James Short Memorial is a school for students in K-2. We are a place where children embrace learning with inquiry and passion. #mightyLearners #wearecbe
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8 Mar 2022
Grade 1/2 built aluminium foil boats for one of our buoyancy experiments! Students were asked to design and construct their boats, and then make predictions about how many penny’s it will take to sink their boats!
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23 Feb 2022
Happy Pink Shirt day! Let’s all think of ways that we can show kindness to one another.
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10 Feb 2022
Wearing Sneezy the snowman’s clothes… but “We don’t melt, we’re kindergarten kids!”
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9 Feb 2022
Creating a Nova Scotia visual journal page. Students included: Flag, Osprey, Mayflower, Puffin, lighthouse and fishing boat.
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9 Feb 2022
What are these snowmen thinking and feeling? Are we stacking them tall or wide? We are comparing using measurement vocabulary and practicing building and creating stories!
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1 Feb 2022
Today we folded origami tiger bookmarks in recognition of Lunar New Year.
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18 Jan 2022
We are exploring the concept of “greater than”by playing a new card game today.
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22 Jan 2022
Our class is exploring books by Mo Willems. Students followed a draw along creating a main character “Pigeon”
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24 Jan 2022
Exploring Arctic Life. Learning about the Harp Seal
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9 Dec 2021
Today we learned what a setting was. Here are the times and places we found in “The Gingerbread Man”. Tomorrow, we start our own story maps!
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1 Dec 2021
Grade 1/2 have been exploring 2D shapes, and created a design for a shape monster! Students built real life replicas using their designs, and also wrote about what shapes were used to build our monsters.
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2 Dec 2021
Today at the constitution site… plans were made and tables were built. Congratulations, kindergarten!
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2 Dec 2021
Today 2 Elves from the North Pole came to our class. They will come everyday till Break! We named them by random draw and they asked us to use the picture to tell a story. The kids are BEYOND excited to have new friends in our class that will challenge their learning!
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2 Dec 2021
Can you design a glove or mitten to keep your hand warm in cold temperatures?
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29 Nov 2021
In the past, students have listens to Elders and Indigenous storytellers share the traditional story of Napi and the Rock. The Calgary Philharmonic collaborated with the Making of Treaty 7 Cultural Society to bring a virtual performance combining music and drama.
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18 Nov 2021
Today we are learning to estimate a number’s position on a number line.
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