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Last Day of School!!

 

Yay Yay Yay Yay Yay Yay Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It’s the last day of school, so it is a good time to think about the year we just had.

:) What did you like about this year? Please give at least 3 examples.

:( What did you not like about this year? Please give at least 3 examples.

What would you like to see next year? Please give at least 3 examples.

 

Your ideal school

Have you written your response in Word?

Have you had your work checked by a teacher?

If you can answer YES to both questions, you are free to post your answer as a comment on Mrs. Hartjes’ blog!

REMEMBER - include the names of ALL of the authors who worked on your response.

Go here to post your comment —-> Your School

While you are there, take some time to read the comments made by Mrs. Hartjes’ students.

Would you like to attend their schools?

Let’s write some comics!

Check out this comic Mrs. Hartjes made about the end of the school year…

You can make a comic, too - it’s easy!

  1. Make your first comic about a scene from Fastbreak Beach
  2. Then, you can make your own comic

It can be about…

  • the end of the school year
  • plans for the summer
  • a problem and its solution
  • whatever you like!

Go here to give it a whirl  –>  makebeliefscomix

Fastback Beach by Shirlee Smith Matheson

Miles - main character

Larry and Spider - Miles friends who ditched him after the crash

Kenny - short for Mackenzie, Miles’ girlfriend

Mom and Jeff - Miles’ mother and her boyfriend

Mrs. Kirkpatrick - Miles’ parole officer

Ned -> Mr. Bernier - the man Miles is working for

Millie -> Mrs. Barnier –> Mrs. B - the woman Miles is working for

Invention at Play

Here is a fun place to learn about inventions. A friend of mine told me about this site over the weekend and I quickly became hooked on the games. My favourite is the one called Tinker Ball.

Questions to answer:

  1. Which is your favourite game from the invention at play website?
  2. Why?
  3. What is your #1 favourite game of all time?
  4. Why?
  • Answer in complete sentences
  • Write in Word with spellcheck first THEN post as a comment

Our Earth’s Water

There are many fascinating things to discover about our earth and its water.

FIRST: Explore!

SECOND: Find and Share

Find 3 neat sites to do with water and/or extreme weather. They can be game sites, information sites, sites with amazing images…whatever you like, as long as they help us learn about water and the water cycle.

Post links to these sites as a comment to this post.

THIRD: Write

  • Choose an image of extreme weather that you find interesting or cool
  • Write a descriptive story to go with the image. Include some water cycle vocabulary and facts in your story.

Post the image and the story to your blog.

Grizzly Bears!

Do a google search for grizzly bears and find out…

…their size.

…what they eat.

…where they live.

…if they are dangerous to humans.

…how many are in Canada.

When you are finished, try to find some information about the book we are reading.

Animation Fun

The NFB website has a lot of neat activities for creating animations.

Check it out….

Start by clicking on FUN STUFF

Once you make an animation, you can explore the rest of the site.

http://nfbkids.ca/index_en.php

 

bears by daisy

image from http://www.hickerphoto.com

The bears live in the forest they like to eat corn leaf. Meat they swing in the river the bears like to play with they moms and I saw them in park safari. His names is cute and Buffy. the bears big  and  fat and  brown  and  white

et maintenant…en francais!

Think about your personal learning goals for French (come see me if you need a reminder!) and go visit these sites to help you achieve them.

Listen and watch

Bonjour.com

French Steps

Learn French Online (with some games)

Talk French