Today was Fresh Air Friday!
Our activity today was to go exploring through the Whispering Woods and look for insects. We then documented our findings on a table that lists various insects that can be found in our community. We will be will be revisiting this document throughout the year to compare which insects we can find at different months.
After our activity, we came together with all the grades 1s and 2s to discuss some of our findings. We discovered that some insects, like ants, will burrow deep into the ground to keep warm and survive the cold. Ms. Boyer then challenged the class to investigate further and find out the answer to the following question: "What do ladybugs do to survive the winter?" If you find the answer, please write it down and bring it to school on Monday so you can share it with the class.
To go along with our insect day we read the book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, but this time in two languages: English and Mandarin. Everyone was very excited to hear this story because their classmate, Enxin, was able to read the parts in Mandarin.
Friday, November 2, 2018
Thursday, November 1, 2018
Nov. 1
Happy November! Today we were lucky enough to have both Ms. Boyer and Mrs. Yoon here with us. Mrs. Yoon was excited to see how our daily routine works and to have a chance to start getting to know us.
Before recess we had centers and we had our first classmate get his whole poetry bingo card filled! WOW! We are really motivated to learn more about poetry and to share with our classmates. After that we worked on finishing up our name writing. A few grade 2 students have asked if they could bring their work home so they can continue the typing on Google Docs. Ms. Boyer says this is fine, but not required at this point.
After recess we spent some time comparing the Smarties graphs we did yesterday. We were looking for ways that our results were the same and different from the results of other table groups.
After lunch we had computer time. The grade 2's worked on their name writing and then went to Mathletics if they were finished. The grade 1's tried Mathletics for the first time this year. Mathletics has some really great activities for us to try but it can be a bit tricky to log-in. If you have time to practice logging in to Mathletics at home that would be really helpful and would mean more playing time when we go onto it at school.
This afternoon we also had library. Mrs. Kidd was very excited today because the brand new public library has opened downtown! Mrs. Kidd let us know that there will be lots of exciting activities happening down there this weekend and encourages us all to take a trip down to see the new building if we have time.
Please remember tomorrow is Fresh Air Friday. We will be doing some sketching outdoors so please dress warmly.
Before recess we had centers and we had our first classmate get his whole poetry bingo card filled! WOW! We are really motivated to learn more about poetry and to share with our classmates. After that we worked on finishing up our name writing. A few grade 2 students have asked if they could bring their work home so they can continue the typing on Google Docs. Ms. Boyer says this is fine, but not required at this point.
After recess we spent some time comparing the Smarties graphs we did yesterday. We were looking for ways that our results were the same and different from the results of other table groups.
After lunch we had computer time. The grade 2's worked on their name writing and then went to Mathletics if they were finished. The grade 1's tried Mathletics for the first time this year. Mathletics has some really great activities for us to try but it can be a bit tricky to log-in. If you have time to practice logging in to Mathletics at home that would be really helpful and would mean more playing time when we go onto it at school.
This afternoon we also had library. Mrs. Kidd was very excited today because the brand new public library has opened downtown! Mrs. Kidd let us know that there will be lots of exciting activities happening down there this weekend and encourages us all to take a trip down to see the new building if we have time.
Please remember tomorrow is Fresh Air Friday. We will be doing some sketching outdoors so please dress warmly.
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Happy Halloween!
This morning we took a break from our name writing to do a special halloween writing activity. We brainstormed lots of Halloween words and used them to create bingo cards for our afternoon party.
In math we worked in our table groups to do a graphing activity with Smarties! We had to sort, count, and graph our smarties together. Once we had completed our graphs we got to eat the Smarties!
This afternoon we had a lot of fun showing off our costumes for the Halloween parade. Afterwards, students got to use their custom-made Bingo cards with Halloween related words for a fun game of Bingo. Then we watched a halloween movie to end the day.
Just a reminder room 2 will be holding conferences this Thursday, Nov.1 from 4pm to 7pm and Friday, Nov. 2 from 1pm to 3:30pm.
In math we worked in our table groups to do a graphing activity with Smarties! We had to sort, count, and graph our smarties together. Once we had completed our graphs we got to eat the Smarties!
This afternoon we had a lot of fun showing off our costumes for the Halloween parade. Afterwards, students got to use their custom-made Bingo cards with Halloween related words for a fun game of Bingo. Then we watched a halloween movie to end the day.
Just a reminder room 2 will be holding conferences this Thursday, Nov.1 from 4pm to 7pm and Friday, Nov. 2 from 1pm to 3:30pm.
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Halloween Tomorrow!
Tomorrow is Halloween! It will be business as usual in the morning and we will have our halloween celebration in the afternoon. For the morning please have your costume stored in your backpack or in another bag that can be left at your coat hook.
After lunch recess all students will be invited to change into their costumes for our Halloween Parade. Please make sure you are able to get into your costume independently as it will be pretty tricky for Ms. Boyer to help everyone all at the same time!
The parade will begin at 1:15. Any parents who would like to come see the parade are welcome to come to the learning commons. After the parade we will get to do some Halloween activities in the classroom.
After lunch recess all students will be invited to change into their costumes for our Halloween Parade. Please make sure you are able to get into your costume independently as it will be pretty tricky for Ms. Boyer to help everyone all at the same time!
The parade will begin at 1:15. Any parents who would like to come see the parade are welcome to come to the learning commons. After the parade we will get to do some Halloween activities in the classroom.
Monday, October 29, 2018
A visit from Mrs. Yoon
This morning Mrs. Boyer was away so Mrs. Yoon came in to be our teacher. Mrs. Yoon is very excited to get to know us and will be spending a few more days with us before Ms. Boyer leaves to have her baby.
With Mrs. Yoon we worked on our journals and did a bit more work with interpreting graphs.
This afternoon Ms. Boyer was back and we worked on our arthropod research. Before we started our work we made a checklist of the pieces we have completed so far and learned about the next steps.
So far we have completed:
1. Diagrams
2. Life Cycles
Next we will research:
1. Diet
2. Habitat
3. Survival
4. Interesting Facts
Tomorrow is Treat Day! If you would like to buy a treat please remember to bring 25 cents.
With Mrs. Yoon we worked on our journals and did a bit more work with interpreting graphs.
This afternoon Ms. Boyer was back and we worked on our arthropod research. Before we started our work we made a checklist of the pieces we have completed so far and learned about the next steps.
So far we have completed:
1. Diagrams
2. Life Cycles
Next we will research:
1. Diet
2. Habitat
3. Survival
4. Interesting Facts
Tomorrow is Treat Day! If you would like to buy a treat please remember to bring 25 cents.
Thursday, October 25, 2018
This morning we started with our usual routine of guided reading and centers. Now that we have had a few days of guided reading we are starting to get used to the schedule and things are going much more smoothly!
After guided reading we had a lot of sharing from centres! We had many people ready to share poems they had learned to perform, copied from our poetry books, or wrote themselves. It is great to see everyone working together and pushing themselves to try new things during these poetry centers!
Then it was time for writing. We worked to get our rough copies of our names project all finished so that we can get going on our good copy (written on fancy paper for grade 1, and typed in Google Docs for grade 2).
After recess Mrs. Yoon came in to work with us for math while Ms. Boyer had a meeting. We had another day of practicing interpreting graphs. We have really focused on trying to improve at questions such as "how many more?", "how many fewer?" and on improving our understanding of concepts such as increasing and decreasing.
This afternoon in computers the grade 1's went to abcya.com while the grade 2's got their Google Docs started for our names project. After that we had gym, library, and music. Thursday afternoons just seem to fly by with all our different activities!
Today we are bringing home a blue card that contains our log-in information for the computers. On this card you will find our student information plus our log-in info for mathletics and Raz-kids.
After guided reading we had a lot of sharing from centres! We had many people ready to share poems they had learned to perform, copied from our poetry books, or wrote themselves. It is great to see everyone working together and pushing themselves to try new things during these poetry centers!
Then it was time for writing. We worked to get our rough copies of our names project all finished so that we can get going on our good copy (written on fancy paper for grade 1, and typed in Google Docs for grade 2).
After recess Mrs. Yoon came in to work with us for math while Ms. Boyer had a meeting. We had another day of practicing interpreting graphs. We have really focused on trying to improve at questions such as "how many more?", "how many fewer?" and on improving our understanding of concepts such as increasing and decreasing.
This afternoon in computers the grade 1's went to abcya.com while the grade 2's got their Google Docs started for our names project. After that we had gym, library, and music. Thursday afternoons just seem to fly by with all our different activities!
Today we are bringing home a blue card that contains our log-in information for the computers. On this card you will find our student information plus our log-in info for mathletics and Raz-kids.
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
This morning we had guided reading and centers. At centers lots of us are starting to share the projects we are working on for our poetry bingo challenge. Ask me if I have been working on copying, creating, or performing poems.
After centers we worked on our writing about our names. Today we were trying to get our first two or three sentences done. We used some sentence starters to help us and copied some words from the papers we brought from home.
After recess we worked on interpreting graphs. We have spent a lot of time learning to make our own graphs but needed some practice at being able to use other peoples' graphs to find out information. We practiced on paper in the classroom and also practiced by playing a game on the computer. Here is the game we played: Fuzz Bugs Graphing
This afternoon we had some finish up time to work on our name writing and then went to gym. We played a new game called "Little Chicks". Then we worked on our insect and arthropod research. Today we watched some videos to get information and made a list of interesting facts about insects and arthropods. Ask me an interesting fact I remember from today!
After centers we worked on our writing about our names. Today we were trying to get our first two or three sentences done. We used some sentence starters to help us and copied some words from the papers we brought from home.
After recess we worked on interpreting graphs. We have spent a lot of time learning to make our own graphs but needed some practice at being able to use other peoples' graphs to find out information. We practiced on paper in the classroom and also practiced by playing a game on the computer. Here is the game we played: Fuzz Bugs Graphing
This afternoon we had some finish up time to work on our name writing and then went to gym. We played a new game called "Little Chicks". Then we worked on our insect and arthropod research. Today we watched some videos to get information and made a list of interesting facts about insects and arthropods. Ask me an interesting fact I remember from today!
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