Tell me what you love about your friend…

All the little statements written around each student are some of the reasons their friends said they love them. We’ll do this once again, at the end of our unit, to see if we could add more. I am certain there are more reasons, and during the unit, we will have the opportunity to develop […]

Robert Munsch wrote back!

Students participating in Acadecap educational activities

We are very excited to announce that Robert Munsch wrote back to Ruben! “​Hi Ruben: Thanks for writing and for reading my books. You asked if I like to do other things besides writing. I used to love to go hiking and cycling but now my health does not allow it.  I love to read […]

Conflict Resolution

Students participating in educational workshops and activities

Last week, in English class, the students talked about conflict among friends. They thought about the types of problems that could come up and possible solutions to the problems. Thanks, Mme Katie! Often times, students will repeat some of this in French with me. Having talked about it in English helps. Like this post? Check […]

Science Fair

Really proud of my students and the wonderful job they did for their science fair project. When Lucie, the judge, visited their project, they were able to answer all her questions and share what they had done and what they had learned. I’m very impressed with their ability to recall all the facts and information […]

Reflections in our Journal

We are just about to wrap up our unit about living things and at the end of each unit (as well as throughout), we reflect on our learning. Today, we used our journals to document our reflections. The students were asked to take a few moments to think about what we did throughout the unit […]

What Do I See? (and hear, and feel!)

I am always telling the students to “show me” their stories when they write not “tell me.” This was put to the test today when students had to use their senses to write down what they observed around the school. They used their jot note skills to record all the events they saw, heard, as […]

STEM

During our STEM period yesterday, we put on our engineering hats and listened to a story about the Brooklyn Bridge. It was the story of a little girl who was so excited to walk on the bridge after it was built. She watched as it was being built and finally, when it was ready, she […]

Curiosity leads to…

This mini lesson about fractions is not part of the usual term 1 JK math curriculum. A few other steps come before we begin learning about fractions. However…one of these little guys was quite interested in the fraction circles and wanted to learn about them, so why not. Fractions can be found everywhere and so […]

Art Exhibition 2016

Our art teacher, Mme Hajar, and her students have worked really hard this year creating fabulous pieces of art. What better way to celebrate their accomplishments than by displaying their masterpieces for everyone to see! Our art exhibition will take place on June 8th, 9th, and 10th. Parents and friends of the AcadeCap community can […]

Life Cycles

Students are learning about Life Cycles in this unit. We are building our understanding of life cycles, and as we do this we add to the board. We are doing this in both English and French! So far we have looked at the life cycles of the bee, butterfly and frog. Students are having fun […]