Mrs. Reyes

Top Five Fabulous!  February 21, 2020 1.    We looked at a new wonder this week.  This wonder was connected to science.  We learned a new science vocabulary word “camouflage”.  We looked at pictures of animals, in the wild, and they were camouflaged with their surroundings.  We talked about what we noticed and what we wondered.  Check out the wonder under the “Wonder Tab”. 2.    In math, we read a few really funny books about 2D shapes.  One of them was called, “Animal Shapes” and then we came up with a 2D shape, and animal and a name for the combination of the two, using our imaginations. Ask me what my shape was called. We also read “Square” and “Triangle”. 3.    We had the Calgary Opera come to our school this week.  The Opera was called, “The Brennan Musicians”.  We liked that at the end, it was a happy ending and it was funny.  The peo...

Top Five Fabulous!  February 12, 2020 1.    We celebrated our 100 th day of learning.   We are 100 days smarter.  Many of the kids dressed like they were 100 years old and we had a lot of fun working through different centres with the grade 2 teachers.  We made bookmarks, we built things using 100 objects, and we read, ‘Not a Box’ before making our own ‘Not a 100’.  Ask me what I made. 2.    In math, we made a blueprint of a structure using 3D objects.  We had to use cones, cylinders, cubes, prisms and pyramids.  After making our blueprint, we had a chance to actually build our structure.  Some kids also worked on their 2D shapes using geoboards.  We will continue this work next week. 3.    In science, we tested different liquids to determine which ones would mix.  We discovered that oil and water do not mix, but water and juice would mix. The o...

Top Five Fabulous! February 7, 2020 1.      In PE we started our Rocks and Rings residency.  We are learning the skills to be able to play a curling game.  We have learned how to sweep and how to throw the rocks.  Ask me about some of the rules for curling and maybe you can check out the curling tournament this weekend. 2.      In Art, we have learned about a new artist.  Her name is Kenojuak Askevak.  She lived in the Northern part of Canada.  She was born in an igloo and she lived a very traditional way of life. She is a very important artist in Canada.  She was inspired by the animals that lived around her and many of the artists in Northern Canada were inspired by things around them. 3.      In math, we have continued to learn about 3D objects.  We learned how to draw these objects and then we recorded some of the examples tha...