September 21

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend.  We did not get a chance to talk about our weekends as we were working with our Grade 3/4 buddies this morning.  To celebrate International Peace Day we read a book called What does Peace Look Like.  Then as a group we brainstormed all of our ideas about what peace is using our 5 senses.  Then we worked with our buddies and started writing our own piece of writing about peace.  At 10:30 we went outside with our pinwheels and sang some songs.

This morning we also had one round of Daily 5.  This all we had time for in the morning.  It was busy.

As a result of our Pinwheel Assembly we did not have music.

After lunch we worked on Calendar activities.  We have also started to talk about patterning and using actions to make different patterns.

Mr. Southworth came to our class to read us a book called What If.  Please ask your child what is the one thing they said about What If.... please post your answers on the blog.  An example would be What if everyone in the world had enough food?

During math the grade ones are working on adding 2 numbers together using 10 frames.  They are to make the first number on the top ten frame, the second number on the bottom ten frame and then move the bottom number up to the top.  This helps create the concept of putting 2 groups together.

The grade 2s are working on representing double digit numbers using base 10 blocks.

At the end of the day we played a senses game caller It Looks Like.... Please ask your child about this game.  After this game we did a guided drawing activity in our visual journals.  We drew an eye.

We had a fire drill around 9:10 this morning.  We got out quickly and did a great job even though we were in Miss Handelsman's classroom.

We have a Terry Fox Assembly tomorrow at 2:20.  We will have our run on October 2.

Milk forms due on Wednesday the 23rd.

Have a wonderful evening.