Bullying Awareness Week 2013
Our school will be participating in lots of fun events for Bullying Awareness Week. Today we chose five character virtues that teachers will be watching for. Students who show these characteristics will be entered...
Category: Our Class
Congratulations and Calendar Math Game
WOW! The Grade 2/3s did an amazing job on stage today. I’m so proud of all of you. I made a video of the performance and will be sending it home for families to...
Achievement Levels
Here is a link to the Ontario Achievement Levels from the Ministry of Education. On page 14, if you look at Math, the expectations are separated into Knowledge and Understanding, Thinking, Communication, and Application. On...
6 Tips for Preparing for a Test
Grade 2/3s have a unit test in Math on Tuesday. Monday will be a Review Day. Here are some tips for studying. 1. Look through the work we have done in this unit. What...
Reading and Writing in Our Class
WAHOO! We reached our goal! We built up our reading stamina to 20 minutes! (That’s me doing my happy dance.) In our class, we use the Daily 5 language program. It is the structure...
Researching Countries
Good websites for Researching Countries: http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/ http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/places/find/ Play “Connect the World” with Buster http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/connectworld/connectworld.html
Technology in Our Classroom
I believe it is important for students to learn to use technology, and to use technology to learn. We all know the Internet is a valuable tool for learning, but we need to teach...
Get to Know Mrs. Bacchus
Hi Grade 2/3s! I was so happy to meet you all again today. I can’t wait to share this year with you! Here are a few things you might want to know about me: My...
May 2013 News
May will be a busy month! Here are some important dates: May 7 – Jump Rope for Heart (Pledge forms due.)May 10 – Growing in Faith Through the Arts Show – 9:15 a.m. – 10:30...
Earth Day Posters
PBSkids has a bunch of great Earth Day Games for you to try! Our class created fantastic convincing posters to tell people at our school all about Recycling! The Amaryllis in our class even...
