This is a common North American expression that transfers the idea of digesting food in the stomach to mulling things over in the brain. It’s when something stimulates us to think and provides us with intellectual nourishment. Every Friday shortly before the class is dismissed for recess, Division 2 enjoys their snack together while I share some “food for [...]

We’ve learned a number of things about our fellow bloggers who have posted random facts about themselves. Not only are these enjoying to read, but they offer great opportunities to connect with other people. But why random? It all centers on learning how to protect our privacy. Identifying and sharing information that is not too personal in [...]

The results are in! Thank you to everyone who participated in our survey of super powers. Altogether, data was collected from 93 people and in the end shape-shifting has proven to be the most desirable one. It was very interesting to see the results unfold as shape-shifting took a sizeable lead early on, but in the last [...]

Our time spent practicing Internet “savviness” and our unwavering attempts to write thoughtful and meaningful comments on blogs around the world have paid off! Our student blogs are emerging. Just like a pilot makes necessary adjustments while  taxiing towards the beginning of the runway, you are fine tuning and adjusting the look and feel of your [...]

Guest post by Hannan and Shania Inspired by Peter Vegas’  Little Book of Stickmen, our class has been working hard drawing stickmen for art class. Yes, that’s right … stickmen. Sounds simple, doesn’t it? When our teacher, Mrs Braidwood, asked us to look at life from the perspective of a stickman, we thought “What an easy job!” Well, [...]

Our class is hungry for data! We have been collecting all sorts of it within our class and more recently from other classes within our school. We’ve learned all sorts of things about each other as well as how to infer conclusions from the data set. Now, we’re interested in collecting data on a much [...]

In the first few weeks of school, our class set about deciding how we would develop a positive learning environment and classroom community. Using Flickr photographs, we brainstormed ideas about how these images could represent what we collectively wanted to see in the classroom (thank you Mrs. Smith for the wonderful idea). For example, some suggestions [...]

Well, we’re off and running! Now, we know this isn’t a race, but at times this past week we couldn’t help but feel like we were all waiting eagerly at the start line for the signal to shoot out of the start blocks and be on our way. Our wait is over. Equipped with all that we have learned about how to [...]