Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!

Today, students enjoyed Christmas Brunch, Christmas themed centers, and popcorn and a movie!

A few reminders....

• Return Home Reading tomorrow
• Spelling Test tomorrow

An email went out to all families today explaining our Friday celebration.  All students are encouraged to wear their PJ's or Christmas attire for the day.  

• 8:25-9:40 - Assembly
• 9:40-10:10 Christmas Breakfast
• 10:10-10:25 Recess
• 10:25-11:55 - Holiday Themed Centres
• 11:25-12:45 - Recess/Lunch
• 12:45-3:06 - RBES school-wide Winter Movie (popcorn provided, bring a water bottle)

Thank you in advance to our snack parents!  

Snowman On a Stick!

Thank you to Timothy's mom for providing the ingredients for December's Tasty Tuesday!

White Powdered Lipstick!

This week, a little Elf on the Shelf joined our class. Through a class vote, we chose the name Snowflake. Silly Snowflake had a bath in marshmallows while reading comic books yesterday. And today he was 'chillaxin', catching some rays, reading a magazine and sipping on a cold beverage. That crazy elf! I wonder what else he will be up to.....

2C & 3A had an amazing time in gym, playing Kick Ball!   

Students also began their top secret Christmas craft this week.  We know you will love opening it on Christmas Morning!  

Don't forget...it's PJ Day on Friday!

Annie

Annie was amazing! Thank you to Mrs. Donofrio, Mrs. Bennett & Ms. St.Jean for joining us!

2S Christmas Concert

Jingle Bells...Jingle Bells...

Aren't they cute....

A pretty long day for these wee ones...

It's the last day of November!

Where did the time go? It's hard to believe we have been in school for 3 months already. Please take a minute to check both the 2C and RBES calendars. There is a lot of important information as this calendar year comes to a close.

In Math today, we learned a new game, Place Value Face Off. Students will be place this game during Math Workshops this week, where our focus is comparing and ordering 2-digit numbers.

• New Word Sorts were sent home. Please continue to practice daily. Due to our shortened week last week, students wrote their Word Sort tests this morning. Please sign, have your child complete their corrections if there were any, and return to school.
• New Home Reading books were sent home. In order to become better readers, we strive to read a minimum of 15 minutes a night.
• New Word Wall Words. This week our words follow the CVCe (consonant, vowel, consonant, e) spelling pattern. For example, the work like follows the CVCe pattern. The e in each word makes the vowel long (it says its own name)

No school tomorrow!

A huge thank you to Kadie and Lucas Gibson's moms for joining us on our trip to the Telus World of Science.

Click on the link below for more terrific pics!

Telus World of Science

TWOS Field Trip Tomorrow!

The WTW spelling test will take place on Monday next week as we are on a field trip Thursday and there is no school on Friday.  However, please return all home reading bags on tomorrow.

Tomorrow is our field trip to the Telus World of Science.  We will be leaving the school promptly at 8:35.  Students will be wearing our class shirts so please be sure that your child arrives at bell time (8:25) so that he/she has time to change.  Also, please send your child with a bagged lunch (a brown or plastic bag, clearly labeled with their name, no reusable containers or water bottles).  

Let's Go Fishing...

Twin Day!

Library Tomorrow!

Doubles. Doubles. I can add doubles!

• Return Home Reading
• Word Sort Test Tomorrow
• Library Tomorrow

A couple of other reminders...

Christmas Shoe-boxes and Christmas Elves Info:http://rbes.blackgold.ca/calendar/activities/ 

Christmas Concert Info: http://rbes.blackgold.ca/calendar/events/

Emergency Procedures Info: http://rbes.blackgold.ca/parents/emergency-procedures/ 

Fundrscript Orders are due Friday!  Fundscrip is a fantastic way to kick off your Christmas shopping and support your school.  

Twin Day is Friday!  Students are finds a friend or two (or three or four) to dress the same on Twin Day.

Picture Re-Take Day tomorrow!

Remembrance Day Ceremony @ 10:45 tomorrow!

Poppy Art by 2C

Early Dismissal Tomorrow

Estimating and counting using Tens Frames

In Science today, students tested a variety of materials, recognizing that some materials absorb and others repel.

Happy Halloween

Thank you, Ms. Ostonal for sharing the pic of our Trick-or-treaters! Have a safe and Happy Halloween everyone! 

The students enjoyed the final Daily 5 launch, Buddy Read....

• Book Orders are due on October 30th.
• Picture Orders are due on October 30th.

Spooktacular Tasty Tuesday

Thank you to Mrs. Carty for supplying the ingredients for this month's Tasty Tuesday. The students enjoyed making and eating their Spider Pudding Pies.

A super yummy, messy Tasty Tuesday!

Not all liquids mix! Corn syrup is more dense than oil and vinegar!

Surface Tension

In Science, we learned the term surface tension.  Students completed an experiment where they challenged themselves to see who could add the most drops of water to a penny.  

Exploring more liquids.....

Racing Liquids.....molasses has a high viscosity!

We enjoyed our trip to the Arts Barn!

Properties of Water

Discovering the properties of water....

Water takes the shape of its container.

Can you suspend a water droplet from your finger tip?

Does water have a smell?

Time Warp Day

Please send all final Book Orders to school tomorrow.

Students enjoyed playing with words today during our launch of Word Work.

Have a wonderful weekend...see you on Wednesday!

Return Home Reading Tomorrow!

In Math today, students played Whack-A-Mole to help reinforce this week's Math Facts Strategy; Plus and Minus Two.

Reminders were sent home today in your child's agenda to return all outstanding SUTP.