James Short Memorial

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

[Mr. Soderling @JSMSoderling]

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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Paper origami boats…will they sink or float?

[James Short Memorial @JSMelementary]

Pink Shirt Day! Wall of compliments

[Mr. Soderling @JSMSoderling]

Happy Pink Shirt day! Let’s all think of ways that we can show kindness to one another.

[Mrs. Coates Kindergarten @CbeCoates]

Wearing Sneezy the snowman’s clothes… but “We don’t melt, we’re kindergarten kids!”

[Diane McManes @JSMMcManes]

Creating a Nova Scotia visual journal page. Students included: Flag, Osprey, Mayflower, Puffin, lighthouse and fishing boat.

[Mrs. Coates Kindergarten @CbeCoates]

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!

[James Short Memorial @JSMelementary]

Arctic Puffin: paper to clay

[Ms. Jones @lorijonescbe]

Today we folded origami tiger bookmarks in recognition of Lunar New Year.

[Ms. Jones @lorijonescbe]

We are exploring the concept of “greater than”by playing a new card game today.

[Diane McManes @JSMMcManes]

Our class is exploring books by Mo Willems. Students followed a draw along creating a main character “Pigeon”

[James Short Memorial @JSMelementary]

Exploring Arctic Life. Learning about the Harp Seal

[Mrs. Coates Kindergarten @CbeCoates]

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!

[Mr. Soderling @JSMSoderling]

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.

[Mrs. Coates Kindergarten @CbeCoates]

Today at the constitution site… plans were made and tables were built. Congratulations, kindergarten!

[Sabrina @SabrinaDonamo]

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!

[James Short Memorial @JSMelementary]

Can you design a glove or mitten to keep your hand warm in cold temperatures?

[James Short Memorial @JSMelementary]

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.

[Ms. Jones @lorijonescbe]

Today we are learning to estimate a number’s position on a number line.