Prime Ministers of Canada Timeline!

This timeline is a great interactive tool to use for Social Studies: Canada and World Connections: Grade - 5 - Aspects of Citizenship and Government in Canada

Specific Expectation:

Knowledge and Understanding

- identify current and historical and political figures and their significance (e.g., provincial/territorial, municipal and federal leaders; members of provincial legislatures and the federal Parliament; members of municipal council;

Storybook Writer..

Hi Grade Two's

Just want to get you creating and writing stories, just visit this website here. Let your imagination go wild and create characters, plots, settings and problems. Don't forget to leave a comment below after you have visited this website.

Your partner in education,
Mrs. McDonald



Language Curriculum:
1.1 identify the topic, purpose, audience, and form for writing (e.g., a fairy tale to entertain another class; the procedure for fire drills to inform the class; a poster to promote a favourite book or movie)
Teacher prompts: “What is your writing about?” “Why are you writing?” “Whom are you writing for?”
2.8 produce revised, draft pieces of writing to meet criteria identified by the teacher, based on the expectations

Science Matters...

Hi Grade Two's

This is a great site to visit often, it will make you investigate like a scientist and it can be found here. Make sure you ask mom or dad for permission before performing any of the experiments. After you have finished exploring and experimenting, please share your scientific observations in the comments below.

Thanks,
Mrs. McDonald

Science Curriculum Expectations:
2.1 follow established safety procedures during science and technology investigations (e.g., clean up spills as soon as they happen)
2.2 investigate the properties of liquids (e.g., con- duct experiments to compare the rate at which different liquids flow) and solids (e.g., conduct experiments to find out ways in which solids can be changed)
2.3 investigate, through experimentation, interac- tions that occur as a result of mixing and/or dissolving liquids and solids (e.g., salt and water, sand and water), liquids and liquids (e.g., oil and water), and solids and solids (e.g., salt and sand)

Math is fun!

Hi Grade Two's,

I wanted to share a great math website for you to visit with mom or dad by just clicking here. We have worked with a lot of different strategies to teach patterning in the classroom and I thought it would be fun for you to have some additional practice with the cool activities under "patterning". Please leave a comment below to let me know which one you enjoyed the most.

Your partner in education,
Mrs. McDonald

Patterning and Algebra
– represent a given growing or shrinking pattern in a variety of ways (e.g., using pictures, actions, colours, sounds, numbers, letters, number lines, bar graphs) (Sample problem: Show the letter pattern A, AA, AAA, AAAA, ... by clapping or hopping.);

Extending our Social Studies Unit

Hi Class,

We have been working on our social studies unit "Canada and World Connections". This site here has some great mapping activities that will further extend our learning about our country Canada and the continent North America. Have fun exploring the interactive map and learning more cool facts about Canada, don't forget to comment on your experience.

Your partner in education,
Mrs. McDonald

Curriculum Reference for Parents
From the Social Studies Ontario Curriculum: Canada and World Connections: Grade 2 – Features of Communities Around the World
- recognize that the world is made up of countries, continents, and regions, including Canada in the continent of North America;

Check out these...

Hi Class,
Here are a few more places to visit. The first place is the Dr. Seuss website, which is full of fun games and activities for all ages. So, go grab mom and dad and make it a "Seussical" day.

Another place to check out is this international library for kids here. It is a website filled with over 800 hundred stories in 51 different languages available for your enjoyment!

Finally, this is a a link to my favourite website: National Geographic Kids It is filled games, stories, videos, animals, people, places, activities and so much more. Click on the link above and have fun exploring nature.

Let me know what you think after you visit each link by leaving a comment below or send me a tweet! This is an opportunity for you to receive a participation mark in "Media Literacy".

Bye for now,
Mrs. McDonald

21st Century Learners

Hi Class and Parents,

I would like to share an amazing resource with your child the "21st Century Learner" here. Have fun exploring all of the sites this resource has to offer and don't forget to comment on each website you visit.

Your partner in education,
Mrs. McDonald