We helped release baby Chum salmon!

On Wednesday, we were invited by the Nicomekl Enhancement Society, a volunteer organization, to help release chum salmon fry into our local Chantrell Creek!

The weather was great for the fish and the creek - it was pouring rain.  So we ventured down the street in our rubber boots and raincoats with our Big Buddies.  Every one of us was given a bucket of about 50 little salmon fry to pour into the creek - what an opportunity!  The rest of the week our classroom conversations kept coming back to salmon and our environment - very important conversations for children to have and think about.

 

On Friday we opened a new app called Explain Everything.  We learned how to type using the keyboard and the Grade Ones were asked to write something about their experience on Wednesday.

They worked hard - not only did they generate their own sentences, they weren't given any spellings AND had to find each letter on the ipad on-screen keyboard.  GREAT JOB, Dolphins!

Here are their observations: