Mr. McCallum Notes

Grade 2M

Notes

Posted: December 14, 2015

2015_12_14 Monday

Christmas Concert Day!  It flew by!  We started off the day with some excitement about our Christmas decorated door, it is pretty cool!  We were all dressed up so nicely that I did snap a new picture for our web page banner.  Then we talked to my brother in Beijing on Skype.  He said he hasn't had any snow days, but he has had one day off school because of the air quality index (or pollution).  Do you remember what that means?  We did our regular routine, our spelling word was "Activity" and our story was for "How to make a Skype Call".  We doodled a sun and clouds.  Then we scored our pages and put our sheets in our books before going to Mrs. Hill's room.  We practiced our songs, read, watched a video on the zoo, and worked on our Christmas Alphabet books.  Mrs Hill looked after all of the grade 2's while I took lots of pictures at the concert.  Check out the gallery on the main page.  After lunch we went to the computer lab and had a late PE because the gym was being cleaned from the concert.  Everyone gave themselves a happy face in their agenda and we called it a day!   I was very proud of everyone!  Have a great night, get lots of rest, and I will see you in the morning!

Posted: December 10, 2015

2015_12_10 Thursday

This morning I we had a supply teacher as I had an appointment.  I was in for a little bit and did some recording to make a little video to show our friends in Colorado a peek inside our school!  Check it out below! 

When I came back in the afternoon we had library and changed our books for the last time this year (2015).  We had PE in the classroom (because of the shopping party) and Ms. Tucker had some cool Star Wars Yoga for us to do!  We finished off the day watching our video, doing our book of gratitude, and getting our agenda's signed.  Get lots of sleep and I will see you tomorrow!

Posted: December 9, 2015

2015_12_09 Wednesday

Check out Mrs. Hill's summary of our day!  I'm off to get our gym media feed working for tomorrow, stay tuned for an update soon!

Posted: December 8, 2015

2015_12_08 Tuesday

Today was a busy day at Ian Baillie.  We started off the day with our regular routine.  Our spelling word was "decoration" and our story was "How to make a decoration".  We doodled a manatee.  Then we went to Mrs. Hill's class to practice our songs.  In Language Arts we read a Christmas book and worked on our Alphabet books.  After recess we had math. In math we worked on math sentences and using an "equal" and "not equal" signs.  What would you put on the blank for 4+3 ___ 5+2 ?  We also worked on some Word Problems.  After lunch we had Guidance with Ms. MacKenzie.  She read us a story book and gave us each two tickets.  What were your tickets for?  In PE, Mrs. Hache was out, but we did lots of running and lots of sweating!  We finished off the day looking at some maps and working on our directions for North, East, South, and West.  I also said we have homework!  On Friday afternoon we will be Skyping with a  Grade 3 Class from Colorado, checkout their website to help with your homework.  Your homework is to think of a question you may want ask a student who lives in Colorado!  We finished off the day with our book of gratitude and signed our agenda's.  Dress warm and get lots of sleep and I will see you in the morning!

Posted: December 7, 2015

2015_12_07 Monday

We started off today with a draw from last week.  I hope you did your daily math sheet and got it in the draw!  The winner today was Tyler!  He can choose his prize when he comes back.  We did our regular routine.  The spelling word was "squirrel".  What did I say was special about the letter "q"?  We did a story start for "How to Put up a Christmas Tree" and we doodled a tiger.  Before we started language arts we practiced our Christmas Songs with the other class.  Everything is coming together nicely!  In Language Arts with Mrs. Hill we did a read aloud with our Fudge book, and we started our own Christmas alphabet books.  What did you say the letter "Aa" was for? After recess we had math.  We did a listening test, some math word problems, and then looked at the equal sign.  Equal means "the same as", so is it true or false if I said 4+3=6+1? 

After lunch we went to the computer lab and looked at a coding activitity for "The Hour of Code".  Check out the link in the post below.  In PE, Mrs. Walsh had the gym set up like a maze!  I dont know what you did but it sure looked fun!  We finished off the day looking at the directions for North, East, South, and West.  How will I ever remember those.  We also looked at the seven continents.  Can you remember the names of any of them?  We did our book of gratitude, signed our agenda's, had one more draw (Emma won a book) and we went home.  Have a great day, get lots of sleep, rest up your singing voices, and I will see you in the morning!

Posted: December 4, 2015

2015_12_04 Friday

We started off today with our regular routine.  Our spelling word was "parachute" and our story was for "How to jump out of a plane".  We doodled a pig.  Then we practiced our songs for the Christmas Concert, Its Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas and Please Christmas Dont be Late. Yes we did change the second song to suit the play that will accompany the concert.  We finished off the morning with some language arts with Mrs. Hill.   After recess we had math.  We did math with a friend, and worked on our math stories.  We also tried to do talk on Skype, but I ran into some technical difficulties.  I think I have all the bugs worked out and we will try again next week! After lunch we worked on a Santa Head for art class.  In PE Mrs. Hache was out today, but it was game Friday!  What game did you choose?  We came back to the class and finished up our Santa's for the wall.  We all signed happy faces in our own agenda's!  We played some classroom games and went home.  Have a great and safe weekend!  See you on Monday

Posted: December 3, 2015

2015_12_03 Thursday

What a busy day at Ian Baillie Primary. We started off the day with the choir being called to the gym for a practice. With half of the grade two practicing for choir, we combien the remaining grade two students and practiced our songs for the Concert which has now been moved to Monday Dec 14th.

When the choir members returned we went over our songs a final time and did a quick drawing of Olaf from Frozen. We came back to the classroom and hit the reset button and we completed our regular morning routine. Our spelling word was "Christmas", our "First," with two detail sentences was for a story "How to Sing a Song". We doodled a cow, and got ready for recess. After recess we stayed in the classroom. We did a language arts round of Read to self. We checked in and did another 3 minute round with our jackets and chairs upsidedown. Were you comfortable? Will you do your read to self like that again? Next we a did a round of Math with a friend. We took turns being a judge and telling math stories to our partners.

We did a check in, and then took an early break because today was the Christmas Dinner in the gym. The Culinary Class from JMH came down, prepared the meal, and served it. It was amazing. After lunch we came back to the classroom. We took a quick look at the school twitter account @IBP_School and answered some question for a class in Colorado about Canada, then we checked out the ir class webpage. They look like they do lots of cool stuff in their class! The gym was full of tables and chairs, so instead of PE we made Christmas Art with Mrs. Hache (or her supply teacher), until we were called to the gym to meet a VERY special guest! We finished off the day with our book of gratitude and getting our agenda's signed. I also handed out a few of the marshmallow challenge kits. Its not too late to bring in your form and get a kit to work on for the weekend! Get lots of sleep, dress warm, and I will see you in the morning!

Posted: December 1, 2015

2015_12_01 Tuesday

Many students asked me if today was a short day because we were so busy and it went by so quickly. We started off with some music practice and places for our Christmas Concert songs for next week. When we finished that we did our regular routine. Our spelling word was "December" and our pretend story was for "How to Wrap a Present". We also doodled a polar bear and went to recess. After Recess we had language arts with Mrs Hill. We worked on some letters to Santa! I cant wait to see those! After lunch we worked on some math. We worked on reading and writing math stories. Can you make a math sentence from this story: Frank went to 4 hockey games this year. He went to 6 hockey games last year. How many games did Frank go to in total? After a quick math class we went to PE. Mrs. Walsh was in for Mrs Hache today and I saw lots of red faces from all the running around you did. We finished off the day by cleaning our desks and packing our agenda's. I think I sent 5 notes home today! Skating tomorrow! We will be at the LBA at 10:20 and on the ice at 10:30 to 11:30. We appreciate any help with skates/helmets and you are welcome to skate with us aswell. When we get back we will be treated to lunch from the JMH Culinary Class! It will be a busy day so get lots of sleep, and dress warm! See you in the morning!

Posted: November 30, 2015

2015_11_30 Monday

It is cold outside! Winter hats, mitts, ski-pants, and accessories are in full effect now! Make sure you come dressed warm! We started off the day with our usual spellling word (sunflowers) Our "First" for a story "How to be a good elf" and we doodled a bat. Before we went to language arts the other grade two class joined us to practice our chrismas songs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWcVrKeOVY8 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDsFqfKr6m4. In language arts today Mrs. Hill wasn't here, Miss Carol was in for her. We worked on our daily 5 centers. Which center did you do, read to self, write to self, word work, buddy read, or listening centers? After recess we had math. In math we worked on reading and creating math stories. Can you make a math story for 5+3=8? After a chilly lunch hour we had computer. We worked at finding Colorado on a map, and talked about Skype ettique. In PE we played some games with hula hoops and bean bags. What else did you play? We finished off our day with a little game, our book of gratitude, an getting our agenda's signed. It is going to be a busy day, so dress warm, get lots of sleep and I will see you in the am.

Posted: November 27, 2015

2015_11_27 Friday

What an awesome Friday! First thing this morning we worked on our songs for the Christmas concert and they are coming together already! After that we went to Language Arts with Mrs. Hill. What is your favorite Daily five activitiy? After recess we had Make Something that Does Something. Today we had to work in groups to propel a marshmallow through the air. I hope it gave you some ideas for the school challenge! After lunch we had an assembly! After the assembly Mrs. Hache taught us gym and she brought up the class to practice our song and dismiss the class while I went to work with the grade 3's. I hope everyone was on their best behavior! Have a great weekend and I will see you on Monday!

Posted: November 26, 2015

2015_11_26 Thursday

The day flew by in grade 2! We started off the day reviewing our ZONES of Regulation. What zone were you in for the most of the day? Our spelling word today was "celebration". I hope you got the "shun" sound as "tion"! We did the "First," part of our story for "How to Build Ironman Armor". We doodled a flower and then did some math. In math we worked on telling math stories for simple addition. Can you tell a math story this math sentence 3+6=9? After recess we did our first practice of our Christmas songs: Blue Christmas and Its begining to look a lot like Christmas. They are tricky songs and we have some work to do! In Language Arts with Mrs. Hill we had a read-a-loud, readers workshop, and guided reading. After lunch we went to the library and changed our books. Then we went to PE with Mrs. Hache. We played games today, The Grinch is my favorite! After PE we took out a catapult with a special name and tried firing some bean bags in the gym. We finished off the day with our book of gratitude and our agenda's. We have an assembly at 12:30 tomorrow. Dress warm and get lots of sleep! I will see you in the morning!

Posted: November 25, 2015

2015_11_25 Wednesday

Im back! Our school got this cool new website! You can now watch all our morning announcements and videos on your smart phone and tablet! Today we started off by reviewing our ZONES of regulations and then we had a sharing circle about which ZONE we were in. Do you remember all four zones? What zone were you in most of the day? I was in the green zone. I was happy, calm, and ready to learn! Okay I might have went into the yellow zone for a little bit when I got a new password to the school website. I was so excited! We did our morning work. Our spelling word was "relaxation" and we wrote a story "How to Pick Flowers". In Language Arts with Mrs. Hill we did a read-a-loud of our Fudge book. We also worked on the Daily 5. Some people did listen to reading, some did word work with punctuation, and some read with Mrs. Hill. After recess we had math. In math today we discussed the 4 strategies we use for adding numbers. We can use dots, counting on, knowing our facts, or an algorithm for adding two digit numbers! That last one sounds hard! Do you know the steps to add two digit numbers? Step one : Be neat! What are the rest? After lunch we went to the computer lab. We talked about the difference between the address bar and a search bar. We worked with the windows start button, internet explorer, and our volume control. In PE we danced! I heard the chicken dance song! What is your favorite dance. We finished off the day with our agenda's and our book of gratitude. I gave the class a little extra time to get ready to put on their snowpants. Its getting cold! Dress warm! Get lots of sleep and I will see you tomorrow. We also have library tomorrow, so dont forget your book!

Posted: November 17, 2015

2015_11_17 Tuesday

Zombie by Damien Another jam packed day full of fun in Grade Two!  Our spelling word today was "language" and our "First," was for "How to do a Handstand".  Remember your details need to be about your topic!  We doodled a snowman and went right into math.  In math we worked on playing an addition card game for Math with a Friend.  How well do you know your addition of numbers from 0 to 20?  We also worked on a math listening activity where we had to write down three numbers and place them in order least to greatest.  After recess we had language arts with Mrs. Hill.  She worked on a writing piece about friends.  After lunch we had guidance with Miss Mackenzie.  Did you win at finding friends bingo?  In PE with Mrs. Hache we did lots of dancing!  The fiddle music with fast feet at the end was my favorite.  We finished off the day by packing our bookbags with our agenda's and report cards.   We wrote in our book of gratitude.  What do you like about your friends?  I wont be in the classroom tomorrow, Miss Tucker will be in for me.  Also our book fair opens tomorrow!  Get lots of sleep, best behavior, and I will see you on Thursday. 

Posted: November 16, 2015

2015_11_16 Monday

Book in My Desk by Jaxon It was a windy and cold day today at Ian Baillie.  We started out our day with a spelling word "literature", we did the "First, " with two details for a pretend story called "How to Remove Your Brain".  We doodled a chickend and went to Mrs. Hill's class for language Arts.  After indoor recess we had math.  In math today we worked on a quiz.  After Lunch we went to the computer lab and worked a bridge building game.  What shape is a strong shape for building things?  In PE with Mrs. Hache we danced!  I love dancing!  We finished off our day with our book of gratitude, packed our agenda's, and got ready for home.  Report cards go home tomorrow.  Get lots of rest tonight and I will see you bright and early!

Posted: November 13, 2015

2015_11_13 Friday

Lego Fun by Jack What a fast Friday!  Our spelling word today was "bullying", our "First," was for a story called how to build a rocket, and we doodled a tree.  In language arts with Mrs. Hill we did Wordo (a sight word bingo), and a round of the daily five.  After indoor recess we did make something that does something.  We practiced being good speakers and listeners, built a jenga tower where two things happened (they happen everytime), we came up with team names, and we built a tower using spaghetti with an eraser at the top.  The largest tower was 45 cm tall!  Great job.  After lunch Miss MacFarlene came in and did some dancing with us, and then we drew an ogre.  We also did a puppy dog.  We talked about using different amounts of pressure with our crayons when we color for effect.  Today was game day in PE.  Mrs. Hache played zoo keeper, dead ant, and four corners.  We finished off the day with some coloring, we packed our agenda's with a parent teacher note (attached), and went home.  Report cards go home next week and Mrs. Hill and I will sit in together for parent teacher conferences since we are team teaching the math and language arts.  We will try our best to accomodate everyone.  Get lots of rest and have a great weekend!
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