Happy Halloween! Today we sketched a pumpkin. We also finished our witch leg art! We had a Halloween parade with the whole school so we could see everyone's costumes.

We cut open some pumpkins and we all had a turn to take out some seeds and guts. We made some observations about how the insides of a pumpkin felt. It felt gooey, soft, slippery, mushy, slimy, wet and sticky! Ask your child how to spell pumpkin!

No school tomorrow for students.
Our zoo field trip is November 6th. I am still waiting for student forms.
Please let me know if you can volunteer for November 19th to Arts Common.

Pumpkins

P-U-M-P-K-I-N

Pumpkin, pumpkin

P-U-M-P-K-I-N

Pumpkin is what that spells.

Planted in the springtime,

Pumpkins grow on vines.

P-U-M-P-K-I-N

Pumpkin is what that spells

Today was our field trip to Telus Spark. We learned about building habitats and shelter for animals. The animals we were assigned were coyote, red-winged black bird, hare, mouse and muskrat. We had supplies such as cardboard, table clothes, tarps, tubes, and pipe connectors.

Thank you to the adult volunteers for making this trip possible.

Our zoo field trip is coming up on November 6th. Please have the students forms in ASAP.  It would be great to get one more volunteer for this trip.

We have another field trip on November 19th to Arts Common. We will need 5 volunteers for this trip. Please contact me if you have your security clearance and if you are available.

Maple Ridge school is celebrating Halloween on Thursday this week. The students may wear their costumes. We ask for no masks or weapons. If you are able to send in some healthy snacks for our afternoon, please let me know. No candy for snack time, thank you.

Here is a sneak peak of our sharing for tomorrow!

Please remember that the grade 2's have their spelling quiz tomorrow. Practice tonight if you have time:)

Dear parents,

We are almost ready for our Sharing Day! We have finished our non-fiction books and pamphlets, art and scientific sketches ready.

You are welcome to visit the grade 2 classes from 11:00-12:00 on Friday. You are encouraged to visit many students stations to find out about their animal!

Fun lunch is tomorrow!

Dear parents,

We are hoping to do some inquiry around PUMPKINS next week! If anyone is able to donate some pumpkins for our class, please let me know! Thank you.

Thank you so much for helping your child with the homework this weekend!

We are now working on our non-fiction book for our sharing day on Friday. Today we learned what a "glossary" is!

We have our Telus Spark field trip coming up on Monday October 28th. There will be an outside component of this field trip so please have your child dress for the weather that day.

The grade 2 students have new spelling words today. Please have them practice them for Friday!

The students in room 1 have their science journal and research papers in their backpack for homework this weekend.

Our buddies came and helped us research this morning. This weekend, if you could help your child take their jot nots and put them into sentences. The papers are provided for you in the red duotangs.

Please return red duotangs  and science journals to school on Monday.

Thank you!

Dear parents,

Some students did not get home reading changed today as we had a painting activity that was busy! If your child did not get new books, we will change home reading tomorrow.

Please have your child practice their spelling words tonight as they will have a quiz tomorrow.

We have been working hard on our animal research this week! On the weekend, it would be wonderful if parents could help! We are taking our jot notes and turning them into sentences. If the students bring home their research journals, they could some assistance with their writing.

Our sharing day is October 25th form 11-12:00. Families are welcome to visit the grade 2 classroom and learn about animals we found in Fish Creek and Prince's Island.

Today the students in room 1 have new field trip forms in their back packs. It is for Telus Spark on October 28th. We now have enough volunteers for this field trip. Please return forms ASAP.

The students also have new spelling lists that they should practice at home this week. There will be a quiz on Friday.

We have our sharing presentation on October 25th. Parents are welcome to visit the grade 2 class rooms from 11:00pm -12:00pm and the students will share their learning with you. It is a different format than a traditional assembly.

Students are spending this week researching an animal they picked from Fish Creek or Prince's Island. We are excited to share our learning with you on October 25th!
We also started an art project with our animals.

Home reading will be changed on Tuesday and Thursday. Please send your child's books to school.
Please return Science Journals this week.

The students have a new science journal question they should show you this weekend.
The students also have new home reading in their backpacks. Please return science journals and home reading on Tuesday.

Today in Social Studies we talked about what a community is and we talked about the people and places we find in a community.

We also did Key Jar today. Ask your child what the questions was.

There is no school Friday and Monday. Happy Thanksgiving!

Today we learned that out of all the liquids we tried to freeze, water froze first! We learned that the thick liquids did not freeze quickly.
As you can see from the graph, most of the class thought water would freeze first.
We wonder why the milk and apple juice did not freeze as quickly as the water even though they were runny too.

Please have your child return their spelling words and home reading tomorrow!

No School Friday.

Yesterday we had a question:
Why does the liquid in a thermometer move up when its hot and move down when its cold?

We learned 3 words today to help us understand. 1. Expand 2. Contract. 3. molecules/particles.

Ask your child to explain why the liquid in a thermometer moves up and down depending on the temperature.

We also learned what the word "optimal" means. Have your child give you an example of something optimal and not optimal.

The room 1 students have spelling words for homework in their home folders. They must practice their words and return the list on Thursday when they will be quizzed. Each student has their own list.

On November 6th we are going to the Zoo. Please email me if you can volunteer at kawatts@cbe.ab.ca

Today we had a table group change. Ask your child what their group name is!

Today your child has their new Science Journal in their home folders, which are in their backpacks. There is a question inside their Science Journal that they are to discuss with you at home this weekend. Parents are welcome to write their ideas in the science journal as well. Please return Science Journals for Monday.

We met our Grade 4 reading buddies today. Ask your child their buddies name!

We had a wonderful morning at Prince's Island Park. We saw a lot of animals. We think we saw a catfish because it had whiskers. One group saw a dead animal and we think the predator was a wolf, coyote or bobcat. We also saw a baby hawk. We saw some pigeons. We also saw animal tracks.

We recorded our observations using tally marks.

We have our field trip to Prince's Island Park tomorrow. We will be back at 12:00pm. It is also fun lunch tomorrow. If your child ordered fun lunch we will be back in time for them to have it. Please pack an extra snack for the field trip.

The weather will be about 7 degrees Celsius and sunny tomorrow. The students will need to wear a jacket and rain boots or winter boots.

We went outside and measured temperature again today. Ask your child how warm it was in the sun.

If you have any cardboard to spare, please send it in with your child.

Today we used thermometers to help us measure the temperature inside and outside. We measured the temperature in the sun and shade and snow. We measured the temperature inside our classroom and by the heater. Ask your child what temperature the thermometers below show.
We learned that in Canada we use the standard unit of measure called Celsius. That is named after a scientist named Anders Celsius.

We read a book called Mindset Matters. We learned that our brain believes what we tell it and we  read a poem called "Yet". Ask your child what the poem was about.

Please remind your child that if they would like to take books out of the ilab, they must bring their ilab bags to school.

Also we will be doing a project with cardboard. If you have any cardboard donations, please send them to school.

Our field trip to Prince's Island is this Thursday morning!