December already?! That means it’s time to Deck the Halls!! We started by making carollers for the front entrance of our school and then Christmas stockings and other decorations for our classroom doors and windows. There’s definitely a festive spirit in the air! This week in Science we explored food chains and how every living thing – from mushrooms to bald eagles – needs food to survive. We realized how interconnected these food chains are when we did a food web activity as a class. Each of us was given a specific species and we passed the ball of yarn to our predators to model the energy and nutrients being passed along in the food chain. To dig deeper, we scanned non-fiction text and gathered information to find out about food sources and predators of local animals. We also went on a field trip to the Surrey Nature Centre to explore ecosystems and the role of local animals in that ecosystem. It was fun being outdoors and we were very thankful for the ponchos provided. :) We also used our thinking when looking at old black and white pictures depicting Early Contact between European visitors and First Peoples. We recorded what we noticed and what we wondered about what was in the pictures. Some of us found it tricky because we wanted to include ideas such as “they are dressed in higher quality clothes.” In actual fact that’s an opinion not a fact, (which led to a great discussion). What we can tell is that the arrival of Europeans is an important part of Canada’s history. e are having a Holiday Drive Challenge at our school and are collecting blankets, mittens, scarves, toques and jackets as well as non-perishable food items, all to help those in need. Our class is off to a great start – we’ve already accumulated 105 points and are in 3rd place! Let’s keep the donations coming!
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