2M Update

Language Arts: Daily Language Review/Practiced List 7/Spelling test on List 7

* No spelling test this week due to Parent/Teacher Interviews

List 8 test Friday, Dec 9th

List 8:  Action Words
1.  eat                    5. open
2.  carry                6.  need
3.  bring                7.  took
4.  gave                 8.  talk

• Mr. Seahorse - comprehension and seahorse diagram
• Read, 'The Very Quiet Cricket' br Eric Carl - discussion/made the quiet cricket story and read with a partner.  How can you be quiet like a cricket writing/cricket puzzle.

Math: Estimating and counting to 100/group and independent work

• Using tens and ones/booklet

Science:  Discovering liquids unit went home(please keep)

New Unit:  Boats and Buoyancy/terms - float/buoyancy/sink/activity on Float and sink/making predictions.(see Picture)

Religion: What do you know about God?  Discussion and questions

Health:  Dealing with Stress/ Read ' When Sophia Gets Angry- Really Really Angry'  I can,...I should not worksheet...

Art: We walk in God's Light painting art work(see Picture).

Computers:  Raz kids - Please practice at home as well.

Upcoming:

Nov 29th - Scholastic Book Fair - preview during class time

Nov 30th - Scholastic Book Fair - buy /  Father Dan and Micheal visiting classrooms Gr 1-4/ Return home reading and library books.

Dec 1st - P/T Interviews (4-8 pm)/Fun lunch pizza/St Tim's Concert performance(9-10 am)

Dec 2nd - No school for students P/T Interviews - 8:45 - 11/12-2:30

Enjoy the week!

2M Update

Language Arts - Daily language Review / Practiced List 6/spelling test on list 6

• List 6 spelling test went home in agendas(No need to send back keep at home). Please practice any words they had trouble with.
• Eric Carl author study  - Mr. Seahorse - learning vocabulary from story/ABC order/comprehension questions/learning about seahorses/video.
• List 7 spelling test this Friday, Nov 25th - handout with all words for the year went home this week.

List 7:  Opposites II

1.  light             5.  start

2.  dark             6.  end

3.  begin           7.  inside

4.  finish           8.  outside

Math - Reviewed ordinals/Estimating and counting to 50 group work and independent work.

Science - Ways water is polluted/Water and living things

Social -  Map of Canada/Oceans /using cardinal directions to locate provinces/territories and oceans.

• Canada Quiz Thursday,Nov 24th - see study guide that went home in agendas.

Religion - Ten Commandments / God's Laws 

Health -  Blood and our bodies

Art - Tissue paper Mr. Seahorse(See Picture)

Upcoming:

Nov 24th - return home reading/library books/Social quiz on Canada

Nov 25th - Jersey Day/Fun Food Pizza/List 7 spelling test/Progress reports go home.

Keep warm!

2M Update:

Language Arts - In Flanders Field poem/read/rhyming words/Remembrance Day discussion

• Remember Acrostic poems(See Picture)
  

• Atlantic Puffin book - journal writing
• Outrageous October scrapbook writing.

Math - Even/Odd numbers/ Counting with money/ Ordinals

Science - Water and living things/carnation and blue/red die.  The carnation turned blue testing our theory that living things need water.

• Keeping our water clean/Ways water is polluted.

Social - Canada's symbols

Religion - Read story of creation and learned that God created the world out of love.

• Garden of Eden pictures including 5 things God gave us.

Art - Tissue paper poppies(See Picture)

Gym - Hoop games/bean bags/over hand throwing with fuzzy balls.

Upcoming:

Nov 16th - Return home reading / library books

Nov 18th - List 6 spelling test / Fun Food

Have a great week!

Remembrance Day Service is on Thursday, Nov 10th @ 1:15.

2M Update

Language Arts;  Journal writing - Halloween writing prompt

• Remembrance Day/discussion - read "A Poppy is to Remember"
• List 6 spelling test next week.  See previous blog for words.

Math:  Counting using a number line/ Skip counting by 2, 5 & 10/ even and odd numbers

Science;

• Making Steam demo - water - liquid to gas(evaporation) and gas to liquid(condensation)
• Wind and Water demo - effect of moving air and rate of evaporation.
• Disappearing water demo - does water in an open container evaporate quicker/slower than in a closed container?

Science quiz going home Monday - please sign and return

Social: Canada Unit - flag/symbols/song  Read; " Why I love Canada"

Religion: Made bookmarks of Mustard seed story.

• Learning about St. Francis/video/coloring sheet

Gym: Partner catch and throw using tennis balls and fuzzy balls

2M prayer this week - please practice if you are reading this week.

Upcoming:
Nov 9th - return home reading and library books
Nov 10th - fun food
Nov 11th - Remembrance Day - no school

Have a great week!