Elf on the Shelf in Grade 2

Today was a very special day. Right after first recess we noticed a pink present in our classroom. We all guessed at what it could be and we made a tally chart with our guesses. Eleven people guessed that it was an elf and they were...right!

Next, we opened the box and found that we had a boy elf! Miss.Amanda read us the story of the Elf on the Shelf. The book said that we needed to give our elf a name. We brainstormed our favourite names and voted.

Finally, our elf had a name and it is...Foxy!

Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week

Yesterday we watched a video/book called Don't Laugh at Me by Steve Seskin and Allen Shamblin. We talked about how we are all different and that God gave each of us special gifts. We brainstormed different ways that we could stop bullying and make others feel like they belong.

These are some of our ideas:

-be helpful (LC)

-be a peacemaker (LC)

-always share (IG)

-always lend a hand (AS)

-always help others (SF)

-be friendly (SK)

-always be respectful (SC)

-try to make sure everyone is included (RS)

-try to be fair (RF)

-love your family and friends (SV)

-always use nice words (DH)

-always thank God (AS)

-don't laugh at others, laugh with them (RS)

-don't call people names (KE)

-try to be fair to everyone, not just your friends (SC)

Here is a link to the video

Student Portal

Ottawa Catholic School Board has wonderful resources available for student/parent use. You can visit the Student Portal at https://sites.google.com/a/ocsbstudent.ca/k-6/ or click here. Students will be prompted to enter their email address and password. I have stapled a copy of this in your child's agenda today.

Mrs.Marchant

Base 10 Block Houses-written by Decila

On Monday Mrs.Marchant read us The True Story Of The 3 Little Pigs!

First we took some 1s, 10s, 100s blocks and then we got started making houses out of the paper blocks.  After we glued all of the pieces, Mrs.marchant helped us add  up all of the pieces together. When we were all done. we sorted all of them into Even Street and Odd Street.  We stuck all of the house numbers in order from smallest to biggest and we maded it into Even and Odd Street and it looks 

Here are a few of our model houses before we made them out of paper. 

Pumpkin Math

Last week we spent some time exploring how we could measure pumpkins and as you can see...it was a big hit in our class! We brainstormed different ways we could measure a pumpkin on chart paper and spent some math time figuring out all of the different measurements.

After counting the seeds in groups of tens, we fitured out that there was 447 seeds in total.

Pumpkin Inquiry

This week students have been exploring pumpkins during Math, Language, and Science. Here are a few pictures of our work

Luv2Groove

Last week our class was lucky enough to participate in the Luv2Groove sessions. Check out your child's new cool moves!

Luv2Groove Dance

Stone Soup

Thank you to all of our families that were able to join us in eating our "Stone Soup" yesterday.We decided to make the soup after reading a book about it. Each student brought in an ingredient. On Tuesday, we peeled, chopped, and organized our ingredients so that we were ready to go. On Wednesday, we made the soup and shared it with our school community. Here are a few pictures taken during lunch.  Soon we will be showing you what we learned from this activity.  Stay tuned...
From: Grade 2

Just in case you were not able to come in...here's some coming home for you!

Our First Day!

This blog is to keep our wonderful families informed about what is happening in grade 2. Today was an exciting day as students entered the classroom for the first time. They are a wonderful group and I am truly blessed to have so many kind and hard working students.

This morning our school was blessed and we also had a smudging ceremony provided by an elder in our community. We practiced our routines and put away all of our belongings.  Students gave their ideas to what makes a good classroom. We used those ideas to create a classroom contract and each student signed it.

After lunch, I invited students to my heart. Each of them is special and I want them to know that they are very important to me. Students also received a special envelope to take home as homework! Don't worry, there isn't a test tomorrow ;D  Please open the envelope with your child and review the contents and letter inside.

Thank you to my wonderful class for such a great first day! I can't wait to see you all again tomorrow.

Mrs.Marchant