Well I must say that I have the BEST STUDENTS EVER!!!!! You guys are SO sweet! Thank you so much for your "Get Well" cards. They really made my day. I really miss all of you guys too. It feels really weird to be away from you and my classroom for so long but it's important that I listen to the doctor even though I'm feeling pretty well. I can't wait to see all of you on Thursday! We are going to start some new things like Shapes and Solids in Math, Mapping Skills in S.S. (sounds boring but we're going to make it fun) and Plants & Soils in Science. I can't wait to grow some plants in the snow!!!!! (kidding)
See you soon my little minions!!!!
Mrs. Shabaga
Monday, 29 April 2013
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
Thrones Fit For A King
Using a LOT of toilet paper rolls and a whole LOT of tape, we built some stable thrones that are fit for kings! Ok, so the thrones are only big enough to support miniature sized kings, weighing approximately 500g but there wasn't enough room in our classroom to store chairs any bigger than that!
We discovered that painting over red tape doesn't work very well. Plan B involves spray-painting the thrones gold but the weather has been too cold for us to go outside and do that! Needless to say, there has been a delay in our "manufacturing department". In the mean time, we have decided to study the mummification process!
We discovered that painting over red tape doesn't work very well. Plan B involves spray-painting the thrones gold but the weather has been too cold for us to go outside and do that! Needless to say, there has been a delay in our "manufacturing department". In the mean time, we have decided to study the mummification process!
Wednesday, 20 March 2013
Egyptian Death Masks
We have been learning all about Ancient Egypt in our class. Recently, I taught the students about King Tut. The learned about his life, death, burial, and the discovery of his tomb. I did some "shared writing" with them for this blog post. Here is what we wrote:
We made some really awesome Egyptian death masks! First we covered some plastic masks with vaseline. Then we covered them in cast plaster. We had to wet the cast plaster so that it would stick. It was really messy! Then we let them dry. Next, we went outside to spray paint them gold. It was hard to push the button on the spray paint can so Mrs. Shabaga and Mrs. M. had to take over the spray painting. After that, Mrs. Shabaga gave us a nemes and beard to colour with metallic markers. We used black permanent markers to draw the kohl eyeliner around the eyes of the gold mask and we drew on eyebrows. Then we coloured a cobra and vulture to go on the top of the nemes. Hot glue was used to glue the nemes, beard, cobra & vulture to the mask. Finally, Mrs. Shabaga put our masterpieces up on the bulletin board in the hallway for everyone to admire!
We made some really awesome Egyptian death masks! First we covered some plastic masks with vaseline. Then we covered them in cast plaster. We had to wet the cast plaster so that it would stick. It was really messy! Then we let them dry. Next, we went outside to spray paint them gold. It was hard to push the button on the spray paint can so Mrs. Shabaga and Mrs. M. had to take over the spray painting. After that, Mrs. Shabaga gave us a nemes and beard to colour with metallic markers. We used black permanent markers to draw the kohl eyeliner around the eyes of the gold mask and we drew on eyebrows. Then we coloured a cobra and vulture to go on the top of the nemes. Hot glue was used to glue the nemes, beard, cobra & vulture to the mask. Finally, Mrs. Shabaga put our masterpieces up on the bulletin board in the hallway for everyone to admire!
Friday, 15 March 2013
Egg Drops
The students worked really hard on their Egg Drop Structures! The purpose of the assignment was to design a structure that could support an egg so that if it was dropped from a height, it wouldn't break. The kids used cardboard, tape, shredded paper, paper towel rolls, plastic bags, etc., to build their structures. They were so excited to drop their eggs from the top of the stairs outside of the school. We were thrilled to discover that 11 out of our 12 eggs survived the drop!
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