Miss+Haire

= Miss Haire = Hello! My name is Miss Haire and I am in my third year at the University of Regina. I am very excited to be working with the grade 5/6 class at Wascana. I have been working very hard on our SURVIVAL unit, and I really hope that our students have fun and learn a lot!

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WOW! Our //last// day! I can't believe how fast these past three weeks have gone! Today most of us finished up our 3D islands and they look really good! You should be proud of all of the work that you have put into this unit. Looking back at what we have accomplished during these three weeks, I can confidently say that you are all SURVIVORS! Great work 5s and 6s!
 * Friday, March 26, 2010**

We have finished our letters! Can you believe that we only have one more lesson together?! Time has flown by wayyyyy too fast, if you ask me! I want to thank you for your effort today - the class worked very well and very hard on their letters today.
 * Thursday, March 25, 2010**

Today we started our //final evaluation//. We are each writing an independent letter to **Fred and Ted**, two characters in a book that we have read several times throughout the unit. In our letter we are making suggestions as to how **Fred and Ted** can have a more successful camping trip. I am very excited to read your letters!
 * Wednesday, March 24, 2010**

We finished developing the climate of our islands. I love the creativity that you put into this assignment! Some islands have apes as transportation and tree houses as their shelter, other islands have geologists and ice cream snowball fights. Thank you for putting your heads together and working together as a group!
 * Tuesday, March 23, 2010**

Today we continued on with our 3D islands. All of the groups worked very well together again today! One group member from each tribe was able to go outside and collect things for their islands. They came back with pine needles, pine cones flowers, grass, twigs, rocks, etc... The islands are really starting to look great! Since we have been working so well and so hard on these, our last art period on Friday will be used to complete these. I can't wait to see the final product!
 * Monday, March 22, 2010**

I was very impressed with everyone's behavior today! As promised, on Monday we will be going outside to collect things to use for our 3D islands! For those of you who are not in our class, today in art class we took our drawings of our islands and turned them into 3D representations! We built pyramids, mountains, rivers, waterfalls, rainbows, etc... They look great so far, I am very excited to see the final products! Great job everyone! :)
 * Friday, March 19, 2010**

To parallel Miss Smith's weather unit, we looked at weather today, and how it affects our every day lives. We decided that it affects what food we eat, what clothing we wear, safety precautions on our vehicles (ie: windshield wipers and winter tires), etc... We created a large brainstorming web, and then we started developing our own climate for our islands. We will continue working on this next week!
 * Thursday, March 18, 2010**

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!! ** It was nice to see everyone decked out in their green clothes today! You all looked great! We had a great review period of the Canadian regions to start off our social lesson today. We discussed where people from other countries would probably move to if they were moving to Canada. We decided that someone who is a lumberjack would probably move to the Canadian Shield because there are a lot of trees there so there should be a lot of lumberjack jobs. We also decided that someone who is a fisherman would move to the Appalachian, the Cordillera, or the North, depending on what type of fisherman they are. After our discussion, we read __Fred and Ted go Camping__ again and made up our own notes to help Fred and Ted have a more successful camping trip. Next week we will be using these notes to write Fred and Ted a letter! I can't believe that we have been in the classroom for a week and a half already!! We are half way done our pre-internship! Where has the time gone?
 * Wednesday, March 17, 2010

We //finally// finished looking at the Canadian regions! We looked at the Cordillera, the North, the St. Lawrence Lowlands, the Appalachian, the Interior Plains and the Canadian Shield. Working in our tribal groups, we had to look through some non-fiction books to figure out what the climate is like in these regions, what resources are available, what the land looks like, and what cities are in these regions. It was a lot of work, but now we know a lot more about Canada than we did when we first started!
 * Tuesday, March 16, 2010**

We finished our masks today and they look //great//! All of the tribes worked hard to brainstorm a trait that all of their masks share. This way we can tell who is from what tribe! Check out our Tribal Masks page to see some of the pictures.
 * Monday, March 15, 2010**

Today we started to make our tribal masks! It was really messy, but it was A LOT of fun! We put vaseline on our faces and then put a cast-like material on our face to create our masks! Our classroom was a //disaster// after wards, but we all did a great job cleaning up. Our masks will be drying over the weekend, and then on Monday we will get to paint them! If you have any of the casting residue on your clothes, it will come out in the washing machine. Just wash your clothes like you usually do and it will all come out! I hope everyone has a great weekend and we will see you on Monday!
 * Thursday, March 11, 2010**

Today we worked in our tribal groups to research information about the different regions of Canada. These regions are: //the Cordillera, the Canadian Shield, the Innutian, the St. Lawrence Lowlands, the Appalachian, and the Interior Plains//. We are looking at their climates, their resources, their landforms, and the cities that are within those regions. We will be working on this activity over the next couple of classes using the computers and library books. Exciting!
 * Wednesday, March 10, 2010**

Today we began to look at what natural resources are. We read a Dr. Seuss book and realized that there are a lot of different natural resources out there! We identified that Canada has a lot of natural resources as well, and tomorrow we will be looking at the different regions of Canada and the natural resources that they have to offer!
 * Tuesday, March 9, 2010**

I am so sad that I wasn't able to be there today to help kick off our SURVIVAL unit! I woke up with tonsilitis this weekend and had to stay home until I felt better. I will be there tomorrow, though! I am excited to be working with you again! See you soon! - Miss Haire
 * Monday, March 8, 2010**