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Building and Crafting, Weekly Library Lessons

Today is Gallery Day!

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ACTIVATE ROBO-GALLERY BLAST –

Today is Gallery Day and I can’t wait to share the wild work of our students with you all.  I am happy to hear how many of you are enjoying “The Wild Robot” read aloud  — and across all grades!  Peter Brown has truly written a special story.  We have “The Wild Robot Escapes” in our library learning commons too, an FYI.  😉

Here is a sneak peak of today’s awesome-sauceness:

Our École Mount Prevost’s ESW students’ wild robots, found in the wild, Grades K – 5: 

MH, Grade 1, Wild Robot diorama: 

I will add all to the work to the Student Gallery page by 3 pm today.  If your child has work they would like to submit, please know I will accept work at any time, there is no deadline.  The only reason I post at 3 on Fridays is to have as much work as possible revealed at once.  I will however, add student work anytime after.

Please see the “Submitting Student Work” Page for more information.

Un grand merci to all those taking part.  I’m finding your work so inspiring.

🙂 Mme Zibin

 

Community Wellbeing, Weekly Library Lessons

A Walk in the Forest for Fort Supplies

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Today, let’s #getoutside and take a walk in the forest!   Besides going for a walk, we are also going to hunt for insect fort supplies.

The insect fort built by friends in “Du Iz Tak” by Carson Elliis.

I’ve written an ebook for you to read together as a family, both in English and in French!  The book will let you know what you need and what to hunt for on your walk.  I would like to thank our wonderful EA, Mme Nathalie, for helping with the French translation.

English: A Walk in the Forest by Mme Zibin

French: Une promenade dans la forêt par Mme Zibin et Mme Nathalie.

Book Creator can read to your child in French!

One fabulous feature of Book Creator is that you can have a book read to you in any language.  To have the French read to your child, follow the steps in the short video below:

Once you are home, organize your supplies into categories:

“Rup Furt” supplies gathered in the forest.

 

and start sketching out some fort ideas!

Think/Empathy/Question:  What do insects need in a fort? 

Design sketches help guide your ideas:

All great designs start with a plan! From “The Most Magnificent Thing” by Ashley Spires.

 

Iggy drew a bridge plan to help save his class in “Iggy Peck Architect” by Andrea Beaty.

 

Tomorrow we will gather recyclables from our recycling box and together with our forest finds, build something fun!

*Please note:  All my ideas are merely suggestions.  If a student would prefer building a fort from Lego, or from blankets and pillows, or Keva planks, or blocks, or just draw a fort on paper, it’s all wonderful and just as important.

If you would like to send me a picture of your forest finds and/or your design sketches, please do!  Please see the “Student Submissions” tab a the top of the main page for more information.

À demain,

🙂 Mme Zibin