'Twas the Night Before....Summer Break!

It's hard to believe that we are writing our final blog posts. How quickly this year has flown by!

We were reflecting on our year today. Here is a very important question that answered:

   What was the most important thing you learned this year?
1. "The most important thing I learned to have fun and learn everywhere. For example, in Gym when you learn and have fun in a new game." M.S.
2. "The most important thing I learned
3. "The most important thing I learned was new answers for new Math questions. For example, 26+50=76." L.M.
4. "The most important thing I learned was new animals. For example like bugs and insects and for example on insects is a grasshopper and a bug is a rolly polly." C.S.
5. "The most important thing I learned was in Gym. There was a game called Zoo tag." M.S.
6. "The most important thing I learned in Grade 2 that the Room 2 Soccer Roccer's were a really good soccer team." N.G.



A couple of quick reminders for tomorrow:

1. If you happen to spot your child's iLab bag at home tonight, please send it to school tomorrow. All of their school belongings will be coming home in it.
2. Tomorrow is a half day. Therefore just a snack is needed.
3. Report cards will be coming home tomorrow. Please look in your child's backpack for it when they get home.
4. Staff will be at school on Thursday and Friday if you forget anything or need to talk to a teacher.

Active Living Day

This morning we had our annual Active Living Day. Here's some of our favorite memories from our morning:

1. "Today in Active Learning Day I learned a new game called Noodle Ball. It's where you have two noodles and a ball. You need to have a team of 2 or more. You can't touch the ball with your body or your hands. You have to pick up the ball with a noodle and  walk with it to cones and try not to make it fall." M.S.
2. "In Active Living Day I went to  a station called Drip, Drip, Drop. There was two teams. They both had a sponge. Then someone counts to 3. Then the two people at the front of the line run quickly and squeeze water out of the sponge into a cup and then run back to the front of the line and passes the sponge to them." D.G.
3. "Today in Active Living Day I learned a game and you had to get Kapla blocks and you had to run and go to the pylon and stack the kapla blocks and you had to try and make a tower. Whoever's tower fell down, they lost. If the tower you built stays, you win." C.S.

Reminders:
1.  Bring my iLab bag back to school to use for all my belongings on Wednesday.

Happy Friday!

3 Things We Did Today at Maple Ridge School:
1. "In Science/Build Habitats I learned it was okay to make an arachnid habitat." N.G.
2. "In Science we made our diorama shoebox habitat for our insects and arachnids." J.V.
3. "We put on the legs and antennae on our clay insects. For example  a wasp has antennas and legs obviously." O.S.

Reminders:
1. We are using our iLab bags to bring all of our belongings home in next Wednesday. If your bag is not at school, please look for it at home. If you can't find it, then you need to bring  another larger bag to school next week.
2.

Today was the Last Thursday of Grade 2! 😮

3 Things We Learned Today:
1. "Today we painted our insects with only 6 colors to use. Tomorrow we will put on their legs." K.H.
2. "Today in Music we continued playing a Math Music game. It had 5 rows for different rounds. The first row was M, the second row was U, the third row was S, the forth row was I, and the last row was C." M.C.
3. "In Gym I learned how to play dodgeball and then two teams are on each side and then get the balls and you have to throw it at them. If you hit someone on the head you go out onto the other side. If someone throws the ball to you and you catch it, you are free and you can keep hitting people. If you score a basket when people are on the bench, all of the people come out and they can come and throw again." C.S.

Reminders:
1. We only need a couple of shoeboxes for our habitats!
2. Early dismissal on Wednesday, June 26th.

Heritage Park Happiness!

We had a fantastic day at Heritage Park! We were really grateful that the weather turned out to be quite lovely.

Here's some highlights from our day:
1. "The best part of my day was going to the Blacksmith ('Smithy") because I learned that the blacksmiths wife actually made small things like nails." D.T.
2. "The best part of my day was the Caterpillar ride because it went straight, then it went down and then turned. Then it went down and up. First it's like little cars and then a sheet comes overtop when it goes a little bit faster." M.S.
3. "The best part of my day was the old houses. When you went inside it looked a little more first class than your original house you have in 2019." D. G.
4. "Me and my group liked we get to go onto the swings. We went slow and then we went fast." J.H.
5. "My favorite part of the day was going to the hospital and going to the railway car shop because you can inside all the trains that were there and it goes in a circle to get to all the trains." S.M.

Reminders:
1.  Last fun lunch tomorrow. It is Little Ceasers.

Getting Ready for Heritage Park Tomorrow!

We were able to earn our 3 check marks which means that we are going to Heritage Park tomorrow!!!
It's supposed to rain tomorrow. Here's some reminders about going on a field study in the rain:
1.  We should wear rain boots and a rain coat.
2.  Dress in laters so we can change our clothes if necessary.
3. Bring a big lunch because there is lots of walking at Heritage Park.

3 Things We Learned Today:
1. "Today we learned in Gym a new game called Zoo Tag. There are 3 types of players. There are Zookeepers, Monkeys and animals. The monkeys free the animals from the cage. The zookeepers tag the animals and put them in the cage and the animals have to run like the animal they choose and they try not to get tagged." M.S.
2. "In Math we started The Great Number Challenge. You folded a piece of paper into 16 squares. Then you would number the squares to 15. Then you chose a number between 5 and 25. You can put that number in any of the squares. Each square had a different challenge such as draw your number in a hidden picture." M.C.
3. "In Science some of us finished making our Insect Island booklets and started on the front cover. We had to draw our insect with details and the back of the paper we had to draw our insect and label the different parts of it's body." S.C.

Reminders:
1. Final fun lunch on Thursday.
2. Last day with students is Wednesday, June 26th. This is a half day.
3. ALL library books are due back now.
4. Please bring all empty shoeboxes to school.

Call for Books and Home Reading

We need many more shoeboxes at school. We are hoping to begin our Insect Diorama's tomorrow!

As we get closer to the end of the year, we are noticing students are increasingly tired and silly. Please ensure your child is getting enough rest afterschool and sleep at night.


3 Things We Learned Today:
1. " In Math we learned how to make a bar graph. We needed to make it about a specific thing and ask other people our survey question, and we wrote it down after." D.T.
2."In our  Read Aloud we finished our book called Ticket to Curlew. It ended by getting Prince/King back." L.S.
3. "In Gym we learned a new tag called Dance Tag. 2 people have balls that they free people after they are tagged. Before they get released from the tag zone, they have to dance. Everybody else has to run from the taggers." L.M.

Reminders:
1.Heritage Park on Wednesday. It looks like it is going to rain so I will need to wear rain boots and rain coat. We are encouraging students not to bring an unbrella.
2. Last fun lunch on Thursday. It is Little Ceasers.
3. ALL library books due back now. Please return.
4. We need to get all of our Home Reading books back to Room 2. Please return all home reading books by Friday.

Friday Frenzy!

As we get closer to the end of the year, it's seems to be getting busier in Room 2 and routine items like the blog are getting left behind!

We had a lot of fun today with our big buddies in trying to create the Life Cycle of our insect we are researching. It was a challenging, yet fun activity. Many of us learned new skills in coding and the importance of giving/producing the right set of directions.

Reminder: We are in need of empty shoeboxes for next week. If you have any extras lying around, please send to school to build our insect habitats.

Enjoy your weekend!

We Need Your Help!

We are creating diorama's of our insect's habitats. In order to do this, we need to collect empty shoeboxes. Please bring in empty shoeboxes over the next couple of days as we will begin building next week. 

Tomorrow we are doing a coding challenge with our buddies. We will be using the program called Scratch Jr. If you have time tonight to practice on Scratch Jr. and explore that would be very helpful for tomorrow. If you can't get onto Scratch Jr. tonight, that is okay. 

3 Things We Learned Today:

1. "With Mr. Cartier we went to the iLab and had free time so you could do weaving, lego, sketching, Hexalinks and many more." M.C. 

2. "Today in Morning Math I learned what a universal truth. You can't make an odd number from adding or multiplying even numbers." M.S.  

3. "Today in Science it was our last day of researching on the iPad about insects to put in Insect Island." K.H. 

Reminders:

1. Heritage Park trip next Wednesday.

2. Last fun lunch is on Thursday June 20th. 

Helping out the Bees!

3 Things We Learned Today:
1. "In Art we are doing a painting of the ocean. Mrs. Varga taught us how to make the ocean with seaweed  and salt." L.M.
  "In Art, our project is top secret." S.M. 
2. "In Science we learned how to take weeds out because they were choking the plants out." J.H.
   "In Science we learned how to recognize if a plant is a weed, grass or plant." J.V.
3. "In Math we had 3 stations we could choose from. 1 was Spin and Cover and the 2 others were "I have, Who has...' and the 4 square problem." M.M.

Reminders:
1. Heritage Park forms due back now.
2. Last fun lunch of the year is Friday, June 20th.

The Great Square Challenge!

Today we had the Math challenge of how many squares can you make by overlapping 3 squares of the same size. Through this we learned the difference between a square and a rectangle.

I wonder how many squares you can make by overlapping 4 squares of the same size?

3 Things We Learned Today:

1. “In Math we had a challenge because we had to make the greatest number of squares. We had to use 3 squares that were the same size.” M.M.

2. “In Music we played a game called Naughty Kitty Cat. A person goes in the middle and there’s an owner and you put your hands up. The owner has to try and tag the kitty cat before it gets back in it’s spot.” L.S.

3. “In Gym I learned a new game called Balls and Rings. We had to take Frisbees and lay them around the gym. Some of the class had to put the balls in the Frisbees (rings) and other people had to try and knock them out with pool noodles.” S.C.  

Reminders:

1. Heritage Park forms due now.

2. School wide photo order form due now.

3. Please note that the last day of school is Wednesday, June 26^th. This is a half day.

4. If you have not yet returned your child’s report card envelope from Term 1, please do so. These envelopes are white.

Shape Games!

1 Thing We Learned Today:
"In Math we learned two new shape games. One game was called 'I have a _____, do you have a _____?" S.M.

Reminders:
1. Heritage Park forms due back now.
2. School photo orders due back now.

Insect Island!

 Today we found out that we have been 'invited' by an entomologist to help him create an Insect Island. We need to research an insect to find out if it could be one of the creatures on the Island.

3 Things We Learned Today:
1. "In Math we made shapes with the geoboard. We are trying to answer the question of Is there another shape other than a semi-circle that has 2 sides?" D.G.
2. "In Science we learned about insects to put Mr. Klad's Insect Island. For example, a fly or a ladybug." O.S.
  I am encouraged to do some research about my insect at home to bring to school.
3. "With Mr. C. we watched some brain teasers. One example was, a rooster laid an egg on a pointy roof. Which way would it fall off?" J.V.

Reminders:
1. Heritage Park forms went home today. Please complete and return.
2. Fun snack tomorrow.

A Positively Perfect Day At Pearce Estates Park

3 Things We Learned Today at Pearce Estates Park:
1. "At Pearce Estates I learned that there were water striders at the Park." N.G.
2. "At Pearce Estates Park I learned what a worm's eye view is. We painted trees as a worm would see." S.M
3. "With Ms. Brandley we did a hunt for bugs and if you saw a bug in the tree, sky or ground and marked it off in one of the boxes. We then had to put down what we got the most off." D.G.

Unfortunately on our way home, our bus driver had to pull the bus over because of student misbehavior. We know that we have two little 'p' problems that led to our big 'P' problem today on the bus. As of right now Room 2 and Room 3 need to earn their trip to Heritage Park on June 19th back.

Starting today, Pokemon cards are NO LONGER 🚫 allowed at school. They are causing many problems, including the misbehaviour on the bus. If students are found to have Pokemon cards in their backpack or pockets, they will be given to Mr. Emery and a parent will be called to come and get them back.

There is also a 'game' being played in Room 2 which is hurting feelings of some of our classmates. We had a talk today that this is not a good game to play and it is now stopped.

Reminders:
1. Science Home Journals due Friday!
2.Fun snack on Friday.

Are Life Cycles all the Same?

Tomorrow we are off to Pearce Estates Park for our field study. We will be outside all day. Please wear sunscreen and wear a hat. Please bring a full water bottle and a hearty lunch.

3 Things We Learned Today:
1. "In Science I learned the life cycle of a fly." S.C.
2. "In Math we made robots out of geometric shapes. They were 2-D shapes." M.C.
3."In Morning Math we  learned what shapes Sally, Tyger, Captain and Frazer chose." L.M.

Challenge: How are 2-D and 3-D shapes connected?

Reminders:
1. Last fun snack on Friday, June 7th.
2. Heritage Park field study on Wednesday, June 19th.

A Special Guest

With our special guest, her name was Monique and she works at the Fish Creek Library and there is a summer reading challenge where you can win if you register at any Calgary library or online at www.calgarylibrary.com. You can win an iPod, a Nintendo Switch, a bike or a party at the library!


3 Things We Learned Today:
1. "In Reader's Workshop we learned our new key sound for the week. It is 'oy'." K.H.
2. "In Math I learned a new shape called a polygon." M.S.
3. "In Science we figured out 3 characteristics about bugs and insects. The 3 characteristics for insects were:
  -they all have antennae
  -they all have wings
  -they all have 6 legs
   And the one for bugs was:
   -they can have hard outer shells
   -they can have a different amount of legs
   -they can have a different number of eyes" N.G.

Reminders:
1. Yearbook order forms went home today.
2. Calgary Public Library information brochure went home today.