100 Days of School!

As of Tuesday, we have been at school for 100 days (give or take a day). So our class had a small celebration with students bringing 100 items from home: some edible and some not! We counted and sorted 10 groups of 10 edible treats such as raisins, gummy bears, cheerios and other yummy kinds of cereal. Then nibbled on them after. Each student also made their own poster and filled it with 100 things. Take a look at our gallery of photos.

click here

Spelling words: Homophones

Our spelling list this week includes homophones: words that sound the same but have different meanings. The list:

to, too, two, there, their, they're, than, then

What most of students had difficulty with were the following words: they're, than and then

Anti-Bully day...Wear Pink!

Today was Anti-Bully Day, also called "Stand Up Against Bullying" Day and Division 11 showed their support by wearing pink!!! Almost everyone wore pink. Well done Division 11!!

News for the Week of February 16-20

Hello families,
I've been able to upload some of the photos from our exciting field trip on to our blog. It was a great trip - and lots of students are telling me that they have been watching the night sky for some of the constellations we learned about (the big dipper, the little dipper, and Cassiopeia; as well as the North Star)
We look forward to seeing you at our family conferences tomorrow!

Space Centre a Big Hit!

Hi families,
Our trip to the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre was a huge success. The students enthusiastically explored every inch of the Cosmic Centre and thoroughly enjoyed our two presentations: "A Day in Space" (which taught us all about a day in the life of an astronaut) and "Harold's Solar System." Thank you to Ms. Ho and Mr. Chu who helped supervise the students.
I was hoping to post our photos today, but there is a glitch with the camera... so I'll try to get them out within the next few days.
Until then, Mrs. J

News for the Week of February 2 -6

Greetings!
As I mentioned last week we will going on our next field trip VERY soon. Look for the permission slip to arrive home with all the details this week. (hint hint - we're going to the Space Centre!!!!)
Saleema Noon will be visiting our classrooms this coming Friday (remember the notice that came home from the office?)

This week's spelling words are:
Whole class (all words are two syllables an end in 'er')
planter, rafter, grander, after, faster, hamper, damper, camper, rather, silver

Challenge Words: (all words contain 'ing' and many use the doubling consonant rule)
gripping, stopping, shedding, bedding, getting, humming, strumming, muttering, stuffing, flittering

Have a lovely week!