Gingerbread House

The class enjoyed designing, making and decorating a gingerbread house during this last week of school. First they created a model complete with measurements and then voted on their favourite house design. The class chose the "beach house" design. Then we made the dough and baked the gingerbread. Despite measuring the pieces, we didn't get it completely right so the design ended up being "beach house after a hurricane!" The kids enjoyed icing and decorating the house and despite its appearance, it still tasted great!

This past week students began a review of multiplication. They learned a few strategies 

for finding multiplication facts including skip counting and drawing arrays.  In Science, the students learned about the changes that occur when iodine is mixed with various household powders. The class continued with their research on the physical regions of Canada and some of them started designing their Instagram posts. In Art, they participated in a guided drawing activity to create a cardinal. After, they used pastel to colour the cardinal and tree branches and painted the bright blue background 

with a wash of paint. Have a wonderful and relaxing break!