Today we had the pleasure of having the Lord Strathcona's Mounted Troop visit RBES.  It was amazing!  We began our day by visiting with Sam, an 8 year old horse. One of the soldiers came to our classroom and taught us all about the history of the Troop and his job in an army tank.  The whole school and many community members came together after recess to watch the Musical Ride and pet the horses.  You can click HERE to watch a video posted by RBES.  What a special experience. 

Tasty Tuesday

Gooey, sticky and crunchy were words used to describe our official launch of Tasty Tuesday. A huge thank you to Payton's mom for supplying and prepping the Caramel Apple Dip ingredients. If you are interested in signing up, to suppply future Tasty Tuesday ingredients, the sheet is posted on our classroom door. 

Tomorrow is Library!

In Daily Math today, we completed our pre-test for the Plus/Minus One basic facts strategy. Students also learned a new game, called Big Boss, to practise these facts. Check out the Basic Facts Games tab for an explanation of this fun game.

No School Tomorrow!

This week our focus was on plus/minus zero facts. Today, students played 'Whack-A-Number'. Another simple game to play at home to reinforce basic math facts. Ask your child how to play!

Today students worked through 10 stations and explored locomotion in gym.

Today during Math, we continued to build our stamina during Math By Myself. Students worked independently on extending and building repeating patterns for 10 minutes!

In Social Studies we used the compass to explore direction.  You can try this at home tonight.  
Using the map below, identify:
1. What is north of the library?
2. What is west of the supermarket?
3. What is south of Ariana's house?
4. What is east of Catherine's house?
5. Make up even more questions and see if you can stump your 2C child.

Last week, students successfully achieved 10 minutes of Read to Self, so today they were elated to launch another Daily 5 activity.  Word Work provides students with an opportunity to review Word Wall words in a fun way. 

Daily 5 Launch

Students got cozy as we launched Read to Self during Daily 5! We are building our stamina and read independently for 5 minutes today! 

Library is on Tuesdays!

Students met our librarian, Mrs. Rogers, today! They were excited to listen to a story, take out 2 books and sit in the new cozy furniture!

Student Verification Forms went home today. Please complete and return ASAP.

T-shirt payment is now available online!