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!