I hope everyone who celebrates has a safe and happy Diwali! I loved seeing all the students' formal Diwali clothes, and hearing them share about their Diwali traditions. Together, we read the story, "Binny's Diwali" and decorated diyas.
Don't forget to sign in to Healthy Hunger if you would like to buy fun lunch for your child. The next fun lunch day is Booster Juice on Nov. 24th.
Writing- Students this week wrote about what makes their family special. They worked to add detail to their writing using triple-scoop words and "magic words" (sometimes, if, when, once). Grade 2 also started looking at similes, and our class wrote their own similes to make simile monsters.
Math- We continued working on increasing and decreasing patterns. Students are figuring out how to get information from a word problem to show a pattern in pictures, a number sentence, and a word sentence, and explain the pattern rule.
Social Studies- We are looking at landforms and bodies of water in Meteghan, Iqaluit, and Saskatoon. After sorting various bodies of water and types of landforms into their appropriate place, we moved on to looking at the flags of each location and the symbolism in them.
Science- We spent this week learning about bees! Students discovered why bees are useful to the environment, watched videos showing the inside of a beehive, and watched honey get extracted from a beehive. Save the bees!
Computers- Room 15 practiced their typing skills on the computer. They independently signed in, opened their word document, and copied their family writing to be printed.
Art- We read a book called "The Lost Teachings" which highlights the 7 Grandfather Teachings of the Indigenous Peoples (wisdom, love, respect, humility, courage, truth, and envy) and learned that the Buffalo represents Respect. In keeping with our character education about Respect, students painted with ground coffee to create their own buffalos. They paired this art with writing about how they show respect for themselves, others, and the environment.
Monday- Formal uniform
Tuesday-
Wednesday- FORMAL UNIFORM (For Remembrance Day); Library books due
Thursday- Remembrance Day (NO SCHOOL)
Friday- PD DAY (No school for students)