Greetings Parents and Students,
I hope everyone has been enjoying this incredible weather!
For science, we did a class experiment about gravity. A few of the students stood on chairs, holding a grape in one hand and a marble in the other hand. Each child predicted which would land first when dropped. Try this GRAVITY EXPERIMENT at home with your child. NOTE: Gravity pulls the objects down to earth at the same speed. Interestingly, most kids predicted the marble would land first.
On Wednesday, the children had a blast at the Teddy Bear Clinic, where they rotated through 5 stations: vital signs, x-rays, casting, stitches and bandages, needles and I.V.s. The interactive, hands-on stations were well run by 3rd year nursing students. The children and the teddy bears experienced routine assessments (height, weight, temperature, listening with a stethoscope), mock x-rays and casting/bandaging, lab work/immunizations, sutures and health promotion aspects such as hand washing, nutrition, and safety.
Our adorable Star of the Week was Mackenna. She is an only child who loves spending time with her parents and her pets. She has a cat named Squeaks, a fish named Mr. Bones and she had a dog named, Boo. Her favourite colour is black and her favourite food is hot dogs. She enjoys being part of Brownies and riding on her dad’s motorcycle. She enjoys the family trip to South Dakota each year in the summer.
This week we also learned about diabetes with the other Grade 2 class. We will be participating in a school – wide walk on Monday, June 15th at 2:30. Children are asked to wear green on Monday. Please join us and send a small donation if you would like. Here are some excellent diabetes links for you to watch with your child:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFsRaXR5dXA
https://vimeo.com/9768817
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypXyl-gY8LI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0M4oxBtnXo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8iFbduZF14
The children and I have been learning multiplication facts (0 to 5 tables). New vocabulary this week included: factors (the numbers you multiply). Reviewed vocabulary included: arrays, product, groups of, sets of. Try some of the following multiplication games at home:
http://www.mathplayground.com/ASB_MeteorMultiplication.html
Multiplication game - meteors
http://www.mathplayground.com/ASB_PenguinJumpMultiplication.html
Multiplication game- penguins
http://www.mathplayground.com/ASB_TugTeamMultiplication.html
Multiplication game –tractor tug of war
We are looking forward to the MacKenzie Art Gallery trip this afternoon.
Have a GREAT DAY parents.
Remember, there is no school for students tomorrow.
Have a TERRIFIC weekend!
Ms. Selimos
Thursday, June 11, 2015
Thursday, June 4, 2015
June 4th, 2015 BROWNS COULEE ADVENTURE
Hello Parents and Students,
We had a perfect day for their
PHENOMINAL Browns Coulee Day Trip on Thursday, June 4th!
We began with a “safety” activity
in the classroom, where we each created “shoe” rubbings of our runners dated
with our names. Ms. Selimos kept those,
in case were lost in the forest and needed to be rescued.
Many thanks to the 9 parent
volunteers and to Lori Milligan, from the Outdoor Ed. Department, who helped to
make this science adventure such a success!
The boys and girls exited the bus quietly and took in the view with
their eyes and noses, as we took a few group pictures with parents. Lori showed the class various plants; blue
bearded tongue, regular and irregular flowers, the sage plant, which is a natural mosquito
repellant and more.
Various students
took turns caring for the male and female “tick jars”. The class collected about 13 ticks throughout
the day, with the male tick jar in the lead!
Tomorrow morning I would like to
tally and graph how many ticks parents found on their children Thursday
evening. The female ticks have a
“necklace” stripe on them and the males have “suspenders” on them.
Another interesting activity
involved THATCHER ANTS. Lori carefully
disturbed a hill of these thatcher ants by poking at them. When they are threatened they release an acid
scent that smells and tastes like vinegar!
The children each had a sniff!
Did you know that these ants are edible? YES!!!!!!!!! Imogen, Roan and Hunter were very brave and
ATE SOME!
Pond dipping was a blast, as we
collected tadpoles, frogs, water mites, mosquito larva, beetles, water spiders,
dragon fly larva, fishing spiders, snails, minnows and more. We looked for buffalo snot (jelly lichen)
which tastes like noodles, pussy toe plants, which taste like bubble gum and
violets, which are edible.
We broke for lunch and enjoyed
the creek, sunshine and chatting with parents and classmates. We did some stone skipping along the
creek. We continued with another hike,
after lunch, looking at various plants, lichen and saw many willow trees with
lichen. These are thus called, diamond
willow trees.
Next, Lori read a book called: Fairy
Houses. Following the story, the
children had their own opportunity to create their own “fairy houses”. After photos were taken of their creations,
we hiked to a beaver lodge and finally climbed a very steep hill, making our
way back to the bus.
We had many tired boys and girls and parents too, on the bus
ride home. “Merci beaucoup”, to our bus
driver, for getting us to and from Grant Road School safely.
Many thanks to the BROWN FAMILY for
providing us with this wonderful opportunity to explore their farm land and
coulee!!! We really appreciated the
amazing day!
Ms Selimos J
June 1st 2015 week with Selimos
Greetings Parents
and Students,
We began the
school week on Monday with multiplication strategies (new Grade 2
mini-unit). The children have been
exposed to vocabulary including:
multiplication, product (answer when multiplying), groups of, sets,
arrays, “times”. This week we have worked on creating sets
using 0, 1, 2 and 5.
Please continue to
encourage your child to use Raz_kids for reading. As well, see the following multiplications
sites:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BchpGkLvTy8
multiplication song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCJug1WlYJs 10
times table rock song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igoGDE5hLjw 2s
to 10s times tables
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu3JSnRaaV0
multiplication tricks using your hands
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzXcI49jdV0 1
to 12s songs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBTGKiVgWcA
Multiplying by 9s HAND TRICK
Corbin was our
awesome Star of the Week. He is an only
child who was born in Regina. He has 2
pets; a cat named Tink, from the Humane Society and a male German shepherd
named Rider. He is a HUGE Rider
fan. He enjoys traveling and has been to
Cuba, Mexico, Disneyworld, Banff and more.
His favourite colour is red and he loves to eat steak. Thanks for the yummy cupcakes for the
classroom on Tuesday!
Creative writing
assignments this week included poetry responses and inventions. The children created a SUNNY KEEP COOL
MACHINE. They drew their inventions,
wrote about them and then presented to their classmates. Writing traits focus was about naming/telling
parts to plan sentences. For this
activity, the children were to think about what happens at a BAKE SALE. They completed a chart with the following
columns: What to Buy/What to Do/ Who is
There.
Our latest science
theme is: Forces and Motion. Vocabulary
include: push, pull, speed, motion,
movement, force, position (over, under, behind, beside, in front of, etc.),
friction. Check out some of these short
videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOcY37oGhj8 A Push or a Pull Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRNXvAbwS7M Very short motion song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZlqas0tixo Push and Pull song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcoYeNbyqvw Force and Motion song based on Grinch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKmhS4qLj_s The Motion Song
University of
Regina, EYES (Educating Youth Engineering Science) students, Kelsey and Taylor
visited our classroom on Wednesday afternoon.
The children were introduced to the terms “engineers” and “scientists”
through drama. Next, the children became
“doctors” performing exploratory surgery on little doll bodies, using magnets and
toothpicks to find keys that Taylor “accidentally” swallowed.
We are a good hour
away from departing the school to head to BROWNS COULEE. Pics to follow.
Wishing everyone
an awesome June month!
Ms. Selimos J
Thursday, May 28, 2015
May 25th, 2015 week with Ms. Selimos and Police Showcase Trip
Bonjour Parents and Students,
Where DID the month of May go? This week, we enjoyed presenting our
dialogues using the puppet theatre in small groups. The children enjoyed practising fluency and
expression, as they re-enacted the cafeteria scene with Vincenzo and his
classmates, based on the story, The Sandwich.
On Monday morning, we attended a special assembly
in the gym, where we listened to the Junior Band play for us. Emaan was one of the lucky students, chosen
from the audience, to help conduct one of the songs.
With this beautiful weather, we have been eating
lunch outside on the front lawn. The
children have loved the green space; playing soccer, Frisbee, tag, and other
games. The new benches at the front look
great!
On Thursday, we will be finished GRADE 2, Math
Makes Sense and we will be doing some review work and I will be introducing
multiplication. See photos from
BrainpopJuniour.com about multiplication.
The MATH BINDERS will go home on Thursday. You may keep them. DO NOT RETURN THEM TO SCHOOL.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igoGDE5hLjw Multiplication song
Alex was our adorable, outgoing STAR OF THE
WEEK. She did a SPECTACULAR job
presenting about her family. She loves
spending time at the reserve with her family and her dog. Saskatoon born, Alex, proudly showed us her
first pair of baby shoes, moccasins. She enjoys swimming, being outdoors and
doing things with her siblings and cousins.
On Wednesday afternoon, we went to the Brandt
Center for the Regina Police Service Showcase. We enjoyed the “mock” robbery
drama, canine presentation, SWAT team, Sheldon the robot, relay race and much
more. We definitely needed more time to
visit the exhibits. Thank you to the
parents of Keithan, Lukas, and Imogen for joining us and taking care of us.
Please remember to send your child to school on
FRIDAY with his/her READING LOG MINUTES FOR MAY.
NEXT THURSDAY IS OUR BROWNS COULEE TRIP:
BROWN’S COULEE with Outdoor Ed. Teacher (Lori
Milligan) on THURS. JUNE 4TH.We will be leaving by bus at
approximately 10:30 a.m. We will be back by 3:30.
Healthy bagged lunch: sandwich, 2 bottles of water (partly frozen),
fruit and veggies, crackers, snacks.
Clothing requirements: jeans (no
shorts), t-shirt, hoodie or jacket, runners
(NO rubber boots) and an EXTRA pair of socks, as we might get wet during pond
dipping lesson.
Remember: mosquito
repellant, sun screen, sun glasses, hat, etc.
Bathroom: toilet paper and a plastic ziplock bag.
Have a wonderful weekend one and all!
Thursday, May 21, 2015
May 19, 2015 week with Ms. Selimos and Weather Specialist Guest
Greetings Parents
and Students,
Thank you to the
SAC for the yummy ice cream treats we ate last week during 10:30 recess. We
really enjoyed the cones!!!
I hope everyone
had a FABULOUS long weekend! This week
we have been busy working on puppetry, dialogue and drama based on the story The
Sandwich by Ian Wallace. The children will perform their dialogues on
Friday using the puppet theatre. As
well, George Bothwell librarian, Marilyn, shared fractured Red Riding Hood
fairy tales with us on Tuesday afternoon.
We are busy creating “thank you cards” to present her with.
Grade 2 math
emphasis continues to be collecting data; using tallies and check marks, and
creating lists/charts. The children have
had a blast asking friends about sports activities, ice cream treats and more
and then interpreting and presenting their results to the class using the data
projector.
Our handsome STAR
OF THE WEEK was Nate, who shared, with excitement, about his new family member,
Tucker, an 8 week old Chocolate Lab puppy.
Nate is an only child who enjoys traveling with his parents and spending
time with them at the cabin. He likes to
downhill ski and to ride his quad. He
has 2 cats and another dog. He enjoys
playing soccer and collecting Lego.
For French we
played some transportation sorting games and categorized based on water, land,
and air. We will wrap up this unit and
move onto zoo animals in June.
On Thursday morning,
Weather Specialist, Tiffany Lizée, of Global News, visited our classroom, talking with the children and sharing a very
informative power point presentation with the class. Ask your child which colour NOT to wear if
filming at Global News and why. Tiffany’s
wardrobe is her own. She does her own
hair and make-up. The crew works as a
TEAM and their workspace is windowless. She
talked about the editing process of writing news pieces and how editing may
occur over 6 times per article. Some
of the cameras cost $20 000.00 each.
The Morning Crew is at work at 3 a.m. to deliver the 6 a.m. to 9 a.m.
news.
Tiffany grew up on a farm in southern Saskatchewan and was constantly
exposed to the ways and wonders of the weather. She loved watching Saskatchewan storms and
studied in Edmonton after high school, becoming a weather specialist! She is presently studying to become a meteorologist,
via correspondence through Mississippi State University.
Tiffany did an EXCELLENT job keeping the children engaged and excited to learn about her workplace and job! Thanks again!
DATES TO REMEMBER:
«ALEX IS STAR OF WEEK MAY 25th «
Mon. 25th (Day 5) Spelling
Test
Tues. 26th (Day 1) See Spelling List
Wed. 27th (Day 2) Regina Police Service Showcase trip
in p.m. by bus, at 12:30.
Thurs. 28th (Day 3)
PIE the SAC on
Thurs. 28th at noon in bowl.
Tickets = $0.50 each
Fri. 29th
(Day 4) READING LOGS DUE
Library
Exchange
«CORBIN IS STAR OF WEEK JUNE
1ST«
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
May 11th, 2015 week with Ms. Selimos
Hello Parents and Students,
In Health, Mrs. Beckel and the
students have been focusing on diversity. Last Tuesday, Mrs. Beckel started the class by
intentionally excluding, first one half of the class, and then the other from a
game, and then led a discussion about how it felt to be excluded. She followed
up by reading Dr. Seuss’ THE
SNEETCHES, in which the “Sneetches” learn an important lesson about
including others. They talked about terrible instances when groups have been
excluded and mistreated just for being who they are (the Jews, black people,
First Nations people, etc.) Please take some time to discuss this topic with
your child. We are trying to establish how important every person is and
how unfair it is for one person or group to mistreat another.
On Friday morning, the children
had the opportunity to explore the Agrium Seed Survivor Trailer and to plant a seed. In the
afternoon, they participated in the school dance in the gym. Great dance moves!!!!
On Monday afternoon, Outdoor Ed. Teacher, Lori
Milligan, joined us for an hour to discuss our June field trip to Brown’s Coulee.
The children have been asked to wear pants, tucked into long socks
to “keep away the wood ticks.” No
shorts! We will be collecting wood
ticks. We discussed how to tell the male
ticks apart from the females. Each child must be wearing a hat, sunglasses
(if possible) and to be dressed in layers of light coloured clothing. Sun
screen your child before coming
to school. Please send mosquito repellant, which will be
applied once we arrive to Brown’s Coulee.
A healthy, bagged lunch will be encouraged with fruit, veggies, sandwich
and WATER. Please freeze half a bottle
of water and fill the remaining with cold water. Place a sock over the bottle to keep it
dry. We will be doing a pond dipping study and a
worm watch. Check out the following link
with your child:
https://www.naturewatch.ca/ Worm watch for Brown’s Coulee trip
For one math activity, Grade
TWO math students created a pictograph
of FAVOURITE ICE CREAM FLAVOURS.
Each child is to survey family members at home or on the phone and to
return their pictograph to school before the long weekend, if possible.
Lunch hour has been a lot of
fun this week. The children are
exploring globes and working on various puzzles… flags of the world, pandas, castles and
more.
Try the attached SCIENCE EXPERIMENT at
home with your child at the sink.
TOPIC: Air pressure and water. We had a blast in class trying it! Ask your child to explain WHY the paper stays
on the cup filled with water when turned upside down.
Jack was our fabulous STAR OF
THE WEEK. He is the youngest of 4
children in his family. He was born in
Saskatoon. His favourite colour is orange.
He LOVES to eat long noodles and perogies. His hobbies include: hockey, baseball, building with Lego and
computers. He is looking forward to a family trip to Disneyland this fall.
REMINDERS:
No school this Friday and next Monday.
1. Nate is our STAR OF THE WEEK on May 19th.
2. Global News Weather Specialist,
Tiffany Lizee visits our class on Thurs. a.m.
3. Please send permission slips
and $11.00 in cash or on Parent Portal for MacKenzie Art Gallery and Golden
Mile bowling if you have not already done so.
Enjoy the May long weekend! :)
Ms. Selimos
Thursday, May 7, 2015
May 4 2015 week with Ms. Selimos
HELLO PARENTS AND STUDENTS,
Our writing trait review this week was using exact nouns. Our new focus is using stronger verbs in our
writing. We enjoyed working on a few pieces of writing about MOTHER’S DAY. We know that you will LOVE the writing
masterpieces written about our lovely moms.
The Grade 2s began the final math unit with me; Data Analysis. We have been learning about CONCRETE GRAPHS
and PICTOGRAPHS. The children have
enjoyed surveying classmates about pets, hobbies, favourite colours and
more. We used real crayons, 2 sided
counters and pennies to create CONCRETE GRAPHS. We created a list of questions
incorporating vocabulary such as:
favourite, most popular, least popular, tie, more than, less than, put
in order from least to greatest, put in order from greatest to least. EXAMPLES:
Which colour was the most popular?
How many more kids liked green than red?
Etc.
Aazan was our handsome STAR OF THE WEEK. He was born in Pakistan and is the middle
child. He has a younger sister and an
older brother. He speaks Urdu at home. He has traveled to Banff, Lake Louise, and Drumheller in Alberta. He enjoyed the Children’s Museum in
Winnipeg. He loves to ride his bike and
to go on picnics.
Our new French theme is transportation. We learned the song: Wheels on the Bus, played some drama games
and read Comment Voyager? The
children also created a beautiful card for moms. Here is the link for the bus
song:
We focused on the water cycle this week for science and
created “wheels” of evaporation, condensation and precipitation. We read an AWESOME book called Flash,
Crash Rumble and Roll by Franklyn M. Branley, which explained thunder,
lightning and provided us with SAFETY TIPS.
We have discussed cirrus (feather clouds), stratus (raindrop
clouds)and cumulus (fat, puffy, cotton
clouds) through games, songs and writing activities. Here are some links to
explore:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T05djitkEFI Water cycle song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWb4KlM2vtsn Great
water cycle rap song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY9HG8zUgOE EAL water cycle process video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3NeMVBcXXU
Water cycle rap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U80LVjVX75k Drawings, video of water cycle
The boys and girls are looking forward to the school dance
tomorrow afternoon. We will dance for
half an hour in the p.m. in the gym. We
are also looking forward to our one hour session re: Agrim Seed Survivor Mobile Classroom on
Friday morning.
REMINDERS:
1.
Go to Parent Portal and/or check your child’s
agenda on MONDAY, May 11th. I
will be sending a note re: MacKenzie Art
Gallery ($3.25 cost) and Bowling/bus ($7.75 cost).
2.
Jack is STAR OF THE WEEK on Monday, May 11th.
Happy Mother’s Day weekend, to all of our wonderful moms and
grandmas!
Ms. Selimos
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