Tuesday, 29 October 2013

Doodle Challenge

During our read aloud times, sometimes the students like something to keep their hands busy while I read aloud to them. Yesterday, we had our first doodle challenge. Our sage judges picked the following three favourites.
Third place by Tori


Second place by Gabe


First Place by Anais

Good Job, everyone who participated! Thank you!
--Miss Leonard



Thursday, 24 October 2013

Fur Trade Guest

Our class was so lucky today! What a great day! Not only was it hot lunch day and casual day and Miss Leonard's "unbirthday". BUT we also had amazing guest speaker!

Miss Roy came to our class this afternoon as a fur trader's wife. She talked to us about everything to do with the fur trade--from Fort St. James to copper kettles. 

We now know all about trapping, hunting, ink pens, china, embroidery, and trade beads.



She told us about tanning hides and wearing corsets.





Thank you sooo much Miss Roy for sharing your knowledge and interests with us!


A Handsome Escort.

Can't stand too close to the dress!

--Miss Leonard




Leaf Collections on Display


Our Leaf Collections have been turned in, graded, and are no displayed in the main entryway of BCA.  The students did a great job and the collections look great! God put so much beautiful variety in nature. I loved looking at all the beautiful colours and shapes of the leaves turned in.
Joseph's leaf collection.

Proud of their projects.


On display. Check out the nice display signs made by members of our class!


Ava's mom checking out our collections after family assembly.

Good job, everyone! 
--Miss Leonard




Wednesday, 23 October 2013

Blast from the Past--Student Blogger--Bethany

My faithful student blogger put her latest blog on my desk with out telling me! It got stuck in the bottom of another pile of papers and was just found today....Oops!
--Miss Leonard

October 18, 2013
This week we finished the book I Am David.  After we finished it, we watched the movie.  While we watched, we ate some snacks like popcorn, salt and vinegar chips, jelly beans, tortilla chips...etc.

During the movie, the door opened.  Somebody with her husband came in.  This person who walked in is awesome, wonderful, great, terrific, and marvelous, plus brilliant.  Her name is MRS. Leonard--Miss Leonard's mom.  If you haven't met her, yet.  You should!

--Bethany

Impromptu Art

Who Loves Window Markers?

We do!




--Miss Leonard

Tuesday, 22 October 2013

Pretend you found a Magical Four-Leaf Clover....

This week our spelling homework said....
" Pretend you found a Magical Four-Leaf Clover.  Write a narrative piece about where you found it, who was with you, and what you wished for and why."


Check out this story by a creative student:

One day I was laying in the grass thinking.  Then, all of the sudden I found this four leaf clover. I picked it. Within half a second, a leprechaun came up from behind a rock and said, "I grant you four wishes. What do you desire?" I thought for a moment about what wishes would really make my life better. Finally I decided. That my first wish  would be: There would be no more stealing in the world. My second would be no more sickness from now on. My third wish was for no abuse of any kind, (not even simple school yard bullying). My final wish would be no lying of any sort. I imagine  this would make the worked a better place. The little green man agreed with me, but alas, he could not carry out my wishes.  He told me only God can do that. So later, I ended up with 1000,000 dollars and a sports car and all sorts of other stuff. : )  But, Hey I tried. --Joey Aho

Good Job, Joey

Friday, 18 October 2013

Name Towers!

We have been working on our "Name Towers" for two art blocks. They look so cool! Still a work in progress, but next time we will be able to mount them on black paper for a great 3-D effect.


This project teaches dimension, 2-D letters, patterns, color combos etc. 


We had a really good time working on these together! They look great, everyone!


--Miss Leonard