Magda was back this week with the sourdough bread they made from the wild yeast starter and the regular bread made from the store bought yeast. They got to try both types and see if they could taste the difference. What a great (and yummy) project!

We learned more about owls, hawks, eagles, blue jays, robins and chickadees this week. The Friday group read a story called, "Mud City" about flamingos. What makes a flamingo pink? Are they pink when they first hatch? Ask one of our Friday students to find out!

Our bird chart will be up on Tuesday, so don't forget to bring in your bird sightings!

During music we've been enjoying playing our instruments along with our Ella Jenkins CD, listening to Jambo, The Mexican Handclapping Song and learning a Maori chant.

working on a Cylinder extension


An almost complete geography map!


working with the Red Rods



birdseed collages!


transferring water with a dropper

The students have been busy with their work this week! Since pictures speak louder than words:


Robert is working on a pre-reading activity.





Claire is transferring water with a dropper, an activity that develops fine motor skills. George is sculpting a reptile (dinosaur?) from play dough.


Emma is working with the Addition Strip Board. The Addition Strip Board is one method used by students to assist them in their abstract and concrete understanding of addition.


Victoria is pin punching around the continents to make her own geography map. A great hands on way to learn about geography.


Emma Mae is using counters to complete an addition worksheet.




Kieran and Tommy have completed a Color Tablet extension. A sensory and language lesson teaching about light, lighter, lightest and dark, darker, darkest.






George is building words out of the Sandpaper Letters from the book "The Tin Man". (FYI: teacher, not student, responsible for Sandpaper Letters all over floor...desperate search for letter 't')



Charlie is working with the triangle shape box.




Jon admiring his bird feeder.

And of course, lots of beautiful artwork was created:




Thank you to Tammy for taking these beautiful pictures on Thursday afternoon! While our morning students missed the "photo shoot" rest assured, they have been very busy as well!

We had a lot of fun making bird feeders and listening to different bird calls. We read about different birds of North America and discussed which birds might visit our bird feeders. The friday students read a story about migration and we learned how birds find their way south (without a map!) and discovered how far some birds travel every year.

We've also been busy singing away. Favorites this week include: On Top of Spaghetti, 5 Little Ducks, Bee Hive fingerplay and Skidamarink.

The children enjoyed a presentation from Tammy about recycling. We sorted some "trash" and discussed which items can get recycled. We identified the trash bins in our classroom that are for recycled items and discussed what food items from our lunches are able to be put in the compost.

We started another science experiment to see how flowers drink water through the ground from their roots. We placed a white carnation in a vase with some water and blue food coloring and then placed another white carnation in a vase with regular water. The Friday students were able to see that the carnation in the vase with the food coloring has started to turn blue. We'll see how it is looking on Tuesday and make some observations.

We've talked quite a bit about mammals and reptiles. This week we will begin our discussion on birds! The milk jugs will become bird feeders that the children may bring home and hang outside. We hope you and your child will watch your bird feeder and try to identify the types of birds that visit. If you are able to identify any, please bring this information to school. We will be making a chart to keep track of all the birds our Sunnybrook friends have seen at their feeders. We will continue this until the end of the school year, so feel free to keep bringing in your bird sightings!