Fri. Sept 29 Popular 21 Sight Words.

These are the popular sight words that we have posted around in our classroom. We usually start with these 21 and keep adding more as we learn to read. The year 2 students are familiar with these words for writing and reading in the small readers in our classroom.

a      can      to      so

am    no       you        me

and        the         go       my  

see     he      I        up         do        

in      it      like   we

These words are a good start for the beginner readers in kindergarten.   

A great game for families is sounding out sounds for letters when you see letters on signs, grocery stores, books, buildings and the key is to have fun,

Happy Reading and letter searching this weekend.

Have a great weekend.

Share the love!!

The letter Tt poem

When I watch the tennis game

/t/t/t/

/t/t/t...

When I watch the tennis game,

my head goes back and forth

Have a look around the house to find words that have a Tt.

Fri. Sept 29 Terry Fox Run

We had our Terry Fox Run today. It was wet but not raining. The children managed to meet up with some siblings.

Jahntae and his big brother

  Faris and his big sister  Lyn 

  Ryan and his big brother Ethan.

Jackson and Hayden

  Chelsea and big sister Charlotte

I never got pictures from other siblings

but I know all the children had fun and saw some special loved ones today.

Thank you all for your donations.

It is still time to bring in pledges and and twoonies for Terry next week.

  Running to find a cure.

Thank you.

Wed. Sept 27 Meet the Teacher

It was wonderful to meet many families at meet the teacher night.
STEAM activities were set up in different areas in the room .
S Science
T Technology
E Engineering
A Arts
M Mathematics
Children learn with hands on activities. It is fun to see their creations and thought process.
The children were really excited to show and share their classroom.
Thank you for visiting the classroom.

Tues. Sept 26 Library

One day in a 5 day cycle children can get a book from the library. The children are getting their library books and putting them in their bags. These bags protect the books from spills and damage. I will post the day for our library when it is confirmed.

Jordyn looking at a book while waiting for her friends to get theirs.

Chelsea has her book.

 Cohen is showing his friends how to make a handle.

 The children are learning about the rules in the library.

  Kara and Keagan are  excited to get books.

Happy Reading!!!!

MEET THE TEACHER NIGHT

Families Wednesday Sept. 27 is meet the teacher 5:30-7:00.We are in room
 102 . We look forward to visiting and sharing our classroom with you.

Learning the letter Aa

The children are having a hunt  to find the letter Aa

a/a/Ants on my  arm,

a/a/Ants on my arm,

a/a/Ants on my arm,

They're causing me alarm.

Fri Sept 22 Leaves and Maple trees

The children  have been collecting  leaves this week .

We discovered that the leaves shriveled up when we brought them inside. I laminated some leaves and then some students helped me . We are hoping that the leaves will not shrivel. If your child would like to save some flowers or leaves let me know on Monday. 

Have a wonderful weekend .

Enjoy nature and share the love !!!!

Fri. Sept 22 Math

The children  were continuing the gate keeper idea. I asked the boys to fill in the ten frame to open the gate.

The boys had to  run to the grate to open the gate once the frame was filled with material . We counted by one's and then 10's and learned ten's was faster.  

Well Done Ben , Jackson and Cohen.

Thur Sept 21 Thinking and Learning with outdoor ed.

During outdoor ed I documented some of the learning. I am hoping some inquiries will arise so the learning can be extended further in the classroom.

Shadows of Mrs. Tizzard.

 Abby is feeding the Crocodile small stones.

  Mason beating drum with his tambourine.

  Gate keepers with Ben and Jackson.

  A close up safely looking at a wasp.

 Keagan is collecting purple flowers. They smell really nice.

We compared different smells with different colored flowers.

 The home of the crocodile.

When children say "I played at school ". They are learning so much. I have some work to do to help facilitate more learning with their inquiry.

Wed . Sept 20 Stick

Ms. McDowell read this book to student. The student then followed up with an activity to make frogs.

  The frogs the children made.

Ask your child about the story. It is fun to do a follow up activity and discuss the story.

Tues Sept. 19 Terry Fox Kickoff Assembly.

On Tuesday the whole school population went to the gym for an assembly. We watched some video about Terry Fox.  Please bring in your pledges . We are hoping each classmate will bring in 2$ for Terry to support a fight for cancer.

Our goal this year is to raise $3000. 

  If you raise $500. you can give your favourite teacher a pie in the face . In front of the  whole school.

 $2 for Terry. Bring in a Twoonie  

 Wear your Terry fox  T-shirt  SEPTEMBER 29 

for the TERRY FOX RUN.

Please bring in a twoonie to  help fight cancer.

Tues Sept 19 Thinking and Learning

Lauren was using loose parts to create a kangaroo eating food with it mommy.

The final product for Lauren to  document her learning.

Lauren went back to the same activity the next day with the same inquiry. She really likes kangaroos.
Awesome learning Lauren.

Mon Sept Zap

The year 2 students are having fun playing a game called Zap. We are using the 21 popular sight words that they know. The student will choose a stick and write the word on chalk boards. If they get the Zap stick they miss a turn. It was fun to see who had the most words.

Jackson shaking the wooden bin with the sticks.

  Bryce Ashley and Cohen trying the game.

 Cohen showing words.

  Here is Jordyn's list.

  I like Bryce's wink  . You can tell he had fun.

A Great way to learn our words.

Fun times with thinking and learning.

The next day Jordyn was teaching Hadleigh the Zap game.

I love to see the older students teach the younger students.
Well Done Jordyn.