

Le Coin Calme
I am really happy to introduce a new area in the classroom. It is a corner designed to help use calming strategies. A quote from the...


Valentine's Day Bags and Cursive Writing
We learned how to write our name in cursive! The students were proud of the achievement yesterday. We showed off our new skill on bags...


Garden Part 3
We transplanted our seedlings today. Here are the pictures.


Dream Gardens in Hearts
Today the students decorated our classroom windows by drawing dream gardens in hearts. Here are some pictures.


Life Cycle of a Tree
Today at nature class, each team of students selected a tree at the park. They then mimed the life cycle of their tree, which included...


"Le Jardinier de la nuit" by Terry and Eric Fan
We read today "Le Jardinier de la nuit" by Terry and Eric Fan. In this book, a mysterious gardener transforms the trees all over town in...


Garden Part 2
Our rainbow chard and lettuce has sprouted. We made our first observations in our "Petits Pouces Verts" journal. We are excited for the...


Garden Part 1
Today we planted seeds for our classroom garden. We planted a red and green lettuce blend, rainbow chard, hummingbird nasturtiums, and...


Ma petite étoile de Nick Bland
In Ma petite étoile by Nick Bland, Pauline Pasketti finds a friend in a little star fallen from the sky. Sitting on the rooftop, they...


How Many Trees are in Palliser Heights' Schoolyard?: Part 2
Today we tried a different strategy to count the trees. We used bright trail tape to mark every ten trees in the schoolyard. After...