Have a wonderful Spring Break.....

Today we shared our Shadow Puppet Plays modeled after the story:  The 3 Little Dassies.  Student's puppets and story plans came home today....ask them to share their Shadow Puppet Play with you and your family.

The 3 Little Spiders

The 3 Little Birds

James Rizzi "Birds"

* Return Home Reading Bags tomorow
* Word Sort test (long o sound spelled -oa  and -ow)

Mr. Kierstead joins 2S to paint!

Water Cycle Races

In Science today, we learned the terms in the Water Cycle:  evaporation, condensation & precipitation. Using a straw, students raced a large drop of water through the Water Cycle - it was cool to observe the cohesiveness of the water molecules!

In Math today, we worked on subtraction questions with re-grouping.  We practiced solving equations using base ten blocks:

This week....

Thank you to Mr. Hill, Mr. Falkenberg and Mr. Milson for joining us on our TWOS fieldtrip last Friday. We all had a super day!

• Home Reading was sent home...please return all books and bags on Thursday.
• We will continue our sort from last week - the long o sound spelled -oa and -ow.
• No new WWW
• No School on Friday...followed by Spring Break next week.

Alka Seltzer and water and oil....we still couldn't separate the liquids.

Super cool.....look at the surface tension!

Shadow Puppet Storytelling

Thank you to some of Mrs. Towne's class for sharing their Shadow Puppet plays...we can't wait to start ours!

Popcorn Sale....$1 a bag!

Thank you to Mrs. Locke for providing the ingredients for this month's Tasty Tuesday!

Leprechaun Shakes!

Today we looked at how the sun heats the water on Earth.  This process, called evaporation, changes water from a liquid to a gas called water vapour!  We put this baggie filled with water in our window, hoping to see how the water cycle works.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

• Only 1 new WWW this week:  slow 
• New Word Sort - we are focusing on the long and short o sounds
• Friday - We will be at the TWOS!  Please ensure your child has a bagged lunch!

In Math today, we practised subtracting 1-digit from 2-digit numbers without re-grouping.  We used base ten blocks to help us solve the equations.

Happy Birthday, Madison!

• Wear your class t-shirts tomorrow!  We will be walking over to the rink shortly before 1 pm to cheer on our Devon Atom team!!
• Permission slips and payment due tomorrow for our TWOS fieldtrip.

Thank you for the delicious chocolate cupcakes!

Permission Slips due on Friday

In Math today, we began subtraction.  I was super happy about the ease at which 2S completed Math Workshops today - such mathematicians!  This week, our Workshops are focusing on subtracting multiples of 10 using a 100s chart, Base Ten Materials and an Open Number Line.  Ask your child to solve the following question and explain their thinking:  68 - 30 = _?_

Paper is not a good material to line a strawberry basket, neither is a kleenex.  Ask your child what materials did work to hold the water in.....

Moustache Day!

With the temperatures rising, the snow is quickly melting away.  Students are overheating in their snowpants and are bottoms are saturated with water.  If your child owns 'splash' pants and rubber boots, please send them to school.

• New WWW went home today - please review nightly the long /a/
• mail
• rain
• sale
• made
• played
• New Word Sort - please complete the various sorting activities nightly
• short and long /a/
• New Home Reading - a very small group of students brought home new books for Home Reading this week.  Please ensure your child is exchanging their books each week.
• Green note - walking fieldtrip to the Dale Fisher Arena
• Book Orders went home today - they are due on March 27th

Thank you to Alexis for bringing in Fluorescent Moustaches to share!

Happy Moustache Day!

Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs Day

Show Your School Spirit.....it's Moustache Day on Monday!

Early Dismissal & Student Led Conferences tomorrow!

• yellow note - TWOS field trip information.  All permission slips and money must be returned/paid by March 14th.
• green note - Confirmed Student Led Conference schedule

Absorbency Tests - which materials absorb water?

Stuck like glue....

In Science on Friday, we observed the surface of calm water (surface tension).  First we made predictions, guessing how many drops of water we thought we could stack on a penny before it overflowed.  Using medicine droppers, we carefully began putting water, drop by drop, onto the flat surface of the penny.  We discussed how water is held onto the penny by surface tension.  Too much water caused the "skin" to break, making the water run off the penny!  The "dome" we observed forming on top of our pennies was cool!

• New WWW this week
• Home Reading sent home - please return on THURSDAY
• March Newsletter went home
• New Word Sort - review of long vowel sounds