What a great start to the week! We started off the day with our regular opening activitities. Our new word wall word was "what", our Rhyme Time word was "mop", our spelling word was "Assortment", and we did a "First," for "How to trick or treat".

Mrs. MacDonald did a hidden word activity with us. She wrote a message and covered one word in each sentence. We figured out the missing word by asking ourselves 3 questions; "Does it look right? Does it sound right? Does it make sense?". That strategy can really help us figure out words we dont know when we are reading and come to a new word! We also did a read to self and a write to self activity.

After recess we had math. We worked on counting on from any number by ten. Can you start at 4 and add ten each time? We did a listening quiz on nickels and dimes. We counted money with a friend and reviewed the difference between dollars and cents. How much would two dimes be? How could I write that with a dollar sign? We finished off math with a worksheet on coins and a counting circle.

After lunch we did yoga in PE with Mrs. MacFarlene. I hope you stretched out and felt relaxed. Next we had Art Class. We started our blue prints for our Remembrance Day poster. I said we had to use a 3-4-5 rule. Do you rember what the 3 - 4 - 5 was for?

Vote for Aviva Playground project if you havent already! Get lots of sleep, dress warm, and I will see you tomorrow!

Another great day in Grade 2!  We started off the day with an assembly!  Its Fire Safety week and the local fire department came by to talk to the whole school.  They brought their Fire Gear, prizes, and lots of valuable information.  Are you like a rabbit?  Do you have two ways out of your house and a meeting spot for your family?  

After recess we did our opening activities.  Our rhyme time word was "brother", our spelling word was "enforcement", our First was "How to deal with a fire" and we doodled a fire hydrant.  We also managed to go over our counting on strategy in math and get a practice sheet done.

After a beautiful outdoor lunch we had PE in the gym with Mr. Trevors followed by computer.  I was very pleased with all the digital Halloween paintings that got finished!

We finished off the day with Mrs. Sturgeon and guidance.  We went over whole body listening.  We packed one memo in our agenda and I told everyone to sign their own happy face in their agenda!  I will see you in the morning so get lots of sleep and dress warm!

It was nice to be back after a little break, refreshed and ready to learn!  We started off the day with a little change to the routine.  We changed the seating plan and I added another activity to the morning routine changing how our sheets get set up!  This upset some of the keen students who did their sheet already.  The new word for our word wall was "went".  We did a "rhyme time" with went.  How many words can you think of that rhyme with went.  Our spelling word was "complement", and we did a "First," for "How to Dance".  What did you say was the first thing you need to do to dance?  We doodled a turkey.

After recess the two Grade 2 classes got together to look at our Remembrance Day song before math.  In Math we did a listening quiz on nickels and dimes.  We went over sorting nickels and dimes and did an activity where we counted coins.  How are you making out at home counting money?

Today for hot lunch we had Ed's Subs.  Thank you to all the people who volunteer and make that program run and stay sucessful.

After lunch we had PE with Mrs. McFarlene and in computer we worked in Paint to make a Happy Halloween scene. I hope you saved yours to your H drive! 

We finished off the day getting our agenda's packed and signed and we wrote in our book of gratitude.  Tomorrow we will be going to Saint Andrews at 9:30 to watch a performance in their gym.  Get lots of sleep tonight, dress warm, and I will see you in the morning!

It was an interesting day today.  I was in the office while Mrs. Hache was away at meetings.  Miss Clarke was in for me.  I got a wonderful report that the class was very well behaved.  

Mrs. MacDonald came in and finished up her word work activity for Language Arts and the students also worked on their daily 5 activitites. 

In Math we are continuing to count nickels and dimes!  If you have some nickels and dimes at home take out some random numbers of both and see if you can count them correctly.  Remember, sort them (which are nickels and which are dimes), group them (10's are easiest to count by and 2 nickels make 10 cents), and then count!

We finished off the day doing PE, computer, and French. 

Get lots of sleep and I will see you in the morning for your last day of school this week! 

What a great day! It was beautiful outside! We started the day setting up our pages and getting out our agenda's. Our spelling word was "treatment", our introduction was "How to Run", and we doodled a wolf. It was a hard doodle!

In math we looked at dimes and nickels. Does the Queen look the same on the back of the all the coins? Why? What does it usually mean if there is a man on the back of your coin?

After recess we had an assembly! I was so pleased when Wyatt won the I-care award and the whole class cheered for him and was more excited for him than if their own name had been called! What a great class! Very classy! We then had time to go back to class and do a read to self or a write to self depending on what you chose.

After lunch we did the Terry Fox Walk. Thank you all for the many generous donations and to the parents and grandparents who came out to walk the track with us! It was a beautiful day for it. 

We finished off the day watching a quick video about Terry Fox and doing our Book of Gratitude. What does Gratitude mean? We also got our 8 minutes on the playground as a reward for having more happy faces than sad faces on our scoreboard. 

Have a great weekend and I will see you bright and early Monday Morning.

TOMORROW IS PICTURE DAY!

Our opening activities today our spelling word was "chocolate", our introduction was for "How to sneeze", and we doodled an elephant.

In language arts we did a writers workshop on the name the new school contest!   We looked at how our introduction for this could be similar to our "How to" stories.  We could ask a question, give an opinion, and have a lead in.  What do you think would be a good name for the new school?  That would be very cool if someday you could tell your own children that you were responsible for their school's name because of something you wrote when you were in grade 2!

In math we reviewed the difference between a digit and a number.  Why is the word value so important?  We also looked at an adding chart, a hundreds chart, and did some math sheets.  I was very pleased with the way everyone chose a responsible choice today when they were done their work.

After lunch we reviewed our thanksgiving trivia.  We didnt get to our Terry Fox story, so we had a game of teacher says before gym.  I had to pull out some major tricks to get people today! 

After gym we did French.  We worked on our greetings, numbers, and some friend vocabulary.  Im not very good at speaking French myself, but its important I try!  I know some of us dont feel confident when we speak French, but its important we try.

We packed up our agenda's with a memo and I dismissed everyone (and I forgot to sign them).  Everyone had a great day!   Get lots of rest, bring your smile, and I will see you in the morning!

TOMORROW IS PICTURE DAY!

Today was a busy day!  We started out our day by jumping on a bus and heading down to Saint Andrews to take a group picture!  Can you believe we will all be in one school next year? 

When we came back to the school we did our regular opening routine.  Our spelling word was "consonants", our introduction was for "How to Spell", and we doodled an elephant. 

After recess we did a pattern review and a quick pattern test.  Our next unit in math will be on numbers to 100.

After lunch we had yoga in the gym with Ms. McFarlene to help calm everyone down. 

Then we had art.  In Art today, instead of cake boss, we did cookie boss.  We iced and decorated our own cookies with sprinkles.  Check out the pictures below!   We finished off the day, I signed the agenda and we packed some memo's before going home.

Thursday this week is school picture day!  Remember to bring your smile for Thursday!  Get lots of sleep tonight and I will see you tomorrow.