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Merry Christmas and the Reason for the Season!

I finally finished the last 4 Christmas Story videos!  Pay close attention to Maddy in Christmas Story 6.  She was filling in for another student and improvised her parts...amazing job!
I was having 'technical difficulties' but persevered and...VOILA!  Have a very merry Christmas everyone and enjoy the break:)

Inuit Games

Inuit Games, Christmas Retells and the Christmas Story

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!  I am so blessed to have a wonderful and enthusiastic group of kiddos!  Thank you and see you n 2016.  Keep checking the blog for updates over the holidays if you are not leaving town:)

This morning we had a wonderful presentation by Dion on Inuit games during our gym period.  We learned a great deal about Inuit culture and showed a lot of GRIT while trying out these sometimes difficult games.  Way to go, Grade 2!

Yesterday we read the story "Mortimer's Christmas Manger" and completed a Shape Go Map together.  The students are getting quite good at completing retells.  In the new year, students will be asked to complete them independently.  Here is the retell of the story:

This week we began filming our Christmas Stories in our groups. Students were responsible for writing and directing their own versions of the Christmas Story.

Book Sharing Party and Sorting

Don't forget to wear your pjs tomorrow and bring in your stuffy!  We are having our Book Sharing party on Thursday.  You will need to bring in your book to share with a friend (or new friend).

In math today, we were given objects and asked to sort them however we wanted to.  Take a look at our padlet!

Created with Padlet

Skating Schedule and December Gospel Value

Oops!  I forgot to write down the skating dates and times for the new year.  We will be heading over to the Minto Rec Complex on the following dates:

Friday, January 15  10:00 - 11:00
Friday, February 5  10:00 - 11:00
Friday, February 26 1:00  - 2:00

She should be wearing a helmet!

Congratulations to our November Gospel Value winners Holly and Liam.  This month we are focusing on the Gospel Value of Hope. 

Advent Week 3, Christmas Story and Hour of Code

Today we lit the third candle today and sung the song "Light the Advent Candle". We also practiced our Christmas Story plays and will begin to present them to the classes tomorrow in front of the green screen.  Students have been very engaged and we can't wait to see their creativity shine! 

We finally were able to do Hour of Code today! Yay! Certificates will be handed out tomorrow. Students can do hour of code at home too!  Ask your child about it:)

Last week we created Bethlehem art using sharpies and pastels.  They turned out beautifully!

The Christmas Story and Bethlehem Art

We have been learning a lot about the Christmas story over the past few weeks.  We have listened to stories and watched videos about the birth of Jesus.  On Friday, we got into groups to create our own versions of the story.  Some groups wrote scripts and others decided to bring in props from home. Next week we will continue to practice and present to the class. Here are a few of the videos we watched to inspire our own plays!

 In art, we created scenes of Bethlehem using oil pastels and sharpie pens.  We then wrote our wonderings about Bethlehem and the journey Mary and Joseph took to get there, Using green screen, we recorded ourselves over our artwork.  Take a look!

All About Van, Shepherds in a Field and Retells

If you have never watched Kid Snippets before, you are in for a delightful surprise!

Our Read Aloud for today

In Language, we continue to work on retelling stories using the Shape Go Map.  Today we read the story 'The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy". 

Our Shared Retell of the story

How to Make Hot Chocolate

Important Reminder:  Bring in money for White Elephant Sale on Friday! If you have any items in your basement collecting dust...we would appreciate them a lot!
Check out the promo video from last year here:)


Yesterday, we met with Mr. D and Mr. Armstrong's Grade 4 classes to create a 'How to' book about making hot chocolate.  First we went over the success criteria and watched (and took photos on the ipads) of Mr. D making yummy hot chocolate.  Next we wrote up a procedural writing entitled "How to Make Hot Chocolate".  When we finished this part of the work, we took our ipads and used the book creator app to make a book.  They turned out really well but the best part was drinking the delicious hot chocolate.  You can see our books if you visit our blogs here

Rubi added video and voice to her book!

View on Flipagram

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A Star is Born!

RT @mrsaddison2: App smashing with @DoInkTweets and @BookCreatorApp for first time @StCecilia pic.twitter.com/4pYQLnJEFe #doink #greenscreen

— DoInk Tweets (@DoInkTweets) December 8, 2015

Elves on the Shelves

Spirit Day and Water

Don't forget to wear your 'Christmas Gear' tomorrow for Spirit Day.  You can wear Santa hats, elf boots...you choose!  All money raised will go towards the Christmas hampers.


Yesterday, we looked at some samples of water gathered around Ottawa.  Students were asked to think about where it may have come from, would they drink it and words that describe the water.  Afterwards, students were told where the water came from.  We discussed how lucky we are to have easy access to clean water and how others are not so fortunate:(

Hour of Code Info

On Wednesday, our class will be taking part in Hour of Code (#HourofCode).  Hour of Code can occur anytime this week (Dec. 7-11). Below you will find all the information you will need if you decide to take part in this awesome opportunity to learn coding.  It is a great opportunity for students to continue to develop their collaboration skills, character development, GRIT and learning about perseverance.  Hour of Code can be linked to the 6Cs of Education as well.

If you don't want to use devices, students can still learn coding with lesson plans found here. Students can work alone or with a partner.  You can use ipads or chrome books using these cheat sheets. It's up to you!  Enjoy!

100 Chart Patterns, Crippled Lamb and Elf!

Homework was sent home in the yellow folder.  You will find homework for this week and next.  

In math, we continue to work on patterning.  Students were asked to create a pattern using the 100 chart. After double-checking our work (something we continue to work on!), they had to upload and share on our padlet.  Here are our hundred chart patterns!

Created with Padlet

We continue to explore the needs of humans.  For our read aloud, we listened to the story by Mem Fox called 'Whoever You Are'.  Even though we live in different parts of the world, look different and even speak different languages, we are still alike in many ways. We then took a look at the parent homework responses and noticed that most of the parents needed the same things as us!

People need the same things!

Later on, we read the story 'The Crippled Lamb' and did a shared retell of the story using a Shape Go Map. The story is about a little lamb with a bad leg who cannot do all the things that the other sheep can.  At the end of the story, Joshua discovers that God has a special plan for him!

Just for fun!