RECESS by Emma Its good to be back!  Thank you SO much to Miss Hache who was in for me on Thursday and Friday last week.  It sounds like she had lots of fun in our class.  We started off our day with our normal routine.  We set up our page, took out our agenda's, and were ready to work!  Our spelling word today was "identical" and our "First, " was for a pretend story called "How to Treat a Pimple".  We also doodled a castle.  Instead of going to language arts today we went to the gym for our school wide "Remembrance Day" rehearsal.  After an indoor recess the grade 1 and 2 classes went to the gym for a presentation on Sistema.  There is a note on the inside of the students agenda today explaining more about this wonderful program opportunity.  After lunch we went to the computer room.  Everyone is doing a great job logging on to their computer with their own ID.  In PE today with Mrs. Hache we played floor hockey.  We finished off our day with a desk change, desk clean, packed notes in the agenda, signed the agenda's, wrote in our book of gratitude, got ready and had last week's draw!  It was a very busy day!   Tomorrow we have our Remembrance Day Ceremony in the gym at 10:00.  Everyone is welcome to attend this event.  Get lots of sleep tonight and I will see you tomorrow!

Calthumpians by Caden The snow and slush held off today and it was a beautiful day at Ian Baillie!  We started out with a circle share where the students took turns being good listeners and speakers.  We did our spelling word "beautiful" and worked on the "First, " section of a story for "How to Make Ice Cream in a Plastic Bag".  Did you get a topic sentence and two details about your topic?  We doodled an anchor and did some math.  In math we reviewed our place value chart and our hundreds chart.  We talked about samples and estimates.  Tomorrow we will be looking at comparing numbers using greater than and less than.  Some students in our class went outside, and others went to choir for recess.  After recess we practiced our Remembrance Day song with the other grade two. In language arts with Mrs. Hill we practiced being editors and correcting sentences.   We also did a round of the daily 5.  At lunch some students stayed in for Mad Science and others went outside.  After lunch we had a presentation by the Calthumpians from Fredericton!  They shared some cool songs with us about caring for the environment.  Do you know any simple things you can do to care for the environment?  We finished off the day with our book of gratitude and got our agenda's signed.  Since we had more happy faces than sad faces we also won the classroom toys back and had 12 minutes of free time!  Hot lunch is tomorrow and Im still looking for a couple of permission slips to come back for the Remembrance day poster contest.  Im glad everyone is dressing so warm because it is getting cold.  Get lots of sleep and I will see you in the morning. 

In Between Dances by Chloe What a fun day!  I love Halloween!  We started off the day with our regular routine.  We did a circle share to practice our listening, and went right into our work.  Our spelling word today was "cemetery" and our "First," step for our procedural writing paragraph with two sentences was for a pretend story callled "how to trick or treat".  We did two doodles today, a paintbrush and a beet.  Instead of language arts we had music to practice our Remembrance day song.  We are getting better.  We came back to the classroom and handed out some (just some) of our treats before recess.  After recess we had an assembly.  We had some student talent perform a dance, poetry reading, and power point on dirt bikes!   Remember if you want to showcase talent get your application into Mrs. Hache at least a week before the assembly!   A big congratulations to Jack for winning the I-care award this month!   After lunch we had our Halloween Parade and dance!  We came up to the class after and handed out some treats and packed up to go home!  School photo's are in, but I opted NOT to send them home today so they didnt get crushed into bookbags with costumes and candy, they will go home on Monday with the new hot lunch forms.  Have a safe and happy Halloween!  Dont eat too much candy and I will see you on Monday!

Are You Eating My Bearpaw? by Canyon Today was a stressful day when some helpful students took my car on a coffee run!  (Check out the morning annoucements)  We started the day with picture retakes for the students who requested it.  If you missed you picture you can get them done at the Dewy Studio downtown Thursday after school.  Our spelling word today was "binoculars" and our first and detail sentences were for "How to make cereal".  We doodled an apple and went to language arts with Mrs. Hill.  What is your favorite part of the daily five?  After recess we had math.  We practiced counting nickels and dimes.  Can you make $0.25 with 5 coins? 4 coins? 3 coins?  Thank you so much to all the volunteers who came in today to help with the hot lunch!  After lunch we worked on our remembrance day posters.  Remember your poster should be almost identical to your blueprint!  In PE we played a game where you had to be a gravestone if you were caught by a witch!   We finished off the day working on our posters and some students are already ready to add color!  A memo went home about the halloween dance on Friday.  Get lots of sleep and I will see you in the morning!

Tunnel Vision by Sophie This is the week approaching Halloween and there is energy in the air!  We started off the day with a sharing circle.  What did you share about your weekend?  We did an "impossible" spelling word, and we started using the "First" part of our procedural writing.  We also included two detail sentences about our topic.  Todays topic was "How to make a cake".  In language arts today we did weekend news and a five finger recount.  We also did one round of the daily five.  What activity of the daily five did you do; Read to self, Write to Self, Buddy Read, Word Work, Listen to reading, or did you work with the teacher?  After recess we had math.  We did a math numbers quiz, reviewed place value and hundreds chart, we counted some money, and started work on rounding numbers on a numberline.   After a very cold outdoor lunch (I hope youre dressed for the cold), we had music.  We practiced our Remembrance day song "Peace in My heart".   In PE we did 4 new warm up exercises, we did an obstacle course, and played a tag game.  We finished off the day doing the morning announcements as a group.  Look for our class tommorow on the main page.  Wednesday is picture retake day.  A mad science note, and a fundraiser sheet also went home tonight so please check the agenda's.  Dress for the weather!  Get lots of sleep and I will see you tomorrow!

TIME'S UP! by Liam We started off the day with our sharing circle.  What are you dressing up at halloween as?  We did our spelling word of the day "delivery" and did an introduction for the story "How to make a delivery".  We doodled an ipad and started math.  In math today we reviewed place value and did a number quiz (see audio below).  We also talked about how sometimes it is easier to count by tens then fives, so if we have two nickles we can count those as if they were a dime.  Do you find counting money easy?  We also took the last 10 minutes to work on our Remembrance Day blue prints for our posters.  After outdoor recess (for anyone who didnt go to choir practice) we had language arts with Mrs Hill.   It was raining at lunch so we stayed in and played with the toys and games in the classroom.  After lunch we went to library to change our books, then we had PE with Mrs. Hache.  We finished off the day with our book of gratitude, got our agenda's signed, and even had time for a quick draw.  Liam did a great job writing the most today and winning the prize!   Please check the front page for the memo that went home today (and is still on my desk).  Many of the students are wearing Blue Jays gear, or the color blue to support the team, but choir members have been asked to wear special colors as well (see the memo on the main page). Have a great night, get lots of sleep and I will see you in the morning!