News from the Classroom

Here are some important dates coming up:

Friday, April 13th will be Ramsay School t-shirt day. All students are welcome to wear their Ramsay school t-shirt that day.

Conference Manager opens March 7th for conference bookings

Conferences will be held on Thursday evening, March 19th and Friday, March 20th

Spring Break will take place during the week of March 23rd-27th 

Here is the link to the video we watched on Pink Shirt Day. I promised the kids I would post!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwAYpLVyeFU&feature=youtu.be

Have a great weekend!

Tomorrow is Pink Shirt Day!!

Tomorrow we will be celebrating Pink Shirt Day at Ramsay School! Students are invited to wear a pink shirt if they wish. The 2020 focus is "Lift Each Other Up," which we will explore together tomorrow. I have attached the link below that describes this year's vision. 

https://www.pinkshirtday.ca/

My Mouth is a Volcano

Today is class, we read this book together and discussed the importance of listening carefully and waiting for an appropriate time to share thoughts or ideas in a group setting. Students then created a volcano in their visual journal. Inside the volcano were 5 strategies that could support students to wait patiently for their turn to talk, while the lava represented the reasons that would be appropriate to interrupt a conversation. Below you will see a few examples. We all have such amazing things to share and making sure everyone is heard and feels respected is our ultimate goal.

Backgrounds

Students have spent a lot of time this week preparing their backgrounds and assets for their animations. We are now ready to start animating on Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning! 

Planning our Animation

Today we worked on planning our stories for our animation residency. Below you will see the list of criteria that each animation must contain.

We used storyboards to plan our stories.

Mindfulness Mind Map

Koala Art Project

Today, we worked on this koala craft, that we will be sending along with our bat wraps and donations to Australia. Each card has been made by a student to thank the firefighters for all their hard work and efforts during this difficult time. Thank you grade 3/4 for your work today!

Practicing Multiplication Basic Facts

Bake Sale Tomorrow!

Tomorrow the student council will be hosting a bake sale to raise funds for the animals affected by the Australian Wildfires. Students are invited to purchase a treat or some art to show their support!

Animation Residency

Animation Residency Process

We watched an animation.

We learned how to make a ball bounce using stop motion animation.
This technique is called " Squash and Stretch."

We had to draw and colour one tall ball ( stretch), one wide ball ( squash) 
and one normal-sized ball in order to create our animation.  

At the end of the session, we got to make our own animation. We had to make a background, characters and props.

I loved it! It was awesome! - KS
" It was awesome. I want it to happen every day." - SC
" I really like making our own animations." - JM
" I really liked making the setting and the characters. I liked working with my partner because when we had ideas it was better when we put them together." - JB
" It was so fun! I would rather do animation than recess!" JH
" I liked how it started out as a drawing and then we made it come to life." RL
" I really liked it. I had a lot of fun filming the characters." KC
" I liked it because when everyone had different ideas, we all made it into one big idea. I liked that everyone put a lot of effort into it." PB
" I liked that it inspired me to make more animations. Now on the weekend, I am going to make more animations." MM
"I really liked it because after we took all the pictures, we got to see what it looked like all together." - VC

Multiplication Chart Challenge

Today we learned and reviewed how to use a multiplication chart. Students were then challenged to solve this problem.

Rainforest Collaborative Art

Today, students worked together to organize and sketch out the 4 layers of the rainforest.

Bat Wraps

On Friday, members of our student council presented their fundraising plans to the class. We learned that they have been brainstorming ways to support the animals affected by the Australian forest fires. Today, we were asked to help out by determining the amount of fabric that would be needed to make 20 bat wraps. Bat wraps simulate mothers' wings and are used by caregivers to wrap injured or orphaned bats so they will feel safe. Click the following link to find out more about this project: https://cheezburger.com/10205189/crafters-unite-patterns-needed-for-australia-animal-rescue-complete-guide

Our question: How many metres of fabric will we need to make 20 bat wraps?
Measurements:  25 cm ( width)  x 120 cm ( length) for each wrap

Below you will see the work students completed in order to solve this problem. It was amazing to watch everyone dig in and work as a group to find the answer.

We will need 5m of fabric to make our bat wraps. The next step will be to determine the price of the fabric.

Working together to determine the amount of fabric needed.

Bat Wrap Model