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Posted: April 26, 2010

Video Conference

Our video conference with Dallas was a success!  We watched our pen pals present a wonderful project about weather in Texas.  They taught us about water spouts, dust devils and tornadoes!  They even showed us what they do for tornado drills at school.  We had a lot of questions and our pals knew all the answers.  We taught them a new French song we have been working on called Bonjour Monsieur.  It was fun showing them the actions.  They did a great job singing along with us.  Our pals study Spanish not French so we took turns sharing some words we know in both languages.  We had a lot of fun!

Posted: April 25, 2010

28 + 17 by Drew

Posted: April 21, 2010

Tulips

Our tulips have bloomed!  They are bright red and absolutely beautiful!  Check out the image gallery to see some pictures.                             by Isabella, Brooke & Chandler

Posted: April 10, 2010

Web Links

Check out the new web links that were added to our page for some fun Language Arts games!

Posted: April 10, 2010

Spelling

Spelling homework for the next two weeks will be the words from the Home and School Spell A Thon.  They are Grade 2 No Excuse Words.  The test will take place on Friday,  April 23.  There are great prizes to be won for the top three pledge earners: 1st place is an Ipod Touch, 2nd place is a Nintendo DSi and 3rd place is a digital camera.  There is also a class prize of a Wii Entertainment System and prizes for those who earn $50.00 or more in pledges.  Good luck!

Posted: April 9, 2010

Addition and Subtraction to 100

        We are working on a new unit in Math on Addition and Subtraction to 100.  In this unit, your child will be developing strategies for adding and subtracting 2-digit numbers.  The Learning Goals for this unit are to:  Explore and develop personal strategies for adding and subtracting 1-digit and 2-digit numbers; Develop strategies to use when solving addition  and subtraction problems up to 2-digits; Pose and solve a variety of number problems requiring addition or subtraction; Understand and use the relationship between addition and subtraction to help solve subtraction problems; Write a number as a sum or difference of 2 numbers.

Posted: April 6, 2010

Notes

There is no homework this week since it is a short week.    Report cards were sent home today.  Please sign the envelope and send it back to school.  Thanks!    

Posted: April 5, 2010

Tomatosphere

 2M is participating in the Tomatosphere project with the Canadian Space Agency.  We planted our seeds on Thrusday.   There were two packages of Heinz tomato seeds. One package of seeds is the control group. The second set of seeds has been exposed to a flight from Earth to the International Space Station, storage at the ISS, and a return flight on a USA shuttle. The seeds were taken to the ISS by CSA astronaut, Julie Payette, and the seeds remained on board for approximately two months.  Wow!  We planted both packages and are keeping track of which seeds grow first.  We won't know which package has been in space until the end of the project!  Check back to find out our results! http://www.tomatosphere.org/

Posted: March 18, 2010

Tulips

 Spring is on it's way and we are very excited because our tulips have emerged!  Along with other students across the Northern Hemisphere we are tracking the growth of tulips as the seasons change from winter to spring.  Our friends in Dallas have told us that their tulips are already in bloom.  Check out the Journey North Website to see what's happening in other test gardens. http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tulip/

Posted: March 16, 2010

Science Fun

We had a lot of fun getting ready for the Science Fair today.  Check out our video to see all the neat things we did.

Posted: March 15, 2010

Book Fair

Just a reminder that the Scholastic Book Fair is taking place all week.  We had a chance to check out the books today and will be going back on Wednesday!

Posted: March 8, 2010

Science Fair

The school Science Fair is March 16th!  We will be working on our projects all this week and will be working with Ms. Sheasgreen's class.  Please bring your supplies to school as soon as possible.        

Posted: February 22, 2010

Olympic Rings

Don't forget to wear green tomorrow for the school Olympic Ring picture!

Posted: February 16, 2010

100th Day of School

  Wow! The 100th day of school is on Monday, February 22nd!!  We will be celebrating the 100th day by participating in many exciting activities throughout the day.  For homework, each student is asked to bring in a collection of 100 items or something created with 100 objects.  Some examples include: necklaces made from 100 cheerios or beads, structures made from 100 popsicle sticks, or pictures made from 100 stickers.  Be creative and have fun!  We can’t wait to see your completed projects!

Posted: February 15, 2010

Congratulations Jadyn!

Congratulations to Jadyn for being selected to participate in the "So You Think You Can Dance District 16" finals at MVHS on Wednesday!!!  Good luck Jadyn! We hope you have a lot of fun!

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