Spring into Spring!

Yoo hoo . . . Spring?

Spring? 

Where are you?

Spring peeked out at us a few times over the last week or so, but the recent pile of snow over the weekend had hidden it away. Regardless, we have been learning about signs of spring and have been eagerly looking for these signs outside our window!

In Science, we examine all four seasons. We look at what people do, what animals do, what trees and plants do, and what the weather typically does during that season. 

We spent last week learning about spring and compiled a list of words describing spring. Then,  students made their own personal mini-list of the spring words to turn into word art. Their list needed at least one word from each category: People, Trees/Plants, Animals, and Weather. Using wordle.net, students worked in partners to help one another enter in eachother's spring word list. Then students picked the font and arrangement of the spring words before proudly hitting "print". 

With some teamwork, patience, and creativity, this is what the boys and girls created:

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The spring word art is posted in our hall and looks beautiful! It makes us feel like spring is just around the corner!

Wordle is an excellent web-based tool that is a simple way for the children to interact with text. It would be a fun way to practice spelling words, especially if you have a colour printer!