Dear Classroom Visitors,

Welcome to our classroom. (Maikah) I hope you have a fun visit. (Shyla) Can you please play "Horse Race" with us? (Vy) I'd love to play it with you. (Harmony) Please come and read "Press Here" with me. (Austin) I can't wait to show you all the work we do. (Kevin) I will show our calendar and how many days we've been at school. (Tyrell) I want to show you all the books we've made. (Micheal) Have you met our classroom pet? Mustaffa would love to meet you. (Sophia) Don't forget to check out our Blog and and add to how many people have visited us. (Jordan) Come and play a game on our SMART board. (L.J.) Can't wait to see you in the classroom soon. (Noah)


We wrote this together this afternoon to welcome the visitors to our classroom. We are excited to share our learning with those that are the most special to us.

See you soon,

Room 12

Art and Haiku

Here it is! Finally! We finished our art. It is looks beautiful. The students are so proud. I took them out into the hall and we sat and looked at our art work we just yelled out words that it made us think of or feel. We came up with many. We took the word into the room and made a Haiku together. We learnt that a Haiku is a poem that follows a specific pattern. It is a three line poem. The first line has 5 syllables, the second has 7 syllables, and the third has 5 syllables. The students caught on right away. We tried words and sentences and if they didn't work we tried again.

 Our first attempt was:

 Creepy Haunted Forest 

 I like spider trees 

 The sun goes down. Dark! Spooky! 

 Ghosts come out at night! 

 Our Second attempt was: 

 Sundown 

I like spider trees 

Stars come out when ghosts come out 

I like spooky trees 

We broke off into small groups. Each group lead by an adult created their own Haiku.

Group One: Anun, Harmony, Shyla, L.J., Micheal, Jaiden created: 

Spooky trees at dusk 

Ghosts are scary in the night 

I like vampires 

Group Two: Jordan, Maikah, Enzo, Tyrell, Sophia created: 

Slender man no face 

He lives in a dark forest 

He scares all the kids 

Group Three: Vy, Kevin, Noah, Nevaeh created: 

I love ghost branches 

Spider-webs in the sunset 

A monster's here. Boo! 

After all this practise we made our own. They turned out great! Come and check them out on our bulletin board.

Busy Busy Busy!

It has been a very busy month in room 12. Just after we finished celebrating Thanksgiving I went to a week long conference in Dallas. I came back with so many great Math ideas that we have already been trying out over the past few weeks.

As soon as I got back we started working with our TIA artist Jeanine to create a Metis beaded vest. We learned about all the different types of beading that the First Nation people did a long time ago and still do today. It was a wonderful experience. The students loved listening to the music, the stories, and seeing all the beautiful artifacts. Their vests were fantastic. They had to draw and decorate the vest telling their life story using the flowery Metis style of design.

Halloween was right around the corner. We had a blast dressing up in our costumes and parading in the gym. Thank you to all the parents who brought in yummy treats to share. We had so much fun! We even managed to start a really creepy art project.

Details on this project and our poetry to go with it are coming soon!