Teach the Teacher

Each of us is wonderfully made with our own unique talents, passions, and gifts. This week, we celebrated our strengths and interests. We began by reading about the amazing variety of gifts God has given us. 

Then, Mrs. Beliveau stepped into the role of student while the children took turns being the teacher! Check out the fun we had!

We discovered how easy it is to make an Italian sandwich ...

mixed up some trail mix, ...

and chopped a fresh Greek salad! Seems TEACH the teacher became FEED the teacher!

We had two special lessons teaching us how to create bright rainbow loom jewelry!

We learned the fishtail pattern and it took lots of patience. We all helped one another!

We flexed our artistic muscles and learned to draw a puppy ... 

... and form a panda out of dough!

We practiced our jumping jacks ...

... learned to safely do a forward roll, 

... and got sweaty trying a running cartwheel!

We were taught about Indigenous culture and were invited to enjoy a special family recipe for bannock. 

We even learned words in Tagalog from an experienced "guro"!

These bright, brave humans are our future teachers, doctors, engineers, artists, athletes, trades people, innovators and world changers. This week has been a beautiful opportunity for everyone to lead the learning and to celebrate their God-given gifts and talents. 

N, O, P, Q and R

Our ABC Countdown is a highlight each day!

N - Nature Hunt

We did some exploring in nature! Using "nature trappers" we gathered our treasures as we explored. 

Oo - One Hundreds Chart Tic Tac Toe

Students were partnered up and received a blank 100's chart. Using two different colours, they tried to fill in the numbers on the chart ... three in a row! 

Pp - Paper Planes

We watched a super YouTube on how to make a simple airplane! Then we got busy folding and throwing! The planes were an absolute blast! Lots of excited squealing and pride in our creations!

Puzzles helped bring our energy back down again!

Q - Quiet Time in the Chapel
Today our classroom family relaxed and settled into quiet prayer and colouring in our chapel. 

R - Rock Paper Scissors 

After reading The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors, we played this silly chance game against one another!

We are loving our last few days together!

Chasing the Joy!

We're going to keep chasing the joy as we approach the end of the school year!

This week we began our book tournament. Each day we are reading two books and we vote on our favourite. The winning book advances to the playoffs! 

Our ABC Countdown continues!

I - Ink Pen

We were excited to set our pencils aside and use real ink! A word search with each of our names made for an awesome "inky" start! 

(Note to self - do not purchase CLICKY pens in the future)

J - Jokes and Jumping

The kids told some side splitters!

Q: What do you call funny mountain?
A: HILLarious!

We got moving in the gym with a variety of jumping challenges!

K - Kindness

The boys and girls got busy spreading kindness! They wrote uplifting, colourful notes and I put them on the windshields of the cars in our lot!

We shared our time and helped Mrs. Dubuc with some planting in the garden boxes, too!

L - LEGO Challenges

We were challenged to build a variety of structures!

M - Magazines

The students enjoyed relaxing with Chirp, Highlights, Chickadee and more! 

We sure are savouring these last few weeks together! Slow down, June!