Thursday, January 29, 2015

Global Food Show and Tell (iEARN Project)

Investigating a different category of food each month, KSPS students are sharing the foods that are typical in their country.
Each month the students are sharing a video letter ,pictures , or recipes  showing the food and describing it in the iEARN Forum.  Partner schools are responding in either a written or video response . Would they enjoy that food?  Do they have something similar in their country?





This is our Project Calendar: Breakfast Foods - September; School Lunch Foods - October; Holiday Foods - November; Cookies - December; Healthy Foods and Drinks - January; Favorite Food - February; Breads - March; Meats - April; Vegetables, Fruits - May; Cook Out/Picnic Foods - June.

Count, Buy, Eat!

Grade 4 students had an interesting activity that allowed them to set their own meal in a specific budget. This activity involved students using their math computing skills and their science skills too!
The activity started when students were divided into group of 4 members each. Each group had a specific diner menu and a specific amount of money. Students used this amount of money to form a meal that contains all the food groups (students used knowledge about food pyramid acquired in the science classes).
 
 
This activity allowed students to develop and strengthen their thinking, problem solving, cooperating, and decision making strategies; they needed a specific time to plan, adapt others opinions, evaluate their thinking, and take the appropriate decision.
 Finally, students used their artistic skills to draw the meals they formed.
 

 

 

Monday, January 26, 2015

Germination

Do you know how does a seed change into a fruitful tree?
Check this video to learn more about the process of germination.


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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Orange Fruit day / Yummmmmmmmyyyyyyyyyyyy

KG3 students had a special  Orange Fruit  Day full of different activities and food.
They had " Show and Tell " activity ,collected different information about it, and  learned more about its growth, season, seeds, products and benefits.
They had a spelling game activity and learned new words related to orange fruit.
Most of all, they enjoyed this day and had a BIG ORANGE SMILE on their faces.

The Water Cycle

Learn about the water cycle from grade four clovers!



 

Saturday, January 17, 2015

A Tour Around the Neighborhood - Anjuman Islmabsk School - India

Anjuman Islambsk School / India is working with us on the same International activity " A Tour Around the Neighborhood". Received with thanks pictures of this activity from India. Our new friends made a tour around their school, visited the bus depot and the post office. It was a nice experience for us and for our KG2 children who made the same activity around Othman Thinnourein School and visited different places and stores under the supervision of their teacher Iman Itani. Social Skills development was the main aim of this visit.
Special thanks to our partner school in India who made this activity a success.

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Life Cycle of a Butterfly Pasta Activity

Grade 2 students are studying the four stages of a butterfly’s life cycle.So they made a diagram that demonstrates the entire life cycle of the butterfly using different kinds of pasta.

 

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Pajama Day


Grade 2 and 3 had a lot of fun through an educational and interesting “Pajama Day” .They came to school wearing their pajamas and carrying their own favorite stuffed animal. First, we had our story time telling each student brought his favorite story to share with his friends. Second, we made a sleeping mask with cardboards and decorated it with stickers and glitters. Third, they watched a movie and ate popcorn. Later, we made a “Spelling Bee” contest with words related to sleeping and night we had 2 winners Issam Grade 3 and  Raghad Grade 2 .At The end , they enjoyed the best pajama contest where they voted for 2 students Rimas Grade 2 and  Mohammad Khattab Grade 3,the winner got pajama day Certificate and a movie.