This week we will have another 25 words as review. Today we got to choose how to practice them. Our words are below so we can practice at home too.
Word wall words:
Group A - she, wish, fish, shin, wash, make, came, game, ate, tape, will, tell, ten, het, sand, up, a, top, mop, hug, his, her, hill, ball, fall
Group B - last, just, black, went, take, off, little, happy, coat, long, chase, played, paint, must, bath, candy, sent, like, letter, silly, boat, float, along, play, rain
In Phys Ed we got to explore with skipping ropes and hula hoops.
This afternoon we continued to work on our Shape and Space Review.
Thank you for those who brought back the hundreds day homework, if you haven't please return it ASAP.
Reminders:
-fun lunch forms are due Friday
-please return home reading.. It is very difficult for me to assess and keep track when it is not being returned to school daily
-Job fair for social studies is on Thursday. Research and pictures can come from home as well. Tomorrow we will be putting everything together.
-Next Thursday we are going to a film festival at the Landmark Cinemas. Forms will be coming home this week and need to be returned asap. I am looking for two volunteers to come with us. Information is on the form or you can let me know via email algrunert@cbe.ab.ca
Tuesday, 16 February 2016
Wednesday, 10 February 2016
Happy Long Weekend
Today was a fun day before the long weekend, on top of a really good, hard working week.
Mrs. Cokar joined us again and we were given one last chance to practice our word wall words before the quiz.
This afternoon we had music. Keep trying to remember to bring them. Again we can leave them at school for Mrs. G to hold on to for us.
For the remainder of the afternoon we worked through our Shape and Space Review: 2D and 3D shapes. Unfortunately we did not get time to go on the computers. We will have one last chance on Monday to finish the last of our research. This is something we could also do at home during our time off..
To end the day we watched a short video on the history of Valentine's Day and handed out our notes and treats to each other. Here is the link if you want to watch it too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHmVFJ3QlPw
Reminders:
-Hundreds Day homework due Tuesday
-Fun lunch forms due next week
-Return library books Tuesday
-Return Home reading!!!!
Have a great long weekend! :)
Mrs. Cokar joined us again and we were given one last chance to practice our word wall words before the quiz.
This afternoon we had music. Keep trying to remember to bring them. Again we can leave them at school for Mrs. G to hold on to for us.
For the remainder of the afternoon we worked through our Shape and Space Review: 2D and 3D shapes. Unfortunately we did not get time to go on the computers. We will have one last chance on Monday to finish the last of our research. This is something we could also do at home during our time off..
To end the day we watched a short video on the history of Valentine's Day and handed out our notes and treats to each other. Here is the link if you want to watch it too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHmVFJ3QlPw
Reminders:
-Hundreds Day homework due Tuesday
-Fun lunch forms due next week
-Return library books Tuesday
-Return Home reading!!!!
Have a great long weekend! :)
Tuesday, 9 February 2016
100 Day Homework
This morning, after our morning meeting, we finished reading the book Ms. Cokar started reading to us last week. It was about a tasmanian devil family. The mom got trapped but her kids helped her escape just in time. Someone mentioned that we have a book in our classroom library that has a couple pages on tasmanian devils too!
Tomorrow is our 25 word, word wall quiz. We practiced the same ways as yesterday, however, we were able to choose or make up 1-2 other ways to practice as well (some of us used our play-dough)!
For the remainder of the morning we had library, awesome job at returning books yesterday, and phonic time with the Grade 1s.
All afternoon we got to use the computers to research our jobs. Boy did we work hard! Some people even got done or very close to done. Tomorrow will be a day for some people to start thinking about and putting together their presentation for the job fair next Thursday.
Valentine's Celebration - if you wish to bring valentines for other students in the class, you are more then welcome to. I will set aside a few minutes of time to hand out cards and talk about the significance of the day. The students who are planning to bring something wrote down everyones names on a scrap piece of paper, please look for that in their backpacks. If you have any questions please email me at algrunert@cbe.ab.ca.
Reminders:
-Home Reading - went home yesterday and today, please return if you haven't already!
-Fun Lunch forms coming home today
-100 Days Homework - please see note that is coming home explaining the expectations. There is a much flexibly for creativity here. Have fun!
Tomorrow is our 25 word, word wall quiz. We practiced the same ways as yesterday, however, we were able to choose or make up 1-2 other ways to practice as well (some of us used our play-dough)!
For the remainder of the morning we had library, awesome job at returning books yesterday, and phonic time with the Grade 1s.
All afternoon we got to use the computers to research our jobs. Boy did we work hard! Some people even got done or very close to done. Tomorrow will be a day for some people to start thinking about and putting together their presentation for the job fair next Thursday.
Valentine's Celebration - if you wish to bring valentines for other students in the class, you are more then welcome to. I will set aside a few minutes of time to hand out cards and talk about the significance of the day. The students who are planning to bring something wrote down everyones names on a scrap piece of paper, please look for that in their backpacks. If you have any questions please email me at algrunert@cbe.ab.ca.
Reminders:
-Home Reading - went home yesterday and today, please return if you haven't already!
-Fun Lunch forms coming home today
-100 Days Homework - please see note that is coming home explaining the expectations. There is a much flexibly for creativity here. Have fun!
Monday, 8 February 2016
Another Short Week!
Mrs. G has made a deal with us and our word wall words. Since it is a short week this week and next week, and we already know all the previous words we have studied, we are going to only study 25 words this week and the other 25 next week.
To practice our words today we had a choice between:
-writing them forwards then backwards. For example belong = gnoleb
-writing them without consonants. For example _e_o__
-writing the words then tracing a color around it up to 5 times
These are all simple options to practice at home too! Wednesday will be the quiz.
Following recess we completed our Ivan's Homes chart by filling in everything we knew about his home in the jungle. Mrs. G also read us a picture book about Ivan (we practiced our questioning skills here too).
After lunch we had music. Every day 2, 4, and 6 we have music. Try to remember those recorders. Mrs. G is more then happy to hang on to them for us too.
For the remainder of the afternoon, we did research on jobs. We were very productive and will have more time tomorrow and Wednesday. next week will be putting everything together in a way to present the information at the job fair on Thursday.
Have a great night.
Reminders:
-Library tomorrow, please return books to school
-No school Thursday, Friday, or Monday
To practice our words today we had a choice between:
-writing them forwards then backwards. For example belong = gnoleb
-writing them without consonants. For example _e_o__
-writing the words then tracing a color around it up to 5 times
These are all simple options to practice at home too! Wednesday will be the quiz.
Following recess we completed our Ivan's Homes chart by filling in everything we knew about his home in the jungle. Mrs. G also read us a picture book about Ivan (we practiced our questioning skills here too).
After lunch we had music. Every day 2, 4, and 6 we have music. Try to remember those recorders. Mrs. G is more then happy to hang on to them for us too.
For the remainder of the afternoon, we did research on jobs. We were very productive and will have more time tomorrow and Wednesday. next week will be putting everything together in a way to present the information at the job fair on Thursday.
Have a great night.
Reminders:
-Library tomorrow, please return books to school
-No school Thursday, Friday, or Monday
Friday, 5 February 2016
Happy Friday!
This morning we switched things up a little.
We started with out usual morning meeting, then we had our word wall quiz. Next week we will have the 50 words to study, the Grade 2 teachers apologize for forgetting that last year and want to thank the students and parents for reminding us.
Gymnastic has been a lot of fun! We learn a new trick everyday while still practicing ones we have already learned.
After Phys Ed we took some time to practice all the words on our word wall, again, we got to use our play-dough.
Following recess Mrs. Nelson and the Grade1s invited us over to do a little science experiment for health. Mrs. Nelson brought in 3 pieces of bread. She put one in a baggie while wearing a plastic glove, one was passed around (by everyone touching it) then placed in a separate baggies, and in the third baggies she put in a piece of bread after thoroughly washing her hands with warm water and soup.
Below are a couple pictures of our discussion and a chart stating our predictions of what we think is going to happen to each slice of bread. We will take time, once or twice a week, to look at the bread then add our thoughts and predictions to the chart.
This afternoon we reviewed 3D shapes. On Monday we will be starting an assessment of 2D and 3D shapes.
We got to watch the 3D shapes video again and build each shape with our play-dough too.
We know that 3D shapes have the following attributes:
-faces
-edges
-vertices
Here is the link to the video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cg-Uc556-Q , ask me how many faces, edges, and vertices each shape has!
Reminders:
-Mrs. P, our school librarian, has asked we return books one day prior to our library day to ensure everyone is able to get another book. So please return all library books Monday!
-Music on Monday, bring your recorders!!
We started with out usual morning meeting, then we had our word wall quiz. Next week we will have the 50 words to study, the Grade 2 teachers apologize for forgetting that last year and want to thank the students and parents for reminding us.
Gymnastic has been a lot of fun! We learn a new trick everyday while still practicing ones we have already learned.
After Phys Ed we took some time to practice all the words on our word wall, again, we got to use our play-dough.
Following recess Mrs. Nelson and the Grade1s invited us over to do a little science experiment for health. Mrs. Nelson brought in 3 pieces of bread. She put one in a baggie while wearing a plastic glove, one was passed around (by everyone touching it) then placed in a separate baggies, and in the third baggies she put in a piece of bread after thoroughly washing her hands with warm water and soup.
Below are a couple pictures of our discussion and a chart stating our predictions of what we think is going to happen to each slice of bread. We will take time, once or twice a week, to look at the bread then add our thoughts and predictions to the chart.
This afternoon we reviewed 3D shapes. On Monday we will be starting an assessment of 2D and 3D shapes.
We got to watch the 3D shapes video again and build each shape with our play-dough too.
We know that 3D shapes have the following attributes:
-faces
-edges
-vertices
Here is the link to the video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cg-Uc556-Q , ask me how many faces, edges, and vertices each shape has!
Reminders:
-Mrs. P, our school librarian, has asked we return books one day prior to our library day to ensure everyone is able to get another book. So please return all library books Monday!
-Music on Monday, bring your recorders!!
Thursday, 4 February 2016
A Good Day!
Tomorrow is our word wall quiz! Please help me practice tonight so I can try my best on the quiz.
Group A: tell, bell, ship, wish, the, that, then, sat, ball, mall
Group B: shout, about, house, our, out, now, down, slow, show, how
Next week is another short week, but we will be doing the 50 word quiz because we missed it last week.. Oops!
For the remainder of the day we worked through a tough introduction to a new unit on.. Questioning.
After Phys. Ed. we each had a container of play-dough on our desk. As we came in Mrs. G said nothing at all! We starting asking questions, she wouldn't answer them, Mrs. G just typed them on the computer. We were so confused!
After a few minutes, we met at the carpet and read a story, The Emperor's Cool Clothes by Lee Harper. Before, throughout, and after the story we noticed Mrs. G would stop and ask questions, but not answer them. Still confusing us..
Finally, we had a discussion and discovered that we are going to do some work around questioning; asking questions while reading, doing research on jobs, for an author study, and of course everywhere else in school and real life. Because asking questions helps us to get answers and information. Ask me what the different kinds of questions we can ask..??
To end the day, after music, Mrs. G let us build our word wall word with the play-dough. She thought it was amazing that the containers sat on our desks all day without a single person opening them (at no point did she say we couldn't open them...)
Reminders:
-February book orders are due tomorrow!
-A few recorders have gone missing, please check backpacks or at home, just incase someone went home with an additional recorder
-Dance club starts tomorrow at lunch. If your child goes home for lunch, we recommend they bring a lunch on Dance club days
-If you are still thinking about joining our job fair on the 18th, please let me know, we would be happy to have you!
Group A: tell, bell, ship, wish, the, that, then, sat, ball, mall
Group B: shout, about, house, our, out, now, down, slow, show, how
Next week is another short week, but we will be doing the 50 word quiz because we missed it last week.. Oops!
For the remainder of the day we worked through a tough introduction to a new unit on.. Questioning.
After Phys. Ed. we each had a container of play-dough on our desk. As we came in Mrs. G said nothing at all! We starting asking questions, she wouldn't answer them, Mrs. G just typed them on the computer. We were so confused!
After a few minutes, we met at the carpet and read a story, The Emperor's Cool Clothes by Lee Harper. Before, throughout, and after the story we noticed Mrs. G would stop and ask questions, but not answer them. Still confusing us..
Finally, we had a discussion and discovered that we are going to do some work around questioning; asking questions while reading, doing research on jobs, for an author study, and of course everywhere else in school and real life. Because asking questions helps us to get answers and information. Ask me what the different kinds of questions we can ask..??
To end the day, after music, Mrs. G let us build our word wall word with the play-dough. She thought it was amazing that the containers sat on our desks all day without a single person opening them (at no point did she say we couldn't open them...)
Reminders:
-February book orders are due tomorrow!
-A few recorders have gone missing, please check backpacks or at home, just incase someone went home with an additional recorder
-Dance club starts tomorrow at lunch. If your child goes home for lunch, we recommend they bring a lunch on Dance club days
-If you are still thinking about joining our job fair on the 18th, please let me know, we would be happy to have you!
Wednesday, 3 February 2016
Short Week
Welcome back! Hope you all had good long weekend. We have a couple short weeks ahead of us here so be prepared for some disruption in our school schedule.
Our word wall words for this week are below:
Group A: tell, bell, ship, wish, the, that, then, sat, ball, mall
Group B: shout, about, house, our, out, now, down, slow, show, how
Some of us have homework tonight, we are creating a story using all of our word wall words. We are certainly able to use the other groups words as well.
We have been doing gymnastics in Phys Ed, and boy has it been fun. Everyone is participating with great enthusiasm and doing a fantastic job.
In math, we are starting to wrap up our shapes unit. Next week we will be incorporating art into our final assessment for this unit before moving toward addition and subtraction.
Today, we started researching jobs! We will be continuing this research for a few days and we can do some of the work at home too.
All the Grade 2s will be hosting a Job Fair to demonstrate our knowledge and learning from this research. It will be on Thursday, February 18 from 12:30-2:00pm. If any parents (who have volunteer clearance) would like to join our fair and share a little bit about your job with the students, we would be more then happy to have you in. Just send Ms. G an email to receive more information.
Reminders:
-Music tomorrow, please bring recorders!
-Dance club forms due tomorrow
-Book orders due Friday
Our word wall words for this week are below:
Group A: tell, bell, ship, wish, the, that, then, sat, ball, mall
Group B: shout, about, house, our, out, now, down, slow, show, how
Some of us have homework tonight, we are creating a story using all of our word wall words. We are certainly able to use the other groups words as well.
We have been doing gymnastics in Phys Ed, and boy has it been fun. Everyone is participating with great enthusiasm and doing a fantastic job.
In math, we are starting to wrap up our shapes unit. Next week we will be incorporating art into our final assessment for this unit before moving toward addition and subtraction.
Today, we started researching jobs! We will be continuing this research for a few days and we can do some of the work at home too.
All the Grade 2s will be hosting a Job Fair to demonstrate our knowledge and learning from this research. It will be on Thursday, February 18 from 12:30-2:00pm. If any parents (who have volunteer clearance) would like to join our fair and share a little bit about your job with the students, we would be more then happy to have you in. Just send Ms. G an email to receive more information.
Reminders:
-Music tomorrow, please bring recorders!
-Dance club forms due tomorrow
-Book orders due Friday
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