Thursday, January 31, 2013
Future Island School
Thank you everyone for their generous contribution to the Future Island School in Ghana! It was much appreciated! :)
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Octopus
Today the children investigated octopus! They looked at pictures, read stories & learned facts about them!
Did you know the octopus' mouth is in the middle of his arms/tentacles? He also has no ears & cant hear. They protect themselves by camouflaging into the ocean floor. Octopus can also shoot ink out of their funnel to protect themselves. They shoot water out of their funnel to swim. They even have poison that they use to kill their food!
The students also had the chance to interact with a real (but dead) octopus in the classroom! See the pictures below for some highlights!
Did you know the octopus' mouth is in the middle of his arms/tentacles? He also has no ears & cant hear. They protect themselves by camouflaging into the ocean floor. Octopus can also shoot ink out of their funnel to protect themselves. They shoot water out of their funnel to swim. They even have poison that they use to kill their food!
The students also had the chance to interact with a real (but dead) octopus in the classroom! See the pictures below for some highlights!
Monday, January 28, 2013
White Day
Tomorrow is white day! Please come to school dressed in white and/or bring in something that is white! :)
Letter & Number of the Week
The letter this week is Oo!
The number of the week for the JK's is 3 & for SK's is 8.
In honour of the letter Oo & number 8 we will be investigating Octopus! Yay!
The number of the week for the JK's is 3 & for SK's is 8.
In honour of the letter Oo & number 8 we will be investigating Octopus! Yay!
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Letter & Numbers of the Week
This week is the letter Dd. Please practice finding words in books that start with the letter Dd.
This week the JK's are learning the number 2 & discussing what comes in two (i.e. mittens, shoes, socks . . .).
The SK's are learning the number 7 & different ways to show 7 (i.e. 5 & 2, 4 & 3, 6 & 1).
Please continue to practice number skills with your child at home by counting different objects around the house.
This week the JK's are learning the number 2 & discussing what comes in two (i.e. mittens, shoes, socks . . .).
The SK's are learning the number 7 & different ways to show 7 (i.e. 5 & 2, 4 & 3, 6 & 1).
Please continue to practice number skills with your child at home by counting different objects around the house.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Dress Down Day
Six years ago, Mrs. Giancola's son Jonathan went to Ghana for 2 months. While there, he lived with a family from the village of Offinso. Ababio and Bea, his hosts, were the people who started the Future Island School, to provide the children in their village with an education. They have received no government funding to date. Jonathan, and other volunteers, built the school with their bare hands, and their strength and determination.
While in Africa, Jonathan phoned home and asked for the money to buy a wheelbarrow as he could not balance the large bricks on his head. Of course, I sent the money for a wheelbarrow. Over the years, many wonderful and sad things have happened. The school is finally built, and most of the windows and doors are installed. Bea, the wife of Ababio, died during pregnancy 3 years ago, and Ababio was left with the difficult situation of having to bring up a young family alone, and carrying on their dream of providing an education to the students of the Future Island School. We are asking for donations for Dress Down Day, on Thursday, January 24. All funds will be given to the Future Island School, helping students in Offinso, Ghana, achieve an education. Thanking you in advance for your generosity.
While in Africa, Jonathan phoned home and asked for the money to buy a wheelbarrow as he could not balance the large bricks on his head. Of course, I sent the money for a wheelbarrow. Over the years, many wonderful and sad things have happened. The school is finally built, and most of the windows and doors are installed. Bea, the wife of Ababio, died during pregnancy 3 years ago, and Ababio was left with the difficult situation of having to bring up a young family alone, and carrying on their dream of providing an education to the students of the Future Island School. We are asking for donations for Dress Down Day, on Thursday, January 24. All funds will be given to the Future Island School, helping students in Offinso, Ghana, achieve an education. Thanking you in advance for your generosity.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Letter of the Week
The letter of the week is Hh.
Please practice printing the letter h, finding things that start with the letter h, and reading & writing words that start with h.
Please practice printing the letter h, finding things that start with the letter h, and reading & writing words that start with h.
Number Sense
We have begun our unit on number sense. We will be investigating the principles of counting & number recognition.
The students will be learning about conservation principle, abstraction principle, one to one correspondence, movement is magnitude & stable order principle to name a few.
See the next post for information about these principles.
This week the JK's are investigating the number 1 & the SK's are investigating the number 6.
The students will be learning about conservation principle, abstraction principle, one to one correspondence, movement is magnitude & stable order principle to name a few.
See the next post for information about these principles.
This week the JK's are investigating the number 1 & the SK's are investigating the number 6.
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