The Super Kids took an exciting trip to the Manitoba Museum last week with the other 1/2 multiage classes. We explored the science gallery, participate in a program about states of matter, and explore the hockey exhibit that is temporarily at the museum. It was nice to leave the school and exploring together. The kids had a blast!
The temporary history of hockey exhibit at the museum fit perfectly into our classroom study on the invention of hockey, the hockey stick and of course the goal mask. The kids got to try on equipment, complete a bingo card that had them searching for things like Olympic goal medals, and even got to see one of the first goal masks used.
Thank you to the two parent volunteers that came with us. Playing games with us a lunch, helping us find items for the bingo, and just spending time with us was much appreciated. 🙂
A couple of days before we went to the museum we were lucky to be able to examine some professional goal masks. Thank you to the University of Manitoba woman’s hockey team and the Winnipeg Jets for loaning us to masks. If you’re wondering…yes I did try them on. 🙂
This week many of the classrooms in our school are participating in “Hour Of Code” which promotes coding education in elementary schools. Our class spent time learning how to code with the help of the app “Kodable”. Not all coding has to be electronic. The Super Kids coded their friend’s movements and created a code for an escaping gingerbread man.
The Super Kids have been busy learning new math games during guided math time. Small groups work with me on specific math skills while the rest of the students work on developing number sense skills. Math centers have included a dreidal game, math apps, Sum Swamp, and subtraction games.
Thank you to those families that sent in toy flyers and catalogues for us to use for our toy research. Students discovered that the toys they were cutting out could be put into different categories such as building, things that move, and instuments. This activity helped the kids decide what they wanted to design for their toy. Stay tuned to see what the kids come up with.
We are looking forward to our winter concert next week. We have been busy practicing in music class and in our classroom with our friends from Mrs. G’s class. We hope to see you there.
