Happy Monday and Superhero Week!

 Dear Students,

I hope that you are continuing to enjoy the weather! It's Superhero week! I hope that you enjoyed the video today from the famous Science Superhero Bill Nye this afternoon on Water Pollution and other types of Pollution. Tomorrow, we will get to view the Superhero Bill Nye video which relates to our Grade 3 unit on Stable Structures. It should be yet another fun and educational video which will help to extend our learning in Science. 

Don't forget that we will have a Superhero dress-up theme on Thursday. Feel free to dress up as your favourite Superhero. Please do not ask your parents to buy anything for a superhero outfit. Tomorrow, I will give you some ideas on what you can do to look like a superhero without doing that! We will also do a couple of special Superhero activities on Thursday. It should be fun!

Have a great evening:)

Mr. D:)

PS. Our new Words of the Week list has now been posted. Don't forget to learn and practise them:)

Friday Already? Virtual Field Trip Tomorrow!

Howdy Grade 3s and 2s,

It's hard to believe but we have almost arrived at the weekend, and this is our last full week in May!

Please remember to bring to bring your Water Investigation (Grade 2) or Experiment (Grade 3) to our Meeting tomorrow so that we can share our results and go over them. 

Tomorrow we will try our first virtual class Field Trip. It should be lots of fun. Stay tuned! 

Enjoy your evening:)

Mr. D

It's Wednesday!

 Dear Grade 2s and 3s,

Thank you for making Ms. Caminiti feel so welcome today! She really enjoyed being your Supply Teacher:)

WORDS OF THE WEEK: You will notice I haven’t put in the new Words of the Week for this week. That’s because we have two short weeks in a row. Next week is a PD Day on Friday, but I will give a new list to you on Monday

SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS AND INVESTIGATIONS: We will be reviewing the results of our Science Experiments (Gr. 3) and Science Investigations (Gr. 2) next week. You have been asked to send me a completed copy but please hold to your sheets. We will be discussing and reviewing our results this Friday.

Have a great evening!

Mr. D:)

PS. Below is a copy of the humorous story we developed together in our new and fun  “Piece a Story Together” activity this afternoon as promised. I’m so glad that you would like to try it again!

THE DRAGON WHO DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO DO (BUT MARRY A PRINCESS) by Mr. Ds 2/3D Dinos

Once upon a time there was a dragon who was named Emerald. He was ten years old. He was lost and in a forest with a cute cat. “I forget” he said and he didn’t know what to do. His cat didn’t know either and forgot too. His wing was broken and he met a princess who rode on his back and he had something to say. “I just got here and didn’t know what had happened and went “BOO!”. She fell off his back and hurt her back and he hurt his back. Ten years later they are both married and in the hospital!

Good work, Students!

 Dear Students,

 I know the weather is really beautiful and so it it can be more challenging to get your work done. Thank you for continuing to try to and to work hard!

Here is our fun quiz for the week!

1. What band's music did we listen to this morning? 

A. The Rolling Stones

B. The Beatles

C. Van Halen

D.The Doodle Bops

2. In what school do the photos actually move? 

A. St. Leonard's

B. Manotick Public School

C. School of Hogwarts

3. In our Math Word problem where did Suzie shop for her mom's party?

A. Tim Hortons

B. Dollarama

C. Walmart

4. Which kind of activity did we try for the first time in Drama today?

A. Tableaux

B. The Irish Jig

C. Reader's Theatre

5. What was Elsa's show-and-tell video about today?

A. Her dog.

B. Her home gym

C. Curling

See if you can get all the answers correct! We'll review them tomorrow. Have a grrrrrreat evening!

Mr. D:)

I hope you enjoyed Peardeck!

Last week it was Pixton, this week it was Peardeck. Thank you for helping Mr. D test Peardeck for the first time. With you help , this type of interactive learning went well and most of you seemed to enjoy the change! We'll try it again soon. 

Don't forget that tomorrow is Red and Black Den day. Enjoy the lovely evening:)

Mr. D:)

Happy Monday Students!

 Dear Grade 2s and 3s,

I hope that you enjoyed the beautiful weekend. Hopefully you were able to get some fresh air today too! 

Thanks to the students who submitted their pick for our NHL Playoff challenge. If you haven't, let me know who you predict will win the Stanley Cup this year. We are doing it for fun, and you should find it enjoyable to participate in the challgenge.

More students are now completing the Zorbits Adventure Time assignment. When you are done your seat work in 2nd Block and 4th Block you are asked to work on it. It's a great way to improve your Mathematical skills and thinking.

Words of the Week have been posted. Enjoy the rest of your evening:)

Regards,

Mr. D

New York, New York!

Mr. D hopes that you enjoyed the Frank Sinatra song "New York, New York" that we began the day with. Stay tuned for another Sinatra song tomorrow. Don't forget to wear your Red and Black colours for Spirit Wednesdays. 

Here is some other news:

COUNTING QUARTERS HELP SHEET

I will be putting up a "Help Sheet" on the second column of Workspace. It will focus on counting by 25s to help us with adding up quarters - it has been a while since we practised counting by 25s and you will find it helpful.

HOODIE FRIDAY

Let's do another Theme Day for Friday. It will be Hoodie Friday. You will be invited to wear a Hoodie of your choice, and Mr. D will even allow you to put the hood on your head during Virtual Class - and not ask you to take it off. He'll be wearing one too!

Have a grrrrreat night!

Regards, 

Mr. D:)

PS. Don't forget to send me any jokes that you would like me to share with Mrs. Lyonnais and Mrs. Hicks. They may get put on Friday Announcements!

  

 

  

A Great Start to the Week!

 Dear Grade 2s and 3s, 

I hope that you enjoyed celebrating Mother's Day with your moms! Today was a fantastic beginning to our week. You worked very hard and followed our routines closely. 

Money: I have now posted a document with links from which you can print coins and bills in the second column of our Workspace. These manipulatives are useful to have to help you when working through our money exercises. There is also a great practice activity you can do with them. You can also get the document by clicking the link below:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Qc79PRWELPn--rnoBKg8mGBecqUqi_jEDTHANZtrPBo/edit?usp=sharing

Zorbits: The easiest way to access Zorbits Adventure is through the link on this blog. You will not be required to enter a password. I have put a "Time" assignment on Zorbits which you are asked to do. It's a great way to practise, review and apply some of the Time concepts and skills we learned in our Time Unit.

Words of the Week: They are now up on our blog and focus on suffixes.

Have a great evening!

Mr. D:)

Have a great weekend!

 Dear Students,

I hope that you all enjoyed Catholic Education Week! Thank you for all of your positive participation. Congratulations to Arianna, Maisie and Lola for successfully reading your stories to the whole school at the Literacy Cafe. We were proud of you! 

See you soon:)

Mr. D

PS. Here is the beautiful collage of gardens that was sent to Mr. D by students:)

The Sun is Out!

 Dear Students, 

Isn't it lovely to have the sun shining again?! I hope that you enjoyed Rock, Paper Scissors Phys. Ed, and the very special activities we did together this morning! Remember to keep working on the activities:)

Tomorrow is our final day of Education Week. Here is what our day will look like tomorrow:

Block 1 and 2 we will be doing the Literacy Cafe where we listen to students reading stories they have written. We will be there to support Arianna, Lola and Maisie who are representing our class. Good Luck to our students!

Block 3 will be our next MASC concert entitled "Sultans of Swing." It should be a lot of fun. We will show it in the same way we did on Tuesday where I will share the screen. 

Block 4 we will do some special activities to "wrap up" Education Week!

Mr. D is still accepting photos of the garden you designed until 12 noon tomorrow to create our Nurturing Hope collage. I have am now posting the collage for the beautiful posters you did for Earth Week, which also fits nicely with our "Nurturing Hope" message. 

Don't forget that our Scholastic Book Fair will end tomorrow. You still have time to order!

Have a great night.

Regards,

Mr. D:)

Good afternoon Grade 2s and 3s: Tomorrow and Fun Quiz

 Dear Students,

I wanted to remind you to submit your Garden Picture from Monday's "Nurturing Hope" assignment so that I can create a class collage of your beautiful work! Mr. D hopes that you are enjoying our Catholic Education Week so far. Tomorrow morning we will be working on a special surprise activity. In the afternoon, you get to see the next MASC concert with Mme. Blok (go to Mme. Blok's Workspace tomorrow, and click the yellow/blue space that  says "Concert.") 

See our FUNQUIZ below. (We haven't done one for a while!)  

Have a great evening:)

Regards,

Mr. D

FUNQUIZ 

1. What is our theme for Catholic Education Week?

A.  Nurturing Love

B.  Showing Hope

C.  Nurturing Hope

2. Who was NOT a character in today's Reader's Theatre story?

A. The Fox

B. The Wolf

C. The Hare

3. What was the name of the beautiful Church our Education Week Mass took place in?

A. St. Patrick's Basilica

B. St. Michael's Cathedral

C. Notre Dame Basilica

4. What instrument did Chris McKool (the man who performed yesterday's concert) learn  to play first?

A. The Flute

B. The Violin

C. The Electric Guitar

5. Who wanted to bring a sewing machine with them on their search for Edmund in Narnia?

A. Mrs. Groundhog

B. Susan

C. Mrs. Beaver

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR ANSWERS!

May the 4th Be With You!

Dear Fellow Jedi's,

I hope that you enjoyed our May the 4th together, including themed activities like our Star Wars drawing, the Star Wars musical theme and our Would You Rather physical activity. 

The MASC concert seemed to be a hit for most students. We have two more sessions left this week, which gives you something to really look forward to. Remember that tomorrow we will be watching our School Board Catholic Education Mass 2nd block at 11:00. 

Mr. D hopes that you enjoyed something a little different with our 2nd Block Independent learning. The Thank You cards I have seen so far look fantastic! I know that our First Responders and Essential Workers will really appreciate the cards and the gratitude you are showing. Mr.D wanted to offer you and your families an apology for the problem logging in for virtual learning with Mrs. C at 11:30. Mrs. C was trying to help our class by filling in, and it was Mr. D's responsibility to set it up correctly. He'll make sure it works next time!

Have a grrrreat evening and I will see you tomorrow!

Mr. D

PS. Don't forget to wear your Red or Black for Den day tomorrow.

PSS. May the 4th Be With You!

    

Catholic Education Week Events

SOME CATHOLIC EDUCATION WEEK HIGHLIGHTS

-Class liturgy

-Online Scholastic Book Fair (all week)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Gq1W22nyGZSgHHEEGAJyTS0ohnUYGLJZ/view

- Concerts: 1)Tuesday May 4th, 2nd Block

Earth, Seas & Air (sing-a-long style with Chris McKhool)

Friday May

2)Friday May7th, 3rd Block

Sultans of String (instrumental show of music around the world

-Literacy Cafe: Friday Morning 1st and 2nd Block (We will be listening to stories from students around our school, including our 3 classmates:)

-Twitter Challenge: During Education Week, we invite you to share messages, photos, videos or drawings of hope related to the daily themes listed in the link:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fzfqPuzWnVQp5WgFkvssCINU3hR8T3DAQ6sOcIey0/edit