Happy Monday Sept 30
Hope everyone had a nice weekend playing in all of our September snow!
Today the BHS showed support for Orange Shirt Day. Students and teachers dressed in orange to educate and bring awareness to indigenous families effected by residential schools. We then went for a walk around the BHS neighborhood to raise awareness in the community. If you have further questions please visit orangeshirtday.org
This week in room 5:
Language Arts: We will be continuing to build on our stamina for read to self. We will also be doing some mini lessons teaching students about reading different word families. These skills directly translate into our mini lessons on writing sentences!
Science: We will be continuing our exploration of liquids specifically focusing on viscosity. How well does it flow?!
Social: We will be focusing on our community comparing our home, neighborhood, and province to other communities in Canada.
Math: We will be continuing our exploration of increasing and decreasing patterns!
Please make sure you send your child with snow pants, mitts, hats and all other attire for the snow :)
Have a great evening everyone!
Monday, September 30, 2019
Sunday, September 29, 2019
Friday, September 27, 2019
Happy Friday Sept 27
Reminders:
Orange shirt day Monday. Wear an orange shirt to show your support!
Walking field trip Monday afternoon around our community! Please dress for the weather :)
Today we began our day with our pillars of care assembly. Congratulations to all the winners in room 5! The students loved seeing all the photos from their friends mixed into the our monthly video. We even had a presentation from our patrollers that will be starting next week.
After our assembly the students enjoyed a tasty snack and exercise break before doing reading buddies. All the students went with their buddies and read their books from the library!
After reading the students had some time to work on ipads doing their mathletics assignments. I have given all their students the log ins and they can practice at home!
We ended our day with some catch up time to finish our self portraits, maps, and self regulation posters!
Hope everyone has a great weekend :)
Stay warm!
Mr Lancee
Reminders:
Orange shirt day Monday. Wear an orange shirt to show your support!
Walking field trip Monday afternoon around our community! Please dress for the weather :)
Today we began our day with our pillars of care assembly. Congratulations to all the winners in room 5! The students loved seeing all the photos from their friends mixed into the our monthly video. We even had a presentation from our patrollers that will be starting next week.
After our assembly the students enjoyed a tasty snack and exercise break before doing reading buddies. All the students went with their buddies and read their books from the library!
After reading the students had some time to work on ipads doing their mathletics assignments. I have given all their students the log ins and they can practice at home!
We ended our day with some catch up time to finish our self portraits, maps, and self regulation posters!
Hope everyone has a great weekend :)
Stay warm!
Mr Lancee
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Happy Wednesday Sept 25
Reminders:
Walking Fieldtrip next Monday in the afternoon! We will send home permission forms tomorrow
Pillars of care assembly Friday at 8:30! Winners will be announced in room 5 tomorrow!
Orange shirt day Monday!
Today we began our day with our soft start! Students loved using drawing, reading or playdough as a way to happily begin their day.
Next we worked in our math books creating some repeating patterns! abbabbabba for example.
Tomorrow we will be starting our growing patterns...tricky stuff!
After math we headed to gym and then snack in the classroom.
During LA we talked about the three different sounds an "a" can make and words with the word "and" inside! Students brainstormed and found words like band, sand, hand all contain and!
We spent some time learning about our star of the week! We interviewed a student and did some writing about their favourite food, games and pets. On Friday they will be able to bring in one item for Show and share!
Today the students had their minds blown as talked some of the characteristics of the water! We word webbed the description of calm water in a glass through a camera. Words like flat, see through, clear were just some of the ways we described the calmness of a liquid. Next we did a prediction of the appearance of water drops. Every student predicted they looked like a cartoon tear drop when in fact... they look closer to a sphere!
The water drop is often seen as it drips off something like a leaf or faucet. Then it turns in to a perfect sphere!
Science Rules!!!
Have a great evening everyone!
Reminders:
Walking Fieldtrip next Monday in the afternoon! We will send home permission forms tomorrow
Pillars of care assembly Friday at 8:30! Winners will be announced in room 5 tomorrow!
Orange shirt day Monday!
Today we began our day with our soft start! Students loved using drawing, reading or playdough as a way to happily begin their day.
Next we worked in our math books creating some repeating patterns! abbabbabba for example.
Tomorrow we will be starting our growing patterns...tricky stuff!
After math we headed to gym and then snack in the classroom.
During LA we talked about the three different sounds an "a" can make and words with the word "and" inside! Students brainstormed and found words like band, sand, hand all contain and!
We spent some time learning about our star of the week! We interviewed a student and did some writing about their favourite food, games and pets. On Friday they will be able to bring in one item for Show and share!
Today the students had their minds blown as talked some of the characteristics of the water! We word webbed the description of calm water in a glass through a camera. Words like flat, see through, clear were just some of the ways we described the calmness of a liquid. Next we did a prediction of the appearance of water drops. Every student predicted they looked like a cartoon tear drop when in fact... they look closer to a sphere!
The water drop is often seen as it drips off something like a leaf or faucet. Then it turns in to a perfect sphere!
Science Rules!!!
Have a great evening everyone!
Monday, September 23, 2019
Happy Monday Sept 23!
Hope everyone had a nice weekend!
Reminders:
1. I am still missing a few forms for digital citizenship. Please return them ASAP
2. Tomorrow is Terry Fox Day and we will be doing our run around the school from 1:45-2:15. Please make sure you bring a water bottle and outdoor shoes to join in the run and remember this Canadian hero and your loved ones.
3. Pillars of Care assembly Friday!
Important:
Today we watched an important video that informed the students about Terry Fox. He was such an import Canadian Hero for Cancer research and awareness. Please talk to your children about Terry Fox and any questions they have. The day can be emotional and it is important to talk things out.
Today we began our day with a quick calendar before doing some basic facts review! These types of review help me to see where we are, and where we will go with our numbers!
After gym on the compound the students all did read to self for a total of 8 minutes! This time we are hoping to increase to 15 minutes before we start read to someone!
Next I introduced the students to Student of the Week! This student will be interviewed one day by the kids so that we can learn all about them! We will be interviewing one student Wednesday and on Friday they can bring something for show and tell :)
We finished inside out before starting our zones of regulation lesson! In this lesson I had the students draw the emotions related to the zones and we talked as a group about how we move red, blue or yellow into green! We will be starting this project tomorrow!
We ended our day with looking at a map of the marathons that Terry Fox ran. We will be filling in the actual route tomorrow before doing our Terry Fox run.
Have a great evening everyone.
Please stay warm, eat healthy, drink water and get a good nights sleep :)
Hope everyone had a nice weekend!
Reminders:
1. I am still missing a few forms for digital citizenship. Please return them ASAP
2. Tomorrow is Terry Fox Day and we will be doing our run around the school from 1:45-2:15. Please make sure you bring a water bottle and outdoor shoes to join in the run and remember this Canadian hero and your loved ones.
3. Pillars of Care assembly Friday!
Important:
Today we watched an important video that informed the students about Terry Fox. He was such an import Canadian Hero for Cancer research and awareness. Please talk to your children about Terry Fox and any questions they have. The day can be emotional and it is important to talk things out.
Today we began our day with a quick calendar before doing some basic facts review! These types of review help me to see where we are, and where we will go with our numbers!
After gym on the compound the students all did read to self for a total of 8 minutes! This time we are hoping to increase to 15 minutes before we start read to someone!
Next I introduced the students to Student of the Week! This student will be interviewed one day by the kids so that we can learn all about them! We will be interviewing one student Wednesday and on Friday they can bring something for show and tell :)
We finished inside out before starting our zones of regulation lesson! In this lesson I had the students draw the emotions related to the zones and we talked as a group about how we move red, blue or yellow into green! We will be starting this project tomorrow!
We ended our day with looking at a map of the marathons that Terry Fox ran. We will be filling in the actual route tomorrow before doing our Terry Fox run.
Have a great evening everyone.
Please stay warm, eat healthy, drink water and get a good nights sleep :)
Thursday, September 19, 2019
Happy Thursday September 19!
Just a quick couple reminders:
-A digital citizenship form was sent home Thursday to allow our students the use of laptops and ipads this school year. Please return these ASAP
-Meet the teacher night will be tonight! There will be two sessions each running 45 mins in length.Please note that the start date for parent’s booking is 6:00 PM (Sep 13, 2019), and booking ends at 18:00 PM (Sep 19, 2019) The first session will start 6:00, with the second starting at 6:45.
Hope to see you all there!
Today we began our day with a second round of ignite! The school has implemented double ignite as a way to help kids come in, do something fun and get their brains ready to learn!
We visited the library for the first time today! Ms P. gave us a tour of which shelves we could use for taking out books and how the process of taking out books works. I was quite proud of room 5 at the end of the library when Ms. P thanked everyone for their excellent behavior in the library!
Today we finished our Best part of me writing in which each student chose a body part that represented who they are what they can do best! Students chose to write about their hands, feet, brain, legs, muscles to name a few! The finished project will be on our classroom wall when parents come tonight!
After writing we started to watch Inside Out to reinforce what we have been learning relating to Zones of Regulation and emotions! We will be carrying this work forward next week when we begin to learn about individuality and learn about ourselves!
In the afternoon we did a desk clean to get ready for this evening, buddies and finally finished our movie!
Looking forward to meeting everyone!
Just a quick couple reminders:
-A digital citizenship form was sent home Thursday to allow our students the use of laptops and ipads this school year. Please return these ASAP
-Meet the teacher night will be tonight! There will be two sessions each running 45 mins in length.Please note that the start date for parent’s booking is 6:00 PM (Sep 13, 2019), and booking ends at 18:00 PM (Sep 19, 2019) The first session will start 6:00, with the second starting at 6:45.
Hope to see you all there!
Today we began our day with a second round of ignite! The school has implemented double ignite as a way to help kids come in, do something fun and get their brains ready to learn!
We visited the library for the first time today! Ms P. gave us a tour of which shelves we could use for taking out books and how the process of taking out books works. I was quite proud of room 5 at the end of the library when Ms. P thanked everyone for their excellent behavior in the library!
Today we finished our Best part of me writing in which each student chose a body part that represented who they are what they can do best! Students chose to write about their hands, feet, brain, legs, muscles to name a few! The finished project will be on our classroom wall when parents come tonight!
After writing we started to watch Inside Out to reinforce what we have been learning relating to Zones of Regulation and emotions! We will be carrying this work forward next week when we begin to learn about individuality and learn about ourselves!
In the afternoon we did a desk clean to get ready for this evening, buddies and finally finished our movie!
Looking forward to meeting everyone!
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Happy Monday September 16
Just a quick couple reminders!
-A digital citizenship form was sent home Thursday to allow our students the use of laptops and ipads this school year. Please return these ASAP
-Meet the teacher night will be tomorrow on Thursday September 19. There will be two sessions each running 45 mins in length.Please note that the start date for parent’s booking is 6:00 PM (Sep 13, 2019), and booking ends at 18:00 PM (Sep 19, 2019) The first session will start 6:00, with the second starting at 6:45.
Hope to see you all there!
Just a quick couple reminders!
-A digital citizenship form was sent home Thursday to allow our students the use of laptops and ipads this school year. Please return these ASAP
-Meet the teacher night will be tomorrow on Thursday September 19. There will be two sessions each running 45 mins in length.Please note that the start date for parent’s booking is 6:00 PM (Sep 13, 2019), and booking ends at 18:00 PM (Sep 19, 2019) The first session will start 6:00, with the second starting at 6:45.
Hope to see you all there!
Monday, September 16, 2019
Happy Monday September 16
Reminders:
-A digital citizenship form was sent home Thursday to allow our students the use of laptops and ipads this school year. Please return these ASAP!
-Meet the teacher night will be next week on Thursday September 19. There will be two sessions each running 45 mins in length.Please note that the start date for parent’s booking is 6:00 PM (Sep 13, 2019), and booking ends at 18:00 PM (Sep 19, 2019) The first session will start 6:00, with the second starting at 6:45.
Today
We started our morning with Ignite today!
"We did science experiments"
"I played scoops in gym games!"
"We played pickle ball!"
After ignite, the students of room 5 had their morning meeting followed by some pattern name tag making!
Today we made some reflections for how we follow the pillars of care which will be on our Documentation of learning boards for meet the teacher night!
In the afternoon we began to work on our self portraits which will go into our time capsules.
We finished the day learning about maps and compasses using national geographic.
"We drew a compass on our whiteboards!"
Remember! NEVER EAT SOGGY WAFFLES to remember North East South West!
Have a great day everyone!
Mr Lancee
Reminders:
-A digital citizenship form was sent home Thursday to allow our students the use of laptops and ipads this school year. Please return these ASAP!
-Meet the teacher night will be next week on Thursday September 19. There will be two sessions each running 45 mins in length.Please note that the start date for parent’s booking is 6:00 PM (Sep 13, 2019), and booking ends at 18:00 PM (Sep 19, 2019) The first session will start 6:00, with the second starting at 6:45.
Today
We started our morning with Ignite today!
"We did science experiments"
"I played scoops in gym games!"
"We played pickle ball!"
After ignite, the students of room 5 had their morning meeting followed by some pattern name tag making!
Today we made some reflections for how we follow the pillars of care which will be on our Documentation of learning boards for meet the teacher night!
In the afternoon we began to work on our self portraits which will go into our time capsules.
We finished the day learning about maps and compasses using national geographic.
"We drew a compass on our whiteboards!"
Remember! NEVER EAT SOGGY WAFFLES to remember North East South West!
Have a great day everyone!
Mr Lancee
Friday, September 13, 2019
Happy Friday September 13!
Reminders:
-A digital citizenship form was sent home Thursday to allow our students the use of laptops and ipads this school year. Please return these ASAP!
-Meet the teacher night will be next week on Thursday September 19. There will be two sessions each running 45 mins in length.Please note that the start date for parent’s booking is 16:00 PM (Sep 13, 2019), and booking ends at 18:00 PM (Sep 19, 2019) The first session will start 6:00, with the second starting at 6:45.
Today the students began their day with calendar and morning routines.
After our morning routines the students in room 5 used ipads for their first session of MATHLETICS!
I typically will do mathletics on Friday as a way to reinforce the skills we have been learning all week.
Today the students worked on several problems related to patterning and numbers from 0-100.
At meet the teacher night I will be giving all parents a copy of their mathletics log ins to practice at home :)
After Math we transitioned into gym on compound doing compound games before the snack.
Another exciting part of today was our first reading buddies!
Today we began with creating a buddy book in pairs. The grade 5 buddies of Mr Berry's class joined us and worked together to create pictures and descriptions all about getting to know each other!
After buddies we spent some time finishing work from this week until....Fire drill! The students quickly lined up before leaving the classroom to head outside and line up in the baseball field before returning inside. I want to say that my students did a fantastic job today lining up quietly and getting outside. Way to go room 5!
We cleaned up the room, chose new jobs and handed out forms on how to book meet the teacher night sessions before dismissal!
Have a great weekend everyone!
Mr Lancee
Reminders:
-A digital citizenship form was sent home Thursday to allow our students the use of laptops and ipads this school year. Please return these ASAP!
-Meet the teacher night will be next week on Thursday September 19. There will be two sessions each running 45 mins in length.Please note that the start date for parent’s booking is 16:00 PM (Sep 13, 2019), and booking ends at 18:00 PM (Sep 19, 2019) The first session will start 6:00, with the second starting at 6:45.
Today the students began their day with calendar and morning routines.
After our morning routines the students in room 5 used ipads for their first session of MATHLETICS!
I typically will do mathletics on Friday as a way to reinforce the skills we have been learning all week.
Today the students worked on several problems related to patterning and numbers from 0-100.
At meet the teacher night I will be giving all parents a copy of their mathletics log ins to practice at home :)
After Math we transitioned into gym on compound doing compound games before the snack.
Another exciting part of today was our first reading buddies!
Today we began with creating a buddy book in pairs. The grade 5 buddies of Mr Berry's class joined us and worked together to create pictures and descriptions all about getting to know each other!
After buddies we spent some time finishing work from this week until....Fire drill! The students quickly lined up before leaving the classroom to head outside and line up in the baseball field before returning inside. I want to say that my students did a fantastic job today lining up quietly and getting outside. Way to go room 5!
We cleaned up the room, chose new jobs and handed out forms on how to book meet the teacher night sessions before dismissal!
Have a great weekend everyone!
Mr Lancee
Thursday, September 12, 2019
Happy Thursday Sept 11!
Reminders:
-A digital citizenship form was sent home Thursday to allow our students the use of laptops and ipads this school year. Please return these ASAP! We will be using them tomorrow!
-Meet the teacher night will be next week on Thursday September 19. There will be two sessions each running 45 mins in length.Please note that the start date for parent’s booking is 16:00 PM (Sep 13, 2019), and booking ends at 18:00 PM (Sep 19, 2019) The first session will start 6:00, with the second starting at 6:45.
-Half day tomorrow!
Have a great evening!
Reminders:
-A digital citizenship form was sent home Thursday to allow our students the use of laptops and ipads this school year. Please return these ASAP! We will be using them tomorrow!
-Meet the teacher night will be next week on Thursday September 19. There will be two sessions each running 45 mins in length.Please note that the start date for parent’s booking is 16:00 PM (Sep 13, 2019), and booking ends at 18:00 PM (Sep 19, 2019) The first session will start 6:00, with the second starting at 6:45.
-Half day tomorrow!
Have a great evening!
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Happy Wednesday Sept 11!
Reminders:
-A digital citizenship form was sent home Thursday to allow our students the use of laptops and ipads this school year. Please return these ASAP!
-Pizza forms brought back ASAP
VERY IMPORTANT: Please do not allow your children to bring toys to school. They are a giant distraction and usually end up on my desk. Toys have gone missing in the past and we want to do everything possible to avoid tears throughout the day. Thank you.
It has come to my attention that my blog may be releasing a date late. I apologize for the confusion and I am working to fix it.
Today:
Students began their day with our usual calendar talking about the month, days, weather, and how many days we have been in school. We have also been practicing skip counting by 2's using videos and a fancy hundreds grid as seen below!
Reminders:
-A digital citizenship form was sent home Thursday to allow our students the use of laptops and ipads this school year. Please return these ASAP!
-Pizza forms brought back ASAP
VERY IMPORTANT: Please do not allow your children to bring toys to school. They are a giant distraction and usually end up on my desk. Toys have gone missing in the past and we want to do everything possible to avoid tears throughout the day. Thank you.
It has come to my attention that my blog may be releasing a date late. I apologize for the confusion and I am working to fix it.
Today:
Students began their day with our usual calendar talking about the month, days, weather, and how many days we have been in school. We have also been practicing skip counting by 2's using videos and a fancy hundreds grid as seen below!
In Math students began to create different kinds of patterns using blocks!
I will post some pictures of work tomorrow!
After math we had our silent reading time in which students began to use their new book boxes. These boxes have books at their level, the level above and a book of choice. We will also add their library books next week.
After reading we worked on a free writing piece in which the students could write anything they wanted about a picture of a classroom. Before the writing we brainstormed ideas and words they could use in their writing.
In the afternoon we had a special guest teacher who worked with the students and read a story before heading off to music!
Have a great day everyone!
Mr Lancee
Monday, September 9, 2019
Happy Monday Sept 9th!
Reminders:
-Please sign and return all forms sent home in the start of the year packet by Tomorrow! (All forms need signatures on each of the pages)
-Please make sure you send your student with a water bottle to limit trips to the fountain
-Please make sure a pair of outdoor/indoor shoes has been sent to school to keep our building clean
-A digital citizenship form was sent home Thursday to allow our students the use of laptops and ipads this school year. Please return these ASAP!
-Pizza forms brought back ASAP
-Welcome back! by parent council at 7:30 am in the gym tomorrow
VERY IMPORTANT: Please do not allow your children to bring toys to school. They are a giant distraction and usually end up on my desk. Toys have gone missing in the past and we want to do everything possible to avoid tears throughout the day. Thank you.
This week in room 5:
Math:
We will be exploring our numbers from 1-100 skip counting by 1's, 2's 5's and 10's.
We will be reviewing and creating patterns using color, pictures and numbers.
We will also be doing numbers of the day to practice expanding and writing numbers.
LA:
Students will be reading to self and others
We will be practicing creating sentences and writing specific words.
We will be checking books out from the library
Social:
Students will begin to explore maps and how to look at them
Science:
We will begin to explore liquids and what they are/are not
Art:
Self Portraits!
Health:
Exploring our new Pillar of Care: belonging!
Have a great evening!
Make sure you dress for the weather!
Reminders:
-Please sign and return all forms sent home in the start of the year packet by Tomorrow! (All forms need signatures on each of the pages)
-Please make sure you send your student with a water bottle to limit trips to the fountain
-Please make sure a pair of outdoor/indoor shoes has been sent to school to keep our building clean
-A digital citizenship form was sent home Thursday to allow our students the use of laptops and ipads this school year. Please return these ASAP!
-Pizza forms brought back ASAP
-Welcome back! by parent council at 7:30 am in the gym tomorrow
VERY IMPORTANT: Please do not allow your children to bring toys to school. They are a giant distraction and usually end up on my desk. Toys have gone missing in the past and we want to do everything possible to avoid tears throughout the day. Thank you.
This week in room 5:
Math:
We will be exploring our numbers from 1-100 skip counting by 1's, 2's 5's and 10's.
We will be reviewing and creating patterns using color, pictures and numbers.
We will also be doing numbers of the day to practice expanding and writing numbers.
LA:
Students will be reading to self and others
We will be practicing creating sentences and writing specific words.
We will be checking books out from the library
Social:
Students will begin to explore maps and how to look at them
Science:
We will begin to explore liquids and what they are/are not
Art:
Self Portraits!
Health:
Exploring our new Pillar of Care: belonging!
Have a great evening!
Make sure you dress for the weather!
Friday, September 6, 2019
Happy Friday Sept 6th!
Reminders:
-Please sign and return all forms sent home in the start of the year packet by September 10 (All forms need signatures on each of the pages)
-Please make sure you send your student with a water bottle to limit trips to the fountain
-Please make sure a pair of outdoor/indoor shoes has been sent to school to keep our building clean
-A digital citizenship form was sent home yesterday to allow our students the use of laptops and ipads this school year. Please return these ASAP!
-Pizza forms brought back ASAP
Today the students had their first experience in grade 2 with "read to someone" during our Language arts time. I was quite impressed with how engaged and focused the students were during this paired reading time!
Students were able to visit the gym today for their first assembly of the year. In the assembly we met all the teachers and learned about our new pillar: Belonging!
We will be doing work all month showing the learning around the concept of belonging. Parents, ask your child what belonging means to them!
Monday we will be starting our IGNITE program for a half hour. This whole school program allows students to move to a room and participate in one of several activities to warm up their brains and start the week in a positive way!
Hope everyone has a great weekend!
Mr Lancee
If you ever have questions do not hesitate to email me at malancee@cbe.ab.ca
Reminders:
-Please sign and return all forms sent home in the start of the year packet by September 10 (All forms need signatures on each of the pages)
-Please make sure you send your student with a water bottle to limit trips to the fountain
-Please make sure a pair of outdoor/indoor shoes has been sent to school to keep our building clean
-A digital citizenship form was sent home yesterday to allow our students the use of laptops and ipads this school year. Please return these ASAP!
-Pizza forms brought back ASAP
Today the students had their first experience in grade 2 with "read to someone" during our Language arts time. I was quite impressed with how engaged and focused the students were during this paired reading time!
Students were able to visit the gym today for their first assembly of the year. In the assembly we met all the teachers and learned about our new pillar: Belonging!
We will be doing work all month showing the learning around the concept of belonging. Parents, ask your child what belonging means to them!
Monday we will be starting our IGNITE program for a half hour. This whole school program allows students to move to a room and participate in one of several activities to warm up their brains and start the week in a positive way!
Hope everyone has a great weekend!
Mr Lancee
If you ever have questions do not hesitate to email me at malancee@cbe.ab.ca
Thursday, September 5, 2019
Happy Thursday September 5, 2019
Reminders:
Please sign and return all forms sent home in the start of the year packet by September 10 (All forms need signatures on each of the pages)
Please make sure you send your student with a water bottle to limit trips to the fountain
Please make sure a pair of outdoor/indoor shoes has been sent to school to keep our building clean
Today the students began their day with our Routine morning meeting. We added slides to talk about our weather and how we write the day of the week!
After catching up on some work that needed to be finished we went to the gym with Mr Sadowsky.
Ask your children what they did in gym today!
After gym we had some read to self time before doing some sketching about what we read. The students took a big step today and some of them shared their sketches in front of the entire class! Way to go grade 2's!
In math today the students did some practice of recording their numbers in a hundreds chart. being able to fully fill in and use a hundreds chart is a grade 2 expectation so try and practice whenever possible :)
Tomorrow is the welcome back assembly for all students at 10:30! We cannot wait to meet all the new students and teachers!
Have a great evening everyone!
Reminders:
Please sign and return all forms sent home in the start of the year packet by September 10 (All forms need signatures on each of the pages)
Please make sure you send your student with a water bottle to limit trips to the fountain
Please make sure a pair of outdoor/indoor shoes has been sent to school to keep our building clean
Today the students began their day with our Routine morning meeting. We added slides to talk about our weather and how we write the day of the week!
After catching up on some work that needed to be finished we went to the gym with Mr Sadowsky.
Ask your children what they did in gym today!
After gym we had some read to self time before doing some sketching about what we read. The students took a big step today and some of them shared their sketches in front of the entire class! Way to go grade 2's!
In math today the students did some practice of recording their numbers in a hundreds chart. being able to fully fill in and use a hundreds chart is a grade 2 expectation so try and practice whenever possible :)
Tomorrow is the welcome back assembly for all students at 10:30! We cannot wait to meet all the new students and teachers!
Have a great evening everyone!
Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Happy Wednesday September 4, 2019
This is my first blog for our year in grade 2!
Every reminder and upcoming date will be in this blog so try to check it everyday!
Reminders:
Please sign and return all forms sent home in the start of the year packet by September 10
Please make sure you send your student with a water bottle to limit trips to the bathroom
Please make sure a pair of outdoor/indoor shoes has been sent to school to keep our building clean
The following is a breakdown of how our day went:
We started our day with a morning meeting. I do the morning meeting first thing everyday to make sure students feel welcome, say good morning and do a couple of activities to get their brains going.
We start with a greeting where all students say good morning and we review the rules.
Afterwards we have Calendar which covers days of the week, birthdays and special events.
Next is the number of days in school, which we be keeping track of all year long.
Finally we ended with some open math on whiteboards in which students wrote down all the different ways to make 2.
After morning meeting the students were given some time to fill in their "all about me" sheets. These sheets allow the students to fill in boxes with words and pictures that explain who they are!
After gym we returned to class to talk have some reading time. During read to self my expectation is no talking, read the books you chose, and use the pictures to help you with reading the story.
After reading we transitioned into some writing time. It was during this time that we began our first journal entry:
My Summer Vacation!
We started this journal entry today and will continue with it tomorrow.
After lunch the students transitioned into a story to calm and regain their attention before starting math.
In math we talked about tools and some basic strategies they can use to solve one step addition problems.
The students were given time to come up with their ideas and draw a picture before creating solving some questions on their own.
Below are some examples of the questions we practiced:
4+5=
7+4=
9+3=
After math the students had recess and finally their first music class with Mr Wiens. Mr Wiens took the students on a tour of the school while playing music the entire time!
Hope the students had a great second day in grade 2!
Have a wonderful Wednesday evening!
Mr Lancee
This is my first blog for our year in grade 2!
Every reminder and upcoming date will be in this blog so try to check it everyday!
Reminders:
Please sign and return all forms sent home in the start of the year packet by September 10
Please make sure you send your student with a water bottle to limit trips to the bathroom
Please make sure a pair of outdoor/indoor shoes has been sent to school to keep our building clean
The following is a breakdown of how our day went:
We started our day with a morning meeting. I do the morning meeting first thing everyday to make sure students feel welcome, say good morning and do a couple of activities to get their brains going.
We start with a greeting where all students say good morning and we review the rules.
Afterwards we have Calendar which covers days of the week, birthdays and special events.
Next is the number of days in school, which we be keeping track of all year long.
Finally we ended with some open math on whiteboards in which students wrote down all the different ways to make 2.
After morning meeting the students were given some time to fill in their "all about me" sheets. These sheets allow the students to fill in boxes with words and pictures that explain who they are!
After gym we returned to class to talk have some reading time. During read to self my expectation is no talking, read the books you chose, and use the pictures to help you with reading the story.
After reading we transitioned into some writing time. It was during this time that we began our first journal entry:
My Summer Vacation!
We started this journal entry today and will continue with it tomorrow.
After lunch the students transitioned into a story to calm and regain their attention before starting math.
In math we talked about tools and some basic strategies they can use to solve one step addition problems.
The students were given time to come up with their ideas and draw a picture before creating solving some questions on their own.
Below are some examples of the questions we practiced:
4+5=
7+4=
9+3=
After math the students had recess and finally their first music class with Mr Wiens. Mr Wiens took the students on a tour of the school while playing music the entire time!
Hope the students had a great second day in grade 2!
Have a wonderful Wednesday evening!
Mr Lancee
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