March 3rd - 5th

This week we worked on some procedure writing.  As a class we wrote "How To Make A Snow Angel". After we wrote about it we went outside and made some!

Upcoming Dates This Week:
We have many outdoor activities planned this week.  Please make sure that your child is dressed properly!
Thursday March 13th: Outdoor Olympics Day in the afternoon.
Friday March 14th: Outdoor Winter Field Trip to Boggy Creek
Monday March 17th: Book Orders Due
Friday March 21st: Progress Reports Sent Home
Friday March 28th: 3 Way Conferences (note will be sent home on Monday March 10th)

February 24th - February 28th

This week I started reading The One And Only Ivan to the class.  The story is written from the point of view of the gorilla who lives in a cage at the mall. Ask your child to tell you about the story so far!  Read aloud time is a special part of our day where the lights are turned off and everyone curls up, listens, and visualizes what is happening in the story. 

As you probably know, we have had many indoor recesses this winter.  On Monday I brought in some new games from home.  I also brought in our school speed stack sets for our class.  We watched a "How To" video and our class was busy stacking during recess!  Your child is welcome to bring a game or activity from home to work on during indoor recess time.  Hopefully we won't be having many more!

When engaging in class discussions I find that kids often respond "Google it" when I ask them a question to get them to thinking.  This week we learned all about the Tree Octopus.  Ask your child to share what we learned in this lesson! The Internet can be a great place but we still have to use our common sense.  I will post the link to this website next week once we have discussed it with the students who have been away.

We were very fortunate to be able to attend a performance by Sask Express on Thursday.  They put on a wonderful show.

In Language Arts we are discussing fiction and non-fiction text.  We are working on our own reading goals.

In Math we are working on our Addition and Subtraction to 18 unit.  We came up with individualized math goals this week.  Ask your child what he/she is working on. We also learned about doubles this week.  Ask your child to name the double facts or sing you our Double It Up song!

In Science we are discussing what we think we know about snow.  We will be doing some snow experiments over the next couple of weeks to learn more!  Snow is a great material to use when learning about liquids and solids.  

Thank you all for your support with the Telemiracle fundraiser.  Our school total should be posted soon!

Upcoming Dates: 

Thursday March 6th: No School (PD Day)

Friday March 7th: No School (Convention Day)

Friday March 14th: Outdoor Field Trip to Boggy Creek

Friday March 21st: Report Card Day

Friday March 28th: Three Way Conferences 

Please write the word cupcake in your child's agenda when you have read the blog!

February 10th - February 14th

Here is our heart art that we worked on last week.  Each heart is very unique and special! 

Liam is working on drawing as part of his Genius Hour project.  We photocopied a page out of a drawing book on Friday and he worked with his grandma on this painting.  Way to go Liam and Grandma!

On Monday we celebrated the 100th Day of School!  We wrote and blogged "If I had 100 Minions For A Week".  You can check out those blogs and pictures here.  We also had some CREATION STATIONS and made different pictures and models using 100 items.   Here are a few snapshots!

We used an app called Oldster to show us what we would look like when we were 100 years old.  The kids thought this was very funny and they wanted me to share them on our blog with you!

On Valentines Day some of our parents put on a wonderful party for our class.  We did a craft, cookie decorating, story time and we even had a pinata! There were tons of yummy snacks and we ended with a dance party lead by Amanda.   These parents know how to put on a party!

Here are a few pictures from our party.  Thank you Amanda, Sarah, Cindy, and Jennifer for organizing and helping out.  Also, thank you for the lovely flowers and notes for Teacher Appreciation week!.

Upcoming Dates:
Feb 17th - 21st:: NO SCHOOL (Family Day and February Break)
Telemiracle Fundraiser: You can send $$ at the beginning of the week instead of sending $$ everyday.
Monday February 24th: Helping Hands $1 and raffle tickets for sale for $1 all week.
Tuesday February 25th:  Wear a hat ($ donation)
Wednesday February 26th: Chew Gum for the day ($1)
Thursday February 27th: Bake Sale ($1)
Friday February 28th:  Popcorn Day ($1)
Friday March 14th: Outdoor Field Trip

February 3rd - February 7th

This week we added a new piece of furniture to our classroom.   It is a very popular item and is getting lots of use.  Please let me know if you see anymore beanbag chairs like this when you are out shopping!  We could definitely use another one. 

Our field trip was cancelled on Thursday so we had art afternoon instead.  We made some heart art that required patterning skills.  Here are a few pictures of our work.

On Friday our outdoor Olympic day was cancelled.  We blogged about the Olympics while we watched a bit of the opening ceremonies.  Kids responded to this prompt

"Imagine you are speaking to one of the Canadian Olympians and they are feeling a bit nervous. What would you tell them to help them perform at their best?"

Mr. Clarke read our blogs and even tweeted Aidan's post out!  Now everyone wants Mr. Clark to tweet out their blogs.  I told them he would probably do it again next week.  You should see the excitement and motivation to blog for a larger audience!  It is so exciting to see their eyes light up when they see comments from others.

Upcoming Dates:

Feb. 14th - Wear red, pink and/or white!  Valentine's Day Party from 2:15 - 3:30. 
Feb. 17th - NO SCHOOL / Family Day
Feb. 18th to 21st - NO SCHOOL
Feb 24th - Selling Helping Hands for Telemiracle ($1  or amount of your choice)
Feb. 25th - Donation to wear a Hat!
Feb. 26th - Donation to chew gum!
Feb. 27th - Bake Sale - All Donations Go to Telemiracle!!!
Feb. 28th - Popcorn Sale
March 14th - rescheduled Boggy Creek field trip

New Date

We have a new date for our field trip!  Our new date is March 14th! Hopefully it will warm up a bit by then.

Stay Warm!
Mrs. Sanchuck

FIELD TRIP

Good Morning Grade 2 Families,

Due to the cold weather our field trip will be cancelled today!  I will see if we can find another date to go!

Mrs. Sanchuck

January 27th - January 30th

Our outdoor education guide came to prep us for our field trip which will take place on Thursday February 6th.  Let's hope the the weather cooperates!  We learned about animal tracks, how to dress and making a fire using flint.  We are all very excited to go on our outdoor adventure to explore and do science experiments in the snow.   

Here are the items your child will need:

How to dress

- to dress in layers (no jeans)

- winter jacket

- ski pants

- wool socks

- winter boots

- toque or balaclava

- neck warmer

- warm pair of mitts

- backpack (no agendas or books please!)

Food Items

- 1/2 litre of water (put in ziplock bag if possible)

- optional hot beverage in thermos (optional: put in ziplock bag if possible)

- healthy snack

- hotdog and hotdog bun with condiments already on them (sandwiches if your child doesn't eat hotdogs)

- optional:  smore fixings (marshmallows, chocolate and graham crackers)

- extra large healthy lunch

- No gum, seeds, junk food or pop

Other items

- bathroom tissue in a plastic bag

- plastic bag for garbage

On Wednesday we had art afternoon and created some pictures from the book Snowballs by Lois Ehlert. We painted and created the birds that she illustrates in her book. The pictures are all unique and everyone did a fabulous job!

In math we are working on addition and subtraction to 18. We learned a football math game that helps us with adding and subtracting. Many of the kids have asked to play this game during indoor recess too!

On Thursday we had a fundraising PJ day. It was fun to blog in our PJ's!

In language arts we reading and writing up a storm. I have met with each child to determine their reading goal. Different goals include comprehension, accuracy, fluency, and expanding vocabulary. Ask your child what they are working on! We are always talking about thinking as we read and using different strategies to help us understand the meaning of the text.

In writing we are continuing to blog and write in our writing folders. You will notice growth in their blog posts as the year progresses. Blogging and commenting on other blogs has motivated our class to write. They know that they are writing for a larger audience and they love to get comments from others.

*Please write the word SNOW in your child's agenda so that I can see how many families are reading the blog. Thank you!

Upcoming Dates:

Wednesday February 5th: Book Orders Due

Thursday February 6th: Outdoor Field Trip

Friday February 7th: K-5 Outdoor Winter Olympics Day (dress for being outside!)