le 30 septembre

Bonjour,


Today in room 6:

• We did stream of dreams. A program where we learned about clean water and we painted fish. (ALB) *pictures below 
• We had gym, where we did a relay race, we had to make the pattern out of blocks.  (HH)
• We read a story about the First Nations and to learn about orange shirt day! (GW)
• We did an orange shirt drawing. (GB)
• We did math and our number of the day was dix-sept. (CB)
• Our Petit Profs were KC and MH.

We had our first math Monday! Instructions for the game are in envelopes as well as a deck of cards and 2 dice. These materials are yours to keep and are all you need for all of our grade 2 math games.

Merci,

 
 

 

le 27 septembre

Bonjour,

Today in room 6 we had our Terry Fox run!  After the Terry Fox run we wrote about the run and how many laps we did.

We met with our grade five buddies and did some reading in the learning commons.  Students earned some centre time and chose between stacking cups, play dough, yoga, cards and puzzles.

Home reading went home for the first time today you will find a yellow duo tang and home reading books in backpacks.  Please return books and dustings every Friday.  We are continuing to assess reading levels but please let me know if the books are too easy or too challenging and I am happy to adjust throughout next week!

Reminder Monday is Orange Shirt day.

Have a wonderful weekend,

Mme Lauren

le 26 septembre

Bonjour,

Today in room 6 we had our library visit.  I forgot to share in blogger yesterday so if student's forgot to bring in their books from last week please send tomorrow and they will have time to exchange!

Please remember to bring good outdoor running shoes for Terry Fox tomorrow!  We will hopefully be running outside so please dress warmly.

For social studies we brainstormed urban community images and made a collage on the smart board.  In Science we talked about what clothes we wear in different types of weather.

Merci!

Mme Lauren

Reminder

Please bring library books tomorrow for our book exchange!  I apologize for missing that in our post this afternoon.

Merci!

Mme Lauren

le 25 septembre

Bonjour,

Today in Salle 6:

• our petits profs were ALB and LV
• our number of the day was 40,  we wrote and drew about 40 in our math journals.  We found the numbers below and above and we reviewed how to write out with letters. (GVB)
• we wrote about our favourite teams in our journals. (NH)
• we did 11 minutes of silent reading (LV)
• we read with partners. (HH)
• we looked at images and decided if they were rural or urban. (AO)

This is us during our Social Studies activity reviewing urban and rural communities:

 

 

le 24 septembre

Bonjour,

Today in room 6 we:

• played a French game asking each other questions and throwing a teddy bear.
• did a number of the day and learned how to represent a number using money.
• practiced reading thermometers!  We will keep reviewing negative temperatures but we are feeling very confident!
• started learning about urban and rural communities.  We brainstormed lots of ideas for rural communities and started to draw them in our journals.
• practiced for Terry Fox.

Please remember to dress warmly for the weather this Friday for our school Terry Fox run!  Please have layers and good shoes for running outside!  If it is raining or snowing lightly we will do the run outside (if the weather is unsafe the run will be done inside.  Students should bring a dry pair of socks to change into after.

Please check envelopes as today a letter about star of the week and a letter about classroom volunteers went home. 

Merci,

Mme Lauren 

le 23 septembre

Bonjour,

Today in salle 6:

• We had gym where we practiced for Terry Fox (ALB)
• We practiced silent reading and today we did 6 minutes! (SR)
• We learned about temperature in science and worked on showing negative temperatures on a thermometer.  (HJ)
• We wrote about our weekends in our journals.  (GW)
• We played desolé with two dice and blocks, ask me how to play!  (HH)
• We had number of the day in math, today's number was 23!  (CB)
• We watched a short video about Terry Fox for our run on Friday!  (SO)
• We did our calendar routine (AEB)

Merci,

Salle 6

le 19 septembre

Bonjour,

Today in salle 6:

• We met our grade 5 buddies!  We asked each other French questions and we played a tag game with pool noodles.  (ALB)
• We learned a new game with blocks and dice.  This game is called desolé! (HH)
• We had music class!  (SO)
• In science we kept working on thermometers.  (GW)
• At lunch we have ten minutes with Mme Doris where we eat and stay at our desks quietly. (GVB)
• We started number of the day and looked at 20! (MH)
• We all worked on helping each other (FC)
• We did calendar. (AEB)

Tonight and tomorrow we have parent teacher interviews, no school for students tomorrow! (MH)

Merci,

Salle 6

le 18 septembre

Bonjour,

Today in salle 6 we:

• had outdoor games with M. Trevor in Gym (ED)
• did a math puzzle challenge and learned a new math game with dice (HH)
• learned about Terry Fox and started reading a book about him (AO)

Looking forward to seeing many of you at interviews tomorrow and Friday!

Merci,

Mme Lauren

Tuesday, September 17th

Bonjour,

Today in salle 6 we had our first library visit.  We will visit the library on day two's of our schedule.  Our next library day will be Thursday, September 26th.  I will send out a reminder closer to!  Students picked two books each at least one of which is French.

We worked on breaking down the number ten and finding ways to depict and write equations.  In social studies we looked at the Canadian Flag and what the colours and symbols mean.

We did a small art project where students used water colour pencil crayons.

Please remember good shoes as we will be running outside for gym tomorrow.

Merci,

Mme Lauren

Monday, September 16th

Bonjour,

Today we worked on a journal entry about what we did during the weekend, I challenged students to see how many sentences they could write on their own.  We brainstormed words and sentence starters before they started writing independently.

In science we did a small experiment to see how food coloring moves through hot water compared to cold.  We also started comparing objects using hotter than and cooler than (plus chaud que ou plus froid que).

This week in gym we will be practicing for the Terry Fox run outside.  Please have students wear good shoes for outdoor running and avoid rain boots.

Merci,

Mme Lauren

Friday, September 13th

Bonjour,

Thank you for a great second week.  It was wonderful to meet many of you this morning!

Today we did an journal entry on our favorite animals.  We also did a math activity where we matched numbers for example 15 to quinze.  During our snack break students watched a magic school bus episode about the arctic, this video reviewed topics we are starting to look at in our science unit hot and cold.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Merci,

Mme Lauren

Thursday, September 12th

Bonjour,

Yesterday in salle 6 students received their French dictionaries.  These dictionaries will be a personal tool that moves with them next year to grade three.  This morning we did an activity to help students know how to use their dictionaries to find words and spelling.  We also had our second music class!

This afternoon we continued working on community looking at a Canadian map and identifying Alberta.  I was amazed how many students were eager to share other provinces they already knew as well!

Tomorrow will be one of our "les journées joyeuses" please have students wear green if possible!  Families our welcome tomorrow from 7:30 to 8:15 to meet teachers, students and other families.

Looking forward to meeting many of you tomorrow!

Salut,

Mme Lauren

Wednesday, September 11th

Bonjour,

Today in room 6 we worked on patterns in groups to create different sequences.

We also read a book on how to get along at recess and include many students.  It was great to hear from a few in our class that others have invited them to play when they have been alone during recess.

This afternoon we had gym with M. Trevor.  Students also used mini white boards to identify objects as chaud (hot) or froid (cold) when I showed an image on the smart board.

Merci,

Mme Lauren

Tuesday, September 10th

Bonjour,

This morning in room 6 we worked on putting French words in alphabetical order.  Students also had their first music class of the year!  We made a graph of how the room 6 students get to school.

This afternoon we finished our math work and started our first science unit hot and cold.  

Merci,

Mme Lauren

Monday, September 9th

Bonjour,

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! I was very impressed this morning with everyones effort to tell the class about their weekend in French!

Today in salle 6 we finished our class contract, students copied into their journals and then signed our class copy.  We agreed on the below points:

-On est gentil (we are kind)
-On parle en français (we speak in French)
-On est poli (we are polite)
-On respecte des amis (we respect our friends)
-On fait de notre mieux (we do our best)

Students also used their math skills to decode a coloring activity.

This afternoon we started Social Studies by reviewing what we learned in grade one.  We discussed how in communities, people come together to live, work and play.  We brainstormed many places people gather in our communities.  We also had gym and learned a new French game.

Salut,

Mme Lauren

Bonjour,

Thank you to all salle 6 students and families for such a wonderful first week!  It has been a pleasure getting to know you all!  Today we had our welcome back assembly.  We were incredibly proud of the grade two team who were identified as the grade being the most respectful in the hallways!  

We also had our first fire drill and salle 6 did a great job as a class, they were wonderful role models for the younger students.  We celebrated these accomplishments with some center times where the students explored some of the classroom materials we have such as unifix cubes and stacking cups.  

Below is a poster for our Annual Fall Welcome, I hope to meet many of you here next Friday.

As a last note, I would like to encourage students to leave personal items and toys at home.  

Merci and have a wonderful weekend!

Mme Lauren

Thursday, September 5th

Bonjour,

Today in salle 6 we did a bingo game to learn about other students in the room.  We also worked on making paper T-shirts reviewing some of our French phrases.

Tomorrow we will have our welcome back school assembly.

As a reminder tomorrow is a short day with dismissal at 12 noon.

Merci,

Mme Lauren

Wednesday, September 4

Bonjour,

Today in salle 6 we played an addition game with dice and wrote letters to ourselves for the last day of school!  We also had our very first gym class with M. Trevor.

Please return blue forms by the end of the week.

Merci,

Mme Lauren

Bienvenue!

Bonjour,

A big thank you to all of the salle 6 students!  It was so nice to meet everyone today and kick off grade 2.  Students worked really hard on an "autobus" art activity and a summer journal entry.  We also learned some new class games and had a movement break outside enjoying this beautiful day.

Merci les amis!

Mme Lauren