With Hanukkah beginning on December 2, it was a great opportunity to talk about different cultural celebrations. We got started with a picture book Is it Hanukkah Yet? and we learned about the menorah, dreidels and latkes that are a part of the Jewish celebration. We also talked about our own cultural traditions and the food, clothing and special activities that accompany those celebrations. We had a lot of fun sharing our own family traditions with our peers and noticing common threads between us. We were also reminded of how these traditions are an important part of who we are. Did you know that bats can use echolocation to find food up to 18 ft. away in the dark? And that platypuses can locate their prey using electroreception (underwater detection)? Fascinating! We’ve learned that and more as we explore how different animals use their senses to find food and shelter, locate mates and avoid danger. With animals, it’s all about survival! To share our learning, we’ve been using our creative and critical thinking to create our very own species, with unique senses, behaviours, and habitats! We got our first introduction to Ozobots this week - miniature robots that are loads of fun!! Ozobots travel along a pathway and follow special colour sequences that they encounter along the way. The colour sequences are codes that the Ozobot can understand…so when it sees blue green red, for example, it will go its fastest speed for 3 seconds while flashing green and white before returning to its cruising speed. We loved using codes while mapping out paths for the Ozobots to follow. It was tricky at first…our lines were too thin and our colour codes weren’t the same size, but we learned so much simply by making mistakes. We've tested and have shared our paths and are looking forward to continuing the learning next week. We read Metis Christmas Mittens by Leah Marie Dorion and learned about the Metis tradition of making mittens for loved ones. Those mittens warm the hands and the heart :). Check out the mittens we drew using oil pastels. Next week: December!! It's the most wonderful time of the year 🙂
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