Loads of Earthy Fun!

Mucking around with our buddy reading groups in the garden on Earth Day!

 

 

  

 

 

Finding things in nature to match paint chips

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Everyone in the red group was able to find a paint chip to match this tree!

Recycled treasure... everywhere!

Reaction of our lovely grade 3 attendance girls :)

 

 

 

Exploring away!

 

Blue group decided to organize everything!

Wacky Clothes Day

 

Walking with our walking sticks!

Garden View VIllage- April 30 (Blue group)

We have been learning all about shapes and decided to involve our senior friends in our learning today. After having snack, we went downstairs to join our senior friends. Students approached their senior friends in pairs, asking how they were and if they would like to play ‘shape bingo’ with them. Bingo cards and chips were passed out and there were many smiles and laughs while Mrs. Burgess called various shapes and colours. Frieda, Pam, Ali and Lily were the proud winners of today’s game, and there were many requests to play again sometime. After thanking our senior friends for spending their coffee time with us, we went back upstairs and worked through 2 of this week’s learning stations. Many of the students commented on how much they enjoyed playing the game with their friends downstairs. The time flew by, and before we knew it, it was time to go back to the school!

 

 

 

 

 

   

Piano Recital Date Change

PIANO RECITAL MAY 8^TH AT 12:30

PIANO RECITAL DATE CHANGE

We had to change the Piano Recital from Friday, May 2^nd to May 8^th at 12:30.  Sorry about the inconvenience.  Everyone invited.

Music Monday Song

Music Monday is organized by the Coalition for Music Education. Monday, May 5th will mark the 10th anniversary of this nationally synchronized event! You can visit their site for more information.

http://www.musicmonday.ca/



We have now covered all of the lyrics for the Music Monday song "Is Somebody Singing." Follow the link to see a copy of the words and help your child practice at home! There are lots of words and tricky phrasing, but we will continue practicing every day this week!



http://www.scribd.com/doc/221023666/Is-Somebody-Singing

Once again, we will be performing this song with Lindsay Park Elementary in the Platzl from 10:30 - 11:30 am. Everyone is welcome to come and watch us there! Be sure to dress your child for the weather (including sunscreen!).

You can also visit this Youtube link to watch last year's Music Monday performance in the Platzl with Marysville Elementary and Lindsay Park Elementary.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUVlfeltdxM



April 23: Red Group Garden View Visit

Since it was such a busy week with Earth Week activities, we did most of our weekly Language Arts program while we there. It was all wrapped up into one theme of our new poem “This is the Way.” We sang our way through the book “Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush” then we did the Words our Way sort in table groups. The kids had to decide how to divide the pictures into two groups or ideas. If someone in their group disagreed with where they put a picture on their turn, then they each had to explain why they thought it belonged on one side of the page or the other. It was great to hear the kids talking out their ideas! I also came around and asked them to explain to me what was the same about each group of pictures.  Diane and Thelma joined a couple of the table groups as well.

We did the sort altogether and came to the conclusion we could sort the pictures in two different ways: items that clean our bodies/items that clean the house and items found in the bathroom/items found in other parts of the house. You'll notice in the pictures that the images are being displayed onto a projector screen using our document camera. The kids thought this was pretty magical, especially when they could see my hand turning the pages of the book and moving the pictures around into the sort!!!

Afterwards we made our own poems using the sentence frames "This is the way we ________ our _________." The kids used the Words our Way pictures for ideas. Thelma decided to do her own sentence frame as well!

We took our sentence frames downstairs in our AB partners to sing them to our senior friends. 

We will be adding our sentence frames to our poetry duotangs so we can sing them to you at home and to our Buddy readers!

David Suzuki's 30x30 Nature Challenge (May 1-30)

David Suzuki 30x30 Challenge: May 1-30

The staff at Marysville Elementary School are excited to be taking part in the David Suzuki Foundation’s 30x30 Nature Challenge this year! Over the last decade, researchers have documented what most of us know intuitively: nature is good for our health and well-being. Being regularly immersed in a natural setting, like a park, field or forest can reduce stress and symptoms of attention-deficit disorders while boosting immunity, energy levels and creativity. The message is clear- kids need nature!

During the month of May, staff and students will join Canadians coast to coast in spending at least 30 minutes a day in nature every day for 30 days.

You can help by making sure your child comes dressed for the outdoors each day. This might require sunscreen, hats, or raincoats- we’ll try to get out no matter the weather.

We will kick off this event on May 1 with a school-wide community walk and picnic! Students will begin their walk/run along a designated route at 11:00 am, ending at Central Park. At 11:50 am, we will leave the park and enjoy a picnic lunch in our school field.

And why not join the 30x30 Nature Challenge as a family? Spending time outside together is good for everyone, not to mention lots of fun. You can sign up at www.davidsuzuki.org/30x30. Participants will receive simple ideas for incorporating green time into their busy schedules. 

If you have something that you love to do in nature and would be willing to share it with your child’s class, please let us know!

Thank you for your support!

Marysville Staff