2M Update:

Language Arts: Wonderful Words - List 6 practice/abc order/sentences/spelling test.

• DLR(Daily Language Review)
• Mr. Seahorse - comprehension questions/Quiz

***No spelling words this week as it is a short week.***

Literacy centres: 

• #1  - ABC books - students started to write sentences about themselves using different letters of the alphabet.
• #2 - Listening to Reading - students used Bookflix on the I pads and listened/read a story.

Math: Counting with money - 1, 5 and 10 cents.

• Ordinals ie/ 1st(first), 2nd(second) .....

Science: Water and living Things - carnation activity - students observed that living things need water. The carnations took up the colored water and turned the carnations blue/red.

                                                                                                                                                                    Social: Symbols of Canada/Learning that we are the centre of our world.

• Canada Quiz Wednesday, Nov 28th - see study guide that went home. Return blue social duo-tangs on Wednesday.

Religion: Learning about St. Francis.

Health: Importance of listening. Read, 'Why Should I Listen?'

Gym: Circulation volleyball games/4 verses 4

Art: Mister Seahorse Art.

Upcoming:

Nov 28th: Canada Quiz

                -2Mah pizza party at lunch(Winners of Cochrane connects sales) - all students will be                         getting pizza lunch - please still pack snack and water.

                - Kananaskis in the Classroom presentation - bugs

Nov 29th: 1st BFG(Big Family Group: theme - bullying)

                 Parent/Teacher Conferences 4:15 - 8:00

Nov 30th; No School - P/T Conferences - 8:45 - 11:00 and 12;00 - 2;00

Enjoy the short week!

4M Update:

Language Arts: List 5 -number words practice/spelling test.

• Eric Carle author study - Read Mister. Seahorse  - learning about authors, illustrators and fictional stories. - new vocabulary from the text(abc order)/learning about seahorses video.

List 6 spelling test - Friday, Nov 23rd.

List 6 - opposites

1.  same          5.  slow
2.  different    6.  fast
3.  large          7.  tall
4.  small         8.  short

Math: even and odd numbers/sorting numbers
Science: Making Steam activity - observing states of matter - liquid to a gas(evaporation)and gas back to a liquid(condensation)

• Disappearing water - Does water in an open container evaporate quicker/slower then in a closed container?
• Drying sheets - effect of moving air and the effect of evaporation - outside verses inside.

Social:  Flag/symbols/song - read Why I love Canada.

Religion: Mustard Seed - video - students made bookmarks for themselves and their buddies using drawings/symbols that represented the meaning of the parable. Even something/someone small can make a difference.

Art:  Made art folders 

Health: Stress and how to deal - Sorting activity.

Computers: Students spend time every week on the Chromebooks - Raz kids and Zorbits

Upcoming:

Nov 20th: Spirit Day - wear blue for National Child's Day.

Nov 21st: Return home reading

Nov 22nd: Library

Nov 23rd: List 6 spelling test

                  Progress Reports go home.

                  Fun Food Little Caesars.

Have a great week!

              

2M Update:

Language Arts: Calendar/Wonderful Words - practiced List 4 - copy out, ABC order, sentences

and spelling test.

• Outrageous October scrapbook writing
• Journal writing: Halloween
• Remembrance Day brainstorming words/writing: Students worked hard on acrostic poems(See Picture)
• In Flanders Field poem - read/rhyming patterns/discussion
• Read 'A Poppy is to Remember'

List 5 spelling test Friday, Nov 16th.

List 5: Numbers

1.  zero        7.  six

2.  one         8.  seven

3.  two         9   eight

4.  three      10.  nine

5.  four        11.  ten

6.  five

Math: Numbers Unit: Counting by 2's, 5's and 10's.

• Finding the missing numbers in a pattern - using student made number lines and 100's chart.

Social: Learning about Canada

Science: Discovering Liquids review/quiz - they will go home Monday.  Please review/sign and return.

Health: Hand washing Lesson/video and worksheet - putting the steps in order.

Religion: Apostles Creed 

• Read the Parable of the Mustard Seed - Learning how something small/someone can make a big difference.

***2M is reading prayer this week over the intercom.  Please practice if your child brought their prayer home.***

Computers: Raz kids and Zorbit - students should all have their passwords and can practice at home.

***This week math and social booklets came home.  When we finish a unit I will send it home and it does not need to be returned.***

Art: Tissue paper poppy art and Dove mixed media art.(See Picture)

Upcoming:

Nov 12th: Remembrance day Liturgy @ 10:45(parents are welcome)

Nov 13th: Australian Football clinic during gym class.

Nov 14th: Wear blue for Diabetic Awareness Day.

                  Return home reading.

Nov 15th: Library

Nov 16th: List 5 spelling test.

                 Fun Food Jugo Juice

Have a great week!

2 Mah Update:

Language Arts: Finished our juicy,  'Descriptive Monster Writing'(See Picture)














Read Stellaluna - Looked at some juicy descriptions in the story.

***List 4 spelling test this Fri, November 9th***

List 4 - Weather
 1. rain           5. Land
 2. sunny        6. warm
 3. water         7. cold
 4. snow         8. hot
***We had a special visit from little red riding hood on Halloween Day(AKA Ms. Briggs) who read us her favorite Halloween story through song.










Math: Counting forward and backwards using a number line. 
Science: Absorbency tests - exploring which materials absorb water quickly.

• Juice or Popsicle's activity - exploring characteristics of juice both liquid and solid.  It was a very refreshing activity as students got to taste both liquid and solid forms of juice.  Yummy!

***Discovering Liquids quiz on Wednesday, Nov 7th. *** See study guide that went home.  Students should review their science notebooks and finish any incomplete work.

Religion: How I can help my different families?  Student wrote sentences about their home, classroom and parish families. 

• Buddy visit:  Our grade 6 buddies came to visit us.  Grade 2 students read their 'Descriptive Monster' paragraphs and the grade 6's drew a monster based off of their descriptive sentences.  Good job grade 2's!!!

• Grade 2's will be reading prayer over the intercom Nov 12-16th.  Please practice reading the prayers at home. They will go home this week and a note will be in the agenda if they are reading.

Art: Finished our haunted houses.  Welcome to Spookyville!!!

Upcoming:

Nov 7th: Science quiz/Return home reading(Please read/record the home reading books)

Nov 8th: Library(Please send library books for this day so students can get new ones)

Nov 9th: Fun Lunch 

               List 4 spelling test

Enjoy the weekend!