2digit x 2digit multiplication

Hey Guys and Gals! Today I am writing a blog post on my two digit by two digit multiplication lesson. The question I was answering for you viewers was 56x43. I used the distributive property. If you heard from the video it says "Take the zeros away, and then multiply the numbers left, then put the zeros back on". We are solving word problems using 2 digit by 2 digit multiplication. It is pretty easy once you get the hang of it.  Hope you enjoy(ed) the video!

By: Cam



Student Led Conference Time

Hi Room 30 readers! We are showing our portfolios today and friday. In our portfoilios we have chosen the hard work that we want to show for term 2. I'm looking forward to be showing my hard work at my conference. Enjoy our video :) By: Michael

Vibrant Birds

Hello blog readers today I will tell you about James Rizzi because we did some James Rizzi art. Ms Wasney made these funky birds with her class and we thought it would be a great idea to do it too. James Rizzi was born in New York and he was 61 years old when he died. James Rizzi made paintings of buildings with funny faces on them. He was also famous for his birds. This is how we made our James Rizzi birds. You make the curved part of the head (very top), then the beak, then the body. When you finished all of the body you can make eyes, nose holes, hair and wings. You want to make the eyes big but not too big. You outline the bird with black pastel. When you go to colour the bird in you wet the watercolour paper with water then put watercolours (vibrant colours) on the page. YOU DO NOT COLOUR THE EYES IN just the pupil. The artwork turns out very good. You can see all of our Vibrant Birds here on Artsonia. Thanks for reading stay tuned for the next blog post.

By: Hunter J      







Picasso Art

On Tuesday we read a book about Pablo Picasso. He was an amazing artist. The art we were going to try was called oil pastel faces and our class couldn’t wait because the next day we were going to start the art. On Wednesday we finally got to start the art what we needed to do was get a paper and we needed to make a half a face (profile) then a half eye a nose and half lips then you would make the other side of the full eye (portrait) and a half lip and connect it to the other side of the lips then you will be able to do it in pastel. Then if you were done doing the outline in black pastel then you would take another color and do one side of the face in that color then you would take another color and put it on the other side of the face and then you could do another color on top of that color and make a cool design on the cheek. But if you did that on the other side of the face you would still have to choose a different color then you could scratch a design on the cheek. This art was so neat!   

5T loves art

By: Felicia

Music Festival.........G O L D!

Hello Room 30 readers, today we went to the Music Festival! The songs we sang were Over the Sea to Skye and The Old Carrion Crow. We sang Over the Sea to Skye first then the Old Carrion Crow after. In the adjudicators review she said we rushed a little bit, but she liked the song and performance overall. There were three places, Gold, Silver and Bronze. Guess what we got…… *GOLD*, when we heard on the bus we got gold we were so amazed, everyone was cheering with astonishment. When we got back to school everyone was asking us how we did and kept repeating it over and over. The whole choir was so proud of what they had accomplished. Thanks Ms Wasney for taping the performance of one of our songs.

-By Cam

The Old Carrion Crow - Music Festival - March 1, 2013 from Krista Wasney on Vimeo.

Forces and Motion Design Projects

Hello room 30 blog readers! This week and last week we started making design projects for forces and motion for science. First we planned it all in our log books, and then we drew what it would look like and labeled it, and write what supplies you will need. When we started building if we made any changes we would record it and then say why because otherwise the next day we might forget it. The criteria in the log book was that you had to create a design that will set a ball in motion without you touching it, change its direction and speed and come to a controlled stop. My designs name was AWESOME! Hunters design was called down the drain Hunters group used a simple machine called a pulley. We really liked designing the project. It was so much fun drawing the final drawing of the design! Don’t change from this website stay tuned for more awesome posts. Enjoy watching the video.

By Melina and Hunter

Caine's Arcade

Ms Wasney reminded me about a video we watched last year featuring a nine year old boy who made an arcade out of cardboard! We have been working hard on our design projects for forces and motion and this seems like perfect timing. Watch and be amazed! This will put a smile on your face. Let your imagination fly. . . . .

Festival du Voyageur Field Trip

Hello Room 30 readers! Today we went to Festival du Voyageur with all the Grade 6 and Grade 5’s. It was so amazing. You wouldn’t believe how cool it was. My favourite part was looking at all the shocking ice sculptures people from all around the world came to make! The first place sculpture was a merry-go-round. Third place sculpture was two people who were cutting down trees! My second favourite part was eating pure Maple syrup that was frozen. We all went on a sleigh ride but before we learned about how Voyageurs traveled. It was a great day!   By Cam

Photo Booth Experience



Awesome bookmarks!

Hey what’s up room 30 blog readers? Yesterday we had a special event with our friends and little buddies. The photo booth was for I love to read month.  We posed with our little buddies. First we pointed at our eyes, and then we made a heart with your fingers, then we put up two fingers and finally we held up our books. The next day we got to go to the photo booth again but this time with our friends in grade 5. You could be with 2-4 people so I went with Hunter. The photo booth belonged to Ms. Wasney’s sister Leah. It was awesome we got our own personal bookmarks!!! Thanks to Leah for giving us these awesome gifts!   By Braden

Curling!

Hello blog readers! today I would like to give a special thank-you to Mrs. Rand and Mr. Hargreaves, for making a curling rink in the school yard. Luckily it was on the k-3 side not our side. Mr. Hargreaves and Mrs. Rand made and flooded the ice, and then Mrs. Rand painted the rings on the ice. After all that hard work it was ready to curl on. So far I think all the classes went curling. I am not positive on the kindergartners. Our class has gone about 4 to 5 times.  The hard part about curling is you don’t know how hard to throw the rock. There is an interesting thing about curling it relates to our science about forces and motion .You need a lot of force to throw the rock.  
By Hunter