February 28

Scholastic book orders went home yesterday.  I will put in an order next Wednesday.



We wrote our spelling assessment this morning.

We drew a cute owl using Art Hub for kids with our buddies!

In genius hour we continued our projects.










We played math games before home.

We started drawing Ivan's domain.  It needed to measure 24 square meters.  1/4 of the domain is reserved for Ivan's art studio.

Feb 27th

Spelling assessment tomorrow.  The words are as follows:

skeleton
alphabet
fraction
conclude
together
newt
dispute
envelope
population
raccoon

spent
dance
stampede
answer
balloon
chew
music
usually
include
friend


In math, we did a small assessment on word problems involving fractions.  We then began planning our domains for our animals from The One and Only Ivan.

In writers workshop, we began planning a monster that we will later describe.

In social, we worked on our maps of India.  

Ask me about music and gym.

February 26th

Fun lunch tomorrow for those who ordered.

We acknowledged Pink Shirt day today.  The grade twos put on a wonderful assembly that highlighted the importance of being kind.  Ask your child about the book Chrysanthemum by Keven Henkes. Then ask them why the hearts on the bulletin board, in the photo below, are so wrinkled.




In math, we solved word problems that involved fractions and we also came up with our own word problems.  We also ordered fractions from smallest to biggest.

Pink Shirt Day Tomorrow

Tomorrow is Pink Shirt Day!  The grade two's will be putting on an assembly that recognizes this special day.  Students are welcome to wear pink or even red.

Thursday is fun lunch for those who ordered.

In math, we learned how to show fractions on a number line.  Ask your child to explain this concept to you.  

We wrote in our gratitude journals today.  The students are really beginning to understand how fortunate they are to have all that they have.

In social studies, we continued to work on our maps of India.  We outlined the four geographic regions in the country.  We also looked at the bordering countries and bodies of water.

Ask your child to show you the line dance they learned in gym!

Spelling Words Feb 24th

New Spelling Words with the short e and a sounds

alphabet 
together 
skeleton
fraction 
envelope

dance
stamp
spent
friend
answer

Wednesday, February 26th is Pink Shirt Day!  Be a buddy, not a bully.

In math, we learned how to add fractions with common denominators.  Tomorrow we will look at fractions on a number line.

Ask me about the monster we had to draw using Mrs. Nayyar's description.  Tomorrow we will see what the monster looks like and compare it to the monster we drew.

Ask me about science with Mrs. Fagnan.

Ask me about the dance we did in gym today.

Tumblebooks

      Tumblebooks (K-6)

All CBE students and staff have access to a paid subscription of over 1100 TumbleBookLibrary (K-6) resources through the Calgary Public Library (CPL). Users can access the resources from school, library, home, and on mobile devices. TumbleBookLibrary is a curated database of children's e-books and includes aninimated talking picture books, read-along chapter books, national Geographic videos, non-fiction books, playlists, graphic novels as well as books in Spanish and French.

https://www.tumblebooklibrary.com/auto_login.aspx?u=calgarypl&p=sd19

username: calgarypl

password: sd19

Feb 21

For additional math practice at home, log onto the following link.  http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/me3us/flash/index.html

Pictures from Genius Hour today.

Feb 20th

Genius Hour tomorrow:  Please discuss with your child what they are doing in Genius hour.  They may be digging through your recycling bin in search of supplies for their project.

Spelling assessment tomorrow:
conclude
dispute
population
newt
raccoon
music
balloon
chew
include
usually

Today in gym we played a game where we danced from dot to dot doing the dance move that was on the paper under the dot.

In music, we used quarter notes, half notes, rests, and whole notes to make music.

In math,  we divided a sheet of paper up into 16 equal rectangles.  Then we colored all the rectangles with certain colours.  Next, we wrote letters of our name on the back of the rectangles. Finally, we made fractions with the colours and letters.

In social studies, we began learning about India.  We coloured 4 different geographic locations on the map.  We also added a legend.

Feb 19th

We began learning all about fractions today.  Have your child tell you what they learned so far and especially about the paper folding we did.

In science, we researched where gorilla's live and different facts about gorillas.

In gym, we continued with our dancing unit.  We learned about big spaces and small spaces.

We continued to do descriptive writing in writer's workshop.  As a class, we described a fancy water bottle together.  Can you picture the following description of the water bottle in your minds?

Help!  Friesja in room 16 has lost her beautiful water bottle that she has owned for three years.  It is a big silver bottle that measures 27 1/2cm tall.  It is as shiny as a diamond.  There is a fun picture on the front.  It is of a brown sloth with a white face and black eyes.  The sloth is sitting in the middle of twelve tall green leaves with colorful flowers.  It is a MANNA bottle. Please help Friesja find her missing water bottle!

Spelling words for Feb 18th

New spelling words for this week.

music
include
balloon
usually
chew
dispute
population
raccoon
newt
conclude

We had fun writing about our weekend and later reading our writing aloud to the class.

In gym we began a unit on dance.  We realized that is it okay to look silly when we dance.

Tomorrow we will begin looking into what fractions are and where we see them in our environment.

We watched a couple of videos on Tunisia and made the decision about where the best geographic area would be to build a zoo.

Feb 11

Class list for Valentine's cards.  

Kaden

Nastusha

Emily

Bryn

Noah

Rehan

Raazia

Zahra

Elias

Titus

Mary

Karsyn-Lee

Abby

Friesja

Sahaj

Charles

Andrew

James

Indy

Rafael

Ryan

Cameron

We have one more day of snowshoeing tomorrow.  Please remind your child to dress warmly.  

Spelling assessment tomorrow.  10 words will be selected from the list in yesterday's blog.

February 10

1.  Teacher conference Feb 13th and 14th.  No school for students.
2.  Family Day Feb 17th.  No school.

We have snowshoeing in gym for the next two days.  Please remind your child to dress for this outdoor activity.  Snowpants are strongly encouraged.



This week we are reviewing our spelling words from previous weeks.

 

In math, we worked on calculating both area and perimeter.

We worked on descriptive writing today.  We began describing a plant Mrs. Nayyar has in her classroom.

We finally go around to painting our elephants that we drew a couple weeks back.  They turned out amazing!

February 7th

Many of the students started to build in Genius Hour today.






We spent time with our buddies doing logic puzzles!






Just a reminder that next week is a short week.  There is no school on Thursday and Friday for Teacher's convention and the following Monday is Family Day holiday.

February 6th

Spelling assessment tomorrow.

In gym, we did snowshoeing.  We played revenge tag and went on a special mission to find hidden rings.






In music, we played on the ukeleles. We are learning "The Best Day of Our Life."

We read a book that included several spelling patterns for the long o words.  We had to write down all the long O words we could hear.

In math, we practiced our doubles and mental math skills for addition.  Then we utilized those skills in a game of War with a partner.

In Social, we looked for areas in Tunisia that already had zoos.  We found google earth to be very helpful!

Glenbow Museum Pictures

We had a fantastic day at the Glenbow.   Thank you to our amazing volunteers.  We couldn't do these trips without you.  Ask your child about their favorite part of the day and why.

Field Trip Tomorrow

Field Trip to Glenbow Museum is tomorrow.  Students will need a lunch, snack and water bottle.  We will not be bringing our backpacks with us to the museum.

Could I have my wonderful parent volunteers come in around 8:55am for a brief orientation.  Thank you!  Also, it may be a good idea to wear good walking shoes rather than winter boots.

Ask your child about their first snowshoeing lesson today in gym.  Also, ask them to describe how area and perimeter are different.

Spelling words for Feb 3rd to Feb7th

Tomorrow we will begin a short snowshoeing unit in Phys Ed. We will be snowshoeing February 4th, 5th, 6th, 10th, 11th and 12th. Please dress for the weather. Students should bring boots, snow pants, jackets, hats and mitts. Mrs. Brady is looking for volunteers to help with our snowshoes. Please sign-up using the following link if you would like to join us! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080A4DADA929A4FF2-snowshoeing

Your child participated in a personal safety training class for kids called Safe4Life. They are bringing home a letter to explain what they learned about today.

Our field trip to the Glenbow Museum is coming up on Wednesday.

Ask your child what they learned in science with Ms. Fagnan.

Spelling words for this week are all about the long 0 letter patterns: oa, ow, o_e

coach
pillow
joke
road
spoke
suppose
although
approach
throat
disown