Today was a quiet day. Hope everyone is being safe on the roads and sidewalks and keeping warm.
This morning, after Daily 5, to practice our word wall words we brainstormed a list of all the ways we could practice them. Then, we each got to choose a way and practice, if we wanted to we could also switch activities. Some of the ways to practice were - whiteboard, pipe cleaners, popsicle sticks, fancy letters, straws, pyramid writing, and more. Ask me how I practiced my words today!
In Phys Ed we played a fun game to practice out throwing and catching skills. There were four teams and we had to work together, with our team, to get everyone on the mat. It ended up in a tie between 2 teams!
After Phys Ed we continued our creative writing. It has been a while since we have worked on this kind of writing, so it was good to continue it. First we reviewed what creative writing is and what good writing looks like. We will keep these ideas in mind as we continue on with our creative story writing.
Creative writing is: making up a story from a picture, something that is made up, using your imagination when writing, might be sad, happy, silly or funny
Good writing looks like: neat and nice printing, using periods at the end of sentences, capitols at the start of sentences, spaces between words, using long/full sentences, detail (who, what, where, when, why, and how)
Following recess we had library. We still need to work on remembering to bring our books back so that we can sign out a new one. Until we show responsibility for taking care of the books and bringing them back on time, we cannot take out 2 books. Library is every Tuesday.
After library, we took some time to read more of our novel, The One and only Ivan.
This afternoon, following music, we did Social Studies. Yesterday we talked about 3 out 6 regions in Alberta. We reviewed them quickly before learning about the other 3 regions. The regions we learned about today were, Parkland, Boreal Forest, and Canadian Shield. Ask me 2 things that I learned about each region.
To end the day, we had a body break and wrote/drew information about the 3 regions we learned today in our visual journals.
Dress warm!
Reminders:
-Please wear weather appropriate clothing everyday
-Book Orders due Thursday
-Fun lunch Thursday
-Please complete home reading every night and return the next day
Tuesday, 24 November 2015
Monday, 23 November 2015
Monday, November 23, 2015
Welcome back, hope you enjoyed your long weekend.
This morning, after Daily 5, we looked at our new word wall words. We noticed that there are many word families and other similarities within the 2 lists. The word families are - ix, en, op, and ox. There are also 2 words, from group b, that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings, ask me to point out which 2 words they are.
Next week marks another 10 weeks of words learned, so that means we will be studying 50 words again.
Below are the words for this week.
Group A: top, stop, men, hen, pen, fix, mix, six, fox, box
Group B: place, make, making, help, here, want, nice, to, two, into
After Phys Ed Ms. Coker was with us. With her we finished up writing sentences using our word wall words, then she read us a story.
For the last hour of the morning we did research on elephants! We got to choose whether or not we wanted to work with a partner. There were also 2 different papers with specific questions dictating what information we needed to find about elephants. Half of us got to work on the Ipad while the other half looked through books. Don't worry, we will all get a chance with the Ipads and books.
Ask me why we are doing research on elephants...
Following lunch we had time to read to ourselves. Mrs. G. noticed that some of us are doing extra work and reading the books on elephants.
We are continuing to learn about the prairies in Social Studies. So far, we have learned about the prairie province of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, today, we started to focus on our very own province, Alberta!
So far, we have learned that Alberta has 6 different land regions across it. Today, we focused on 3 of the 6 regions they were the Grasslands, Rocky Mountains, and Foothills. Ask we to tell you 2 pieces of information about each region!
Reminders:
-Library tomorrow, please bring back books to get a new one!
-Dental forms due Wednesday
-Book Orders due Thursday
-Fun Lunch on Thursday
-Only a week and a half left to donate to mens health awareness and vote for the worst mustache. Competition between Mr. Hebert, Mr. Sadawski, and Mr. Shackleton
This morning, after Daily 5, we looked at our new word wall words. We noticed that there are many word families and other similarities within the 2 lists. The word families are - ix, en, op, and ox. There are also 2 words, from group b, that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings, ask me to point out which 2 words they are.
Next week marks another 10 weeks of words learned, so that means we will be studying 50 words again.
Below are the words for this week.
Group A: top, stop, men, hen, pen, fix, mix, six, fox, box
Group B: place, make, making, help, here, want, nice, to, two, into
After Phys Ed Ms. Coker was with us. With her we finished up writing sentences using our word wall words, then she read us a story.
For the last hour of the morning we did research on elephants! We got to choose whether or not we wanted to work with a partner. There were also 2 different papers with specific questions dictating what information we needed to find about elephants. Half of us got to work on the Ipad while the other half looked through books. Don't worry, we will all get a chance with the Ipads and books.
Ask me why we are doing research on elephants...
Following lunch we had time to read to ourselves. Mrs. G. noticed that some of us are doing extra work and reading the books on elephants.
We are continuing to learn about the prairies in Social Studies. So far, we have learned about the prairie province of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, today, we started to focus on our very own province, Alberta!
So far, we have learned that Alberta has 6 different land regions across it. Today, we focused on 3 of the 6 regions they were the Grasslands, Rocky Mountains, and Foothills. Ask we to tell you 2 pieces of information about each region!
Reminders:
-Library tomorrow, please bring back books to get a new one!
-Dental forms due Wednesday
-Book Orders due Thursday
-Fun Lunch on Thursday
-Only a week and a half left to donate to mens health awareness and vote for the worst mustache. Competition between Mr. Hebert, Mr. Sadawski, and Mr. Shackleton
Thursday, 19 November 2015
Thursday, November 19, 2015
We had a really good day today.
Before Phys Ed, this morning, we had Daily 5 and time to practice our word wall words before the quiz. Today we switched duties, half of us practiced on white boards while the other half build the words with pipe cleaners.
Then after Phys. Ed we did our quiz. Everyone did very well being that the words are getting more and more difficult.
In math we did some more measuring with our foot prints. We had to measure using all 4 non-standard unit (markers, popsicle sticks, cards, and pom poms). Then we had to measure how many cm it was, ask me how big my foot is in cms!
After lunch we learned all about Saskatchewan. We got to see some pretty pictures of the land and the many animals that live there too. A few things we learned are:
-the provincial flower is called the Western Read Lily
-They grow lots and lots of wheat
-There are grain elevators there
-They have land called the badlands
Ask me what else I learned about Saskatchewan!
Mr. Rattan said that we are ready to go for our Winter Celebration. Only a few more practices to go until we present to all of you!
To end the day, we did an activity in our visual journals. Just like Manitoba, we had to pick 5 things about Saskatchewan, write them in our book and draw a picture to go with it.
Enjoy your long weekend!
Reminders:
-No School tomorrow
-Dental form coming home today
-Library on Tuesday, be sure to return your books
-Movember fundraiser until the end of the month
Before Phys Ed, this morning, we had Daily 5 and time to practice our word wall words before the quiz. Today we switched duties, half of us practiced on white boards while the other half build the words with pipe cleaners.
Then after Phys. Ed we did our quiz. Everyone did very well being that the words are getting more and more difficult.
In math we did some more measuring with our foot prints. We had to measure using all 4 non-standard unit (markers, popsicle sticks, cards, and pom poms). Then we had to measure how many cm it was, ask me how big my foot is in cms!
After lunch we learned all about Saskatchewan. We got to see some pretty pictures of the land and the many animals that live there too. A few things we learned are:
-the provincial flower is called the Western Read Lily
-They grow lots and lots of wheat
-There are grain elevators there
-They have land called the badlands
Ask me what else I learned about Saskatchewan!
Mr. Rattan said that we are ready to go for our Winter Celebration. Only a few more practices to go until we present to all of you!
To end the day, we did an activity in our visual journals. Just like Manitoba, we had to pick 5 things about Saskatchewan, write them in our book and draw a picture to go with it.
Enjoy your long weekend!
Reminders:
-No School tomorrow
-Dental form coming home today
-Library on Tuesday, be sure to return your books
-Movember fundraiser until the end of the month
Wednesday, 18 November 2015
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
This morning we did something different to practice our word wall words. Half of us practiced them using white boards and dry erase markers while the other half built the words with pipe cleaners. Tomorrow we are going to do the same thing but switching activities. This will be good practice before our word wall quiz which is also tomorrow.
Here are our words again to practice at home tonight:
Group A: pet, get, let, fed, red, did, pan, had, fun, tub
Group B: some, come, home, fun, funny, run, running, ran, us, use
After Phys Ed we set literacy goals that Mrs. G will be adding to our learning plans. Ask me what goal I chose and what I feel I need to improve on (I'll give you a hint, it is either reading or writing skills).
Following recess we did a math activity that related to our novel study. We learned the Ivan, the gorilla lives in a cage that is 40x40 feet big. We started measuring it out by using our own feet. First, we traced our foot on a piece of paper. Then we measure it using non-standard units of measurement. Later, we will be converting the non-standard to standard units.
We learned about Manitoba prairies. A few things we learned are:
-the provincial tree is the white spruce
-some animals from Manitoba are polar bear, fox, white tailed deer, and wolves
-one of the biggest lakes in the world, it is call Lake Winnipeg
-crops they grow are wheat, barley, flax, and oats
At the very end of the day we had a meeting with the other Grade 2s. We had received a letter from Mr. Willy Wonka. The letter was about our magnetic machines that we created. He had taken ideas from each of our machines and put them together to make one magnificent machine for his factory. Mr. Willy Wonka said we did such a great job, he sent us a little treat to all the people that sent a letter to him.
Reminders:
-This week has been bully awareness week so wear a blue shirt tomorrow to help promote the cause
-Movember fundraiser going on until the end of the month
-Home reading, complete and return tomorrow
-December Book Orders coming home today, they are due next Thursday
-School clothing order form coming home today
Here are our words again to practice at home tonight:
Group A: pet, get, let, fed, red, did, pan, had, fun, tub
Group B: some, come, home, fun, funny, run, running, ran, us, use
After Phys Ed we set literacy goals that Mrs. G will be adding to our learning plans. Ask me what goal I chose and what I feel I need to improve on (I'll give you a hint, it is either reading or writing skills).
Following recess we did a math activity that related to our novel study. We learned the Ivan, the gorilla lives in a cage that is 40x40 feet big. We started measuring it out by using our own feet. First, we traced our foot on a piece of paper. Then we measure it using non-standard units of measurement. Later, we will be converting the non-standard to standard units.
We learned about Manitoba prairies. A few things we learned are:
-the provincial tree is the white spruce
-some animals from Manitoba are polar bear, fox, white tailed deer, and wolves
-one of the biggest lakes in the world, it is call Lake Winnipeg
-crops they grow are wheat, barley, flax, and oats
At the very end of the day we had a meeting with the other Grade 2s. We had received a letter from Mr. Willy Wonka. The letter was about our magnetic machines that we created. He had taken ideas from each of our machines and put them together to make one magnificent machine for his factory. Mr. Willy Wonka said we did such a great job, he sent us a little treat to all the people that sent a letter to him.
Reminders:
-This week has been bully awareness week so wear a blue shirt tomorrow to help promote the cause
-Movember fundraiser going on until the end of the month
-Home reading, complete and return tomorrow
-December Book Orders coming home today, they are due next Thursday
-School clothing order form coming home today
Tuesday, 17 November 2015
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Today was a busy day. We finally got the IPads working, so those are now apart of Daily 5. They will be used for listen to reading on RazKids and word work.
Our word wall quiz is coming up soon, so as practice today, on our own, we had to find or come up with 5 words for each word family. The word families we worked with were; et, ed, un, and an.
After recess we had library. In the library there is a big white board the says "No Bullying". It is bully awareness week so everyone from the school is adding their thoughts and ideas on what bullying is and what we can do or say when we see a bully. As a class we had a discussion around these ideas and added our thoughts to the board too. Then we went and looked at books, some of us chose new books, from the library shelves.
Right after lunch we had music. It was a lot of fun, so don't forget to ask me what we did.
Following music we did math and ketchups. Some of us have gotten pretty far behind on some work and before we can move on, we need to finish it and get caught up.
Tomorrow we will be starting a new project that will go along with our new novel study. Did I tell you what the book is called already? If not, ask me! And what it has been about so far. It is a lovely book so far.
Reminders:
-Picture retakes are tomorrow, November 18th. Students are asked to bring their original proof sheets to the camera if possible, so that the photographer can then see how to improve the photos for the students. We will also do photos of any students who didn’t have their pictures taken on original photo day.
-Fun lunch forms and money due tomorrow
-Movember fundraiser going on until the end of the month
Monday, 16 November 2015
Monday, November 16, 2015
Welcome back. We have another short week this week, as there is no school for students on Friday.
This morning, after our usual morning meeting and Daily 5 time, we looked at our new word wall words for this week. We noticed that all of group a's words have a short vowel sound, also there are a number of word families in both groups; "et", "an", "un", and "ed". After we wrote our words on a piece of paper to bring home to practice for the week, we had to use them in sentences. A little challenge with our sentences this week though, we need to have 5 or more words per sentence and use 2 word wall words in each sentence. Ask me to give you a few examples as practice.
Word Wall Words:
Group A: pet, get, let, fed, red, did, pan, had, fun, tub
Group B: some, come, home, fun, funny, run, running, ran, us, use
Ask me what we did in Phys. Ed. today (it was a lot of fun!).
After recess we finished reading a Dr. Suess book we started right before recess. Then we went into some more problem solving with the days of the week and months of the year. We spent a little more time together, practicing and reviewing before going into our assignment.
Following lunch, we read to ourselves then did social studies. In social, we finished working on our community page in our white visual journals. Together we brainstormed all the things we could think of that represent Canada, Alberta, Calgary, and Beddington.
We ended the day with a quick dancing body break and read more of our new novel, The One and Only Ivan.
Reminders:
-Library tomorrow. Please bring back books to sign out a new one.
-Please complete home reading tonight and return to school tomorrow
-We are still fundraising for Movember. $1.00 per vote.
This morning, after our usual morning meeting and Daily 5 time, we looked at our new word wall words for this week. We noticed that all of group a's words have a short vowel sound, also there are a number of word families in both groups; "et", "an", "un", and "ed". After we wrote our words on a piece of paper to bring home to practice for the week, we had to use them in sentences. A little challenge with our sentences this week though, we need to have 5 or more words per sentence and use 2 word wall words in each sentence. Ask me to give you a few examples as practice.
Word Wall Words:
Group A: pet, get, let, fed, red, did, pan, had, fun, tub
Group B: some, come, home, fun, funny, run, running, ran, us, use
Ask me what we did in Phys. Ed. today (it was a lot of fun!).
After recess we finished reading a Dr. Suess book we started right before recess. Then we went into some more problem solving with the days of the week and months of the year. We spent a little more time together, practicing and reviewing before going into our assignment.
Following lunch, we read to ourselves then did social studies. In social, we finished working on our community page in our white visual journals. Together we brainstormed all the things we could think of that represent Canada, Alberta, Calgary, and Beddington.
We ended the day with a quick dancing body break and read more of our new novel, The One and Only Ivan.
Reminders:
-Library tomorrow. Please bring back books to sign out a new one.
-Please complete home reading tonight and return to school tomorrow
-We are still fundraising for Movember. $1.00 per vote.
Friday, 13 November 2015
Friday, November 13, 2015
Happy Friday!
Today was a pretty busy day. After Daily 5 we had our Word Wall Quiz. Mrs. G can tell we have been working hard and practicing our words, it shows in our everyday writing too.
After Phys. Ed. we started our new novel study. Mrs. G read to us a short description about the book, then we had a short discussion on how we were feeling about the characters in the story and what we thought the story was going to be about. A few of the feeling we had were:
-sad because the gorilla is in a cage
-sad because the gorilla might start thinking about his home in the jungle
-sad because humans took him away from his home and father
-sad because he was taken from his family and happy because he likes living in the mall
-happy because he has friends he gets along with
Ask me what the story is about so far and to explain why we had these feelings so early in the story.
In math, we did problem solving. First, we quickly reviewed the days of the week and months of the year. Then, we went through the 5 problem solving questions together and finished by answering the questions independently. We will be doing a lot more work around problem solving next week. Today was a really good intro into what problem solving questions are and how we can answer them.
Right after lunch we had music, we did much better today with Mr Rattan! When we got back to class, we started to review prairie communities and the map we did yesterday, then, we had another fire drill! Luckily we were not outside for very long today. Our class does a fantastic job during these drills.
When we finally came back inside, we finished labeling our prairie provinces. Ask me what we labeled on our maps.
Reminders:
-Picture retakes are Wednesday
-Movember competition/fundraiser is still going on. Our school goal is to raise $300.00 by the end of the month. You are more then welcome to vote as many times as you like for $1.00 per vote.
-There will be no school for the kids on Friday.
Today was a pretty busy day. After Daily 5 we had our Word Wall Quiz. Mrs. G can tell we have been working hard and practicing our words, it shows in our everyday writing too.
After Phys. Ed. we started our new novel study. Mrs. G read to us a short description about the book, then we had a short discussion on how we were feeling about the characters in the story and what we thought the story was going to be about. A few of the feeling we had were:
-sad because the gorilla is in a cage
-sad because the gorilla might start thinking about his home in the jungle
-sad because humans took him away from his home and father
-sad because he was taken from his family and happy because he likes living in the mall
-happy because he has friends he gets along with
Ask me what the story is about so far and to explain why we had these feelings so early in the story.
In math, we did problem solving. First, we quickly reviewed the days of the week and months of the year. Then, we went through the 5 problem solving questions together and finished by answering the questions independently. We will be doing a lot more work around problem solving next week. Today was a really good intro into what problem solving questions are and how we can answer them.
Right after lunch we had music, we did much better today with Mr Rattan! When we got back to class, we started to review prairie communities and the map we did yesterday, then, we had another fire drill! Luckily we were not outside for very long today. Our class does a fantastic job during these drills.
When we finally came back inside, we finished labeling our prairie provinces. Ask me what we labeled on our maps.
Reminders:
-Picture retakes are Wednesday
-Movember competition/fundraiser is still going on. Our school goal is to raise $300.00 by the end of the month. You are more then welcome to vote as many times as you like for $1.00 per vote.
-There will be no school for the kids on Friday.
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