Hour of Code is AWESOME!

Today our class participated in Hour of Code and it was a HUGE success! Students felt so proud when they made computers do what they told them to do!  Here are some quotes from the students!

I like that you can learn how to problem solve!  - Grace

Wesley – I love Hour of Code because we make our own levels and have fun. I also like that we can use iPhones, tablets, or computers!

I like Hour of Code because I get to problem solve and practice problem solving so I can get better at it! Geri

Minecraft was hard but it was fun at the end! It took a long time to learn! Reign

I love that it’s fun and educational! - Ryland

Because it’s fun! - Dylan

I like Hour of Code because it teaches you how a computer’s mind works! Keep calm and play Hour of Code! - Kayleigh

I like coding because I am getting better with computers! - Leland

I like Hour of Code because I get to do Minecraft and it’s really fun! - Brooklyn

It helps your brain learn more about computers! - Sara

I like Hour of Code because it’s easy and fun! Nolan

It’s fun! - Sara

Some games are hard but it’s really fun! - Teagan

I like to play because you get to play lots of fun games! - Eric

I like that it’s fun! - Eric

I like that when you play Minecraft, it gets harder every time! - Claudia

I like that you can build your own games! - Mathew

It’s just awesome! - Caleb

It helps you problem solve! - Aidan

It’s fun! - Layla

It helps you learn to code! - Kaden

Word Clouds - What a Great Way to Share Our Ideas!

Manitoba

Northwest Territories

Quebec

British Columbia

Prince Edward Island

Ontario

New Brunswick

Alberta 

Nunavut

Nova Scotia

Yukon

Saskatchewan

Newfoundland and Labrador

Panoramic Watercolours of Canada

Life in Churchill with Polar Bears - What is it like?

Look at all the polar bears!

Recently our class, Room 4, got a chance to see Polar Bears LIVE from Churchill! Have you ever had an experience in Churchill? Burrr! It is cold near those polar bears which live right on the coast of Hudson Bay. We had a chance to ask the scientists a few questions about polar bears, and so did other schools from across the world. Here are some of the fun facts we learned about polar bears.

·        They can be as tall as 4 metres when they stand on two feet.

·        A baby polar bear can be 600 – 700 grams – similar to the size of a cat.

·       Polar Bears have very sensitive pads on their feet. They also excrete a scent that other bears can “pick up”.

·       There is evidence that a polar bear could swim up to 9 days straight.

·       Polar bears have black skin under all of their white fluffy fur.

·       When they get smelly, they smell like wet dogs.

·       60% of polar bears live in Canada and Churchill is known as the “Polar Bear Capital of the World”

·       The population of polar bears is higher than the population of people in Churchill.

·       Polar bears eat ring seals.

·       The reason they get so big from their mother’s milk is because it is 30 % fat compared to humans which is only 4%.

·       They have a big truck to look at the polar bears called a Tundra Buggy.

·       Male polar bears are bigger than female polar bears.

·       Other animals that live in the Arctic tundra are caribou, arctic fox, seals, walruses, fish and beluga whales.

·       They cannot stay in the heat, - that is why they live in the arctic where it has a cooler climate.

·       The land is very hard and snowy.

·       There is very little grass or vegetation.

These are just a few of the facts we have learned.  We still have quite a few questions about polar bears so we will be emailing them at questions@pbears.org  If you have questions, you can email them too!

In the meantime, enjoy our polar bear artwork!

From Room 4        

Remembrance Day

Hands On, Off Site Learning

TRANSCONA MUSEUM

Today we went to the Transcona Museum. At the Transcona Museum we saw old stuff, stuff that is priceless so. . . like old tools that people used in the past. And they told us about 1000 years ago first people dug underground to find stuff to help people. We read a book called Mauwhaha Speaks to the Loon (that’s the name of the book or something like that). IN the book, the character was the best hunter in the world. Then one day he got too much attention, then he stopped hunting. That’s all I remember from the story  BYE JJJJJ!!

BY: Caleb. M. W.

An Annual Tradition - Pumpkin Math!

Here are some pictures and explanations about our pumpkin measuring and carving from the students themselves!

***Thank you SO much to our amazing volunteers! Without you, this project would not be such a success!!***

Here are some memories from the students.

Carving Pumpkins

Pumpkins, aren’t they ooey gooey and delicious!!! Today we scooped out all the guts out of a pumpkin. Mrs. Steinhoff got a lot of high school students and adults to help us with the scooping out!!! Our class wrote a letter to the Safeway manager to ask if we could get some pumpkins and we got some! There were six pumpkins so we had to get split into groups. We also counted seeds, and after everybody counted all the seeds, recorded them, and dumped them into a big bowl we counted up all the recorded numbers!

And the total was…2739 seeds out of six pumpkins!!!

by Brooklyn

Off to Get the Pumpkins!

For the past few years, I have gotten pumpkins to carve with the students.  This tradition is a great way to incorporate so many different curricula into one amazingly fun activity! Here is the letter we wrote to ask donations!

Thursday, October 22^nd, 2015

Dear Kildare Safeway Manager,

We are grade 4/5 students from Room 4 at Radisson School. You may know that this class has a special tradition with pumpkins. Every year, Mrs. Steinhoff likes to carve pumpkins with her students around Halloween and she often asks you, the manager at Safeway, to please donate them. But this time, WE, the students are asking you! After looking at pictures on our classroom blog (room4learninglounge.blogspot.ca) and seeing students of the past participate in this awesome activity, we knew we wanted to be part of this special tradition too! We would love if you would be kind enough to donate 8 pumpkins to our class for us to carve for this educational event. These pumpkins will be turned into jack-o-lanterns and will be displayed at our annual Operation Halloween, where students go through a “haunted” gymnasium to have fun, be active and get in the Halloween spirit!

Things we will learn by participating in this activity include:

·        art

·        math – estimating, counting, measuring, problem solving

·        science – making observations

·        group work – getting along with others

·        writing – like this letter!

·        reading – looking and learning about pumpkins

Ways we will have fun include:

·        sticking our hand in ooey-gooey pumpkin guts (yum!)

·        seeing everyone else’s pumpkins and sharing them with the school

Above all else, we will practice our school motto – We Care,  Share and Play Fair!

Thank you so much for your anticipated support,

The Students of Room 4 from Radisson School

P.S. Happy Halloween

P.P.S. BOO!

Stay tuned for some fantastic pumpkin pictures next week! 

In the meantime, please enjoy our Spooky Symmetry Halloween Art!

Federal Election - Who will win in our riding?

Today is the Federal Election. Over the past two weeks, along with Room 7 and 1, we got to meet 3 of the candidates for our area. They were Lawrence Toet (Progressive Conservative) , Andrea Richardson-Lipon (Liberal), and Daniel Blaikie (NDP).  We did not meet the Green Party candidate, Kim Parke but we did visit her website and talked about their platform as well.  We also got to visit the polling station which is in our school gymnasium today.  We are looking forward to seeing our student vote results and the actual results of the election tomorrow! 

We will keep you posted!

From, Room 4 

Update: Just like the actual election, the students of Radisson School elected Daniel Blaikie! Congratulations Mr. Blaikie and best of luck to you!