This morning we got our 50 words for the week. Since it is a short week, the big quiz will be on Thursday. We did task cards again today, to practice our words. There were 5 options, we only had to choose one for today. The tasks we got to chose from were writing the words with our opposite hand, writing the word backwards, circle all the consonants, write the words in shapes, and writing the words tracing the outside of shapes. Ask me what task I chose to do!
Following are the two lists of words, they are also coming home with me today.
Group A: pup, bus, but, tub, I, his, dig, pat, sun, put, big, is, men, cat, am, on, not, dog, to, got, the, can, at, pet, get, let, fed, red, did, pan, had, fun, top, stop, fix, fox, hen, pen, mix, six, box
Group B: ran, use, place, make, making, help, here, want, nice, to, two, into, be, see, got, she, sheep, shop, queen, green, bee, ho, no, go, so, going, must, kind, find, gave, do, the, doing, that, them, day, may, made, was, of, if, a, us, some, come, home, fun, run, funny, running
After recess, we had math. We watched a short video on the gorilla, Ivan, from our novel study. He was real and lived in a mall for most of his life. He compared the size of his domain in the video to the size of his domain in the novel. We also talked a bit about what he had in his domains and what we think he should have to be a happier gorilla. To end the morning we started doing a drawing of Ivan in our visual journals. Tomorrow we will continue, and add to this drawing.
Following lunch we joined the other grade 2 classes for Health. We are starting a unit on healthy eating habits and the 4 food groups. To start the unit we brainstormed what we thought healthy eating means or is. A few ideas we came up with were:
-eating fruits and vegetables
-drink lots and lots of water
-if you eat healthy you will grow taller
-drinking milk helps you to grow big and strong
Then we listened to a story on the internet called Gregory the Terrible Eater. Following the story we made a list of healthy eating habits and non-healthy eating habits.
-healthy habits: eat the rainbow - the four food groups, having a small treat once and a while,
-non-healthy habits: eating candy every day, try not to be a picky goat eater
Then we had music. To end the day, we did another health activity. We had to create a healthy alphabet. It was challenging to come up with healthy foods that start with each letter!
Reminders:
-Return library books
-Please sign up for the conferences on Thursday and Friday
-No School for students on Friday
-Book fair starts tomorrow
Monday, 30 November 2015
Thursday, 26 November 2015
Thursday, November 26, 2015
Today was a good, hard working day. We even earned a big marble!
Tomorrow is our word wall quiz! So to practice our words today we completed a fill in the blank page. Then, after Phys. Ed. Mrs. Coker joined us and we played word wall Bingo. She also started reading us a story until Mrs. G. came back.
Here are our word wall words one last time before the quiz tomorrow.
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 recess, for math, we did measurement. Last week we measured our own footprint using both standard and non-standard units of measurement. Today, we learned how big an actual foot is. First we measured how many centimeters our foot was, then we predicted how many centimeters we thought a foot was, then we learned that it was 30 cm! For an activity tomorrow, we each needed to measure out a piece of paper that was exactly 1 square foot. We were given a piece of chart paper and with a partner, measured and cut out 1 square foot using rulers. Tomorrow afternoon we will be getting together with the other Grade 2 classes to do an activity with our squares.
Following lunch we had music. We are almost all ready for the winter celebration!
After music, we did Social Studies. At this time we had a chance to finish our reflection on the 6 land regions in Alberta in our visual journals.
Following a quick yoga, body break, we finished the day with doing more research on elephants. We only have a few more days to do this research before we use in for other, upcoming, fun activities. If we want, we can do some extra research at home and bring it to school.
Reminders:
-Monday is the last day to vote for the worst mustache between Mr. Hebert, Mr. Sadowsky, and Mr. Shackleton
-Booking for conferences next week is now open online
Tomorrow is our word wall quiz! So to practice our words today we completed a fill in the blank page. Then, after Phys. Ed. Mrs. Coker joined us and we played word wall Bingo. She also started reading us a story until Mrs. G. came back.
Here are our word wall words one last time before the quiz tomorrow.
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 recess, for math, we did measurement. Last week we measured our own footprint using both standard and non-standard units of measurement. Today, we learned how big an actual foot is. First we measured how many centimeters our foot was, then we predicted how many centimeters we thought a foot was, then we learned that it was 30 cm! For an activity tomorrow, we each needed to measure out a piece of paper that was exactly 1 square foot. We were given a piece of chart paper and with a partner, measured and cut out 1 square foot using rulers. Tomorrow afternoon we will be getting together with the other Grade 2 classes to do an activity with our squares.
Following lunch we had music. We are almost all ready for the winter celebration!
After music, we did Social Studies. At this time we had a chance to finish our reflection on the 6 land regions in Alberta in our visual journals.
Following a quick yoga, body break, we finished the day with doing more research on elephants. We only have a few more days to do this research before we use in for other, upcoming, fun activities. If we want, we can do some extra research at home and bring it to school.
Reminders:
-Monday is the last day to vote for the worst mustache between Mr. Hebert, Mr. Sadowsky, and Mr. Shackleton
-Booking for conferences next week is now open online
Wednesday, 25 November 2015
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
We practiced our word wall words by choosing an activity like straws, whiteboards, popsicle sticks, pipe cleaners, pom poms, buttons, and so on. Friday is our quiz.
In Phys. Ed. we played a game where we had to pass the ball to other people on our team. The goal was to get all of our team on the mat. There were four different teams going to four different mats.
We also, did some more work with our creative writing, keeping in mind what good writing looks like.
After recess, we did some more research on elephants. A few things we learned were:
-they eat leaves, flowers, and fruits
-adult elephants teach baby elephants to communicate with other elephants by using their ears and trunks
-when something is trying to hurt the baby, the older elephants surround it in a circle to protect the baby
-elephants can live in Africa
We talked more about Alberta and the 6 regions. We watched a video of each region and learned a few more things. Ask me what I learned about each region. The regions are: Canadian Shield, Parklands, Rocky Mountains, Grasslands, Foothills, Boreal Forest.
We are continuing to work on the Pillars of Care, especially caring for others, caring for learning, and caring for place. Ask me how I am doing with each of these.
Reminders:
-December Book Orders due tomorrow
-Fun Lunch tomorrow, bring a snack and extra lunch if you like
-Clothing order form due Monday
In Phys. Ed. we played a game where we had to pass the ball to other people on our team. The goal was to get all of our team on the mat. There were four different teams going to four different mats.
We also, did some more work with our creative writing, keeping in mind what good writing looks like.
After recess, we did some more research on elephants. A few things we learned were:
-they eat leaves, flowers, and fruits
-adult elephants teach baby elephants to communicate with other elephants by using their ears and trunks
-when something is trying to hurt the baby, the older elephants surround it in a circle to protect the baby
-elephants can live in Africa
We talked more about Alberta and the 6 regions. We watched a video of each region and learned a few more things. Ask me what I learned about each region. The regions are: Canadian Shield, Parklands, Rocky Mountains, Grasslands, Foothills, Boreal Forest.
We are continuing to work on the Pillars of Care, especially caring for others, caring for learning, and caring for place. Ask me how I am doing with each of these.
Reminders:
-December Book Orders due tomorrow
-Fun Lunch tomorrow, bring a snack and extra lunch if you like
-Clothing order form due Monday
Tuesday, 24 November 2015
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
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
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
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
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