Posted: November 22, 2010
Reminder: Basketball starts this week!
Girls Grade 2/3 - Wednesday 2:30 - 3:30
Boys Grade 2/3 - Thursday 2:30 - 3:30
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Posted: November 15, 2010
Reminder: We go skating on THURSDAY!!! Remember to bring skates, a helmet and warm clothes.
Posted: November 14, 2010
Our "Play With Your Food" art show on Friday was a success! The projects were amazing and very creative!! Great job, boys and girls! We are working hard on our stories and our presentation to send to our pen pals. You can see pictures of our projects in the image gallery.
Posted: November 8, 2010
Our Remembrance Day ceremony will be held on Wednesday, November 10th at 10:30. Mia and Samantha will be carrying the wreath for our class.
There is no school on Thursday, November 11th.
Remember to bring your Play With Your Food projects on Friday for our art show.
Posted: November 4, 2010
Please bring your Play With Your Food creature to school on Friday, November 12th for our art show. We will be completing a writing activity about our cool creations and will send pictures of our work to our pen pals.
Posted: November 2, 2010
Our class letter to Dallas is finished and has been sent!
Posted: October 24, 2010
It's Halloween week at Gretna Green! There are a lot of fun activities planned for the week. Monday we will be decorating a class pumpkin. Tuesday is spooky story day. We will be sharing our Halloween stories that we wrote with our Grade 5 buddies. We will also Skype with our pen pals. There is no school on Wednesday due to curriculum meetings for teachers. Thursday is orange and black day. Bring your cosutmes to school on Friday for the parade of costumes and wrap the teacher contest. Don't wear your costume to school. You will able to change into it after lunch.
Posted: October 19, 2010
We planted the tulips on the frontway of Gretna Green Elementary. We planted them on Wednesday at 1:00 and some daffodils too. When some people were done, the grade 3's came out and checked their plants in their squares. We planted the daffodils around the pole of the Canadian flag.
Sincerely,
Miss MacTavish and Miss Hutchison Levy
(Drew and Mia)
Posted: October 11, 2010
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you enjoyed your looooong weekend and are ready for another busy week. On Tuesday, we will Skype with our Dallas pen pals and we will examine our tulip bulbs. What do you think they'll look like? If the weather is nice, we will plant our bulbs on Wednesday. Our spelling test will be on Thursday this week. Friday, we will be travelling to Croft for the Heritage Fair. Remember to bring a bag lunch for the trip!
Posted: October 3, 2010
We have finished our Math unit on patterns and have moved on to learning about numbers to 100. This unit will focus on deepening your child’s understanding of number relationships, counting, and place value. We will be learning how to: Read numbers to 100 in symbols and in words; Build numbers to 100 with concrete materials; Estimate the number of objects in groups to 100; Count forward and backward using different tools, such as objects, a number line, a 100-chart, and coins; Show numbers to 100 as tens and ones using a variety of materials; and Compare and order numbers to 100.
Posted: October 3, 2010
This is going to be a short but busy week! There is no school on Thursday or Friday due to Curriculum Days for teachers. Enjoy your long weekend!
There will be no homework this week other than reading.
Please send back permission slips for the Croft Heritage Fair field trip as soon as possible.
We will Skype with our Dallas pen pals for the first time on Tuesday. We will share our weather with them and talk about what we've been doing in school. Our letters will be mailed this week.
This is fire prevention week. There will be a presentation made by local firefighters on Tuesday morning.
Posted: October 1, 2010
Drew and Cameron were recognized at today's Student Showcase Assembly for using descriptive words and detail in their writing. Keep up the great work!
Cameron's Story: When I was three I got some chocolate but I lost it. It was surprisingly good. It was delicious creamy milk chocolate with yummy carmel goodness. MMMMMMM.... YUMMY! I want that chocolate again.
Drew's Lost Ad: If you see a big golden retriever please call 555-8888. He's 3 years old. He's fluffy and he has saggy ears. He drools a lot. He will knock you over and lay on your stomach and lick you on the face. He can run faster than a race car! If you find him be careful, he can pull you over. Cause once I had him on his leash and he dragged me all around the house 3 to 5 times. It really hurt me when he went on the rocks. He has a long, long tongue. When he jumps on me he's over my head. He could touch a grownup's hand up high when he jumps. Please find him, he's another LOST dog!
Posted: September 30, 2010
Our first walking school bus of the year will take place tomorrow (October 1st). Everyone is invited to meet at the Northumberland Square Mall at 7:20 am. We will be leaving promptly at 7:30 am to begin our walk to school.
Posted: September 27, 2010
Our video conference with our Dallas pen pals will take place tomorrow. We will finish our letters and video this week.
Daily 5: We will continue to work on ways to Read to Someone and on adding new strategies to our CAFE board. Remember to check for understanding when reading with your partners!
The writing trait we are working on this month is Ideas. We know that good writing has a main idea and lots of juicy details! Keep working on spicing up your stories.
We are finishing up Unit 1 on Patterns this week. Next week we will start working with numbers to 100.
Posted: September 23, 2010
We go to the Library on Mondays.
Guided Reading Bags: Each child has a guided reading bag that they will be using on a regular basis to bring books home. When your child brings home a guided reading book, please have them read it to you and then send it back to school with the bag.