and listened to a storyteller (Evelyn) who told us about how the bear lost his tail and a few other stories. We also did an activity with puppets and retelling classic stories and changing the ending. Finally, some of  played a game with Red Riding Hood and the wolf or a song with emotions.  To learn more about the story telling festival visit: http://umanitoba.ca/storytelling

In French we are doing "Demandons aux spécialistes". There are different topics you can choose from, such as Chef, Gardien du zoo and scientifique.

In Phys. Ed we are doing tennis with a partner. We played a game where the girls sat on one side and the boys sat on the other. The object of the game is to not get eliminated.

The volunteer tea had a baseball theme and the Orff club, Flute club and the choir all sang "Take Me Out to the Ball Game." There were announcers to tie the whole presentation together.

In English, we are working on memorizing a poem. We can choose "Two Little Dragons" or "What's Mean, Green and Eats Princes?". We are working on facial expression, voice and actions.

In math we are working on large number division. We divide 3 digit numbers by 1 digit numbers. We are also working on our basic facts for multiplication and division.

In art, we did a project about Emily Carr and trees with our artist was Sandra Wiebe. On our first session, we sketched trees with pencils, During our second session, we drew the trees with oil pastels and then painted over it with water colours. On our third session, we used modelling clay to make the trees and then used pastels to add texture.

In Sciences Humaines we started learning about the Plains Aboriginals. We learned that their main food is bison but they also eat berries, fish, caribou, rabbits and other animals. They also made pemmican. They usually lived in teepees and lived a nomadic life.