December 15th - December 19th

What a fun filled week we have had!  

At the beginning of the week we participated in the Hour of Code.  Coding is telling a computer what you want it to do and involves step-by-step commands.  I was surprised how fast everyone picked up on it.  Many students want to continue learning about coding. Here is the website we used: HOUR OF CODE.

We had a few more Genius Hour presentations this week. 

We had a movie presentation. 

These girls made brownies.  

These girls did a presentation about dolphins. 

These boys did a presentation about knights. 

Our elf has brought us a few treats this week. 

Our class did a fabulous job at the Christmas Concert.
We hope that you enjoyed it!!

We had a great time at the Government House on Friday.  We had a tour of the museum, decorated gingerbread cookies and played in the storytime room.   Thank you to our wonderful parent volunteers!

Thank you all for your kind words, cards, and gifts this holiday season.  I am so fortunate to work with this amazing class of grade 2's! They are such a kind, caring, and fun class.  I hope that you and your families make some amazing memories this holiday season.  I can't wait to see everybody in 2015!

SCHOOL RESUMES JANUARY 5th at 8:53!

December 8th - 12th

Mr. MacKenzie joined us for a little visit this week.  He popped in and saw some of the Christmas presents we are making.  Our class was excited to show him that our sneaky elf was in the ceiling! We have been writing an elf report every morning.  Our elf journals will be sent home over the holidays for you to enjoy!

We have been busy researching our Genius Hour projects.   There is a lot of information in non-fiction books! 

This group is learning about rocks and minerals.

This group is also researching rocks and minerals.

This group is learning about dolphins. 

This group is creating movies on the iPad. 

This group is researching potions and finding lots of
 experiments for us to try in the classroom!

This group is researching Knights. 

This group is researching cooking.  They
want to try and make a few recipes!

This group is putting on a magic show. 

This group is putting on a magic show. 

Here is our class with our presents that we made for our parents!
I will post pictures of the presents after Christmas! 

Thank you for sending Christmas Hamper items!  Our hamper looked fabulous!

Upcoming Dates:
Thursday December 18th - Christmas Concert at 1:15 and 7:00
Friday December 19th -
- Field Trip to the Government House (am)
- 2:30 Dismissal
School Resumes on Monday January 5th at 8:53am!

Our class really wants you to write this secret word in their agendas.  The secret word is  COOKIES!

December 1st - December 5th

This week we welcomed two new additions to our classroom.  We welcomed a new student named Brooke and we are so excited that she has joined our class.  We also welcomed an elf named Buddy Jingle to our classroom.  Buddy Jingle has been moving around our classroom each night and we write a morning report every morning.  On Monday we discovered him reading a book in our classroom.  Ask your child where Buddy has been discovered this week!

We decided to "Elf" ourselves.  Make sure you check them out when you come to the Christmas concert!

We are working hard on our new unit in math.  We are practicing our math facts to 18 and this week we learned a few games to help us practice.

Candy cane sales and pictures with Santa were a huge success.  Pictures with Santa will be here soon.

Upcoming Dates
Tuesday December 9th :
- Boston Pizza Special Lunch
- Red/White/Green Day
Friday December 12th:
- All hamper items due.
- Grade 3 Bake Sale (all items $1.00).
- Clothing orders due.
Thursday December 18th:
- Christmas Concert at 1:15 and 7:00.
Friday December 19th: 
- Government House field trip in the morning.
- 2:30 Dismissal.

SCHOOL RESUMES ON JANUARY 5th, 2015.

Please write the word SNOW in your child's agenda so that I know that you have read the blog! Thank you!

November 24th - November 28th

Thank you to those who attended conferences on Friday.  Many great conversations were had.  I'm looking forward to meeting with the rest of you next week.  

This week we had a fabulous trip to the MacKenzie Art Gallery to see the Wilf Perreault exhibit.  He has done many beautiful back alley pictures.  Part of the grade 2 curriculum is creating art expressing our community.  We have been using our watercolours to paint some pictures of our own communities. We have a classroom full of artists!

Math: We have started our unit called Addition and Subtraction to 18.  Please work on these facts with your child at home if he/she needs it!  

Upcoming Dates:
Dec 1st : Candy Cane Sales all week ($1.00)
Dec 5th: Pictures with Santa ($2.00)
Dec 12th: Please send Christmas Hamper Items by today! Please contact me if you forgot to sign up for an item at conferences and I can let you know what we still need!

November 17th - November 21st

We shared some more pigeon books this week.  I will set these out next Friday and you can check them out before or after your conference.  They all did a fabulous job!

We finished reading the novel My Father's Dragon.  We can't wait to read the next one in the series. We are writing a response to the novel.  Who wants to write in a desk?  Check out all of the places we choose to write.

We are getting ready for our MacKenzie Art Gallery trip.  We have been studying Wilf Perreault's style of painting.  We collected some pictures from our community and have practiced drawing them. It was challenging!

Here are some kids practicing their spelling during wordwork. 

We have talked more about our Genius Hour projects this week.  Everyone has come up with a few ideas about things they want to learn about.  Some topics that have come up include space, rocks and minerals and making movies. 

We are almost done our math unit called Numbers to 100.  We will be starting a new unit next week called Addition and Subtraction to 18.  You can help your child by practicing these facts at home.  If they already know them you can practice facts up to 100!

I am looking forward to seeing you at the conference on Friday!

Upcoming Dates
Treasure Collection all this week!!! (Please see note in agenda!)
Tuesday November 25th: Field Trip to the MacKenzie Art Gallery
Wednesday November 26th: Western Wear Day
Friday November 28th : 3 Way Conferences

Supply Request: Please see the agenda for a note about supplies.  (1" binder and a watercolour set)