Week 25!

Your child should have brought home this note regarding conferences this month.  Please remember to book your conference time.  If you experience any problems please contact the office.

Another banana split was earned this week!

 In math we talked about related facts, also known as fact families.  

 We also reviewed all our ten facts.

 We have been building our CAFE menu of reading strategies by exploring several great books.

Mrs.  Melnyk came to read her Principal's Pick for March.  We all got to put in some pretty groovy magic sunglasses.

In social we learned more about Inuit culture.

 In science we learned more about magnets during our presentation.  We reviewed magnets attracting and repelling. 

 We explored and tested items that were attracted or not attracted to magnets.

 We explored the strength of magnets with steady hands.

 We played with magnetic putty.

 We heard a story about a magnetic dog.

Then we made a dog park game using magnets.

 In art we read Ten Black Dots and created our own creative black dots pictures.  

 This student used their dots for earrings.

 This students used their black dots as tastebuds on a tongue.

 Another student used their dots as screws on the hinges of a door.

  

 If you have any questions, comments or concerns please don't hesitate to contact me at lesleyh@eics.ab.ca or at 780 998 7777.

Week 24!

Sadly, I missed our  science presentation on Boats and Buoyancy but the students had these amazing paddle boats to show me on  Monday.

 More smarty pants earned their banana split this week!

We are proud of this great grade two who raised $1202 to help sick children.

 

Shrove Tuesday was enjoyed by everyone with this funny circular story and yummy pancakes provided by the Knights of Columbus and our Parent School Council.  

 Miss Sarah Balla came to teach us about mindfulness this week.  

 We learned about what our brain does when we are feeling stress or anxiety.

 We learned about stopping and breathing to help us move back into the green zone.

 On Ash Wednesday we each received ashes to begin our Lenten journey to Easter.  

Each student brought home their Lenten prayer to share with you.

 We welcomed March this week with a wonderful Canadian author Julie Lawson.  Ask you child to share with you what they heard about a cougar who visited the Empress Hotel in Victoria, BC.

 Amongst all the other things we did this week, we managed to squeeze in some doubles math.  We each made a Doubles Dude.  We learned that knowing our doubles is important when we add and subtract big numbers.

If you have any questions, comments or concerns  please don't hesitate to contact me at 780 997 0589 or at lesleyh@eics.ab.ca.