Indian Culture

Thank you to Rohan's mom, Mrs. J.P, for joining our class today to share their Indian Culture.  She brought in pictures, traditional clothing, showed a small video and allowed us to sample authentic Indian food.  It was a great opportunity for our students to see how multicultural Canada is.

We loved the Festival Of Storytelling!

We had a great day!  We began with Storytelling through Pictures:  We made a storyboard with a local film maker - the pictures we took to create the storyboards will be emailed to us soon.  Next, we were off to the How To Make A Monster Exhibit:  We were able to see the original storyboards drawn before the monsters and movies were made.  Thirdly, we were introduced to Storytelling through Shadow Puppetry:  We each were able to make a shadow puppet and re-tell a part of "Where The Wild Things Are".  Lastly, we worked on creating  stories with a Writer-in-Residence from the Edmonton Public Library.  A huge thank you to Mrs. Bade, Mrs. Hill and Mrs. Stewart for joining us today!

Festival Of Storytelling

Tomorrow is our fieldtrip to the TWOS for The Festival of Storytelling.  I will be providing a pocket snack for each child since we are there until 12:00 pm.  I am also asking that students wear their indoor shoes, which will be more comfortable than wearing snow boots all day.  If there are any concerns, please feel free to contact me.

Students should have a pretty good start on their Cultural Festival Assignment.  Festival dates are as follows:

February  3 - Iqaluit Day
February 4 -  Meteghan Day
February 5 - Saskatoon Day

Alexis dressed in my traditional Ukrainian Dance costume

Family Dance and Raffle tickets on sale next week!

Tasty Tuesday

Fish Free Sushi

Thank you, Mrs. Robinson for providing the ingredients for this month's Tasty Tuesday.  The student's first sushi experience was a hit!

It's Monday!

• New WWW went home today - please review these words daily.  In class we play games to help us recognize these High Frequency Words.  Below is a link with a fun game

Roll & Spell Homework

• New Word Sort went home today - this week we are focusing on the long /u/ sound spelled oo as in school; ui as in fruit; and cvce as in prune

• Home Reading went home today.

In Math today, we started our next unit:  Addition and Subtraction to 100.  We used both manipulatives and an open number line to solve addition questions. This week, our focus is on adding 2 digit numbers to a multiple of 10....For example: 45 + 10.  Check our your child's agenda to see a sample of what an open number line looks like.

Measuring Penny

How long is your friend's leg? 

How tall is your chair?

How long is your table?

How tall is the garbage can?

Hold onto your hat.....

With a wind warning of speeds up to 100 km/hr and a full moon it was an interesting day to write in 2S!  Whether we slept through the howling of the wind or whether we were woken up by the whistling wind, we all had a story to share!

In Math, we estimated, measured and compared the mass of objects using non-standard units (snap cubes). The heaviest object (a jar) had the mass of 79 snap cubes, while the lightest object (a play car) had the mass of 15 snap cubes.

Don't forget....Friday is Backward's Day!

 

Lovin' these warm temperatures this week.....

Information on the Social Studies Cultural Festival Assignment went home today.  If you have any questions, feel free to send me an email.

In Math today, we measured the mass of objects using non-standard units deciding which unit was a better choice for measuring a given object.

*New word sort went home - long /o/

*New WWW went home today

*Home Reading went home today

*Permission Slip for TWOS

Library on Monday...

In Math today, we used a measuring tape to measure the distance around a variety of objects.  It was interesting to see the differences/similarities between the distance around our heads and wrists.  We were surprised to learn how close the measurement of an adult's head was to the measurements of a child's head.  Apparently, the head has reached 96% of its size by the time we are 10 years old!!!

The Social Studies Cultural Assignment was not sent home today, I will send it home next week.  There is nothing that needs to be sent in at this time, we have just been discussing the different cultures in our classroom and the Inuit culture, so far.

Early Dismissal @ 2:15 pm

In Social Studies today we began Unit 2:  Looking At People.  We will be learning about the Inuit, Acadian and Ukrainian cultures.  As a culminating activity, students are asked to complete an at home Cultural Festival Assignment.  More details will be sent home with your child on Friday.

Culture is very diverse in Canada.  Discuss with your child, if possible, your family's culture.  For example, do you speak a different language at home?  Have any family traditions that you continue? Celebrate by attending any special feasts or celebrations?

Welcome to 2014!

In Math today, we began our Measurement unit.  Your child will learn to read a calendar and develop an understanding of linear measurement, distance around and mass.  Today we measured our Polar Bear using non-standard units.  He was 12 1/2 envelopes OR 17 Booster Juice Cups OR 24 foam dominoes OR 147 snap cubes tall!!

Measuring and Comparing Length

• The January newsletter went home today.
• New WWW
• New Word Sort - just sort the oddball off of the mat
• Home Reading went home today