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Wednesdays Field Trip ROPES Part V

We made it UP...

Wednesdays Field Trip ROPES Part IV

Getting into the Crows Nest.

Wednesdays Field Trip ROPES Part III

The Cooking Crew.

Wednesdays Field Trip to ROPES Part II

The Crows Nest.

Wednesday Field Trip to ROPES

Co-Operative A Frame game.

Our Classroom...

Fisherpark Intermediate: Class of 2013-2014

Optimism

Something to think about over the weekend:

http://www.values.com/inspirational-stories-tv-spots/99-The-Greatest

Our Literacy Walls to date....

What we have made together, this year...... More learning to come....

Wednesday at the Fish Aquarium....

We spent our Wednesday morning heading out to Big Al's Aquarium. Each student selected their own fish for the classroom aquarium after a very careful selection process. We saw all kinds of neat exotic fish, fresh and salt water tanks and even a massive tarantula. Overall, we all had a great time and even brought back a leaky aquarium that will be turned into a terrarium. (for scientific purposes only of course)

Tomorrow is a new day...

Today, In English we learned about how articles present a main idea and how main ideas are supported. In Social Studies, we each were assigned a different French Explorer and researched what each contributed to Canada.

Everyone is excited to see what tomorrow brings and what kinds of fish are at BIG ALS Aquarium.

On the weekend....

Over the weekend I (Shawn) put up a springless trampoline. After about an hour and one half, and many aches and pains later; the trampoline was up. The benefits of a springless trampoline far outweighs the use of a traditional spring trampoline.

The benefits can be viewed here in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReyP39sNtxE

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

Today marked the beginning of our classroom novel study. The novel was delivered in a read aloud format and discussed after the end of the chapter. The book will be tied into our descriptive writing focus and our reading strategy of visualizing. The students all seemed very interested in the chapter and were eager to share their thoughts on what had happened.

All About me Boxes - Canadian History - Descriptive Writing

Today marked the beginning of what direction we are going to take in the researching of Canadian History. Students decided what aspects of the Unit most interested them. Some questions that were asked was why did settlers choose to come to Canada?; Who chose to have their country come here?; What did we trade with the natives?

In English students are making their ALL ABOUT ME boxes which contains five items that best describe themselves. Once completed the students will give a brief presentation of all the items and will be assessed based on their oral skills. Further, we jumped into starting our descriptive writing and what makes a sentence more descriptive and why it is important for readers to have description to add interest.... More to follow.

I can't believe its not Friday!!...

Once again we had a new addition to our classroom and we currently sit at eight students with three still remaining.  We had our first gym class today that was a friendly game of pinball dodgeball. Following gym the students had an art lesson that consisted of placing a collage on their agendas. With our population size growing the students are figuring out where they fit in and the teachers are figuring out how the students learn. Stay tuned.

Scratching the Surface...

Today we added two more to our Fisher Park classroom. In the morning we worked with Tessellations and the uses of an agenda. Finding out why certain things are in our agenda was one of many questions we explored. Also, if you were to ask any of us how many spiders we swallow each year, the students here at fisher park have your answer.

We 

Day One is Done!!

Day 1 of the school year is officially in the books. Everyone gave their news, introductions and what they did over the summer. The afternoon was tipped off with a lunch at the Hintonburger restaurant and a walk around Westboro to get rid of the meals in our stomachs. Day 1 is done.... bring on tomorrow!

2013 - 2014 Mission

Give:

Courtesy

Develop:

Trust

Receive and Extend:

Respect

New Beginnings

Welcome everyone to Shawn's class

I have always been fond of this poem since I was expected to read and analyse it in my grade nine English class; I find it fitting for us, me as your teacher and you as the students.   



The Road Not Taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim
Because it was grassy and wanted wear,
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference. 

Robert Frost