Our Class Snowman Lifecycle

Today connection with our Snow men at Night unit we are currently doing with several other grade two classes across North America, we studied the life cycle of a snowman in science.  This was an idea I took from Mrs. Morgan's class grade 2 class in Texas. - Ms. Nairn


We made a snowman today and it turned into a liquid. - Kaleigh
Today we made a science snowman and when the snowman melted we poured the water of the snowman into a kettle.We waited a little while and then the gas came out of the kettle. - Sofiya
Today we made a snowman.  When we came back from recess, the snowman was almost melted.  It was solid and partly liquid.  Then we had another recess and then the snowman was all melted.  Ms. Nairn got a kettle and she put the water in the kettle.  The kettle made water turn into a gas. - Kayleigh
Mrs. Stevens got some snow and put it into a green bucket. She brought it inside so we could use it to build a snowman. Ms. Nairn chose two people at a time to make a ball out of snow for the snowman's body.  Everybody got a chance.  His head fell off after a few minutes because the snowman melts in heat. - Zoe
Our snowman melted and we put it in a cup.  Then put it into a kettle.  The we turned it on and steam came out. - Jason
When we started to build the snowman we had to splash water on the snow. - A
The snow was cold and also very, very wet. - Faith
Today we made a snowman out of snow and we had to splash into the snow because after our snowman melted we put the snowman's water into a kettle and Ms. Nairn put a bucket over it and it made steam in the bucket. - Brook
It was fun because I got to stick my hand in and make the head.  When I made the head my hands weren't cold at all. - Kohen

Snowman Life Cycle - slideshows

Boy + Bot = Excitment

Over winter break I took some time to look for some new books to read in our class this term.  I have been following two educators on twitter who highly recommended Boy + Bot by Ame Dyckman for students.  The first day back at school I read the book and the students loved it!  I happen to follow the author on twitter and let her know how much we enjoyed it.

Today, a package arrived in our mailbox, one I knew was coming, but the students did not.  Ame was kind enough to send my students some Boy + Bot swag.

We spent sometime predicting what might be inside the package...was it a stuffy?  a copy of the book?  a different book?  We opened the package and we were thrilled with what we found inside.

We tried on the bracelets and examined the stickers and bookmarks.

The students wanted to say thanks and so we put a quick script together and recorded it. 

Thanks again Ame!  You made our day!
-Ms. Nairn

Back

We are back at school after Winter Break.  This term we are learning about solids, liquids and gases, place value and 2D and 3D shapes in math, the Ojibway culture in social students and our teeth in health.

Here are some things the students wanted to share:

Yesterday we had spelling sheets and we all improved!!! So we had a little party and got pretzels.  Ms. Christian, our student teacher in not in our class everyday anymore. - Zoe
We got pretzels that were shaped like the alphabet. - Paige
Today we went to music and we played on the instruments. - Kaleigh
In math we have learned about subtraction and addition snap. - Davion
On Mondays I got skating and sometimes I go really fast and my mom gets really scared that I might hurt myself. - Kayleigh
I got a paintball gun for Christmas and I think it is the best thing I ever got. - Nathan
I got a Kobo and I put Alice in Wonderland on it. - Dylan
For Christmas I got a tablet and Halo 4.  Halo 4 has good graphics.- A

Looking back on 2012 Part 1

2012 is coming to an end and we are a third of the way through this school year. I wanted to take this time to show some of the amazing and awesome things that the students have worked on so far this year.  I am so proud of all that we have accomplished and can't wait for January 7th when we are back at school.
 - Ms. Nairn


At the beginning of December we made cards to send to classrooms across North America, as well as Australia and Northern Ireland.  This was part of a Project's by Jen project.  The theme this year was snow globes and as you can see students too their time to add detail to their drawings.  The results were great and we have enjoyed receiving cards from the other classes.  Perhaps we will get a few more in the new year.



We have been working alot on writing this term, including writing letters to our university buddies, creating our own stories and to show our understanding of position, in science, writing riddles.  This writing turned into scripts we used to create our voice thread.

The last day of school before Christmas break

Today we went to the moon room for a special assembly.  We got dance Just Dance 4.  It was really fun.  We came back after and went for recess.  Recess was awesome. - Kayleigh
I really like Just Dance 4, especially the first song. - Kohen
We built cars out of boxes, plastecine and lids. - Kylie
On the day of our concert some of us accidentally cracked our glowsticks before it was time to crack them.  My mom could hardly see me because some very very adults were sitting infront of her.  I could not see her either. - Zoe.

First Post in awhile

At music we had a dress rehearsal and the kindergarten's were there with their teachers to watch us.  They clapped. - Davion
Today we went to gym and we played Front Bridge Tag. - Paige
Yesterday we watch a science video about friction.  Friction is when you rub your hands together they get warm. - Sofiya
Yesterday we watched a video that showed us about friction.  Bill was the science guy and he is really funny because he was pulling a rope and then he said "oh this is a lever" and he pulled the lever.  The lever crashed down and then he rubbed his hands together. - Zoe
On the 17th we have our Christmas concert.  I am really excited to see my parents. - Ewan
Yesterday we watched a Bill Nye the Science Guy video and it was funny because Bill rubbed his hands so fast that he set them on fire.  But its not true, it can't really happen. - Jillian
Yesterday we went to our practice for our Christmas concert.  We wear these sparkly headbands.  The grade three students wore costumes. - Kayleigh
Every day we practice our Christmas concert until the Christmas concert happens. - A
We have a Christmas concert with the grade three students and the grade twos. - Brook
At the Christmas concert I am on the tree. - Kaleigh
Yesterday we went to music rehearsal and we watched the grade threes act. - Madison
On Monday we will have our Christmas concert with grade 3's and 2's. - Cole
At gym we played a game called Helicopter. The rope comes around and you jump over it. - Kylie
Today on our Christmas (advent) calendar I dropped my chocolate when I was doing it. - Nathan
We sent Christmas cards to people who visit our blog. - Jearan
One card was a prank from the teacher next door. - Faith
When we sent Christmas cards to other people we got some back. - Vanessa.

How Living Things Move

 We are learning about how different things move.  Here is our the list we came up with for each type of movement.

How Living Things Move

Swim	Walk/Run	Hop/Jump	Fly	Swing
-          Sea Otter -          Dolphin -          Fish -          Killer Whale -          Human	-          Tyrannosaurus -          Wolf -          Cheetah -          Human -          Bear -          Antelope	-          Kangaroo -          Bunny -          Human -          Frog -          Wildebeest (Over things) - Grasshopper	-          Pterodactyl -          Geese -          Fly -          Bird -          Eagle -          Flying Squirrel  (glide)	-          Monkey -          Apes -          Humans -          Sloth -          Gorilla -          Orangutan

Below is a video we watched yesterday, about 3 dogs being taught how to drive, to show how smart dogs are.  Not the usual mode of movement for a dog.