Introducing our baby chick, born on Monday April 12, 2010

PJ and Crazy Hair Day

Our trip to the Artists for Kids Gallery

Great Winter Poetry by Division 10

Ode to Winter Winter is white like an icy snowman melting in my garden, a fluffy snowflake fluttering from the sky, and a polar bear ice skating on some ice. By Lana		Ode to Winter Winter is grey like creepy fog making it hard to see, a shirt that keeps you warm, and hard clouds By Armin
Ode to Winter Winter is grey like a fast wolf looking for food, a pair of skis carrying me down the mountain, and the dark sky floating above my house. Winter is white like a snowman standing in my yard, a polar bear getting food in the ocean, and a rabbit that can camoflauge in the snow. By Georgia		Ode to Winter Winter is brown like a pencil, hot chocolate sitting on a table, and a bare tree waving in the air. Winter is white like new fallen snow blanketing the ground, an angel flying on the sky, and soft snowflakes landing on the ground. By Tommy
Ode to Winter Winter is white like a wet snowman starting to melt, a fluffy cotton ball removing nail polish, and the cold wind that blows through the bare trees. By Caitlin		Ode to Winter Winter is white like a sad cloud getting ready for electricity, a shy snowman melting in the snow, and a lonely polar bear swimming in the salty water. By Sina
Ode to Winter winter is pink like a butterfly flying in the sky, a sun set, and a valentine’s heart. By Darya		Ode to Winter Winter is white like a shiny snowflake, a pretty icicle shining in the breezy winter night, and a small snowman waiting to melt. By Tuana
Ode to Winter Winter is white like a big sparkly icicle dancing from the ceiling, a round snowball falling from the blue sky, and a warn snowman that is starting to melt. By Brandon		Ode to Winter Winter is black like a black bear hibernating in a cave, some black coal burning in the fire, and a bare tree swinging in the winter. By James
Ode to Winter Winter is white like a polar bear swimming for fish, a fluffy cloud floating in the sky, and a white snowman building a snow dog. By Gillian		Ode to Winter Winter is black like a scary bear getting food for hibernation and long licorice in the store, and the sticky tar that is waiting to dry. By Sarah
Ode to Winter Winter is white like a falling snowflake that lands on my tongue, a freezing snowman decorated with a scarf, and a puffy cloud that is floating in the sky. By Tara		Ode to Winter Winter is white like freezing icicles hanging on an edge, a snowy snowman dancing on the ground, and a cloud floating in the sky. By Natalie
Ode to Winter Winter is white like a puffy polar bear a sparkling snowflake falling down, and a cotton ball washing my nails. By Nikola		Ode to Winter Winter is white like a freezing snowman sitting on the cold white snow, a shining snowflake in the cold winter sky, and the freezing snow falling from the sky. By Negin
Ode to Winter Winter is white like a big snowman staring at you, a polar bear hunting for food, and a very skinny icicle hanging from a big tall tree. By Ida		Ode to Winter Winter is white like a flopping snowman in my backyard, a noisy wolf stomping through the snow, and a sprarkling snowflake in the sky. By Leah
Ode to Winter Winter is white like a fluffy polar bear lying in the snow, a frozen icicle dripping from my house, and a melting snowman sitting in my back yard. By Alyssa		Ode to Winter Winter is white like a rolling wave crashing on a rocky beach, a fast polar bear hunting for fish in the cold water, and a fluttering snowflake hitting the ground. By Chaise
Ode to Winter Winter is white like the whispering wind picking up the blowing snow, like melting ice cream waiting to be licked and a scary polar bear lying in the snow. By Jordan	....................	Ode to Winter Winter is white like a cold icicle melting, a polar bear walking along the ice, and a fuzzy round cotton ball polishing nails. By Tyler

Happy New Year and welcome back

We hope your holiday was relaxing and that you got to spend time with your families.  Our focus for this term will be: reading with increased fluency and expression, reading non-fiction material (about the Olympics, etc.), reading and responding to poetry, reader's theatre , and reading other children's work and responding to the feelings and moods that it conveys.  In writing, the children will be expected to use the word wall more consistently and to edit their written work, use learned spelling patterns (short vowels, ed, es, ing, s, y endings) correctly, write a proper paragraph with revisions and create different forms of poetry using descriptive language.  They will continue to practice attentive listening and this term will learn how to respond to others to show their attention and interest.  The arts will be the focus of our next IB Unit and more information will be coming home at the end of this week.  Please continue to check your child's planner as there may be more "homework" required during the Olympic Games.  It should be an exciting term and we are looking forward to watching your children make continued progress as they become more balanced, curious, and knowledgeable learners. 

 December 2009
Mrs. Donaldson and Mrs. Danieli wish all of our children and their families a wonderful and safe holiday.  

November 30th
What a great month of learning November has been!  We have seen tremendous improvement in reading, writing, listening and speaking as well as in questioning and predicting. 
The children are learning to transfer word wall words into their daily writing as well as sound out all the letter sounds they hear as they improve their inventive spelling. 
Mad Science came in last week and did several great hands-on experiments with the grade two's and the children were on task, respectful and learned a lot about the different states of matter and the changes that take place, and why.  Here are some pictures that were taken of our scientists hard at work.

October 31st

Happy Thanksgiving!  

We had fun making Stone Soup and talking about acts of kindness today.  We also learned about the Dalai Lama and how they celebrate Thanksgiving (food, celebrations, customs).  Here are some photos of us enjoying our yummy soup.