Iqaluit Poem (please practice at home as much as you can!)

 

Monday Feb 28th

 Hi all,

Today we started off practicing our new poem! We wrote a poem about Iqaluit together last week. We are going to learn it so that we can make a video of us reading our poem as a class for a video put together by Mr. Hebert to celebrate our school's literacy. I sent home green forms for my 4 kids who do not have media release. If you wish your child to be in the video I need these forms signed and returned by next week. It is a media release for the whole school year so please read carefully before you sign if you are unsure of what it all means. If I do not have media release then your child will read the poem in the background but will not appear on camera. 

We got 5 new wow words with the 'ow' rule. This makes a long o sound in words like yellow, throw, own, know, snow.

We practiced our double digit addition with regrouping. A hard skill when you're learning the first time! Practice makes perfect though :)

We had a quiz about Iqaluit, saw Ms. Sterne in gym and read some more BFG to end our day!

Reminders:

Sign up for parent teacher conferences on mycbe so we can discuss your child's progress! They are March 10th and 11th

Friday Feb 25th

 Hi all,

Happy 100th Day! We made cool hats to celebrate and wrote out all 100 numbers to show just how many days we have enjoyed in grade 2 so far! Only 76 days to go till you're in grade 3!! 

We had a pillars of care assembly (see below for winners), a surprise fire drill, and did a sharing circle! 

Have a great weekend and enjoy the slightly warmer weather! 

And the winners are...

Care for Others: Jason - has shown care for others by working really hard at keeping to himself during class time this month and cutting down his distractions. This has really helped everyone around him become more successful and focus on their own jobs. 

Care for Learning: Evan - has been focussed on his work all month, even when friends around him are getting distracted, his head is down and he is busy with the job at hand. 

Care for Place: Carter - who is always asking if we can play our garbage clean up game to help make sure the classroom is clean and tidy. 

Care for Self: Alison - is always making sure to look after number 1. From her healthy snacks, safe play at recess, to staying home when she feels unwell, she is always showing care for self.

Pillar of the Month: April - is full of pearls of wisdom about how to show love. During our Black History Month discussions and during our Golden Rule conversation in the beginning of the year, she has always reminded us to live our lives with respect and love. 

Thursday Feb 24th

 Hi all,

Today we had library and reading to start. We saw a very cool show and tell from Jason. We reviewed what we have learned about Iqaluit and started to write a poem that we we will record ourselves reading for a video for literacy day! We practiced some word problems in math, played tag games in gym, and read some more of the BFG. 

Tomorrow is our 100th day of school! We will make something fun to bring home so watch out for that tomorrow :)

Wednesday Feb 23rd

 Hi all,

Today we talked about Pink Shirt Day and what a bully is. We watched the Bully Dance to see a different perspective of what a bully is. If you want to watch it at home here is the link. There are a lot of talking points in this 10 minute video!

https://www.nfb.ca/film/bully_dance/

We also had music with Mr. Wiens, did a number of the day, had mathletics and made posters for Pink Shirt Day!

Reminders:

Tomorrow is library day. Bring your books back to school if you brought them home.

Tuesday Feb 22nd

 Hi all,

Hope you guys had a great long weekend! Today we got 5 new wow words - boat, float, coast, goal, road. They all have 'oa' in them which says the long o sound. We also talked about Dr. Martin Luther King and made posters to celebrate Black History Month. This afternoon we practices alphabetizing, our adding strategies, and played belly ball in gym. We ended our day hearing the Queen's plan to help Sophie and the BFG save the world from those horrible giants!

Reminders:

Pink Shirt Day is tomorrow! Please try and wear something pink in honour of the day. 

Wednesday Feb 16th

 Hi all,

Today we looked at the Northern Lights. We learned how they happen. We did some writing based on the Northern Lights. AND we made some cool chalk pastel pictures about them too!! We also found time to play curling, practice adding big numbers using blocks, and talking about Colin Kaepernick and kneeling for justice for Black History Month. 

Reminders;

No school till Tuesday!