Happy Canada Day to our beautiful country!
We spent the last two weeks of school (YES! I'm on summer vacay now!) learning about the symbols of Canada.
Here's a peak at some of the fun stuff we did.
We went for a walk around our school and the kids collected rocks. I said no more than 10 but some of them had their pockets bulging with 20 or more rocks. Haha!
They had a blast building these. It took some time and patience, but not too much :) and everyone was very successful. In years past I've had them glue the rocks together with white craft glue but this year I didn't bother. They took their rocks home and hopefully rebuilt their inukshuks.
These beavers crack me up! BTW, they did these completely independently while I was doing assessments.
After singing a gazillion different versions of "O Canada" (okay, six) and reading/discussing these books, I put the kids in pairs and give them each a phrase from our anthem. Their job is to illustrate the words. They always rise to the challenge and do an amazing job!
Click on this image to grab the whole pack.
This is a sample of what you'll find. There are also links to YouTube videos that I found useful, a map, a copy of the anthem, a few simple writing pages and more.
Happy Canada Day!
This is Great Barb and the kids did an awesome job of their pictures on the National Anthem lines.
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Thank you so much for sharing your hard work....so important for Canadian children to have some knowledge of their country.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing your hard work....so important for Canadian children to have some knowledge of their country.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had a great last few days at school! What great ideas you have! I'll be sure to remember them for next year. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteRenee
Mrs. Mathis’ Homeroom
Hi Barb. Hooray! Glad you are on break now! :-)
ReplyDeleteEnjoy it!
Crystal
Teaching Little Miracles
Happy Canada Day and happy summer!
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Forever in First
The kids did a wonderful job with their rocks. Yay for fun activities that keeps them busy while we have to assess! Enjoy your summer!
ReplyDeleteLori
Conversations in Literacy
I love the idea of illustrating the national anthem! That would be a very fun activity (and goes great with the SS curriculum!)
ReplyDeleteAmanda
First Grade Garden
The inukshuks are cool. I know the Canadian anthem because I watch too much hockey! haha Illustrating the anthem is a great idea! I hope you've been enjoying your first few days of summer vacay!
ReplyDeleteThanks for all your lovely comments and Happy Canada Day!
ReplyDeleteThank you Barb. This looks fabulous!!
ReplyDeleteJanice
Symbols is one of my favorite units! And after my recent trip, I have seen almost all of the US ones in person. Looks great!
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Chickadee Jubilee
Barb, this is a great little mini unit. I love what you did with the anthem. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteCharlene/Diamond Mom
Diamond Mom's Treasury
You are so generous ... thank you so much!
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