Good afternoon and happy Monday March 30!

I just wanted to write one blog message today thanking everyone for their patience with setting up online schooling and working from home.

If you have any questions, email me at malancee@cbe.ab.ca

I was able to reach out to everyone today with questions about online accessibility and apologies for the Ontario phone number! I will be working from home and the calling system on my computer uses an Ontario number oddly enough. From here on out my main mode of contact will be through email, school messenger and when it is ready, the new online platform! We are gearing up to start next week but I will keep you posted with details as we find them out.

For this week:

-Keep up with daily reading
-Do some journaling about what you have read. (Optional)
-Use online resources such as:
         -Razkids
         -Mathletics
         -Prodigy

Also, visit our website for some extra activities to do as well!

https://sites.google.com/a/educbe.ca/bhs-grade-2/home

Below are some helpful pictures that will help you get connected with our online classroom. This will not be started until next week but feel free to log in :)

The two programs we will be using are google meet and google classroom.










Enjoy this time at home with your families and stay safe!

Miss having you all as my students!

Mr Lancee

Happy Friday and Happy Spring!

Hope everyone is doing well and taking care of themselves!

I just wanted to let you know my family and I are doing well. Make sure you are washing your hands, eating well and doing at least 1 hour of activity a day!

Once again, this is the grade 2 website which you can visit anytime to do some extra work.
https://sites.google.com/a/educbe.ca/bhs-grade-2/home


Take this time to do some fun stuff that builds the family relationship as well!

Such as.....

-Cook a meal together
-Play some board games
-Go for walks
-Go sledding
-Read together
-Go noodle/Just Dance dance party
-Do some coloring!

Be safe and well!

Mr Lancee

Monday March 16, 2020

Dear parents & students,

First of all, I hope your family is safe, healthy and is taking the current situation one step at a time.
Since our school board and province have closed schools for an indefinite amount of time,
I am sending you some resources that I encourage you to do while staying at home.

For web resources available to students for the time being please view the grade 2 website which I have created. I will update this website throughout the day and the time being until we have a plan for moving forward.

https://sites.google.com/a/educbe.ca/bhs-grade-2/home

If you require your login info for Raz kids or Mathletics, please email me so that I can send this to you.

Please check email/blog for updates on scheduled times for students to come pick up personal belongings as well as more information to come.

Thank you for your continued support and please know that each if you, your students and families are in my thoughts during this time.

Max Lancee

Monday March 16

Good morning everyone,

It is with great sadness that I am writing to say that schools are closed.

At this moment we have not been informed of what will be happening in the future but when I know I will inform you all.

Please follow the CBE updates for more information as it is released.

Miss teaching everyone.

All the best.
Mr Lancee

Happy Friday Mar 13, 2020

Reminders:

March 18 Spirit Day- Wear a Hawaiian shirt day-Dress in a anything flowery, colorful, bright etc.

March 19 Spring photo day

March 20-29 Spring break

March 30 classes resume

Some unfortunate news... Due to the concerns from Alberta Health the school has to unfortunately cancel fun lunch and the spring dance next week. We will also be rescheduling our Pillars of Care assembly. Sorry for the inconvenience I am happy to answer questions. 

Today in room 5:

Beddington had many students away today and so we modified our day accordingly.

The students began their day with the usual morning meeting before moving into mathletics. We did several assignments, most of which were related to subtraction as we have been practicing this all week!

After math we had gym before our regular snack flix. 

The students then participated in some visual literacy focusing around the pillar of the month: responsibility!

We cleaned up the room before heading out for the weekend!

Have a great weekend everyone!
Mr Lancee

Happy Wednesday Mar 11!

Reminders:

March 18 Spirit Day- Wear a Hawaiian shirt day-Dress in a anything flowery, colorful, bright etc.

March 19 Spring photo day

March 19 Fun lunch

March 19 spring dance 6:00-8:00

March 20-29 Spring break

March 30 classes resume

With everything that has been going on with the Corona Virus worries I wanted to provide some info on what we in school are doing to care for the students and ourselves.

Caretaking staff in all schools have increased cleaning and disinfecting protocols on high touch points (example: door knobs, light switches, desk tops, etc.) throughout CBE schools.

§  CBE schools will remind students of good hand washing techniques and new posters will be provided to reinforce this.

§  The CBE has a supply contract for all necessary soap, sanitizer, and cleaning/disinfecting supplies. This supply is reliable and readily available.

§  If you are sick, do not come to school Please report your absence.

§  If you have symptoms such as fever, cough and difficulty breathing, have travelled outside Canada or have been exposed to someone who has COVID-19, stay home and call Health Link 811.

Today in room 5!

Students began their day in the classroom with a short class meeting before heading into some quiet reading time. It was nice to switch up our usual reading time from the afternoon to the morning.

After reading we transitioned into math and continued to practice subtraction questions using manipulatives. Today we used the grids again with some square blocks. I noticed a large increase in the students speed and accuracy as they worked to finish 20 questions! They are getting it :)

We then had snack before continuing our writing from the previous day. We are working to add more detail to our Mushroom Kingdom stories before we start to edit them tomorrow!

Our class had gym just before lunch in which they played hockey!

In the afternoon the students had mindfulness doing quiet meditation before moving into science. Today we watched The Magic School Bus, Into the Arctic. We were learning about the concepts of insulation, cold weather and animal adaptations. We are going to explore these concepts more we test a science experiment tomorrow!

We finished off our day with music before packing up for the end of the day.

Hope everyone has a great evening!

Keep up with the mathletics and reading at home :)

Mr Lancee

Happy Tuesday Super MAR10!

Reminders:
March 11 K-2 dental screening
March 18 Spirit Day- Wear a Hawaiian shirt day-Dress in a anything flowery, colorful, bright etc.
March 19 Spring photo day
March 19 Fun lunch
March 19 spring dance 6:00-8:00
March 20-29 Spring break
March 30 classes resume



Today the students celebrated Super Mario Day!


Some of the things day related activities we enjoyed were:

-Reading a super Mario book at snack

-Super Mario themed hockey and tag

-Mario tribute video at the end of the day

I had more stuff we did not get to but I will save it for another day.


Students have also been working hard in math to use manipulatives to support their subtraction.
The questions we have been covering are all 2 digit by 1 digit numbers such as: 19-6.
We will be progressing into using number lines as the week goes on!

We also explored the reversible and irreversible effects of cooking, freezing, melting and burning.

Parents, have a talk with your children tonight about the things you make for dinner and whether or not the changes can be reversed!

Hope everyone has a nice evening!
Happy MAR10 everybody!

Mr Lancee

Happy Monday March 9 2020

Reminders:
March 11 K-2 dental screening
March 18 Spirit Day- Wear a Hawaiian shirt day-Dress in a anything flowery, colorful, bright etc.
March 19 Spring photo day
March 19 Fun lunch
March 19 spring dance 6:00-8:00
March 20-29 Spring break
March 30 classes resume

This week in room 5:

Math: We have started subtraction! We will be breaking it down to basics and starting this week with manipulatives and actually seeing how numbers get taken away.

LA: We will be doing a combination of word work using some spelling words below, and blends using ai. We will also be journaling and practicing some editing skills.

Social: Looking at how human insulate in the cold north.

Science: Busy week of science! We will be looking at reversible and irreversible changes from heating and cooling. We will also be looking into insulation, and animal adaptations related to the heat and cold.

Art: Water coloring backgrounds for our instead I project

Health: Nutrition, Friendship scenarios and calming strategies.


In the afternoon today the students had some special guests join us during an assembly. The Calgary Opera joined us and put on a full opera called, The Bremen Town Musicians. 

The students had an excellent time laughing at the actions of the cast and were blown away by the voices and songs they heard!

Hope everyone has a great evening!

Special reminders: This weekend we had daylight savings, there is a full moon and Friday is Friday the 13th...so make sure you are getting your rest to keep the sillies and grumpies to a minimum!

Happy Friday Mar 6 2020!

Reminders:
March 11 K-2 dental screening
March 18 Spirit Day- Wear a Hawaiian shirt day-Dress in a anything flowery, colorful, bright etc.
March 19 Spring photo day
March 19 Fun lunch
March 19 spring dance 6:00-8:00
March 20-29 Spring break
March 30 classes resume

Today in room 5:

We began our morning with our usual morning meeting today focusing on a morning word problem.
We have begun to practice using the CUBS strategy to support breaking down the reading of the problem.

Circle the numbers
Underline the question
Box the math words (key words)
Solve the question

We worked as a class finding different ways to solve the problem.

After the morning meeting we moved into some Mathletics before heading off to gym.

After gym the students had their snackflix time before we had some special guests!

The grade sixes joined us today to do some health art! The 2's worked with 6's to make a collage all about them what makes them happy.

We finished off the day earned time from all the hard work throughout the week.

Overall an excellent day!

Have a great weekend everyone!
Mr Lancee

Happy Thursday March 5 2020,

Just a few reminders from the March calendar today!

Reminders:
March 11 K-2 dental screening
March 18 Spirit Day- Wear a Hawaiian shirt day-Dress in a anything flowery, colorful, bright etc.
March 19 Spring photo day
March 19 Fun lunch
March 19 spring dance 6:00-8:00
March 20-29 Spring break
March 30 classes resume


Have a great evening everyone :)

Mr Lancee

Happy Wednesday Mar 4 2020!

Apologies for the lack of blogs yesterday and Friday. I had to leave on Friday due to an injury (I am a-okay!) and I was sick yesterday.

Reminders:
Today I sent home two forms:
1. Fun lunch forms
2. March newsletter and calendar

Some students also went home with Care Sheets regarding behavior expectations which should be signed and returned tomorrow.

Today in room 5:

Students began their day with taking some time write some apologies to the sub from yesterday. There were several unexpected behaviors from students and as so they needed to write up some care sheets. The other students were given some time on ipads doing mathletics, raz kids, or prodigy as a thank you for showing expected behaviors. It is important for students to understand that subs deserve the same respect as any teacher, principal, support staff or student in the school.

Next we moved into Math,

During this block students were given time to learn some tips and tricks for word problems.

We use a strategy called CUBS!

Circle the numbers
Underline the question
Box the math words
Solve the problem!

We will be doing word problems for the rest of the week and continuing them each Friday.

We start with simple one step problems and moved into larger/2 step problems.

Starting this week every Wednesday we will have gym at 11:00 instead of 9:00.

We moved from math into snack before continuing the writing from part 2 of our instead I project. We are pushing to finish this by the end of the week and turn it into a large book!

After writing we headed off to gym for floor hockey. I split the students into four teams and we played free for all hockey before heading off for lunch.

In the afternoon the students did an excellent job of mindfulness with 10 mins of quiet meditation.

We finished off our afternoon with some rehearsals of how to lose friends...Did you read that correctly? Yes! We looked into all the ways to lose friends such as: being rude, whining, saying i'm not your friend, and shouting at friends. These are just some of the ways we lose friends. After discussing these ideas we then turned it positive by brainstorming ways to keep/make friends!

Students then created little skits using pre selected situations to present to the class. Students did a great job of acting out kind ways to handle problems and help their classmates.

After a great music class the students returned to pack up and head home for the day.

Have a great evening everyone!
Mr Lancee