Have a Wonderful March Break!


Boys and Girls,


I have loved having the chance to get to know each and everyone of you! You are all amazing and special kids! I wish you all the best for the rest of grade 2 and always!


Have a safe and happy March Break!


P.S. I will keep the blog up and running so that you can still access the cool links, but I will not be posting to it.


Take care!

Ms. I

One More Week...

Where's spring already? This winter has been WAAAAAAAY too long! Hopefully the weather warms up for our trip.

This week in math, we've taken a closer look into multiplication and a quick look at division. You all seem to have a good grasp on grouping and showing multiplication through repeated addition. Over the weekend, I'd like you to try and answer these multiplication questions using pictures, numbers and words.

Remember, 2 groups of 4 is the same as 2 x 4.

2 x 6 =

4 x 2 =

2 x 2 =

3 x 6 =

5 x 5 =

6 x 3 =

In science, we've begun our unit on Air Water and the Environment. This week, we read a Magic School Bus Book on the water cycle and discovered that water is recycled. We reviewed that water comes in 3 states (solid, liquid and gas)and that when it changes from a liquid to a gas we call that change evaporation, and from a gas to a liquid is called condensation. We also looked at how we could find the three states of water in nature.

Have a look outside over the weekend and see if you can find water outside in nature as a solid, liquid and gas.

That's all for now! Have a great weekend!

Ms. I

C'mon Spring!


I don't know about you, but I'm tired of winter and ready for spring! It's time for the snow to disappear!

This Friday we started our unit on multiplication and division. We looked at how to group objects to show a multiplication sentence (remember 2 groups of 3?). To practice your multiplication skills, check out this great site:

Multiplication 1

If you want a challenge, try to solve these multiplication tables:

Multiplication 2

Remember 2 groups of 3 is the same as 2 x 3We have finished our science unit on Movement and will be moving on to Air, Water and the Environment. Although we won't be starting our new unit until Tuesday, have a look at this site about the water cycle. You can see how the earth recycles water. We'll look more into the water cycle later on in the unit.

The Water Cycle


Enjoy the weekend!

Ms. I

One Busy Week!

Last week seemed to fly by with all of the things we had to do, so thank you for being so fantastic all week long. I also wanted to mention, that it was great chatting with your parents again. You are all so lucky to have such amazing moms and dads.

Just like last week, we have a lot to cover this week. We will be having our science and math tests on Thursday February 24th, so please make sure you study for it. I will be handing out the review sheets tomorrow to help you prepare.

Also, I have two parents so far who are able to come on our trip to the ROM. Please let me know as soon as possible if your parents can come. I can only take 4. Permission forms are due by Friday this week please.

The Me to We club will be selling cookies for $1.00 each everyday. The money you give to purchase a cookie will go towards their goal of building a school in Sierra Leone to help kids just like you to go to school too. The cookies are peanut free, and really tasty :)

That's all for now!

Ms. I

Field Trip Coming Up

Please make sure your parents see this.
I have planned a field trip to the ROM for Friday March 11th. I would like to take 4 parents with our class on the trip. I have told the class that the first 4 students who provide me with a note to confirm their parent would like to attend (either in their agenda or on paper) will be asked to join us on our trip to the ROM. I will be handing out the permission forms this week.
Please also note that the cost per student is $25 dollars because I chose to take a school bus instead of public transit. I chose the bus because I felt it would be a safer option for our class. We will also be taking part in a specialize program with a museum instructor for half of the day.

Happy Early Valentine's Day!


Valentine's Day is just around the corner. If you would like to bring in Valentines, please remember to bring enough for everyone. I do not want anyone to feel left out, so please remember to show love (our virtue of the month) to your classmates by including all of them for Valentines Day.

For math, we have started to study 2 digit addition and subtraction. Try solving these word problems at home for extra practice(remember to start with the ones column):

Sarah and Samantha love to collect silly bands! Sarah has 73 silly bands and Samatha has 45. How many do they have in all?

John and Jacob love playing with Beyblades! John has 14 and Jacob has 20. How many more does John need to have the same number of beyblades as Jacob?

Valerie and Alison love to eat Smarties! Valerie has 20 smarties and Alison has 26. How many do they have all together?

For science, we have continued to look at simple machines. Some of the machines we have studied so far are pulleys, levers, wheel and axle, wedge and inclined plane. Have a look at this link and click on the pictures of different simple machines. You will be able to see where you can find these simple machines in real life! When you're done, try to find similar simple machines at home:

Simple Machines

Please remember to bring in your interview forms as well. Parent-Teacher interviews are next week, so please hand them in to me by Wednesday next week.

Have a great weekend!

Ms. I

Reminders for Tomorrow

Today was absolutely freeeeeeezing! Thank goodness we had recess indoors!

Just a few friendly reminders for tomorrow.
  1. Please remember to bring in your donations for the Angel Foundation to help kids just like you. Tomorrow is the last day.
  2. Please remember your helmet and skates for tomorrow. We will be leaving for skating at 1pm sharp.

That's all for now! Stay warm!

P.S.

I thought I would share a special video that I found on YouTube. Meet Jango the praying dog!

Jango

Ms. I



One Busy Week!

What a snow storm! It was great to have a little break in the middle of the week, but unfortunately it set us back a day with all of the work we had to do. So, thank you for working so hard and doing an awesome job this week! We were so busy though that I didn't have a chance to congratulate the student of the week! Have a look to see who it was.

I handed out the math review on Friday, so you all know what that means! Test on Monday! :) Make sure you complete your review sheet and look it over a few times to study for the test. Here are a bunch of links you can check out to help you prepare for the test as well:

Symmetry

Flip, Slide, Turn

Perimeter

Area

Find the number of sides and vertices for each shape:


For science we have looked at simple machines such as inclined planes, wedges, screws and levers. Try and see if there are any simple machines around your house.

That's all for now! Have a great weekend!

Ms. I

Helping Kids Like You!


Make sure you and your parents read this :)

There are many kids just like all of you who love going to school to learn new things, but sometimes they don't have the money to do everything you get to do. Some kids can't afford to go on field trips, buy school supplies, or even bring a lunch everyday to school.

The Angel Foundation is asking us to try and make any donations that we can to help kids like you who might not be able to afford all of the cool stuff you get to do in school. Our school will be raising money up until February 9th to help the Angel Foundation give to kids who need our help the most.

On Tuesday, I will bring in a jar that I hope our class will be able to fill. I'll start it off by putting in $10.00. I hope that all of you will be able to bring in whatever change you can to help out.

Our virtue of the month for February is love. What better way to show love for one another by helping those who are in need :)

Internet Free Weekend

Hello everyone!

I apologize for not posting on Friday. I did not have any internet access over the weekend...so I hope you all enjoyed a bit of a break! :)

I'm sure that this week will be a fantastic one! Please remember, I want to see/talk to all of your parents for parent-teacher interviews in February. I need all of your forms as soon as possible.

Thanks a bunch!
Ms. I

Simple Machines and Other Things...

This week, we have been looking more into simple machines and how they help to make life easier. So far we have seen how an inclined plane helps to make lifting heavy objects easier. There are still many more simple machines that we will be exploring over the next few weeks. Have a look at this website to learn more about different kinds of simple machines, and take the quiz to see how much you know so far:

Simple Machines

We have begun our 2D shapes unit in math. So far, we have reviewed what sides and vertices (corners) are. Have a look at these shapes and try to count how many sides and vertices they have.


That's all for now! Enjoy your day off!

Ms. I

Social Studies Project


I hope you are all very excited to start your social studies projects! If you click on the pictures here, you can see the example I showed you in class. Please remember to:
  • Write in sentences.
  • Colour your pictures.
  • Tell me where you get your information for your project from.

If you look over the example, it should help you remember everything we talked about in class. If you are still not sure which country you want to research, here's the list we talked about in class:

  • China
  • Brazil
  • Mexico
  • United States
  • Africa
  • Australia
  • Korea
  • Ireland
  • France
  • Egypt
  • Argentina
  • Scotland
  • Portugal
  • Italy
  • India
  • Greece
  • England
  • Philippines
  • Poland
  • Jamaica
  • Spain
  • Germany

You do not have to choose from this list, it is just meant to give you ideas. Remember, your project is due January 20th. I'm sure all of your projects will be fantastic! I can't wait to read them!

As we finish our social studies unit on communities, we will be beginning our science unit on movement this coming Tuesday.

For math, we have just finished chapter 6 on place value. Please remember to complete your math review sheets. If you are able to do all of the work for your math test review, then you will definitely do well on the test. Our math test will be Monday January 17th, so please remember to study.

That's all for now! Enjoy the weekend!
Ms. I

Information About Skating


I've had a few of you come up to me to ask if we have skating this Friday, and we are not skating on Friday.

On the school calendar, our class only goes skating with the grade ones. The other days that have grade 2's and 3's listed for skating is for the split grade 2/3 classes.

Hope this clears things up :)

Welcome Back!

I had a great winter break, and I hope you did too!

This week has been a busy one, and you have all done a great job of getting back into school mode.

On Wednesday we looked at how we could use base ten blocks as an addition strategy. Here's the same link for you to try at home on your own:

Adding with Base Ten Blocks

Here are a few other math links for you to refresh yourself on place value.

Identify Place Value

Type the Number You See

We are almost finished our social studies unit on communities around the world. I will be assigning a project for you next week. For now, have a look at these pictures of two different communities:

Community 1

Community 2


How are they different? How are they the same?

Don't forget, we will be going skating on Wednesday January 12th. Remember to bring your skates and a helmet!

That's all for now! Have a great weekend!