Good-bye Division 2!

We have had some amazing adventures this year! Thank-you to everyone who has followed our blog this year and shared our learning with us. Today we enjoyed our last day of school together. First we shared our favourite memories from the year. What memories and new learning are you leaving with?

What memories will you be leaving with?

So many students had memories to share with me - I am one lucky teacher :)

After a relaxing morning of sharing stories and saying our good-byes, Division 2 enjoyed the sunny weather by heading outside for a water fight. We played capture the flags, had a water balloon toss, and played Drip, Drip, Drop. Of course, we all got really, really wet! Especially Miss. OC!

Thank-you for an amazing year, Division 2! I learned so much as we blogged and explored the world together this year, and I know you did, too. I hope everyone has a safe and adventure-filled summer. If you would like to keep in touch with me during the summer, leave a comment on our blog and I will write back! :)  

Division 2 students went home today with a dvd with a Video Year Book movie on it. Don't forget to share your memory trees and our video with your family!

Take a Trip Across Canada With Us!

Division 2 has been learning about the provinces of Canada in Social Studies. We each chose a province that we wanted to learn more about, and then we did some research! We searched the internet and read many books about our province, looking for new and interesting facts to share. Researching provinces was exciting because each of us was learning about something different and we got to choose what we wanted to learn about!

We used Little Bird Tales to show what we know about our provinces. Little Bird Tales allows us to record our voices along with our story, and we learned a lot about how to speak clearly and loudly so that our words can be understood. We also learned about how to search for images online and save them to our computers. Everyone worked really hard to learn how to use this new program on our laptops!

We have created some very cool tales for you! Check out all that we learned about the provinces of Canada:

New Brunswick - Alexis

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Saskatchewan - Brandon

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Quebec - Brooke-Lynne

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British Columbia - Christopher

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Saskatchewan - Iven

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Prince Edward Island - James

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Quebec - Jaylee

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Nova Scotia - Jevan

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Yukon Territory - Jillie-Anne

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Alberta - Preston

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Ontario - Rain

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Leave us a comment: 


What did you learn from watching your classmate's videos about the different provinces of Canada?


Which provinces have you visited? Which ones have you lived in?


What is your favourite province, and why? 

We're First Aiders!

Today we became official First Aiders and our families were there to watch us share our learning and get our certificates. Our ceremony began with each student sharing a safety tip or emergency procedure that they remembered from our course. Then, each of our graduates received a First Aid Certificate from Miss. OC and Miss. Marshall. Finally, we did some celebrating - complete with snacks, juice, and balloons. Check out the photos from our event!

We shared some safety tips with our families.

What do you do if you get a bad burn? How do you safely warm up your hands if you have frost bite? How do you splint a broken arm? We shared our knowledge with our families so they could see what we learned during our First Aid course. 

These girls showed our families how to put an unconscious person in the recovery position. 

Here are some of our happy graduates, ready to help out in emergency situations at home and in our community! (Click on the photos to make them larger)

A big thank-you to all the family members who joined us to celebrate our learning today! Your excitement and applause really made us feel special. We are very proud to be First Aiders! 

We had a very tiny, very special guest at our celebration!

We had some special grandparents come celebrate with us, too!

Leave us a comment: 


Did you learn something new from our First Aiders?


What was your favourite part of our celebration?

Shake, Rattle, and Roll

We have finished our rattles! Earlier last week, we sewed together two pieces of rawhide with sinew and stuffed our pouches with sand to form our rattles. Once our rattles were dry we painted them and filled them with beans, rocks, and rice to give them a unique 'rattle' sound.

Take a look at our Division 2 artists at work!

Painting stripes takes focus

Bear paws on Cole's rattle.

  

When the paint was dry, we filled our rattles with different objects to give them their 'rattle'!

Can you hear the differences between these rattles? 

The awesome dudes of Division 2 with their rattles.

The magnificent ladies of Division 2 with their rattles.

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Some of our rattles were created especially for Dads!

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Who did you give your rattle to? 


What did you think about making rattles? Was it difficult? Easy? 


How did you decide what objects to put into your rattle to give it its sound?