This week we celebrated Tayler as our star student!
We went to explore the books at the Reading Oasis Book Fair. Mrs. Buban always does such an amazing job preparing a wonderful book fair for us to enjoy!
We made our wish lists and shopped for some new books.
Maggie and her family kindly donated this book to our class which we enjoyed reading very much. Nobody can resist a book about underwear!
We were Book Fair winners! Our class was the lucky winner of these terrific books and Chloe got to pick some books to take home with her.
In math, we worked on balancing equations and finding equal numbers.
We also played a cool math game balancing equations on the Smart board. Number Balance is the link if you'd like to play this game at home.
We also discovered that it takes a long time to count to 56 using pennies.
We discovered that if you used dimes and pennies it didn't take as long to get to 56.
We discovered that if you used dimes, nickels and pennies to get to 56 it was even faster.
We also played a new game called Give The Dog A Bone. It really tested what we new about our numbers to 100!
Click this link Give the Dog A Bone if you'd like to try this math game at home.
This week we had a visit from the John Howard Society who came to talk to us about being responsible citizens. Thanks to Mrs. DeRosa for planning and organising this visit. To learn more about the John Howard Society please visit their website at http://www.johnhoward.org
During the presentation we heard the story Horton Lays An Egg. Horton was a great example of being responsible even when things get tough!
For social this week Tripp shared some mittens made in Nunavut from seal and beaver fur given to him by his grandpa.
Also in social we started learning about the landforms in Nunavut, Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan.
One of the most popular literacy centres our class has is the drama centre. Every week the students are getting more and more creative with their presentations. This week their readers theatre was about Remembrance Day.
2H and 4M worked together to create a Remembrance Day wreath that was presented during the Remembrance Day liturgy on Friday.
We also reflected and wrote about Remembrance Day.
A Pittance of Time is a short video to remind us of why we were not at school on Monday.
Thank you to all the grade two families for their support during conferences and these first 10 weeks of the school year. I hope you all enjoy a restful and enjoyable November break!
