Thursday, September 10

 Whew! What a great day!

Today we:

 - listened to a new song called Vowel Bat Click the link!

- wrote the blog for you thinking about how wonderful our families are :)

- started talking about our science unit MAGNETS!

- had PE and played a Rock, Paper Scissors game and Magic Rock

- in math we showed our teacher what we could do with number lines and ten frames. Then we got to color a mystery picture

- had snack and lunch- thanks for the healthy treats!

- did our first Think Outside the Box challenge and wrote about it

-added color to our masked/unmasked self-portraits and showed off our art skills

- read Duck, Rabbit and Junie B. Jones

- HAD FUN

Parents:

Your child is bringing home information for logging into Raz-Kids and Epic books. Please take some time to check these out with your children. *The Raz kids accounts were imported from last years teacher and have not been adjusted for this year yet.

Wednesday, September 9

  Today was spectacular we had a great time doing:

- recess at the playground

- writing this blog ;)

- starting a masked/unmasked self-portrait

- working with hundreds charts in math by filling in the blanks and figuring out What's my number challenges

- Music with Ms.Lysak drawing how our hearts feel

- GoNoodle body breaks like a nose dance one that helped us with breathing and Never Eat Soggy Waffles that taught us about North. South, East and West

- admiring our beautiful art after the finishing touches were added

- our eyeopener which was printing practice

- reading about Junie B and her problem with reading and reading Marvin Gets Mad - it was hilarious!

Reminders:

Please return demographic packages ASAP

Tuesday, September 8th

 

Hello!

Highlights from today. We:

- had PE in the gym. We played a space game with Ms. Nanavaty and her student teacher

- did some work on the art that we started on Friday and used paint!

- wrote in our journals about memories. Ask us about our writing!

- started a novel starring Julie B. Jones

- had our first assembly of the year. It was a Virtual Assembly! We got to see Mr Murphy. Mrs. Koleyak, and Mrs. Johnston

- were hungry today so make sure you are sending us lots of food!

- made patterns and went on a pattern hunt outside. Then we put our sheets into our new blue duotangs

- noticed that some sod is being put outside

- wrote this blog - hope you liked it :)

PARENTS:

- Thank you for dropping off and having having a meeting spot for your family so pick up goes quickly. This really helps our students develop independence and routines. 

- Reminder to please label all items sent to school so that they can be easily returned to your child in the event it gets dropped

Friday, September 4

Happy Friday!

What a fantastic end to our first week in Grade 2!!

Highlights:

-  PE outside on the playground

-  playing a math game

-  GoNoodle and reading TWO stories (Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse and Click, Clack, Moo)

- starting a words about me art 

- snack

- celebrating G's birthday

- cupcake birthday math

Have a fabulous long weekend. See you Tuesday!
 

September 3rd

 

Our first day all together was AMAZING!

We had a great time today some highlights were:

- playing at the park in PE

- playing in the field with Ms.Lang's class

- figuring out Which One Doesn't Belong in Math

- having a body break with GoNoodle - we leveled up today!!

- some all work for our Visual Journals

- Writing in our journals (Our teacher was SO impressed with our writing :) )

- Meeting Mrs.Rana 

Reminders:

- Friday's are always half days. Dismissal is 11:45

September 2

Highlights from today:

- We got to play at the park and had a great time! We noticed that the slide is metal and super fast. the higher side on the spinning mushroom is hard to reach. The monkey bars are tough on our hands.

- Ms.Lysak came to our class for Music class. We read a story and watched some songs. We hummed O'Canada.

- We decorated name tags for our bins.

- We read a book called Wemberly Worries and drew a picture of Wemberly.

- In the morning we played a math game and did a Math about Me sheet.

- We love having our own supplies like Sharpies, pencils, and visual journals.

It was an awesome first day in Grade 2 and we can't wait to see all of our new friends and classmates tomorrow!

September 1, 2020

 We had a fantastic "take one" on the first day in Grade 2! Thank you families for sending your children to school so prepared for new protocols and with everything they needed to have a successful day. Tomorrow I am looking forward to meeting the rest of my class in "take two" and cannot wait to have everyone together on Thursday.

*I won't be posting photos of students until release forms are returned so watch for your packages to come home later this week and return all forms ASAP 

Some highlights from today. We:

- went to the park and played for both the lunch recess and PE

- read the book Wemberly Worried and drew a picture of Wemberly. We also did some writing about worries and things we can do if we are worried or scared

- decorated name tags for our bins

- played snakes and ladders

- did some Math about Me

- danced to a few songs

- HAD A GREAT DAY!