I was so pleased today!  I was on morning duty and had to stay longer to help cover for Mrs. Hache when one of the teachers came to and commented how impressed she was that everyone in the class was seated, working, and behaving despite no teacher being in the room!  Great job class!
We did our regular opening activities. Our spelling world was "invincible" and we did an introduction for "How to wear a dress".  We doodled a kitten.

In language arts we went over our daily five expectations and worked on read to self, buddy read, and write to self.  I did some writers conferencing.  Tomorrow we will have library (so you can bring your books back to change), and we will exchange the books in our book boxes.

After recess we had math.  We worked on our counting on strategy, pattern terms, number lines, and played around the world.  Our judge today did a great job! 

Following lunch we had You and Your world.  We tried a few science demonstrations, but I made a little mistake measuring the first time so we had to retry one of the experiments after PE with Ms. Clark.  Do you remember what the chemical that made the water solid is used for?  Hint:baby's wear them.

We finished off the day with a chapter from our Cam Jansen book and with some French, numbers, greetings, and family members vocabulary.

Im off to cheer for Ian Baillie at the cross country race! Get lots of sleep, read 10 minutes, and I will see you in the morning!

It was a gloomy day outside and a fun day inside at Ian Baillie.  We cancelled our scheduled picture with St. Andrews because it was slightly rainy and we didn't want to take a chance on a downpour.  We'll check the weather for later in the week!

We started off the day with our regular routine.  We set up our page, got our agenda's checked for notes (Im still looking for some hot lunch orders to arrive before Wednesday), we did our spelling word (convertible), and the introduction for "How to Party".  We doodled a mouse and handed in our sheets. 

In language arts we reviewed "Flip the sound" to help figure out some new words.  What 2 sounds does each vowel make?  Can you remember?  We reviewed our I chart and did a buddy read and a read to self.  I also read with a small group. 

After an indoor recess we had Math.  We also had a friend join us for some math today!  Do you remember who was back?  We reviewed our pattern terms (core, element, attribute, and increasing) we did some emoticon patterns, we looked at number lines, did some addition sheets with numbers 1 to 20, and I had some guest teachers teach us how to use the counting on strategy.  We also looked at using flashcards with a friend for the first time.

Following an indoor recess and lunch we had a relaxing yoga session in PE with Ms. McFarlene.  I know everyone was sad for it to end because I heard a huge roar! 

We went back to the classroom, read more of our Dective novel with Cam and Eric.  What did Cam stick her arms into today?  Would you have opened that garbage can?  We did a quick art project on How to Draw A Scarecrow.  Check out the attachment of our final works of art below.  Can you find yours? 

We finished off the day by getting our agendas signed, packing a memo, and putting up our chairs.  Get lots of sleep, read 10 minutes, and I will see you in the morning!

Another busy day today!  We started off the day setting up our page, putting papers in our duotangs, checking our agenda's, and having a quick snack for some because the breakfast program hasn't started yet.  In our opening activities we worked on our word wall, spelling word (computation), an introduction for "How to Drive", and we doodled a tiger. 

We went outside for a bus saftety evacuation and went over some more bus safety rules with Pat Jepson!  He did a great job and got us all off the bus safely.  Then we came back in for math.  We practiced setting up our page and doing a quick listening quiz.  We reviewed our math terms (core, element, attribute, increasing) and went over the pattern to describe patterns!  "Start with _____ and ____ each time".   Can you figure out the pattern rule for " 6, 8, 10, 12, 14..."?  What kind of pattern is it?  We also did a worksheet on patterns with colors.

After recess we had language arts.  We had a writers workshop and worked on using a check list to make sure our writing is organized.  We did a quick write on any topic and used our checklist.  Then we went to the library.  We went over the rules and checked out our first books.  Our books are due back next Thursday!

After lunch, we had PE with Ms. Clark.  Then we went to the computer lab.  We worked on logging in, keys on the keyboard, the windows start button, and using internet explorer.  We also had more happy faces than sad faces so we earned 6 minutes extra free time.

We finished off the day packing our agenda with a memo, I signed the agenda, and we did a read aloud with our new Cam Jansen book.  Tomorrow we have a practice lockdown.  Get lots of sleep and I will see you in the morning. 

It was a busy day!  I am so pleased that the students are coming into the classroom in the morning and getting their jobs done straight away.  Before any work could really get started today we had a fire drill.  It went very well!  We came back inside and worked on our word wall words for the week, our spelling word (competition), our introduction for "How to Dance" and we doodled an elephant. 

In math we did another listening quiz and went over how to set up our books again.  We reviewed patterns and the terms Core, Element, Increasing, and Attribute.  Do you know what all of those words mean?  We also worked on math with a friend before recess. 

After a beautiful outdoor recess we had langugage arts.  We went over how to start a sentence and the 3 punctuation marks we use to stop a sentence ( .  !  ?  ).   We also talked about indentation.  What is a dent in a can?  What is an indent in a story?   We did a write to self about a small moment, what did we do at todays recess.  We also went over our I Chart for read and write to self.  What does the I stand for? (Independant).  I hope you worked on building your stamina.  We also had a share where some students shared about the book they were reading. 

Next we had an outdoor lunch.  Before the bell rang each student recieved a smiley face cookie!  Thank you Tim Hortons!  We then went to gym with Ms. McFarlene for tally Tuesday. 

In computer we continued to work on gettting everyone logged in on their own.  Colbie also stopped in to get some books.  She wont be at school for few days because her eye is injured and needs to heal.  She was in great spirits though!  We are excited for her to return! 

We finished off the day with Ms. Sturgeon and guidance.  We talked about how everyone in the class might be the same, but maybe not the world.  Can you think of any examples? 

I signed the agenda's, a hot lunch memo went home, and packed up for the day. Get lots of sleep and I will see you tomorrow!

I can't believe the first week is over already!  Everyone is catching onto the routines and we are getting into the swing of things!  We started off the day with our regular routine.  We came in, set up our pages, I checked agenda's, and we started working.  Our spelling word was "operation".  How many syllables does that word have?  What does each syllable need when sounding it out?  We did an introduction for a  "How to Make a Cake" story.  We doodled a horse, and put our sheets in our duotangs.  Duotangs are still a bit tricky.

Next we had our language arts.  We went over two new words "independantly" and "stamina".  Do you remember what those mean?  We worked on our read to self and went  over the expectations for buddy reading.  It was raining outside so we also had our first indoor recess.  Everyone did a great job cleaning up and being respectful of the room!

Then we had our first "Make Something That Does Something" class.  We made Pattern Chains with Magnets to pick up paper clips.  Not bad for our first time!

After a beautiful outdoor lunch we had PE with Mrs. McFarlene in the gym.  We worked on our bus safety in YYW (You and Your World) and we had some free time that we earned with our brain based rules.  Do you know all 5 rules yet?  We finished off the day packing and signing our agenda's.  Have a great weekend and I will see you bright and early Monday Morning!

It was a warm day at Ian Baillie today! We started off our day with our regular routine.  We opened our agenda's and I collected memo's, fee's, and responded to notes.  The students set up their language arts page.  We worked on Word Wall Words, a "How to eat breakfast" introduction, and we doodled a cat.  We also started some of our Daily 5 activities.  The 5 activities that we can choose to work on each day.  Today we filled up our book boxes and went over the expectation of our "read to self" activity. 

After a beautiful outdoor recess we had math.  In math we also work on 5 different activites.  We a listening quiz, where students number 1 to 5 and I read them different numbers to see if they know them.  We then did "Math with a friend".  Students were paired up today and played poison pill.  They were given 9 yellow blocks and 1 blue block.  Each student took a turn and had to take 1, 2, or 3 blocks each turn.  Who ever was forced to take the final blue block (poison pill) lost.  You can try at home with 2 different types of coins.  We finished off with "Math by Myself".  Students were given 5 minutes to do as many questions as they could on an Math worksheet .  We also talked about patterns.  What is a pattern, and what is the core?

After lunch we had You and Your world.  We are doing our community unit.  The first part is to talk about your family.  Family are the people that you care about and that care about you.  Sometimes we have more than one family, like our home family, our school family, or our hobby families.   We did a quick portrait of the people we would put in our home families. 

Next we had PE with Mrs. McFarlene.  Did I see a giant parachute in the gym?

We finished off the day reading a chapter from "Flat Stanley".  Do you remember what made him flat?  How did his parents afford to send him to California?  We also worked with number song in French.  Can you figure out how to say your phone number in French?  We got our agenda's signed and we had a quick dance party to celebrate a great day!

The first week is going so well, make sure you get lots of sleep and I will see you in morning!

Welcome to Grade 2!   The class lists will be on the door in the morning and I have attached the supplies list along with the memo's that will be going home on the first day.

Aiden D.
Zoey D.
Brea D.
Wyatt D.
Reese G.
Lauchlan J.
Ryan K.
Denny K.
Xander M.
Isabelle M.
Colbie M.D.
Lana R.
Mikail T.
Gavin T.

See you all very soon!