Mealworms and Time

We continue to make observations about our mealworms.  If you have not yet brought in a small, glass jar with holes in the lid, please do so!  The mealworms are still in their larva stage and it may take a few weeks for them to go into their pupa stage. Today we looked at the habitat we provided our mealworms with...a jar with oatmeal and a piece of fruit.

We are continuing to work on time to the quarter hour and money.  Stop the Clock is an awesome game to practice these skills. Students should be able to represent money up to one dollar in grade two. Please check your child's blog to see what they were asked to do today in math class. In Language. we are working on using the inferring reading strategy.  Today we read the book 'Duck on a Bike' by David Shannon.  Near the end of story, I stopped and showed them a picture.  We had to infer using picture clues and our background knowledge to think what might happen on the next page.  Ask your child what happened!  We think there might be a sequel to the book too:) Check out our padlet below:

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Show Me the Money and Mealworms

We have just started our money unit and Archer brought in some coins from Australia.  Some of them look like Canadian coins!

We also watched a cute song explaining the pictures that we see on our coins.  The loonie and toonie had not been invented yet!

We also welcomed some very quiet new critters into our room...mealworms!  Today we set up their habitats, providing them with oats and a small piece of fruit so they will have water. In a few weeks they should turn into darkling beetles:)  Please remember to bring in a small piece of fruit (or they could share a snack!) each day!

Earth Day

Today we celebrated Earth Day!  We spent some time reading, drawing and watching our Dear Mother Earth tellegamis.  In Language, we continue to work on inferring and are listening to the story 'Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang'.  We also had to fill out a collaborating checklist, thinking back to how we worked in our group creating our simple machine toy.  At the end of the day we had a short (and easy) science quiz. Don't PD Day!

Bio Poems and Signs of Spring Contest

We wrote bio poems (poems about us) and took selfies!  Check out our poems right here!
Are you a budding photographer?  St. Cecilia is hosting a photography contest.  Click here to find out more details to showcase your talents.

Lilly

Earth Week and Simple Machine Toy Project

Here is a reminder of our Earth Week activities and colours to wear! Don't forget to wear GREEN tomorrow! During our Movement inquiry in Science, students had to use an app (iMovie, LEGO movie, Pic Collage or Explain Everything) to showcase their toy that incorporated three simple machines.  Each group member became an expert on one of the six simple machines.  Together, they collaborated to design and create a toy. Later this week, I will post the groups pitches to Dragon's Den:) See below for examples of their final presentations:


Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6

Letters to Mother Earth

Last week we wrote letters for Earth Week.  Afterwards, we read our letters out loud and recorded them using the 'tellegami' app.  Take a look!
Liam
Daniel
Matthew
Akash
Jake
Elly
Archer
Colton
Averie
Ashley
Nadine
Omid
Nikil
Lilly
Deetya
Owen
Nick

During family life, we discussed how the world is a good place and how we can appreciate God's world.  Here is what we cam up with!

Cosmic Yoga-Star Wars Edition and Wear Sens Colours

Don't forget to wear your Sens colours tomorrow! Don't forget to bring in a jar with a few holes at the top for our new science unit- Growth and Changes in Animals!

Go Sens Go! Inferring and Letter Writing

Have you seen this awesome video?  I hope it inspires the Senators as they take on Montreal tonight! GO SENS GO!

We also played the game, 'What's in Mrs. A's Bag?'.  All the clues led us to inferring where she was going...sunglasses, book, beach towel, flip flops...that's right...THE BEACH! She isn't really going to the beach and is happy to see the warm weather has finally arrived.

  

Today, we wrote letters to Mother Earth thanking her for all her beauty.  After, we used the app Tellegami to create avatars and record our letters, Stay tuned for some awesome examples of our 'gamis'!

3D Skeletons and 'Easter Eggs'

Today we made 3D skeletons of solids using straws and clay.  We posted our creations on the padlet below as well as to our kidblogs.

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During Lent, we read the tale of the three trees and their dreams that did not become realized.  We learned that God had a different plan for them.  We created 'Easter Eggs' to show what they really became...a manger, a fishing boat and the cross that Jesus was crucified on.

We continued to work on our simple machine toys and worked on our Dragon's Den promo video!  A very busy day!

Collaboration...NOT! and Comparing Solids

For most of the year we have been learning how to collaborate and work with others.  We have become so good at collaborating that we made videos using imovie (our first time) to show others what it looks like in our classroom.  Make sure you watch the videos until the end!

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3D Solids and Adventure Narratives

We continue to work on our geometry unit in math, specifically 3D Solids.  We have discovered that there are some big differences between prisms and pyramids. Here are some anchor charts we have made together in the class. As well, we continue to work on our math stations each morning. Two of the stations require students to show their learning with the ipads and upload their work to their individual kidblogs. Be sure to check them out whenever possible...comments are appreciated!
In Language, we continue to work on writing better narratives. Today, we wrote an adventure narrative after watching a one minute video called 'Desert Island.' Together we wrote a narrative that included a problem and a solution. You will notice that we did not start our story with "Once upon a time..." or end with...THE END. Here is the video prompt:

And here is our finished narrative!

Dental Screening, Support the Sens and Earth Week Schedule

Dental screening tomorrow!  Clean those teeth! We are also encouraged to wear our Sens clothing or colours (Red, black) to support them in their attempts to get into the playoffs. Go Sens Go!

April News

The April Newsletter can be found here.  Dental screening for all grade two students takes place this week at St. Cecilia.  Please save a glass jar (spaghetti sauce kind or mason jar) with 4-5  holes on the lid.  Make sure your child's name is on it too.  We will be exploring the life cycle of a mealworm!

Odds 'n' Ends

I found some things on my phone and thought I would share!  We have been learning about simple machines, playing Mission Possible and basketball in gym.  Enjoy!

The Last Supper

The Last Supper, Happy Easter and More Elly!

On Holy Thursday, all of the grade two students gathered to break bread and reenact The Last Supper. After our opening prayer, we ate, drank and watch the Easter Story.  Happy Easter to everyone!

I can't believe it!  There is a Fairy Godmother flying around Elly!  What is going on?  And it's not even April Fool's Day!

Elly App Smash and The Elusive Lirpa Loof Bird

Today we read a story about the elusive (fancy word for hard to find!) lirpa loof bird.  Later, after reading the story and discovering what it looked like, we all went out to hunt for this rare bird.  We brought some carrots to lure the bird because that is one of their favourite things to eat. We even tried singing to the bird but that did not seem to work either! Unfortunately, we were not successful and did not find any traces of the bird around St. Cecilia.  It was a beautiful day so we did not waste out time searching for the lirpa loof.  But maybe there was a reason why we could not find this bird.  See if you can figure it out!
Elly allowed me to do some stuff today...she was a good sport!