Posted: January 5, 2010
Welcome back! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday with your families. This is a short week so there will be no homework!!
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Posted: December 19, 2009
I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful holiday with your families. See you in January!
Posted: December 16, 2009
We had a lot of fun today at the Christmas concert. Everyone looked wonderful all dressed up and the singing was excellent. Great job!
Posted: December 15, 2009
Our class will be singing "Christmas is a Time" tomorrow in the Christmas Concert. As part of our song, students are welcome to wear Santa hats or reindeer antlers. We hope you can all come and enjoy the show!
Posted: December 14, 2009
There will be no Math or Spelling homework this week. I'd like you to read for atleast 15 minutes every night and keep track of the books that you read in your reading log.
Posted: December 2, 2009
The boys and girls in 2M did a fantastic job with their food creatures! I was very impressed with the creative choices they made! They had fun writing about their creatures and enjoyed sharing them with the other classes. They were able to show their pen pals in Dallas their characters during our weekly Skype. Please take a moment to watch our video and listen to our stories.
Posted: November 25, 2009
We had a special visitor in our class last Wednesday. Ms. Sands is a grade 2 teacher at St. John's Episcopal School in Dallas, Texas. She brought us all kinds of gifts from our pen pals including pencils, stickers, artwork and yummy Texas taffy! We enjoyed asking Ms. Sands questions about her school and about Dallas. She even showed us what our pen pals do for tornado drills! Read below to find out what Patrick and Ben thought about the visit.
Ms. Sands came on Wednesday from Dallas, Texas, in the USA. She is very nice. Me and Kaity gave her a tour of our school. She gave our class some stuff. We are very happy that she came to our school. We all love Ms. Sands. She is a good friend and she is welcome to our school when she wants.
By Patrick
Ms. Sands is very nice. She came from Dallas, Texas, USA. Patrick and Kaity took her on a tour of our school. It is Gretna Green Elementary School. Can you believe that she came all the way from Dallas, Texas? She came with lots of treats and goodies! We all loved her. She is welcome anytime!
By Ben
Posted: November 16, 2009
When your child brings home a guided reading book please have him/her read it to you. Take a moment to ask questions and discuss what they have read. Please return the book to school the following day. Thanks!
Posted: November 13, 2009
Please bring your food creature to school on Wednesday (November 18). We will fill out a character information sheet and write a descriptive paragraph about your yummy creature. We will also share our creations with our Dallas pen pals and invite the other classes to come and check out our cool projects!
Posted: November 12, 2009
It's that time of year again! Our first skating session is on Thursday, November 19th. Remember to dress warmly and to bring a good helmet!
Posted: October 26, 2009
We finished Halloween Fraidy-Cat. It was a great book. Freddy was invited to a Halloween party. He was afraid to go because just looking at monsters gave him nightmares! His costume was a hammerhead shark. Everyone thought he looked weird.
At the party, Jessie asked if Freddy wanted to go through the haunted house with her. Freddy thought it wasn't a bad idea since she was the bravest one in school. In the last room of the haunted house, Freddy got scared. He screamed, "Ahhhhh!"
They heard a noise coming from the basement. Max said he'd go down by himself to check it out but the other kids said Freddy would go. Max was scared. Freddy found out that the noise was only a cat! In the end, Freddy was known not as a baby but as a brave man!
We think you should read this book!
Written by Jadyn and Matthew R
Posted: October 16, 2009
We are reading a chapter book called Halloween Fraidy-Cat. Chole is having a class Halloween party and everyone is invited! Freddy is a little nervous because he's a bit afraid of people in costumes! He doesn't want anyone to know that he's scared. We can't wait to find out how the party goes! Ask your child to make a prediction about what is going to happen next.
Posted: October 16, 2009
In grade two, we have pen pals. They live all the way in Dallas, Texas! So far, we got to do one video conference to meet our pals. We also had a Bridgit and had Courtney tell them what the weather was like here. We have received letters from them. Now, we are writing them back. Our class is really looking forward to doing more with them. Our pen pal names are June and Annie. The teacher's name is Ms. Manuel. We are really enjoying having pen pals. So is Miss Matheson! It is awesome!!
Written by Isabella and Brooke
Posted: October 13, 2009
In Math, we have started a unit on 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.
• Compare and order numbers to 100.
Posted: October 9, 2009
On Tuesday, October 6th we planted our tulip bulbs. Before we planted them Miss Matheson let us observe the bulbs. The outside was sort of silky. The inside was sort of dry and rubbery. To plant them we had to dig two deep holes. When we were digging the holes we found lots of worms! Then we planted the bulbs. Soon they will grow into tulips in the Spring.
Written by Sarah and Drew