Mission Impossible

We are so lucky that our fabulous gym teachers set up Mission Impossible in the gym for us this week.

It was hard to get pictures because everyone was moving so quickly!

Here's what the kids had to say: 

I love the pictures - Keira

We had a lot of fun in the gym - Koreen

I had a lot of fun in the gym - Camilo

I liked Mission Impossible - Ethan

I like myself in the pictures - Evelyn

I like when I was so close to the end - Zakary

When I hit the gong in the gym - Kian

I like the gym - Isaac

I like Mission Impossible - Dylan

I'm proud of myself and everyone else - Samantha

I like swinging on the monkey bars and the rope - Monica

I like Mission Impossible because I liked everything there and I'm proud of myself and Evelyn - Isabella

I like Mission Impossible - Lily

I went everywhere and I had so much fun - Harleen

I liked it when I went in the noodles and the tunnel and the tent of doom - Noah

I like everything- Xydney

The game was so fun, I was so happy! - Autumn

It was so fun - Ruthie

I liked Mission Impossible with Evelyn and Isabella

The Arctic

We have learned so much about the arctic and we wanted to share our learning with you!

We decided on our own lines about things that interested us. We also learned a traditional Dakota song and played the hand drums.

We hope you enjoy!


Here's how the students felt about the video:

I saw me in the video - Kirsten
I felt proud that I am in the Smart Board - Isaac
I felt proud when I said my words - Ethan
I felt good when I watched the video - Harleen
I felt proud and happy and it's awesome and I like polar bears and owls - Noah
I feel proud because I said my part - Samantha
I love the video - Evelyn
I was proud because I said, "You have to make sure the top block fits" -Alessa
I feel proud that I talked in a microphone and no one made a noise - Koreen
I feel proud when I get to be in the video - Keira
I feel proud that I was in the video - Monica
I was being happy in the arctic - Michael

Mystery Number Hangout and Learning about the 7 Teachings

Today we got to "Hangout" with some new kindergarten friends from San Jose, California. We use Google Hangouts to talk to them and we were able to see them on our Smart Board.

The reason for our call was to play a game called "mystery number." Each class chooses a number between 1-20. Then they use their math smarts to ask big questions in order to guess the mystery number.

Some questions we asked were:

Is your number higher than 10?

Is your number lower than 15?

Is your number even?

We keep track of our guesses using a chart paper and marker.

By asking big questions we were able to figure out their number very quickly!

When we were done playing, we got to ask some questions about the kids. We asked what they had for lunch and what they like to play.  They were curious if we had snow.

We have agreed to send each other pictures of our school yards so we can compare later this week.

After our game, we had our guest Richelle (Indigenous Education Teacher) come and teach us about the 7 Teachings. She used a story and puppets to teach us about them.

Recording our drum song so we can share it with you.

The 7 teachings are represented by seven animals:

Eagle - Love

Buffalo - Respect

Bear - Courage

Bigfoot - Honesty

Beaver - Wisdom

Wolf - Humility

Turtle - Truth

On Thursday Richelle will be coming back to help us look more closely at the Buffalo and what respect means to us.