Spelling

You can find the spelling words, as well as some games, at Spelling City!

Jump Rope for Heart Promo

Animal Paragraphs and App Combo

Today, I decided to let a few students, who had finished writing two descriptive paragraphs about animals, the chance to test drive an app for the class.  Using Piccollage and 30 Hands, Mason and Andy created a visual and oral presentation on their animals.  Please make a comment if you get a chance.  I think they did a wonderful job and will be able to help other students who would like to use these two apps to present their animals. Thanks in advance!

Animal Classification

Inferring

We have begun our new reading comprehension unit on inferring.  Take a look at some of the anchor charts we are using in our classroom...
Today, we watched the short movie "Pigeon: Impossible".  We were able to come up with so many inferences based on what we saw in the video and our schema (background knowledge).  The movie does not have any words so we had to figure out the story using inferences.  If you want to look at the movie again...check it out below!

We are definitely going to have to watch this video again...there are so many clues!

Spelling and Jump Rope for Heart

You can find spelling activities for this weeks words here! On June 5th, St. Cecilia will have their first annual Jump Rope for Heart event (weather permitting) outside in the yard.  Good weather and great music will be combined for a wonderful block of fitness! We will have a rain date on the following Monday.  Students have been practicing their skipping skills both in gym and outside at recess.  I am very impressed with how they have progressed and how much they enjoy skipping!  After a skipping session, their hearts are beating and their faces are red...a good sign of a great workout.  Please donate for a good cause and to celebrate all the jumping our class has been doing over the past month.  Stay tuned for some videos celebrating our hard work!

Temperature using a Thermometer

Want to practice temperature?  Check out these sites!  HAVE FUN!

Interactive Thermometer
Thermometer Game
Study Jams

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Animal Growth and Change

We are well into our unit on animals, researching and learning about the different classes of animals.  Ava D's mealworm has now begun to turn into a darkling beetle. Take a close look at the video on the left of the page!
Do you know the 5 ways that scientists classify animals? They are:
Mammals
Birds
Reptiles
Fish
Amphibians



Jessica made a Piccollage about one of her favourite animals...the Vampire Squid...sounds scary!

Animal Growth and Changes

We are well into our unit on animals, researching and learning about the different classes of animals.  Ava D's mealworm has now begun to turn into a darkling beetle.

Jessica made a Piccollage about one of her favourite animals...the Vampire Squid!

Stop the clock

Want to practice time?  Check out Stop the Clock!

Animals

On Friday, we were asked "What do animals need to live?" and "How do scientists classify animals?"  Most of us agreed that animals need food, water and shelter to survive.

Created with Padlet

Today, we enjoyed watching a short video about classifying animals.

Bring Back the Wild

St. Cecilia had a special presentation from "Bring Back the Wild".  Here are some of the posters the class made to show how much we care for animals!

Jessica's Coin Problem

Today, we had to figure out the answer to "Jessica's Coin" problem.  We put our work onto a Padlet wall. Tomorrow, we will consolidate and see what answers we came up with.  Here is a sneak preview of our wall!

Created with Padlet

Non-Fiction Text Features Scavenger Hunt

Using the PicCollage app, we went on a scavenger hunt today!  We looked at books in the classroom to see if we could find non-fiction text features.  Many of our animal books contained text features such as an index, glossary, captions and photographs.  Ask your child to tell you about non-fiction text features! How are these books different from fiction books?

Non-Fiction Text Features and Bring Back the Wild

We have been researching animals and looking at non-fiction text features.  Here are some features in a book I bought about African Animals.

Can you find the non-fiction text features?

Tomorrow, the Earth Rangers will be visiting our school and we are so excited to see what animals will be visiting St. Cecilia.  We watched a very funny video made by the Earth Rangers...check it out!

The Best Part of Me 2014

Bring Back the Wild Loonie Drive

Open House and Non-Fiction

We had a lot of parents checking out our Earth Day pledges and our "Best Part of Me".  Thank you to everyone for dropping in to see all the things we have been up to in Grade 2.  I will be posting our photostory of "The Best Part of Me" next week. Today, we compared fiction and non-fiction books using Padlet.  We know a lot about them already but still need to look at non-fiction more closely! Ava D. made a ChatterPix for Jump Rope for Heart which will be coming up soon!

Created with Padlet

Cleaning the Capital

Earth Day Pledges

Symmetry Faces