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25 Oct · Tim Andes · No Comments
Writing in Journal About Field Trip
Yesterday, and today the kids have been writing and editing their journal pieces about our field trip. All the kids showed a lot of creativity in their writing! Ask them some of these questions: What is an indent? When do you use a ?.! mark ? When do you use a capital letter? David …
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Counting and Movement in the Classroom!!
Over the weekend, for Pro-D day, some of the teacher’s attended teacher super conference in Vancouver. One of the classes I attended was about differentiated instruction strategies. Today, I introduced a new method of learning to the students. We used movement to learn to count by 2’s, 3’s and 5’s. They all said that they …
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Learning About Pumpkins and Getting to Carve!
Today was the best Tuesday ever in Camp-Learn-A-Lot! The kids got to learn about pumpkins and what is inside a pumpkin. After, getting sticky and use to the smell all the kids really enjoyed this art project. The kids worked in pairs to create two smiling faces on their pumpkins. Many had …
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Sea to Sky Gondola Field Trip
Field trip day started out with high excitement early in the morning! All the grade 2/3 class arrived on time and we all set off to Sea to Sky Gondola. The Lord blessed us with good weather and smooth traffic. Throughout the day we did several small hikes, the first being to Shannon Falls. …
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American Flag FOOTBALL at BCA!!!
Today Mr.Andes was the quarterback as the Gr.3-5 played Flag Football for the first time! Everyone loved it and after a few failed attempts of catching the throws, they finally caught on and started making some touchdowns. Attached is a few videos of two of the touchdowns made! Ask your kids about what a football …
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Our Novel Study-Charlottes Web!
For this term our novel study is Charlotte’s Web. The kids are getting better at reading out loud and using lots of expression, as Charlottes’s Web novel is full of exclamatory sentences, which is the cause of some great laughs and memories. The kids all follow along closely because at anytime Mr. Andes could call …
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What it Means to be a Landscaper
Today the students learned about what it means to be a landscaper. In my previous life :), I was a landscaper, so it was fun to teach the kids a bit what I know about landscaping. They learned about the types of equipment and safety gear landscapers use. They now know that mowing lawns is …
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Bible Bowl
Every other Wednesday the students participate in “Bible Bowl” during devotion time. This is an opportunity to test their bible knowledge in a fun competitive way. The teams are named Lion, Eagles, Lambs and Doves. Today was bible trivia; we split the questions up into K-1, 2-3 and 4-5 levels. They all did …
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