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!