Posted: September 20, 2010
Our video conference has been changed until Tuesday, September 28th.
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Posted: September 19, 2010
It's another busy week at Gretna Green!
Monday is the start of the Terry Fox spare change drive. Anyone that brings in a dollar gets their name in a draw to be Principal for the Day! Friday is our Terry Fox Walk around Storyland Park.
We are having our first video conference with our pen pals in Dallas, Texas on Tuesday. Everyone will get a chance to meet and talk with their buddies. Think of some questions you can ask them. We will also write our first letters this week.
In Math, Mr. Cabel will be showing you how to extend different kinds of patterns.
Daily 5: We will review how to pick a Good Fit book and work on building stamina in Read to Self.
Posted: September 13, 2010
Thursday, September 16th is Dessert Delight Night and Meet the Teacher. It runs from 6:00 until 7:00. We hope you can come and enjoy a tasty treat and see your child's classroom. Mr. Cabel and I are looking forward to meeting you all!
Posted: September 13, 2010
We are hard at work on our first unit in Math learning about patterns. The learning goals for this unit are:
1. Describe, extend, compare, and draw repeating patterns and increasing patterns. 2. Create new patterns. 3. Talk about a pattern rule. 4. Use 2 attributes to make a pattern.
Patterns are EVERYWHERE! Look around your home and see what patterns you can find.
Posted: September 13, 2010
Wednesday, September 15 is school picture day!! We will stay inside at recess to make sure that we all look our best when it's time for our pictures! Remember to dress nicely and bring your best smile!
Posted: September 10, 2010
Wow! The first week of school flew by! I'm happy to say that 2M had a fantastic week. The boys and girls were busy practicing new routines, creating classroom rules, learning and having fun. Check out the new image gallery to see what we've been up to.
Communication logs were sent home today. Parents, please sign them and send them back to school on Monday. They will be going home every Friday.
Have a restful weekend and I'll see you all on Monday!
Posted: September 2, 2010
I hope you all had a fantastic summer. You are going to have a great year in Grade Two. Mr. Cabel and I are looking forward to seeing you all on Tuesday. Enjoy your long weekend!
Posted: June 17, 2010
All the grade 2's went on a field trip to the Woodmen's Museum. There's a lot of cool stuff there, even dead animals! There were skinned bobcats and a bear that we got to touch! We got to feed the fish. One slapped Matthew B's hand! We went in the Boat House and saw a boat that was named Doug Out. There was also an airplane. It crashed near the museum many years ago. They put it back together but it took 3 years to finish! Wow! Our tour guide was named Mr. D and he covered a lot of good stuff. We had a great day!
by Jenna and Matthew R
P.S. Our legs were tired :)
Posted: June 8, 2010
Dear Kaity,
How are you? We miss you. Ben is really excited to see you this summer!! While you’ve been gone, we’ve learned a lot. We worked on 3D shapes and now we are learning about graphs. We made a graph about our favourite animals. We had to choose between an ape, snake and rabbit. Which is your favourite? So far rabbits are winning. Apes are the least favourite. Only Grace and Miss Matheson chose apes!
Right now, we are working on animal projects. We are learning about the life cycle of different animals. Ben made a really cool salamander out of clay! His name is Aqua. Drew, Amanda and Brooke are finding out all kinds of neat facts about jellyfish. Did you know that jellyfish never stop growing? Or that jellyfish have no head but they have a mouth! Did you know that you could keep a grown up python as a pet?
Matthew R and Isabella went to the SMART Technologies showcase at the Rodd last week with Miss Matheson. They played the SMART Table for 2 hours! It was awesome! They even made the front page of the newspaper!
Everyone has something they would like to share with you:
Sarah – Do you know where Mount Carleton is? We are going there for summer vacation.
Jadyn – What is it like in BC?
Drew – We have so much facts on jellyfish that it took two posters!
Matthew R – I’m playing baseball for the fourth year!
Matthew B – I am playing baseball this year, too. I miss you.
Chandler – All's well that ends well!
Grace – I miss you, Kaity! When are you going to come back?
Courtney – I really miss you.
Dylan – I really, really miss you!
Ethan – This year on summer break me, Hannah, Kate and my parents are going to Niagra Falls. It is going to be a lot of fun!
Jenna – Did you know Becca, Courtney and I are learning about pythons? They are big snakes! I might be going camping this weekend.
Isabella – Are you going anywhere for summer vacation? I am going to Florida, again!
Brooke – What are your classmates and your teacher’s name?
Amanda – I am playing soccer this year!
Ben – I have some stuff to send to you. I miss you!
Patrick – I really, really, really, really miss you. I might be going to Niagra Falls this summer!
Becca – I’m working on pythons. We have so much facts on pythons that we’re on our third poster!
Miss Matheson – I can’t believe that the school year is almost over. We miss having you in our class. Hope you are enjoying living in BC.
We'll put some new pictures up soon so keep checking our image gallery! Take care, Kaity!
- Your Friends in 2M
Posted: June 4, 2010
We statred our final unit in Math on Data Management. In this unit, your child will be learning about graphs and about asking questions to gather information. The Learning Goals for this unit are to: Compare, sort and organize real objects into concrete graphs; Use symbols to create pictographs; Read graphs and talk about the information on the graphs; Ask questions, collect and record data.
Posted: June 1, 2010
We finished our first movie using the green screen! The GG Morning Show was made for our penpals in Dallas to teach them about weather in New Brunswick. It was a lot of hard work and a lot of fun. We researched weather information, wrote a script, had auditions and spent a day in the media room working hard. Thanks to Mrs. Simmons for helping us record and edit our movie. Check out our feature film in the video section.
There is a new image gallery showing our green screen fun, the SMART Showcase and other neat things!
Posted: May 17, 2010
We are working on a new unit in Math on Geometry. In this unit, your child will be learning about 3-D objects, such as cubes, spheres, cylinders, cones, and pyramids, and 2-D shapes, such as triangles, squares, circles, and rectangles.
Learning Goals: Describe, compare, and sort 3-D objects according to their attributes, such as whether they roll or stack, have curved or flat parts; Describe, compare, and sort 2-D shapes according to their attributes, such as whether they have corners or straight sides; Make models to represent 3-D objects; Make models to represent 2-D shapes; Identify 2-D shapes on 3-D objects found in the environment.
Posted: May 12, 2010
The BFG - Roald Dahl
Reader's Theatre Performed by: Sarah, Matthew, Courtney and Ben
Posted: May 9, 2010
On Wednesday, May 5th we went outside for some Math center fun with Ms. Sheasgreen's class. We practiced skip counting by 2s, 5s and 10s while skipping, added two digit numbers to keep track of our points in the soccer kick and rubber chicken catching games and played a running game using odd and even numbers. Check out the new image gallery to see us in action!
Posted: May 5, 2010
Grade 2M has finished a project called "Tomatosphere". How it works is, we received a T package and a B package of seeds. One was on the International Space Station and one stayed on Earth. We planted the seeds to see what we would discover about them. It was fun! Facts: Total Planted: B - 22, T - 24. Total Grew: B- 14, T -17. B - seeds from the International Space Station T - Control Group. T's grew the tallest. B's grew the shortest.
BY Isabella and Brooke