We Love Live Streaming!

Recently we have been watching some live streaming video on our classroom computer as part of our growth and changes unit. Here are some links to our favourites:

The Hornby Island Eagles:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/hornby-island-eagles

Ducklings!
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/mrs.-poulin%27s-kindergarten-class

The Decorah Eagles
http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles

The Peregrine Falcons in Winnipeg and Brandon
http://www.cbc.ca/manitoba/features/falcon/

When our caterpillars arrive later this week, we will be live streaming some video them on our own USTREAM channel, "The Creepy, Crawly Classroom"! As soon as our camera is up and running, we'll embed it in our blog so you can watch right here!

super heroe traeding cards

At school we made super heroes traeding cards Ice seffer and Ice Man. Dante  was Ice man Peyton was ice seffer. we had to pick a back grund. It toke a long time to get them ready. lots of kids in are class are finished thir super heroes.We had to makeup a name and caricter. Here are our cards:

By Peyton, Tristan and Dante

SKYPE!

This week we skypet mrs. Dents class. They got butterflys and let them go.They told us loots of infirmashon about there butterflys and we are going to get the same butterflys. Here is criteria for skype-no silly ness-one person talks at

 a time-wait your turn to talk-one question at a time-raise your hand toask a questtion-lisin to each  other-be polite-dot interupt-dont move around to much.

we also skypet mrs. Malkoskes Dad he said we could skype him eny time.by Ariella and peyton

Vermiworms!

Our vermiworms have finally arrived and they've been busy!

  

Here is how we made their home:
We first put soil in the bucket.
Then we put crushed up seashells/eggshells.
We had to put shredded Newspaper and shredded office paper.
We had to move the newspaper and put the worms.
Amy and Tristan moved the worms around.
We had a few escapes.
Some people thought it was gross.
They don't like onions or citrus fruit.
They like cut up Apples.
They also like vegetable and fruit scraps.
They don't like Meat or Dairy products.
They are vegetarians.
There like picky eaters.

By Amy and Jadyn.

Dancing in the Park!

Here's an Animoto of our day @ McIvor Park... it was awesome!

Animal Groups

Today we were sharing some information about Animal Groups and experimenting with Google Docs. We created a document with our information and would like to invite all of our followers to contribute. Here is the link:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eZ46_mv7qNGptIvOwCE4NMcUrA95OddsRQrhuF1ovco/edit?hl=en&authkey=CPDV08QF#

If you have some information to add, please do it in another colour and sign your name at the end in your colour. We can't wait to learn from you!

2 Days in Gimli

This week I was able to spend 2 days in Gimli, MB at the Riding the Wave of Change Education and Technology Conference. It was an interesting and inspiring two days! I can't wait to share what I've learned with you through the work of the children in our classroom. For now, here are a couple of pics from Gimli (there are only a couple... it was really cold!)

Butterflies, Birdhouses & Beans!

Hello Room 2 Followers! Are classroom has changed this week! We are all ready for our butterflies to arrive. We have nets and cages for caterpillars and butterflies. We made some butterflies with tissue paper, plastic bags and pipe cleaners and they are flying in our windows, waiting for their friends to arrive! We also made beautiful spring skies using liquid water color and created some butterflies to go with them. Check out our Artsonia site later this week to see them!
Yesterday we built a greenhouse and we're planting some beans and flowers to go inside. (We got the greenhouse from Mrs. Malkoske's mother-in-law... Thank You!)
On Monday we are hanging our birdhouse outside our classroom window. Mr. Miles helped us get them all ready by putting some hooks into the tops of them. We hope that we see some Robins, Blue Jays, Eagles, and Falcons!
We finally ordered our Vermiworms too! They will be here on Monday. We'll blog about them once they are here. Keep watching!
-Room 2

Peregrin Falcon Live Stream!

The CBC has once again set up a live camera at the top of the Radisson Hotel on Portage Ave to capture the pair of peregrin falcons that build their nest there each year. Ivy (male) and Princess (female) have a nest with 4 eggs this year. We'll be watching the live stream over the next few weeks to see what happens! Here's the link:
http://www.cbc.ca/manitoba/features/falcon/

We Love Our Moms!

Happy Mother's Day to all of our Moms! We couldn't post this before Mother's Day because we didn't want to spoil the surprise! We think Moms are great. Here's a top 10 list about why we love our Moms:

10. They cheer you up when you're feeling sad.

9. They take care of you.

8. They take care of you when you are sick.

7. They make us wonderful food!

6. They make your bed and clean up your room.

5. They tuck you in at bed time.

4. They pack us great lunches.

3. They read to us at night.

2. They look pretty even without make up on.

1. You love us!

Can you guess what our message is?

A-W-E-S-O-M-E!

Lately we have been taking a closer look at spelling... the patterns in words, word parts, and ways to remember how to spell tricky words. One of our favourite words to use in our writing is AWESOME and it's a tricky one! Mrs. Malkoske found a cheerleading cheer that helped us to learn how to spell it... listen to it here:



See more Audio at TeacherTube.com.