Hot and Cold Collage

Today we used an app on the iPads to make a collage of things that are hot and cold.  When we found the picture we added it to our collage and then wrote the word.
In Social we finished out ABC's of Iqaluit.  We found something for almost every letter of the alphabet that we would find in Iqaluit.
In math the Grade 1's practiced making tens in a ten frames. We also made 1 more or 2 more and 1 or 2 less.

Arctic Animals

Today we turned our animal books into a brochure.  We wrote information in each of the boxes like babies, habitat, predators, and what their diet is.  After we cut out the boxes and glued them on our page.  We also followed some steps to try to draw our animal.  
Today we had an assembly and constable Jill told us about her job and how she puts first things first in her job. We had music and we read a book called "Santa is stuck" and we sang our Christmas song.  In gym we played a corner game and if they pointed to the corner you were in you had to do an exercise.  We also played pizza tag where you have to run to the other side if they say your topping.  You get free when they say hot delivery.
Have a great long weekend

Arctic Art

Today we made a piece of art with an igloo and northern lights.  We made the northern lights by ripping a piece of paper so it was jagged.   Then we used chalk pastel and drew lines going up that looked like the northern lights.  To make the snow we painted a piece of paper and then we  cut apart a bag and crumpled it on top of our painting to make the snow have different colors.
In the morning we practiced drawing the igloo so we had a practice before our art in the afternoon. We drew the igloo together one step at a time and then we outlined with permanent marker.  It was hard and there were lots of steps.
Today lots of us finished out research about the arctic animals.

Arctic Animals

Today in the morning we drew a bear together.  Then the Grade 2's wrote what they like to hug and the Grade 1's practiced writing their upper case and lowercase B's.
In literacy we got some books about animals that might like in Iqaluit.  We wrote  down facts about our animal like their size, what they eat and where they live.  We got the information from the books.  We worked with a partner to find the information.
We got new library books and new books in our book boxes today.  In gym we did our laps around the gym while we dribbled a ball.  After we tried to keep our ball away from a partner with our bodies.

Hot and Cold

Today we learned about hot and cold because that is our new unit in Science.  We watched a video and learned when the earth tilts towards the sun it is summer when it tilts away it is winter.  The sun affects all seasons. The sun it part of our solar system and is the biggest star.  The sun is dangerous to people that is why we wear sunscreen.
We got a readers theatre activity today and picked our parts.  We each have parts and we highlighted our parts.  It is about water droplets. Some of the part are water droplet 1,2,3,4,5,6 and 7, the sun and a little kid.
We painted a picture of ourselves and talked about ways we can begin with the end in mind.

Bodies of Water

Today we made a painting of water with water colour paints.  We dabbed the brush rather than painting with strokes and our papers were really wet.  At the end we put salt on it.  They looked really cool when they dried.
We finished our bodies of water book today.  Some of the bodies of water we looked up were creeks, rivers and bays.  There  was also lakes, oceans and ponds.  We looked up what each of the words meant on the Ipad and then we wrote what was important in our book.  We learned that a pond is a small circle of water that is smaller than a lake and surrounded by land.  

Bodies of Water

Today we learned about bodies of water.  We made a book  that we folded on a dotted line and cut around the outside that we will finish tomorrow.  The grade 2's talked about equal and not equal.  You put an equal sign in the middle  of two things if the sides are the same and a not equal sign if they are different.   We learned that a not equal sign is just like an equal sign but with a line through it.  The grade 1's talked about the different ways that a number can look.  We did number symbols, words and pictures. Today the kids that did not go to the library yesterday went  today.

Writing Numbers!

Today the Grade 1's tried a new app on the Ipads to practice making their letters the right way.  It was called Wet Dry Try.  The Grade 2's were adding and subtracting. One of the Grade 2's activities was using ice cream scoops to find fact families.

Today we talked about the way the land looks in different parts of Canada.  We also talked about Ice roads because Iqaluit does not have a road.  We wonder if they have an ice road?

Magnet Fair Fun

Madame Savage's and Mrs. Saunderson's class came to our class and tried out our toys today.  We had to explain to them how are games worked and then they played them.  All of our games used magnets.  Some used attracting and some used repelling.  They liked our games.
We wrote a poem about peace today on a piece of paper.  We practiced writing on the lines and making sure we did not put uppercase letters in the middle of our words. The poems were only 11 words long.
Today we had a remembrance day assembly.  2 people from each class went to the front to laid a wreath for their class by the Canada flag.

Wreath to Remember

Today we made a poppy for our class wreath. It had 5 different layers.  One part was  a cupcake holder, another part was a red piece of paper, another a green piece of paper and then a green piece of tissue paper.   We put a button in the middle with white glue at the end.  We made poppies for our class wreath that we will use at the remembrance day assembly tomorrow.
In gym we played soccer outside because it was so warm outside.  We made teams  by the colour of our shirts.  We had library today and we got some new books for home and we also got new books in our book boxes today.

Poppies

Today we had a we made part of a flower on a blue piece of paper.  The flower was a poppy.  We worked in a group of 4 and used oil pastels to make the poppies.  We choose the colour for the middle and and colour for the second part with our groups.  The last section had to be red because it was a poppy and poppies are red.
In Literacy we wrote about what peace smells like, looks like and tastes like.  
Today we are bringing home a new book order it is due on November 18th.

We are Proactive

Today We finished our magnet project.  Some people made games like fishing games other people made different things like like magnet races.  People brought different supplies like paper clips,sticks,paper.

We talked about being proactive today and we finished our proactive person at the bottom there was shoes and we put a proactive sentences on each shoe. Then we put legs on. On the body we made own sentences about how we are proactive. Then we added a head, hands and girl hair or boy hair.

We made an art project with poppies in our visual journals.  The middle of the poppy was black or green and the outside we made red petals that were shaped like both triangles and hearts.  After we added some paint to everything but the poppies.

We went outside for gym because it was so nice out.  

New Seating Plan

Today we got a new seating plan now our desks are in a U shape.  The Grade 2's are sitting beside a grade 1 learner.  In math we practiced making our numbers the right way.  We talked about which numbers start at the smiley face.
We got all of our work from October back today and then picked our favorite thing to go in a frame. The rest of our work went home to our parents with a purple note explaining what we have been doing.

Counting Backwards

Today in Math the Grade 1's were practicing counting to 20 and then counting backwards from 20. We used a caterpillar on the Smartboard and whiteboards to help us. The Grade 2's were practicing making equations with the same 3 numbers.  Two of the equations were adding and 2 were subtracting.  
In daily 5 we practiced our writing, reading to self and reading to someone else.  The Grade 1's also did word work using LA centers.  We had library today and we got new books for home and for our book boxes.  We also had music and practiced singing back to Mrs. Haney-Jones.