Today was a busy day of crafting with Mrs. K. Students used Mrs. Kloschinsky fancy scrapbooking tools to create adorable Christmas Cards!

Thank you to Solana's mom for supplying the ingredients for this month's Tasty Tuesday, Grinch Kabobs!

There is no word sort or assessment this week.  Instead, we will be working on a holiday syllable sort in class.

In Science, we are continuing our exploration of magnets. Today students tested the strength of various magnets. Some magnets are stronger than others! We also realized that our chain of magnets became temporary magnets! COOL!

Students have been busy sorting data and presenting it as a concrete graph.  They have also been reading and analyzing pictographs! Complete this survey tonight:

 What is your favorite Christmas Carol? 

Jingle Bells

Silent Night

Here Comes Santa Claus

Deck The Halls

What was the most favorite Christmas Carol?

What was the least favorite Christmas Carol?

This week in Science, we launched our unit on Magnetism.  Students learned that a magnet is any object that produces a magnetic field.  They also identified five types of magnets: cow, bar, ring, wand, and horseshoe. 

Students predicted and tested various materials to answer the question: Are all materials attracted to a magnet? We discovered that not all materials are attracted to a magnet! 

Time To Catch UP!

Social Studies

Our trip to Meteghan has come to an end! Through practical activities, students were able to demonstrate an understanding and appreciate the geography, culture, language, heritage and economics and resources that shape Meteghan, making it one of many unique, dynamic communities in Canada.

As a culminating technology assignment, students put their knowledge of Meteghan to the test!  They created the first slide of their Communities in Canada presentation.  At the end of each unit, students will demonstrate their learning by adding text and images about the important aspects of the land, history, traditions, and people from each community.  

On Friday afternoon we celebrated the Acadian Culture.  Student were able to sample Clam Chowder, Oat Cakes and Snow Pancakes. They also made a lighthouse out of clay and played a fun Fishin’ Addition Game. What a great way to wrap up our Social Unit!

Math

We have completed Unit 5: 2-D Shapes. Students students were able to identify, describe, compare, and manipulate 2-D geometric shapes: circles, squares, rectangles, triangles, and other polygons. Today we began Unit 6: Sorting and Graphing. We learned the terms sort, group and data!

Elf On The Shelf

We have been busy journaling about Chippy's, our Elf On The Shelf, mischievous behavior. Students are writing compound sentences, adding either the word and or because. Chippy, and his friend Elfie, pulled a fast one on us today! They switched rooms with another Grade Two class. I wonder what he will be up to tomorrow...