The grade 1 students have been exploring more of the Montessori Second Great Lesson. We learned about fossils and actually became paleontologists as we used tools to find some shell fossils. Check out the photos below!

Next in our Great Lesson we explored the next part in the story of how life comes to earth. I'll give you a hint..."This animal had a long body, but no legs. Its skin was hard and scaly. It swam around the ocean easily because it had little flaps that helped it to steer and turn and stop. Now these flaps are called fins. The animal could breathe underwater through another set of flaps called gills..." What is it?

Well, this animal was the earth's first fish!

And guess what we now have as our new classroom pet? A male rose petal betta fish and we named him Marshmallow!

We created lists in our writing journal about what a fish needs to survive. We discussed the difference between wants and needs. Some of the things we came up with were:

- water

- habitat (or home or shelter)

- food

- care

- oxygen (or air)

Upcoming Dates:

• November 22 - November 28- Book Fair (order through the link below) https://virtualbookfairs.scholastic.ca/pages/5163640
• November 30 - Hand in your child's Move-ember movement minutes

• December 2 – Holiday Character Day 

• December 16 – Ugly Sweater Day 

• December 17 – PJ Day – Last day of classes before the break