Wow!  We are one week in and already we've learned so much!  On the first day, all of the students came home with their grade two survival kits.  Each item in the bag was a reminder of what's important a we journey together over the next several months.   I hope the students shared the significance of each item with you.

During our first week we spent time getting to know each other with several friendship activities.  We even created friendship poems while working together in small groups.

We learned that getting along and working in a group is an important responsibility in grade two.

We reviewed our playground safety rules to make sure everyone has fun on the equipment while still being safe.

We read the book First Day Jitters and discovered that it wasn't just students who get anxious about the first day of school.

We had a wonderful experience watching the Tour of Alberta speed past the school.  The students clapped,  cheered and blew their noise makers(generously donated by the Valin family)to encourage the cyclists.  

We celebrated Maggie because she cut her hair for cancer over the summer and donated it to the Pantene Beautiful Lengths program that makes and donates wigs for people dealing with cancer.  She also did some fund raising and managed to raise $550 for the Canadian Cancer Society.  Great job Maggie!  

We ended the week reflecting on what our favourite part of the first week of grade two was.