Room 73 Grade 2 2018 2019

Hello Everyone, Welcome to the first day of summer!!  We should definitely have an abundance of summer flowers with all of this rain! So unfortunately Sports Day was cancelled this week, because of the weather.  As disappointing as it must have been for the the children, they were so good about it!! We'll try again next week, but it's still looking a little chilly so best to keep this in mind when thinking about clothing options in the morning. We also have our assembly and family picnic next week, so please don't hesitate to send me an email if you need clarification or date/time details.  The students have been working so hard and the assembly is coming together so well looks great.  We still had a lot things to work on this week.  Almost everyone finished researching about their critter and is beginning to put all of that information together with some beautiful pictures on a poster presentation.  We've also continued to learn about our neighbour province, Sask

Hello Everyone, Happy Father's Day weekend everyone!!!  I hope you all get to enjoy some fun family time together. This is such a wonderful time of year.  We are able to bring so many fun projects together and tie in so much of our learning.  We're having so much fun with our assembly planning, and can't wait to share it with you!!  We also hope you love the Father's Day gifts and cards that the children were working so hard on this week.  And a huge thank you, once again, to the generous parent volunteer who came in and helped us make it possible. I'll leave all of that 'project' explaining for your little ones to share with you on Sunday : ) We finished off our math work with a really fun game called Kahoot.  The children loved it, and it is super fun, but it is an online site.  I have my own account and have made the games for our class but it definitely isn't a place of exploration for little ones.  Anyone can make games and post those games, s

Hello Everyone, It was great seeing so many of you this week during our visit to Dr. George and at the art walk.  The project came together beautifully.  The grade 8 students were so welcoming, and many of the letters that they wrote were so thoughtful and encouraging.   Our students were so polite and respectful.  They were also very brave.  It is a little intimidating walking into a room filled with grade 8’s, but they did it and they asked some great questions too!  The cookies turned out amazingly. The students collaborated so beautifully at their stations that I was able to get the dishes done as they worked!  Here are a couple of pictures to enjoy, along with the recipe for those interested (the children had a modified version, that I am happy to forward to anyone interested, and I did the baking part): In addition to all of our art and baking business, we had a concert, assembly and Club Friday this week.  We have also been enjoying some rea

Hello Everyone, Wow — it is seriously smoky out there.  Hopefully it will blow out as quickly as it blew in and you can all get out to enjoy some beautiful summer-like weather!! We were able to get outside and enjoy some gym games with our little buddies earlier this week, and the children enjoyed outdoor lunch picnics all week long.  It's such a beautiful time of year. We had so much fun inline skating Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.  Our instructor was great! It is incredibly amazing how much everyone learned over 4 lessons!! They did so well, and their core balance and strength increased drastically from one session to the next.  I'm sure more than a few will be asking to do some inline skating this summer, and I'd say they definitely have the basic skills to begin to enjoy the sport outside on your amazing Cranston paths, and beyond! Ants and worms were the focus of this week's science study.  We learned some pretty big and kind of cool new science words: my

Hello Everyone, I hope everyone had a great week!  We had a wonderful week.  The weather was mostly beautiful so we were able to get outside for some learning, and had lots of phys-ed fun in the big field.  I have to admit that I let my competitive side take over a little bit and may have run a little too hard in Capture the Chicken. I'm a little soar, but it was so worth it : ) It did start off a little rainy early in the week though which ended up being perfect for an unexpected worm exploration.  We went out for sidewalk chalk math, and ended up coming back out with magnifying glasses.  We were able to get a good look at these special critters, without bothering them . . . too much.  We also continued with a study of bees and flies.  Who knew flies were so cool, and kind of beautiful too, we think.  We've begun to learn a little bit more about Acadians.  Food, music and culture seem to be very important.  More to come on that next week.  This week's art was aligned

Hello Everyone, I can't believe that we are at the May long weekend! As we're moving into our last units, we'll soon be starting to think about some fun review and tying it all together with some final projects.  It's the time of year where everyone is full of energy, ready to move and enjoying outside learning whenever possible.  Fortunately, up until the today, the weather has been more cooperative and we've been able to get outside a lot more. It's a great time of year for learning! Thank you so much volunteers, who were able to come in and help us with our beautiful Artfelting projects. It was wonderful having you with us for the morning, and the art is beautiful. As always we couldn't have done it without you! We enjoyed our first session of inline skating on Monday.  Everyone was incredibly independent and brave!  I was very proud of all of the students.  Our next three sessions are in the last week of the month: May 27, 29 and 30th. While inline