A week of Nature!

We've had an exciting week! Thanks to Ms. Ross for bringing in her blood pressure machine on Tuesday. The students really enjoyed testing their blood pressure and having their heart rates measured! It was an awesome activity for our study on the cardiovascular system! We also started Expert Projects. Everyone was super enthusiastic about having the ability to choose whatever they want to research. I thought I'd challenge the students with trying to choose something or someone Canadian; in honour of Canada 150! We participated in "outdoor classroom day" on Thursday - see previous post. It was a fantastic morning spent in nature.

Here is Isabella's TWAS from her kidblog account:

Monday

Today we had French and we had a little bit of time to practice and then we presented our French food script! I was partners with Nic and we worked really fast and we presented first! I was a little bit nervous but I only made one mistake with prenonsation. Today we also had 30x30 and we worked on our Manitoba cakes! I finished my background and then I had free time!

Tuesday

Today we had the best science class ever! Mrs. Ross brought her .blood pressure machine and we each got to do it at least once! The machine told us our blood pressure and our heart rate! Mine was pretty high because we had to do a minute of jumping jacks! Mrs. Ross told me that mine was really good after a minute of exercise! Today we also had gym and we did the endurance run. My least favorite part of gym. I got pared up with Kate and with the stick's I spelt her name and part of her last name! 

Wednesday

Today we did hand writing! We are learning all the lower case letters and then the capitals! We are still on lower case and today we learned a,c,d and g! g is one of my favorite letters to do! Today we also did poetry. We learned the 5W poems. You have to do 5 lines and each line has to do something with the 5 Ws.

Thursday!!!

Today we kept bugging Ms. Wasney about when we can tell the class that the Dog house canteen won the young humanitarian award so while we were in gym doing the strength-a-thon Ms. Wasney called Ray job that came to our school on May 2end after school to come take a photo shout of us! And he said that it just went public so at the end of the day there was a picture of us online and we finally got to tell the class! Today we also had outdoor class room day! We walked to the pits all around and we saw baby turtles and lots of nature and then we went to the memorial park and ate snack and played there. Montisori  was there and I saw my little cousin and he came up and gave me a huge hug! 

Friday

Today we had 30x30 challenge and we did a word search! Me, Katie and Ryeland worked together! We were done pretty quick so we got extra recess! Today we also had music and Ms. Knoll tested us on a recorder piece. I was in a group with Kate and Carson.

See you next week!

Dog House Canteen update!

We are so excited to finally be able to share the news!!! The girls of the Dog House Canteen will be receiving a "Young Humanitarian Award" from the Manitoba Teacher's Society on Wednesday, May 24 at 7:45pm at the Fairmont Hotel. This year, there are four recipients of the award, and the canteen girls are definitely the youngest!

I'm so proud of the hard work and dedication of Kenzie, Livia, Carter, Rhyann, Katie, Isabella, and Kate! Way to go girls!

Thank you to the BHS community for supporting the canteen!  :)

You can learn more about the award by clicking HERE.

Outdoor Classroom Day!

All month long, we have been doing David Suzuki's 30x30 Nature Challenge; where we try to spend at least 30 minutes a day outside of our classroom. Lucky for us, the weather has been cooperating!

Today is "Outdoor Classroom Day" and more than one million students from all over the world are getting involved! We walked down to the pits (a round trip of 4km) and did a "paint swatch scavenger hunt". It was so much fun! We even saw some baby goslings, 2 turtles, and lots of birds, geese, and ducks! We then stopped at Memorial Park on Bird's Hill Road for snack and free time!

It was a fantastic morning!

A week of Basketball!

We've had a fun week at school! We were busy working on Mother's Day cards and gifts. We have officially started long division, and the students are really getting the hang of it! Today, BHS hosted the basketball tournament. There were a total of 19 teams playing! A BIG thank you to Mrs. Rand for coaching AND organizing the tournament!

Here is Nicole's TWAS from her kidblog account:

On Monday we had BHS reads I'm reading a book called I totally funniest a middle school story it's good so far. We also had Health we started it off with talking about Drugs and Alcohol. it's interesting but important. One more thing we had Weekend Wind Up I shared about going to toys R us I got a gift card from my party it was awesome.

On Tuesday we had Basketball practice it was not a good practice I got hit in the head by a basket ball and then I got a huge headache I had too sit out the rest of the time it was awful. We also did another page of handwriting it hurts your hand if you press hard but it was fun. One last thing we had the 30x30 Nature challenge we did class meeting it was fun all we did was play As the wind blows and talk about what our challenges were and what we need to work on. Then we got 10 minutes of free time it was fun.

On Wednesday we worked on our Mothers day Art we started on our cards they are adorable. We also had an assembly it was about sportsmanship we watched a video we did a draw we also sung to all the April and May birthdays I was one of them. One last thing we did our 30x30 challenge we sprayed our coasters (we made those for our moms) than we had too run too the flag pole and back it was such a good workout.

On Thursday we had science we started the circulatory system it was AWESOME. 2nd thing we did poetry we did another kind of poem we did a cinquain poem they are so fun. One last thing we did was our 30x30 Nature challenge we decorated our bags for our moms mine is cute. then we got free time. 

On Friday we had basketball tournament it was amazing we beat maple leaf 4 2 and we also played outside on the court it was amazing my mom came it was awesome. we also did TWAS that's where I wrote this super long thing it's fun. We also are having 30x30 challenge outside I don't know what we are doing but it's a Mystery.

Hope you liked this post make sure to comment BYE!

Recycled Art!

For the last few weeks we have been working on a recycled art job in honor of earth day. It was a very complicated art job so we had to break it down into four steps. The first step was to do paper Mache with ripped up pieces of paper from an old book and glue them down onto a white piece of paper using a glue and water mixture. Once the glue dried we painted a sky and grass onto the paper. And once that dried the next step was to paint a tree onto the paper using black paint. But before we went in with paint we had to sketch out a tree on loose leaf paper with branches that looked like y shapes. Then for the last step we used all kinds of pretty fabric and cut out a whole bunch of circles in small, medium and large sizes. Once we had all of our circles cut out we glued the small circles onto the medium circles and then glued that to the large circles, last but not least we would glue all the finished circles onto the tree to look like leaves. We would rate this art job 5 out of 5 slurpies!:)

By: Katie and Livia

A week full of NATURE!

It was a beautiful week for the 30x30 Nature Challenge! We managed to get outside every single day! We even ate lunch outside today. We did lots of science, division, poetry, and finished off an art job this week! All of these pictures are from our class instagram account. You should follow us at: @mswasneysclass

Here's Carson's TWAS from his Kidblog account:

Hi guys today I will tell you about my week but I will update you on everything I do outside since we are doing the 30x30 nature challenge.

Monday,

We got new spots and I made the seating plan ( and a few others) but anyway I am seating with Braden, Nicole and Dylan. This is good because this is the first time siting with a girl ether then Jace. We also had a Music Monday assembly, it was so lit because we played the songs that got us a gold medal in are WSO concert and after the songs we got a big appreciation from the rest of our school. Outside We did the Respiratory system and we had to count our breath and stuff like that.

Tuesday,

In science we started the muscular system and their  were lots of activities to do, first we had to hold a book straight out and it was so hard, then the next activity was a wall sit it was the best one, everyone got around minute but me Brogan, Jace and Carter W stayed up in-between  two minutes and Four and a half minutes. We also had gym, in gym we did basketball, it was so boring but after we got to play a game but we could NOT pass, it was so weird but it was still a game. Outside we went outside with our book buddies but I'm in focus group so I practiced for our new video 

Wednesday, 

We had art step 4 and for it we finally got to do the fabric part and we had to make circles with fabric, it was so fun but it was hard to cut the circles. We also had music, in music we had Mr. M (Mrs. Knolls husband) was in and we math music bingo it was so dumb because you would have to sing it the get a point. Outside we did division and it was the starting of our division subject. 

Thursday,

 We had outdoor gym and its so fun since Ms. Rand wasn't here and we played soccer the whole time. It was girls vs boys and it wasn't really fair since we won 5-0 and it was a great time and I got so close to letting a goal but I dove and it just hit my hand and hit the post then I got up and Kate was taking a shot I just went to the side and finally got a hold of it I booted it and we scored!!!!!!!!! We also did the nervous system and its so cool how you control your right side of body with the left side of your brain and the opposite for the right side. Outside we did acrostic poems, it is almost like a name poem

Friday,

We did a ABC poem and it so easy but I cant explain how hard it was. I got stuck for so long but I got a rhythm and it was so fun but I had to leave early because of focus group, one of mine is......

At

Baseball

Carson 

Dived 

Enthusiastically 

For

Georges 

Home Run

Yeah it took a long time, I hope that now you know what it is. We also had gym, in gym we did basketball and we practiced our dribbling and in the game we got to dribble and the teams were so unfair but my team won still( because Michael wasn't trying.) At the end of gym madlynne looked like she was hurt, it looks like she will be ok. Outside we did a division math sheet, its so easy but we have to do remainders and its hard to get used to.   

A cheesy week!

We've had a great last week of April! Okay, really, how did that happen?! I can't believe we're about to start MAY!!! I'm looking forward to doing David Suzuki's 30x30 Nature Challenge with the students. We will be going outside for 30 minutes everyday to appreciate nature . . . some days, we will take our work outside, go for a community walk, or just simply play! Fingers crossed the weather cooperates!

This week was the Handball Tournament. Twenty-three Grade 5 students represented BHS really well! We played against 3 other schools at Chief Peguis Junior High. We also studied the skeletal system, started division, tried out some poetry, and began working on a neat art job. As always, students enjoyed having hot lunch today! Thanks to the parent volunteers for helping out!

Here's Katie's TWAS from her Kidblog account . . .

Hey kid blog readers!!!

Monday:

On Monday we had book buddies and my book buddie is Rylee. So we had to pick a picture book and read it to them and me and Bella read press here that's why we were clapping if you heard us! We also read the book Ish and I rate it a 6 out of 10. We also had gym on Monday and in gym we played hand ball because the handball tournament was on Tuesday. So yeah! that is what we did on magical Monday well it wasn't really magical but what ever!

Tuesday:

On Tuesday we had the HANDBALL TOURAMENT! But I was terrible at goalie and I was also terrible at forward and center because I did not score any goals:( but it was still a lot of fun! We also had Music on Tuesday so we sang the music Monday song and we practiced the songs that we are performing on music Monday! so yeah:)!!!!! 

Wednesday: 

On Wednesday we were learning division just to get our minds back on to it. And I totally forgot that division is just multiplication backwards so yeah I totally forgot about that! We also had art but we only did step one because we had gym right after! And for step one we had to well Ms. Wasney had to rip up old book pages and she mixed up glue and water and then we had to put the glue water on the white paper and then we had to put the ripped up book pages on the paper and then we had to put some more glue water over again!:)

Thursday:

On Thursday we had poetry so we had to make list poems and I wrote about....

If I did the grocery shopping what would by?

And I wrote this

-Chips

-candy 

-Gum

-Chocolate

-Fruit

-Donuts

-Popcorn

-perogies

-waffles

-icecream

-Candy bars

-Chocolate milk strawberry milk and normal milk

-Cockies

-Ice tea

-orange juice

-apple juice

-koolaid jammers

-juice boxes

-oreos

-pancake mix

-etc.

So yeah we also had BHS reads again and most of you know I am reading because of Mr. Terupt So yeah

Friday:

Ok finally on to today:) So today we had ummm oh yeah we had.... HOT LUNCH and for hot lunch we had pizza and I got two peperoni and yeah. We  also had art step two of our art so what we had to do is paint over top and I used the color green (for grass) and then purple and blue and I love it:):):):):):):):):):):):):) 

A Drumming Week at School!

We had a wonderful week working with Naomi and Hiroshi from Fubuki Daiko to learn Japanese drumming with Taiko drums. We also completed our writing project; which we've received loads of compliments on! We worked hard on social studies presentations on a variety of European explorers as well.

Here's is Nic's TWAS from his Kidblog account:

Monday we had a assembly. we watched Fubuki Daiko. they are the best drummers on planet earth. Computer lab. we worked on our social studies. We worked and the Wi-Fi went off.so we went back too class and read One for the Murphys. Its a great book. its about a girl in foster care and she is grumpy right now.

Tuesday we had a fire drill and bus evacuation. I saw my old bus driver his name is Garry. We had drumming and we learned something new from fubuki daiko. we used garbage cans and used real drums.

Wednesday we did bhs reads  and I read tom gates and big Nate. he is so funny and cool. we did science we did respitory system we did some papers and that's all we did but I wish I can type some more but I cant. I can only type up 2 things per day. 

Thursday we did drumming we learned our whole peace and I'm pretty good at it but I love it. library. we are going to library at the end of the day but we did not go yet. 

Friday I'm not going to school I'm staying home cuz there's no school haa. I'm going to have some friends over at my house. plz leave me comments .   

 

Taiko Drumming with Fubuki Daiko!

We have had an amazing week of drumming with Fubuki Daiko, a world-renown Japanese drumming group from Winnipeg! I have been so amazed with what the students learned in just 4 days . . . a total of only 2 hours! You can see loads of pictures and other videos on our class Instagram account. Follow us at @mswasneysclass!

Thank you to families for coming out the the "Celebration of the Arts" evening on April 20, 2017!

Taiko Drumming from Krista Wasney on Vimeo.

A PINK week!

We've had a great week at school! We recognized the "Day of Pink" on Wednesday with an assembly and some activities in our classroom. I'm always impressed with how insightful some students are when writing in the perspective of another person. It's so important to develop empathy. The students finished up their social studies projects and I'm really looking forward to the presentations next week! Another thing coming up is the "Celebration of the Arts" evening on Thursday, April 20th. All next week, the Japanese drumming group Fubuki Daiko will be working with students. Grades 3-5 will be performing on April 20th. As well, every classroom will be showcasing writing projects in the hallways. We are excited to share "The Best Part of Me" with everyone!

Here is Livia's TWAS from her Kidblog account:

On Monday we did social studies. We were working on our European explorer project but I was already done so I got to work on my best part of me writing. I chose my voice because it is big bold and beautiful. I finished that too, so I got to type it up right here on kid blog, you should check it out. We also had gym. We played hockey and it was so fun I almost died! I was sweating so much I could wash my hands with sweat. It was also very fun because my friend Mackenzie was on my team. We also had BHS reads. I am reading a book called dork diaries. It is about a very nerdy girl named Nikki trying to get through the rough times of middle school. To make it even worse her worst enemy Mackenzie Hollister, and her crush, Brandon are there to watch her every move.

On Tuesday we had music. We did.......TAIKO DRUMMING! We had to work in pairs of two. One person would hold the drum and the other person would actually play the drum. We played a pattern that was also a Japanese poem. It was really fun, because after we finished the pattern we got to yell HA! in other words it was just amazing. We also had library. During library me and my friends made birthday cards for a little girl staying at the Ronald McDonald house. I really, really loved how mine turned out. I mentioned my adventures in the Ronald McDonald house in another post, you should check it out if you haven't already. And lastly happy birthday to joy.

Perfect weather for a FIRE DRILL!

On Wednesday it was day of pink! We did two different day of pink activities. The first activity we did was, were we got into groups, each labeled some think else. There were three groups labeled, the bully, the bullied and the bystander. I was in the group labeled the bystander. You would talk about how you would feel as a bystander in a case of bullying. We talked about you could want to help but not know what to say, and how you could want to help but not know how and a whole bunch of other stuff. We also did another activity using the same labels. you had to fill out a sheet on how you would feel if you were in a bullying situation either In the perspective of the bully, the bullied or the bystander. You would have things on written on your sheet such as, I say, I see, I feel, I touch and I wonder. after those things written there would be lines for you to write things down. for example on the lines following I touch you could write things like I touch the tears  on my face or I touch shoulders trying to push trough the crowd. We also had music. We did taiko drumming again but....... WE HAD A FIRE DRILL! All of a sudden in the middle of music the fire bel rang. We went outside the find a surprisingly warm summer day, We lined up and then shortly after the bell rang to go back inside.

These will be displayed on a
collaborative bulletin board,
outside of the gym. 

On Thursday we had book buddies. We made cherry blossoms with our buddies out of tissue paper. We had to use the color pink because cherry blossoms are pink. they turned out so beautiful I was kind of mad that I didn't get to make two so I could take one home. when everybody had made a cherry blossom I was surprised because I thought there should have been way more cherry blossoms considering the number of people that made them. We also had math. We played multiplication bingo instead of regular math because some people from Ms.Dycks were staying in our class due to a number of patrols going to wheelies. I didn't win but I was very close because when we were playing for full house the game ended with me needing to only fill on more spot. LIKE WHY:(

On Friday we don't have school because, well I don't even know why. But anyways tonight me and my family are going to south beach hotel for a night. I am very exited because this is technically my first sleepover with my favorite cousin Caiden. I am so exited because the restaurant there has really good food and they also have a swimming pool and café. The hotel is only a small section of south beach casino. And no, I am not planning on going gambling because I am too young, I am just looking for a really good time with my cousins. I am mostly exited about going swimming because I just found my long lost pair of goggles. The restaurant is to die for. they serve food buffet style and normally, but my favorite way to eat there is from the buffet. One thing I found really funny was my dad is 50 years old and now qualifies for getting coupons for the casino. you are probably not going to read my whole post but just incase you have made it to the end. The last thing I want to say is that the hotel mascot is a dolphin. When you walk in there is a huge statue of two dolphins twirling around each other. It is so cool hehe!

Hope you liked yet another of my very complicated twas and make sure to leave your thoughts in the comments down below. As always have a great day and goodbye!