Happy Winter Walk to School Day!

For Winter Walk Day, 11 of Mrs. Seymour's students walked to school, and 10 of Mrs. Cose's students walked to school today. We can do better than that, Grade 2s! Let's try to find more days to walk to school this year.

Highlight from today:
This morning we had some visitors from Area office in our classroom. We got to share with them what we were writing about, and what kinds of tools we used to help us complete our writing tasks.

 


Reminders:

• next Wednesday, February 12 is early dismissal (11:45) and our small Valentine's celebration (see blog post here for information)
• next Thursday and Friday are convention days (no school for students)
• Family Day (no school) on Monday, February 17th - click here for some ideas for Family Day 

Valentine's Day

We will be having a small celebration for Valentine's Day on February 12. It is your child's and family's choice if you wish to participate or not.  We ask that if your child chooses to give out cards, that they include everyone in your child's individual class (not both classes), to avoid hurt feelings.
Also, as a reminder, we ask that you not include any food items with your Valentines.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.

Room 128:

Alexis

Alivia

Aubrey

Bailey

Braeden

Carson

Celina

Chase

Chasity

Corbin

Drayden

Ibrahim

Jaxon

Maddox

Marek

Mila

Myles

Nirvik

Sawyer

Sofia

Zoey R.

Zoey S.

Mrs. Seymour

Room 129:

Aaron

Abem

Adam

Addison

Anna

Avery

Bennett

Bria

Drew

Emily

Eric

Evelyn

Jasmine

Kasper

Kohde

Laith

Naomi

Rana

Sayeh

Stone

Xaviera

Zaeem
Mrs. Cose

Other adults in both rooms: Mrs. Janzen, Mrs. Bold, Mrs. Sagoo

Monday & Tuesday - Mrs. Cose's class

We have had a busy few days while our friends in Mrs. Seymour's class were at RKP. We have enjoyed the opportunity to work with new friends from Mrs. McDougall and Mrs. Gardner's classes :)

Highlights from the last few days:

- learned a new math game "Fill the Stairs"
- worked on the "cookie problem"
- read with new friends
- wrote some poetry about RKP
- learned about one point perspective and the vanishing point
- began an art project related to the interior at RKP
- worked on our drumming patterns in Music
- learned a new Pokemon themed game in PE
- had a chance to visit New Brighton Pond and were excited to see two ducks were there

A reminder that tomorrow is Winter Walk Day - try to walk to school. Here is a video to check out:

Winter walk 

RKP Day 2 - Mrs. Seymour's Class

Tomorrow is WINTER WALK DAY! Please dress warmly and walk to school if you can! 

Reasons why winter walking is awesome:

• prevent greenhouse gasses (better for the environment) - Maddox
• get energy/exercise (healthy) - Myles
• spend time with your friends - Mrs. Seymour
• your parents don't have to be frustrated with no parking spots - Mrs. Janzen
• play games / have fun while you walk - Myles
• faster than driving to school (for some of you) 
• give your parents a break! - Myles

Highlights from Day 2 at Ralph Klein Park:

• we sketched animal skulls (Sofia)
• we reflected on interesting facts that we learned (Marek)
• we sketched landscapes (Corbin)
• in the compost toilet, there is a fan that blows air while you're "doing your business" (Ibrahim)
• I enjoyed sketching coyotes (Drayden)
• I enjoyed sketching the landscapes (Chase & Carson)
• when we were sketching the landscapes, that was my favourite part (Alexis)
• I enjoyed sketching the porcupine (Alivia)
• I enjoyed writing the things that we learned over the past two days (Chasity)
• I enjoyed sketching the red-tailed hawk skull (Zoey R)
• the letters FLAB were helpful when taking photos because we remembered:
• F - focus
• L - lighting
• A - angles
• B - background/foreground
  (Braeden)
• I enjoyed writing (Bailey)
• I enjoyed sketching a fox (Aubrey)

RKP - Mrs. Seymour's Class

At Ralph Klein Park...

• we sketched animal skulls like a Canada Goose, a black bear, deer  (Drayden, Marek, Sawyer)
• at our table, we sketched two bird feet (Maddox)
• we learned about wetlands, how to keep our water healthy (Jaxon)
• don't litter (Aubrey)
• pick up your dog's poop (Sofia)
• take your car to get check-ups/maintenance 
• we found items for a photo nature scavenger hunt, and we learned about a super-cool compostable toilet (Myles, Maddox) 
• when we washed our hands, we heard the sounds of ducks and frogs to remind us that we have to share our water with wildlife (Mila & Braeden)

Pond Walk

Just an FYI to families of students in Mrs. Cose's class :)

We are planning to take students on a walk to New Brighton Pond Monday and/or Tuesday next week. Mrs. Seymour's class will be at Ralph Klein Park.

Please send appropriate outdoor shoes and clothing (snowpants too!) for an enjoyable experience.

Happy HALF-WAY day!

Happy Half-Way Through Grade 2 Day!
We've been in school 90/180 days so far.

No school tomorrow - PD Day

Field trip on Monday/Tuesday for Mrs. Seymour's class: 
- bring a leak-proof water bottle that is filled and ready to go
- a litterless packed lunch and snacks
- dress in layers
- bring outdoor boots (we'll pack our indoor shoes in our backpacks)
- gloves and a warm hat (gloves will be better for sketching outside, but mittens will suffice if that's all you have :))
- warm winter jacket / snow pants

STEAM Club Update:
Steam club will be canceled on Feb 3^rd and 4^th due to the grade 2 Ralph Klein field trip. STEAM club will resume on Feb 10^th and 11^th and the Monday group will make up the day they missed on Feb 24^th and the Tuesday group on Feb 18^th.


We sketched artifacts and looked really closely at objects to make sure we were capturing all of the details using different kinds of strokes.

We learned about taking FLAB photographs:
- FOCUS on the target (Corbin)
- LIGHTING (Maddox)
- ANGLE (above/below, front) (Marek)
- BACKGROUND and foreground (Braeden)

We went on the computers to work on our math skills playing Prodigy (Jaxon).

Have a wonderful weekend and we'll see you on Monday!