Baby Chicks Have Hatched!

Raising Chickens

 

Mrs. Rokosh's kindergarten class is learning about life cycles just like Ms. Quinton's class (Painted Lady Butterfly post below).  Mrs. Rokosh's class is learning about the life cycle of chickens.  See & learn below

Hatching chicken eggs in an incubator

 

Teachers, there is a strong video resource through our DRC, "Learning 360" video streaming resources entitled
Chickens Video Link (sign in with First Class Logins)
 (10:28, pre-k-2) or go to the District Resource Centre.

How Do I Get Informed About Current Educational Issues?

Well, that's a good question and the answer is through a variety of perspectives and sources.

I hosted some diverse links on my professional blog entitled "The Ardent Librarian" rather than on my elementary school library blog.  Please click here for those links

The Painted Lady Butterfly has hatched!

Mrs. Quinton's class has been learning about the life cycle of a butterfly.  Check out teacher Kay Little's time-lapse video (Lakeside, California) about this amazing process:

 

 

To learn more about the fascinating learning topics in Ms. Quinton's class, scroll down the right side bar to the link for Ms. Quinton's class or click here

Cat Adopts Ducklings! Be Kind to Animal Month, SPCA continues

Cat gives birth to kittens and then also adopts ducklings - Ireland.  Read more at "Good News/The Lighter Side" by Nadine Kalinauskas.

Thank you Rhonda for this story about a lion by the name of Christian raised by two men, John & Ace, in the 60's who eventually released the lion into the wild in Kenya, Africa.  Eventually they went back to visit the lion not knowing if Christian would be completely wild or remember them.  Watch the following to find out (2:52):

 

For a longer documentary on Christian's life and the historical context of when Ace and John bought Christian home from Harrod's department store (1960's), watch this YouTube clip (45:06)

 

 

 

Thank you Mrs. Rokosh for the next two suggestions: May 21, 2014

"One little cub in Canada has a "beary" great mother! Video shows a mama bear in Canada pulling her little cub to safety after it found itself stranded along a busy highway in British Columbia's Kootenay National Park."

 

 

 

Her second animal news was about Dudley the duck from Sicamous who will be getting a new prosthetic leg ...

 

 



 

"Be Kind to Animals Month" continues; be kind to animals today and always.

Red Cedar Titles for 2014-15!

 

Yes, your summer reading list awaits you.  Check out next year's "short list" (thus not the final list) of scrumptious Canadian fiction and non-fiction reading lists for Red Cedar below:

Red Cedar 2014-15

Fiction




Non-fiction




Budget cutbacks may mean scaling back the Red Cedar order to just the fiction or non-fiction genres, or sadly none at all.  So give me your feedback if you would like to have this approx. $400+ order a priority in the tight budget.  Respond in a post below and/or email or drop by: parents, students, staff feedback always welcome.

Young Reader's Choice Award - Red Cedar Winners ...

Drum roll please!

The winners of the 2013-14 Red Cedar, Young Reader's Choice Award, British Columbia was the following:

Fiction - Ungifted by Gordon Korman

Gordon Korman speaks at that National Book Festival (USA), 2011. (43:05)



Non-fiction - The World in Your Lunchbox: the Wacky History and Weird Science of Everyday Foods by Claire Eamer






Book Trailer by ACSTunis (3:12)

Claire Eamer talks about her favourite childhood author, Catherine Anthony Clark.

Red Cedar fiction and non-fiction can now be signed out by our school members - enjoy! 

I suggest Mr. and Mrs. Bunny - Detectives Extraordinaire! by Polly Horvath.  An odd but entertaining read situated on Vancouver Island.  Ask other Red Cedar participants for their recommendations.  Happy reading, Ms. M.

May is Be Kind to Animals Month, SPCA

Parkview had a guest from the SPCA recently who taught us about how to be safe around animals and also how to be kind to them.  To learn more about animals try these options:

- Dewey # 636 = the domestic farm and pet animals section (Parkview and the ORL (public library)).

- 600'es Dewey Browse by Gail Shea Grainger, Teacher-Librarian, Chesterfield.  Go to the 636 and higher section

- Canadian Veternary Medical Association - Animal Owners
- Dogs In Canada


Shuswap SPCA - summer camps, how to adopt and care for animals, etc.

          -   Try the live kitty cam from Pentiction