Last Day!!!

I can't believe that it's the last day of the school year. Time sure flies when you're having fun! We have had a great year in Room 24 this year. To my grade 2's: I'll miss you next year and I hope you have an awesome year in grade 3! To my grade one's: I can't wait to have all of you back in the fall and continue to watch you grow. Thank you to all the families for a wonderful school year. Have a safe and fun filled summer!

Mrs. Pollock

A Morning at the Children's Museum

This morning, our class went to the Children's Museum and took part in a program called H2O! We had to work with a partner and each pair of students got a bucket of clean water with an animal figurine. The lady who worked at the museum went around and put "garbage"(paper) in everyone's clean water. We had to try to get it out with a spoon! We thought it was pretty hard. Next, she came around and put dirt in the water. This was even harder! The last thing she put in the water was "air pollution" (food colouring). We couldn't get the "air pollution" out because it mixed into the water. We learned how important it is to keep our oceans clean and not to waste clean water.
After the program, we got to explore the museum and play.

We got to go to this "puff" place and put puff balls into tubes! When the puff balls come down, you have to try to catch them.  -Conner
We went to the building centre and me, Branden and Kyra got to build a huge city. -John
I liked the part when we went into the train and you got to see on a screen what it was like to ride a real train. -Michael
My favourite part was the slide. When I went up the second time I went up all the way to the top and I could see Lauren going down the slide. -Jeremy
When I went on the train, I liked going on the stairs and looking at the rest of the museum. -Tyra
My favourite part was when we were at the water part because I got a little wet. -Kaiya
My favourite part was the part where you push your hand through it and it leaves an impression. -Madison
We liked the part when we climbed to the top of the slide and went into the mirror room. We sat on a ledge and waited for other kids to come and we scarred them. -Claudia and Jersey
When I was on the train I was looking at the action screen and it showed the train tip over! -Alex
My favourite part was the Water Land because I put the ball in the water and the water pressure was keeping it up. -Joonho
My favourite part was when we went to the Lasagne Lookout. Me and Alex got the noodles and we were fighting with them. -Ethan

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Over the last couple of weeks Mrs. Pollock has been reading the novel "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" to our class as a read aloud. It has been such a fun book to listen to. Next week, we are going to be watching the movie. We can't wait! -Room 24

Our favorite parts . . .
My favorite part was when Charlie found the golden ticket. -Andy and
Lauren
My favorite part was when Mrs.Salt said "shut up" to Willy Wonka. This was during the part where Veruca Salt was being attacked by squirrels. -Alex
I liked the part where Mike Teavee got sent by television. -Jeremy
I liked listening to the book because I liked how a different person disappeared every day in the factory. -Branden
I liked the part when they went into the elevator and Mike Teavee pressed the button for the T.V room. When they got to the T.V room food commercials were playing and the kids could reach into the T.V and get the food. My mom read that part to us -Madison
My favorite part was when everyone said "Bye, bye Violet". -Tyra and Adison
The best part was when the glass elevator crashed into the house and all the old people were snoring. -Conner
My favorite part was when Mr.Wonka told Charlie that he could own the chocolate factory. -Jesse
I liked when Violet was turning blue. -Michael
I liked when Charlie opened his candy wrapper and he found the golden ticket. -Jersey
My favorite part was seeing Mike Teavee all skinny after he was put through the T.V -John
I liked the part when they went into the elevator and they saw thousands of buttons. Mike Teavee asked if their was a T.V room and Mr. Willy Wonka said yes. -Ethan
My favorite part was when Mr. Willy Wonka told Charlie that he could have his chocolate factory. -Kaiya
My favorite part was the last chapter when Mr. Wonka gave the factory to Charlie. I thought it was nice that Charlie's family could live in the factory until Charlie was old enough. -Tegan

Our Field Trip

We went to the Manitoba Museum and we went on chairs that you can pull yourself up. We watched a presentation on Solids, Liquids and Gases. -Adison
I really liked going to the Manitoba Museum. I really liked when the man made the gak. -Claudia
When we were watching the presentation the man showed us that when you mix water with an alka seltzer and put it in a sealed container it blows up and makes loud "POP" sound! When the presentation was finished, my group went to the racetrack. I built a car with my dad and I came in second place. -John
Our class went to the Manitoba Museum and we listened to a man named Andrew. He poured water into a diaper and the diaper absorbed the water. The next thing he did was he called someone up to help him mix water with a powder that turned into gak. It was really neat! -Ethan

A. pulling herself up on the chair lift.

Ready. Set. Go!

Today we went to the Manitoba Museum. When we got there we went to this room and a guy named Andrew showed us experiments. After that, we went to the Science Gallery and we went into the Mirror Room and on the chair lifts. -Madison

Today we went to the Manitoba Museum. I went into the Mirror Room and it was so confusing! We had to put on slippers to go in. It was fun! -Jeremy

The Integrated Arts with Lynne Mulvihill

On Lynne's first day we made a map of Canada and we put it on a canvas. We drew a map of Canada, cut it out and labelled it. We used blue tissue to make water. First, we crumbled up the tissue paper and then we uncrumbled it carefully and glued it onto our canvas. We spread the glue out with a posicle stick. We glued our paper map on top. On her next visit, we put nature materials like sand, dirt, moss, rocks, wheat and leaves on our maps. Then, on the last visit we made things made out of plasticine and glued them onto our map. -Alex
Today Lynne showed us how to make a log truck, a polar bear, an apple, a fish and wheat out of plasticine. It was really fun! - Ethan
My favorite part of Lynne coming to visit was when we made little figures out of plasticine to put on our map. -Claudia
I liked making the clay fish. -Tyra
My favorite part of making the map was making the log truck, the forrest, the mountains and the orchard. -Jesse
I liked it when we were creating stuff out of clay. -Aidan
We made clay animals and sculptures to put on our map. My favorite one to make was the log truck. -Jersey
My favorite part was making the polar bear. -Kaiya
Today Lynne came and we made an oil can, a polar bear, an apple, a fish and a truck. Then, we glued them to our map. We our going to leave them in our classroom for a little bit. We might hang a few up. -Jeremy

C. and J. adding natural materials to their maps.

Our finished map of Canada.

Acrostic Name Poems- Check out the video!

Michael Many Eagles

Today Michael Many Eagles came to our school. He is a Metis Soapstone Carver. He showed us how to carve an arrowhead out of soapstone. First, we used a file to scrape off the corners to make a pointy arrow. The filing was kind of hard because you had to go back and forth with the file until both sides were pointy. It was very messy because of the dust. Next, we had to carve a groove on each side or all around. Then, we polished our arrowhead with a scrub pad. We had to make sure we did all the sides. It took about five minutes! We used our file just like a pencil to make designs in the soapstone. Last, Michael Many Eagles drilled a hole into our soapstone and we tied it onto a string. The students of Room 24.

Michael Many Eagles explaining what we were going to work on. 

Working on our soapstone.

Our necklaces. We are so proud!