Today was another great day in Mr. M's class. We started our day with a read a loud from Cabin Creek. We have one more chapter left and we are done! After that we went to the gym to practice our song for Music Festival, which is fast approaching. Then, we came back to the classroom to do the fourth page in our pen pal book.

Next we had math. For math, we worked on Base 10 Block regrouping/subtraction. We got a demonstration on repartioning to subtract and then went to the computer lab to do some mathletics. This was kind of tricky but with a bit more practice we will be rockstars.

After lunch we had gym. This was very exciting to watch as the students were playing a game Ms. Patles had never seen before. After gym, we went to the lab to type our pen pal letters up. We will perfect them on Thursday. We ended our day with a book of gratitude entry and 2 games of 4 corners, as our behaviour was so good!

It was a fabulous friday in Mr. McCallum's grade 2 class! We started the day with a "Make Something that Does Something" class. We seperated into groups and tried to see who could build the highest free-standing tower using pasta and clay. The trick was it had to stand on its own and have a paper clip and the end of it... Mr. M won :(

After that, we had literacy where we wrote the second page of our books for our pen pals at St. Andrew's. We talked about ourselves today and told them such things like our hobbies, families, and our dreams for the future. Some people worked with Ms. Patles, some with Mr. M and others worked alone. We then did a buddy read and we all listened to the rules!

For lunch, we had pizza! It was in indoor recess because it was so wet and muddy outside. We watched a few short episodes of a funny show while we dined.

After lunch, we had gym. On friday, we have free time in the gym so we all did something different. After gym, we came back for a lesson on nutrition and we watched an astronaut brush his teeth in space! We ended our day with a french lesson and some free time. It was a great day and a great way to kick off the weekend!

This morning, we began with a literacy block where we worked on our editing skills. We also got to write a short story about a girl named Paula who lost her cat. Then, we took those skills and practiced them on our own pieces of writing. Then we got to do a buddy read for the last few minutes of class.

Next we had math. In math we practiced our algorithim for subtraction and refeshed our memory on our place value skills. Then, we went down to the computer lab for mathletics.

After lunch we had YYW during which we shared our Pen Pal letters with the class. These were so nice to read and it was special to receive a letter from a student at St. Andrew's. Then we went to gym class. After gym, we did a french lesson and we learned some new french vocabulary. We earned a reward for our behaviour and we got to watch a JibJab! We also earned a pizza party for having the nicest class picture of us wearing blue for Autism day. Our piza party will be on Friday.

Today was a busy day for us in Mr. McCallum's room. We were all very high energy today, as we had just come back from a long weekend. We started our day with a new daily sheet activity called 'find and replace'. For this activity, we had to change certain words to make a sentence have a bit more pizzaz. We also learned about synonyms today.

After literacy, we had math. We are still working on our regrouping skills using manipulatives like Base 10 Blocks. We did a 'math by myself' sheet while Ms. Patles worked with a group on a guided math lesson.

After lunch, we had gym, where we did yoga. Next, we had art and in art we made a 'blow painting' project where we created the monsters we wrote about last week. Things got messy but it was fun!

We ended our day with a Jib Jab dance party and a book of gratitude entry. It was a good day!

Another busy day in Mr. McCallum's room. We started the day with our daily sheet and read a loud from Cabin Creek. After that, we reviewed the story "I Need My Monster". We wrote narrative peices detailing what our monster would look like and be like if we had our very own pet monsters. We dicussed what they would eat, look like, smell like and other traits that made them unique. We drew our monsters and shared our pieces with the class.

After literacy, we had math. During math, we practiced our regrouping skills using base ten blocks. We've been doing this for the last few days and with a little more practice, we are all going to be masters of regrouping! With the remaining time, we played 7 add up!

After lunch we had to have a talk about grade 2-itis. It seems as though some of us are forgetting how to act in school, so with a little refresher, we should be right on track again. Then we had PE. During gym, students played soccer with Mrs. Clancy

After PE, we had a french lesson where we learned how to say things about our class in french. We earned a reward for our behavior so we got to end the day with a short film!

Happy Friday all! Today was another busy one for our class. We started our morning with a "Make Somethng that Does Something" class where students worked in groups to create something with 'little bit'. We had presentations at the end of the class and the products we created ranged from doorbells to flashlights! It was great and the students enjoyed themselves and worked well together.

After recess we had literacy where we wrote an independant piece titled: "If I could paint my room anyway I wanted I would..." and did we ever get some creative pieces. It was impressive to see the level of creativity the students have, not to mention their impressive artistic skills, as they drew their bedrooms according to their writing piece.

After lunch, which was free Pita Pit, we had gym. Fridays are free Fridays in the gym so students did a number of activities. After that, we practiced our origami skills by making a paper frog that jumps in the air!

It was a great week for us all!

Another great day full of activities in Mr. McCallum's grade 2 class! We started the day with a read-a-loud from our Cabin Creek Mysteries book. For langauage arts, we wrote letters to Mother Nature, urging her to give us the lovely Spring weather! After we wrote them, we drew colorful Spring drawings and shared with the class.

For math, we worked on our subtraction skills in class as well as on Mathletics.com. We reviewed the algorithm for subraction, and by tomorrow i'm sure they will all be pros! After students completed their mathletics work, they got free time on the computers.

Noon hour was extra special today because it was warm outside and there was 'hot lunch'. After lunch, we had PE. During PE, Mr. Lynch played floor hockey with the students.

We ended our day with a computer lab session, where students typed their letters to Mother Nature that they wrote earlier that day. We also watched french videos and sang some french songs for our 'You and Your World' class.