No Homework Tonight!

Winners!

Let's all go to the beach!!  We're the winners in the primary division! Today we had 100% participation in Clairlea's Spirit Day.  Well Done...awesome job.  Icy cold treats to come!  Mmmmmm....

New Spelling Lists

Our day was jam packed and we did not get to write in our spelling words.  We will have an opportunity to do it on Monday, however here they are for those who brought their agendas home.

Grade 2 homework - choose 1 activity
Grade 3 homework - choose 2 activities

Grade 2
high
light
fight
might
night
right
bright
sight
tight
eight
midnight
sunlight

Grade 3
cool
fool
roof
noon
balloon
cocoon
goose
moose
loose
lose
choose
flute
rude
mule
music
shampoo
kangaroo

Flips, Slides and Turn Games Online

Try these links below for extra practice with transformations!

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mw/swfs/robopacker_grade4.html

A bit more of a challenge...

http://www.compasslearningodyssey.com/sample_act/34math_keyfits.html

Important Reminders

Thursday, Jan. 26th.

• Beach Day! (see earlier post for details)
• Pizza Lunch
• Recorder Club (lunch time)
• Graphing and Movement Homework
• Spelling Test

Friday, Jan. 27

• PA Day
• Family Literacy Day

Monday, Jan 30

• Scholastic Orders Due

Thursday, Feb. 3

• Literacy Passports Deadline

Presentations

 Kamal - Soccer

Safwan - Hockey

David - Philippines

Family Literacy Day

January 27^th is Family Literacy Day in Canada. On this day, Canadian families are encouraged to read together, play together, and plan to continue to learn as a family all year long. This special day was created in 1999 by ABC Life Literacy Canada (previously known as ABC CANADA), a charity that researches and promotes literacy in Canada. The theme for this year's Family Literacy Day is "Take the Learning Journey". One of the resources available on FamilyLiteracyDay.ca is a Journey to Learning Passport, which suggests activities you can do individually or as a family to practice everyday learning in the lead up to Family Literacy Day. On Monday, a letter and passport was sent home.  See below for the steps to follow:

1. Do some of the activities.
2. Write name and grade on passport cover.
3. Bring passport back to school.
4. Put passport in ballot box in library (or teachers can collect them in and bring to library as a set).

DEADLINE: Friday February 3rd

PRIZES ANNOUNCED: Monday February 6th.
PRIZES PER DIVISION:

• 1 E-Reader
• 1 $20 Gift card.
• Books (popular, current, great books - some signed by authors)

Giving Back...

You may or may not know, that this year Clairlea is putting on a Fun Fair in May...a Christmas-Themed Fun Fair!  Our Parent Council has kindly asked for families to donate used or unused decorations for May 26th.   Our neighbours up at Eglington Square went through some changes last year and decided to replace all their decorations with new ones.  As a result, Clairlea has inherited all their old decorations and our grade 2's put together a big Thank You card!  I decided it would be best to deliver the card in person, so that's what we did.  We headed to the mall Tuesday after last recess and got to explore the unknown second floor!

Umar, Robert, Sara, Avri and Sarah put together a little presentation and as a thank you to us, the staff gave everyone a USB memory stick in the shape of a snowman!  How perfect and unexpected.  We later enjoyed timbits and good company, then made our way back to school. 



Show N' Tell

Mia's Howler Monkey

This is my Howler Monkey.  I got it for Christmas last year from my Dad.  I brought it in because I like it a lot and because she has cute eyes. I've named my monkey Sugar Plum, just because I like the name.

Skylanders - By Theron

Yesterday I brought in my Skylanders for Show n' Tell.  They include Spyro, Trigger Happy, Gill Grunt and Porpal of Power.  I received these from my Mommy and Daddy this past Christmas Day.  They bought me the gift from Best Buy because they love me :)

This is a toy that hooks up to your gaming station and makes your characters come to life on the screen.



There is NO assigned homework tonight!

Math - Transformations - Flips, Slides and Turns

In Grade 3 math, we are learning about Transformations (the grade 2's are also being exposed to the concept).  Objects and shapes can move in a number of different ways, however we are focusing on Flips (Reflections), Slides (Translations) and Turns (Rotations). The words written in brackets are in fact the words the ministry would like the children to know. 
Sometimes students get confused between flips, slides, and turns. Below are a few resources that might help your child better understand these concepts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=A5u6J8WugyU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=WqBDWVWTWes

Recorder Club

For all those grade 3's in the class who are part of Recorder Club, it is starting up again every Friday over lunch.  However, this coming week, it will fall on THURSDAY, JAN.26th. due to the PA day on Friday. 

Presentations Con't

Akin - Lego Ninjago

Robert - Aerodynamics

Poster Presentation Results

I just wanted to let all parents/guardians know that today I am sending home the marks for the oral presentations we have see so far.  If you have any questions or concerns regarding this, please feel free to direct them my way. 

Spelling Lists + Homework

This week's spelling homework will be due on Thursday, Jan. 26th.  Likewise, the test will also fall on the Thursday due to our PA Day!

Grade 2 Homework - Choose 1-2 of the activities
Grade 3 Homework - Choose 2 of the activities

Grade 2
nice
nine
fine
line
side
slide
smile
time
wirte
live
sidewalk
crocodile

Grade 3
for
four (4)
before
forest
born
corner
morning
storm
porch
orange
door
floor
more
store
wore
orchestra
chorus

A Day at the Beach!

Next thursday is going to be a SPIRIT day at Clairlea!  Students are invited to dress up in their beach and summer wear. The class with the most participants will be rewarded with a prize!
Items include but are not limited to: sunglasses, towels, lays, hats, hoola skirts, and any other items or props. 

More Presentations

Adam - Dinosaurs

Mia - Baby Harp Seals

Maria - Greece

Emma - Ancient Rome

Zachary - Frankeinstein

Lyndsay - Italy

Battleship

We may have time on Friday to play some games.  Battleship has served as a useful way to enforce co-ordinates and movements on a grid.  If by chance you have the game Battleship at your home and are willing to send it in, please do so tomorrow!

Math Homework

We are about to wrap up movement and locations on a grid.  Tonight's homework, Jim's Movement on a Grid revolves around using the right terminology to move around a grid and following directions.  This activity will be due tomorrow.  

Tonights Homework

This week we are working on movement of objects and shapes on a grid.  Some students did not finished their work in class and are bringing the activity home to finish.  In addition, there is a worksheet entitled Moving on a Grid and both are due tomorrow!

The grade 2's have also received a water cycle flow chart activity and this will be due Wednesday or Tomorrow. 

Show N' Tell

 Roberts Sea Shell Collection

On Friday, Robert shared his shell collection. He has collected them himself over the last year - he has way more at home. The shells are mostly from Grand Cayman and Florida.  Robert collects shells because he likes to be reminded of his Family Trips.  He also likes the interesting shapes and colours. 

David's Basketball Jersey

This jersey was given to David from his cousin Lance.  His cousin is a basketball player and when he grew out of it, gave it to David as a gift. David cherishes the jersey because he looks up to Lance and learns a lot about basketball from him.

Kamal's Leaf Jersey

Before the holidays, Kamal brought in his Leaf Jersey. It is an official jersey and it means a lot to him because the Toronto Maple Leafs are his favourite hockey team.  He received it as a gift from his parents. 

Safwan's PS3 Games

After the holidays, Safwan brought in a few of his favourite video games.  He reveived them as gifts - 2 from a recent birthday and 2 for Christmas.  He received all from his family.

Umar's  Presentation - The Lamboroghini

Spelling Lists and Homework

Grade 2 - choose 1 activity from the list (check post from 2 weeks ago)
Grade 3 - choose 2 different activities from last week.

Grade 2
all
ball
hall
fall
hall
tall
wall
talk
walk
shall
chalkboard
beanstalk

Grade 3
bird
girl
first
circle
circus
hurt
turn
nurse
turtle
purple
word
work
worm
world
were
furniture
thirsty

Math Test and spelling test

We will not be having our math test until Monday.  After doing some review work on measurement this afternoon, I'm not totally confident that they are all ready to write a test. I will do more review tomorrow and we will postpone the test until Monday.  The test will focus on measuring lengths, perimeter and area. There will also be temperature questions as well.
Our spelling test will take place tomorrow as usual.  This weeks words can be found on the blog. We did not get an opportunity to copy the words into our agendas on the last day of school, and students were asked to visit the blog over the winter break to get them from there.  You need to scroll down to Friday, Dec. 23 if this has not been done already.

Urban Planning Link

This is a site we used during computers today.  It gave students the opportunity to see what is involved when planning an urban community. If the link doesn't work, simply type in purely games urban planning into google's search bar.

http://www.purely-games.com/urban_planning.html

Presentations

Rishikkesh (Knights), Sara W (Taxi Service) and Theron (Lego Ninjago)

Grade 2 Homework

A Science Scavenger Hunt - due Tomorrow, Thursday, Jan. 12

Oral Presentations

Tomorrow marks the beginning of our presentations.
Theron and Rishikkesh are our first presenters.
Sara and Umar are on Thursday, and Lyndsay and Zach are on Friday!
(Remember, you are  given up to 15 minutes to present.  You do not have to take that long, but can if you like).   

Tonight's Math Homework

More work with Temperature!
Today as a class, we went through each and every question together.  Some were answered, but most were not.  This double-sided sheet is due back tomorrow at which time we will correct it together.
(note: The thermometers on the one side go up by increments of 1)

Math Homework

Happy New Year to all and Welcome to 2012!

We are going to be spending a little bit of time this week focusing on temperature.  Today we discussed the following:

• water boils at 100 degrees Celsius
• water freezes at 0 degrees Celsius
• our body temperature is about 37 degrees Celsius
• room temperature is about 22 degrees Celsius
• the inside of a fridge is about 7 degrees Celsius
• a cold day is around -10 degrees Celsius
• a hot day is around 30 degrees Celsius

Homework:  Reading a thermometer (note that the thermometers are in increments of 2)
There was also work that was to be completed in class and if it was not, then it was sent home.  These are both due back tomorrow.  Tuesday, Jan.10