Wednesday, 28 January 2015

Learning from the experts


Dear Mom and Dad:

We had Mrs. Southworth come and talk to our triad about living in the north of Canada. When she was five years old she competed in dog sledding competitions! She shared with us how she has 35 dogs. She also shared some stories with us that were amazing! Ask me to tell you about the polar bear stories.

We then went to the learning commons to observe the fish and meet with a trout expert! Our very own, Mrs. Low! She is very knowledgeable about the trout and was able to answer all of our questions and wonders. Ask me to tell you some things I learned about alevin. (This is the stage in the life cycle that our trout are in).  

We read a non-fiction book about polar bears and answered some questions that we came up with such as: Where do they live? What do they eat? What happens to them through the seasons? Interesting facts.

Mrs. Ly and Ms. Deobald’s class had music today. We continued with Mission Impossible today in gym with Mr. McDougal.

Question of the day: We learned many interesting facts today about polar bears, dog sledding, the arctic, and trout! Post on the blog some facts I learned.

Love,
The Rainbow Triad

Housekeeping:

There is no school this Friday because of PD day.

Words of the week!

Grade 1: help, here, jump, little, look

Grade 2: don't, fast, found, gave, goes

Please go over these words with me. I should be able to find these words in books and the environment and spell the words as well.


Dear Cranston Parents/Guardians 
The question of whether Tobogganing/sledding is permitted on school grounds (CBE property) has been circulating lately with differing opinions and interpretations.
After contacting Risk Management, we now have confirmation thatTobogganing/sledding is on the list of “Prohibited Activities on CBE Property”.
In view of this, we respectfully ask for your cooperation in adhering to this safety policy.  Thanks.
Please direct all questions to the school’s administration.



18 comments:

  1. Nathan C. learned that mother polar bears don't eat while nursing their babies. Also, polar bears most often have twin cubs.

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  2. Paige says - Polar Bears eat seals but if they can't find seals they will eat humpback whales or walruses.
    Polar Bears and Pengiuns are not friends because polar bears live on the top of the universe and Pengiuns live on the bottom

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  3. Tori: There is polar bears in the artic and that they share their food with the foxes. The speaker today about dog sledding said she couldn't have baths because her dad was using the bathtub to make a dog sled. They had to use the shower downstairs. Trout do not swim while in the yoke sack - they just slide.

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  4. Jack S:
    Polar Bears: The polar bear only eats the seals skin and fat and leaves the rest for the arctic fox.
    Dogsledding: On the sled there is a brake in case they have to stop.
    The Arctic: Polar bears sleep under the water.
    The trout: Our trout don't have any fins yet.

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  5. Lincoln said that when polar bears are first born they weigh 1 pound, and that alevin's yolk sacks get smaller as they grow.

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  6. Taylor says
    Polar bears fur is clear and they have black skin, so they aren't really white. They eat seals and share their food with arctic foxes.

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  7. Husky's are the dogs that pull a sled, they use them Instead of cars. I also learned that polar bears eat fish and seals. It is much darker in the artic right now than it is here.

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  8. riley says trout eggs are clear, polar bear has black skin and clear fur.

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  9. Anya learned that trout can't swim when they are alevin. But they can swim when they're frys

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  10. A trout can be a hammer head one.A polar bear has white fur.dogs are strong and they pull sledges .

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  11. Koen learnt that polar bears like to eat seals, and huskeys like to eat fish.

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  12. Nathan. T. learned that polar bears love to eat seals and that they are really good swimmers

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  13. Polar bears swim very well. Their fur is actually brown but the sun makes reflects off of it and makes it look white. When walruses catch seal they only eat the skin and they leave the meet for arctic Wolves. Polar bears weigh as much as a small car, when they are a baby they weigh a pound - Sadie

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  14. When they are frye they will let them go in the big tank, that fills up so they will float, when they are sle in they don't float.

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  15. Aaron says- polar bears live in the artic. They eat the skin and fat of the seal and leave the rest for the artic fox. Penguins and polar bears are not friends. Artic is a place where it's really cold . It's on the top part of the earth. The polar bears dens there are warm!
    The dogs in the north eat only fish. Dog sledding is done by 3 or as many as 15 dogs.
    Trout- we saw the eggs hatch into alevin and later they will become trouts.

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  16. The alevin do not turn into fry for a very long time.
    Polar bears are the biggest bears in the world.

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  17. I learned that polar bears are the biggest bears in the world
    And I also learned that when trout fish are alevin they slide on their yolk sack.
    ~~ ..** Daneen **..~~

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  18. Jeanne learned polar bears are the biggest bears in the world and their skin is black and fur is clear! Baby polar bear weighs only a cup of water and adult bear weighs like a small car! Sledding dogs eat fish only. Wow!

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