Starting the Week off JUST RIGHT - daily quotes, jokes, puns, and a weekly poem
Quote of the Day
As part of your daily reading and oral communication, select a quote for the given day...
  • read it out loud to a friend or family member in person, on the telephone, or via technology
  • write the message or meaning in the quote
  • write a short passage or story that includes this quote as its theme or a line that is used in the story... don't forget to reference the use of this quote...

Try your hand at writing your own quote.
Joke of the Day and/or Week
As part of your daily reading and oral communication select a quote,  joke, and a for the day...
  • read it out loud to a friend or family member in person, on the telephone or via technology
  • write the message or meaning


Pun of the Day and/or Week
What in your opinion, is the meaning of the pun highlighted above?
Try your hand at writing your own quote, joke and/or pun ...

Poem of the Week
Use the link above to answer the following questions:
1.In your own words, explain what this poem is about.
2.Do you think this is a good title for the poem? Explain your answer.
3.Draw an illustration for this poem.
Experiential Learning
Learn from what you do ... below are a variety of experiential or hands-on learning opportunities ... pick a fun activity to do each day or each week...
Week 1 - The World Wars


Week 2 - The Poppy Story



In Flander's Fields
Create a written, oral, or pictorial biography about John McCrae. Share it with a family member.
Draw a picture of one of the lines in the poem that has a special meaning for you.


Week 3 - Classification of Animals
Why do you think taxonomy is so important to living things?
How does it up humans to know this information?
Mammals - Bats and Humans

Taxonomy - Bats and Humans
Look at the taxonomy of humans and that of bats... what similarities do you notice?
Pick you own animal and create the taxonomy for it.


Week 3  - All About Bats
Can you guess how many types of bats there are in the world? Do you think this number if close to 10, 100, 1 000, 10 000 or 100 000?
Mammals - a comparison  between Humans an Bats
Did you know that like people, bats are mammals too... In fact, there are several similarities in the anatomy of bats that are similar to that of humans... study the diagram above and see if you can spot some of the similarities...
What do you think about the information presented above - is it believable? Do you agree or disagree with these comparisons?
Fall Activities
Inspirational People
Francis Pegahmagabow - Sniper extraordinaire
Francis Pegahmagabow was awarded the Military Medal with two bars, and fought for almost the whole of the First World War.
Assignment 1 -  Letter to a soldier
The men and women of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) have demonstrated time and again that they will rise to any challenge. Let your Canadian Armed Forces members know you appreciate their service by sending a message using this monitored message board.



Assignment 2 - Tomb of the unknown soldier

Create a info board or pamphlet about the significance of the tomb of the unknown soldier
In the Spelling section found in Language Arts , there are links for spelling words for K to grade 7,  as well as strategies and activities for learning new words... or simply click on the link below ...
Try creating your own list of grade appropriate words on or about water ... some of your words might include:
  1. Remembrance
  2. poppies
  3. peace
  4. soldier
  5. veteran
  6. war
  7. military
  8. government
  9. weapons
  10. freedom
Activity 1 - Estimating Poppies
Estimate the number of poppies in this field... describe what strategies you used to find your answer.

Activity 2 - Cartesian Graphs
All About Poppies


Life Cycle of a Poppy?
The diagrams above, each show the life cycle of a poppy... using the information you learned about life cycles of plants in October complete one of the life cycle charts shown above.
Do you prefer one diagram over the other? Explain your answer.


Life Cycle of a Bat
Watch the video below and use the information to complete the life cycle of a bat diagram shown above. You can create your own too, if you wish.



Bill Nye - The Science Guy
Videos and activities for a number of science strands and topics



Life Systems
Come along and visit the animals and learn all about classification, habitats, lifestyles with the staff via ZOO to YOU
In Social Studies, check out the links to different content areas
Government of Canada


Map of Canada
Turtle Island - the story behind the creation of North America
Canada - Wars and Operations
Health and Well-being