Mixing Colours Centres

We used primary colours in our centres to create secondary colours. At the centres, we only got red, yellow and blue to create new colours.  Each centre had different materials to experiment with such as coloured water, Mr. Sketch Markers, paint, shaving cream, flashlights and transparent materials on light tables. For one of the centres, we used black Mr. Sketch markers on coffee filters then we sprayed water on it to uncover some of the other colours used to make black. We saw blue, red, orange, and brown, purple and pink when the black was gone.

Writing our Colour Stories

In our class, we read a story called "Red is Best". We decided on our favourite colour and began writing our own Red is Best story. It is a pattern story to help students develop their sentence structure and remember sight words and colour words that were used in their story. Each students story is unique to them.

For example,

I like my grey sneakers the best.
My mom says, "Wear your blue sneakers
But my grey sneakers make me run faster.
I like my geeky sneakers the best.

By Zander

I like my Red is best story because it is funny. ~Faye

Confederation Park Community Walk

On Friday October 4, we had our first community walk to Confederation Park. The students observed many patterns on the way to the park and were engaged in sketching and painting from their observations of the park. The best part of the walk was building with leaves. Students built leaf piles, buried each other, jumped in them and threw them in the air like confetti. It was a beautiful sight to see! Students became one with nature.