Kahoot it!

This week students in Grades 2-4 are having a friendly competition playing Kahoot!  We are seeing who can remember the main ideas and events in the Surrey Schools' Picture Book of the Year nominated titles.  The game is played with iPads and students try to answer the questions as quickly and as accurately as possible.  This game is lots of fun and is a great tool to review concepts.

The Promise

This week we are enjoying reading "The Promise" by Nicola Davies. It is nominated for the Surrey Schools' Picture Book of the Year award. Have you ever planted a seed or grown something? I love plants and flowers and have created a windowsill garden where students will be able to watch plants grow. We have avocado seeds, a sweet potato, a pineapple top, and the cut off bottoms from celery and romaine lettuce. We've talked about the plants needing water and sunlight and look forward to watching the changes over the next few weeks! Here's a picture of the garden on the first day.

Update: April 11th

Update:  April 22nd, Earth Day

Here's what's still growing:  Celery is getting very leafy, carrots are growing taller leaves, avocados are starting to crack on the top, and sweet potato has tiny shoots starting on top.  Stay tuned!

Update: May 2nd

So after waiting patiently for a month, we can now see the leaves sprouting on the sweet potato!  So exciting!

Update: May 9th

Wow!  Look at the growth since last week!  We are still waiting for roots but the leaves are doing well.  

Update: May 16th

The sweet potato continues to grow well.  Still no sign of roots.  I've been talking to students and we are thinking that maybe it needs soil.  We may plant it in a pot soon.

Mogie, the Heart of the House

This week we are reading Mogie, the Heart of the House, by Kathi Appelt, illustrated by Marc Rosenthal.  It is one of the nominees for the Surrey Schools' Picture Book of the Year. Students enjoyed drawing their own pictures of Mogie and building a special house out of Lego.

Students are welcome to come in and check out our collection of dog books and
enjoy a few of the dog jokes on the book display!

Can you spot the Lego dog?  How about the tree house?

Can you imagine sitting by the warm fire?  And check out that swimming pool!

Shh! We Have a Plan

Students loved creating their own paper collage characters and birds after reading Shh! We Have a Plan, by Chris Haughton. Other students created a scene from the story on the Draw and Tell app on the iPad. This is one of the nominated books for the Surrey Schools' Picture Book of the Year. 

Surrey Schools' Picture Book of the Year

Surrey Schools' Picture Book of the Year 2014

This was the favourite among the students at Katzie and is the winner of the Surrey Schools' Picture Book of the Year for 2014.  Students enjoyed reading all ten nominees and we look forward to next year's books.

Students have been anxiously waiting to hear the winner and here it is! Dangerously Ever After is the winning book with 2831 votes!!