Two more school days...

 Hello,

As you know the weather did not cooperate for our sports day today.  We have moved it to Monday which looks like much better weather.  Please have your child wear a green shirt if they have one for this.  If they do not have one I will have green pinnies for them to wear. 

Students will be helping me plan the last day on Tuesday.  They have been asking about bringing in treats.  If you want to send something in terms of food it must be all individually wrapped.  For example, could be a small bag of chips but you cannot make cookies and send a large container to share.  This is completely voluntary.  Please make sure that there is enough for everyone if you do send in things. Thank you.

It is hard to believe we only have two more school days left.

Have a great weekend,

Mrs. Coulling 

Sport's Day Color

 Friday is Sports Day at Le Roi Daniels.  Our class is asked to wear a green shirt.  If you do not have a green shirt please do not go and purchase on we will have a green pinnies available if needed.   Fingers crossed for no rain that day :)

June 19th

 Happy Father's Day to all the dads of room 17.

We are almost at the end of the year!  Only 7 more school days left to go.

Your child's last homework was due on last Friday.  I kept the boats over the weekend as we will be taking them outside tomorrow and testing them in a kiddie pool.  Friday was just too rushed with early dismissal to have all 6 classes test their boats. I will be sending them home tomorrow.

I will start sending home notebooks and work that we are not going to need anymore by the end of the week so that they do not have to take everything home the very last day.  

Friday is Sports Day.  Please make sure that your child is dressed for the weather.  Ideally the weather will be good and we will have it outside. We will have an alternate indoor plan if needed.

In Science this past week we used foil containers to test out how cargo ships worked.  We were all surprised how many glass marbles the containers would hold if they were spread out.

In writing students have been trying some different types of poetry.  Last week they finished Diamante poems and looked at concrete poems where the poem takes the shape of the topic.  They did some group brainstorming which they enjoyed using the big chart paper.

Last week in Math we did a variety of centres to reinforce concepts learned this year.

In Social Studies, we finished research and a brochure about a Calgary Attraction.  Their brochure was sent home Friday.

Monday is formal uniform and the grade 3 farewell assembly.  The rest of the year is casual :)

Mrs. Coulling 

June 12th

 Hello,

Just a reminder your child is working on the last homework of grade 2 :).  We will be having the spelling test on Friday.  Please make sure that your child has their boat at school as well.  We will be testing them out in a kid's swimming pool to see how well they work.

We only have 2 more full weeks and 2 days left.  It is hard to believe.  The last day with students in Tuesday, June 28th (regular day).  We only have 6 more days of uniforms.  Starting Tuesday June 21st students will be allowed to wear casual clothes until the end of the year.

We have been wrapping up our boats and buoyancy unit in Science.  We made boats out of tin foil, paper, wax paper and newspaper to test which materials were best.  Next week will be exploring cargo ships and how they are able to carry such a heavy load.

In gym last week students enjoyed bowling at Toppler Bowl.  I think they all had a great time.  It is nice to leave the school and try something new.

In Social Studies, students have been working on some research.  They have chosen an attraction in Calgary to learn more about and they will be making a brochure.   This is the second research project we have done where I am looking for more independence to gather to information and decide what is important. 

In math, we have finished our look at 3D objects.  The last couple weeks will be review of the big concepts from the year.

In writing, students wrote their final climbing story.  We have now moved into some poetry writing.

Hope you all had a great weekend,

Mrs. Coulling 

Leighton Center Field Trip

 We had a great time on our field trip to the Leighton Center on Monday May 30th.  Although the weather was a little chilly we enjoyed being outdoors.

Here are a few photos 

This was an artifact table.  We got to the look at the different antlers,  Amanda talked about the different animals found locally in this area.

This is echo hill.  Students stood shoulder to shoulder and called out echo and we could hear it come back.  It is slightly windy but it still worked pretty well.

These pictures above are in the museum that we were able to go into on the property.

In the afternoon we worked on a wire sculpture art project.

Next week we will be bowling on Monday and Wednesday.  

Mrs. Coulling 

May 27th

 Hello,

Just a reminder we have our field trip to the Leighton Center on Monday May 30th.  It is an all day field trip we expect to leave at 8:30 and be back about 2:15 in time for regular buses and pick up.  A portion of this field trip is outdoors so please make sure that your child is dressed for whatever the weather is on Monday.  

Students enjoyed our in school field trip Teacher's Pet Boats and Buoyancy Thursday.  Here are a few pictures.  Students brought home the paddle boat that they constructed to share with you.

We also worked out the Science outcomes of making a floating object (a plastic container) sink and a sinking object (a rock) float.

In Social Studies students will be beginning a research project next week on a famous Albertan.  Now that we are nearing the end of grade 2 students are ready to do some more independent research.

In math we have been looking at 3D objects including their faces, edges and vertex or vertices.  Next week we will be making some 3D object using nets.  We also did some problem solving practice this week.

In writing we began looking at writing extended endings for our stories.  This will be part of next weeks homework.  Next week will be putting stories all together with an entertaining beginning, main event with a problem and 3 attempts and an extended ending. 

Have a good weekend,

Mrs. Coulling 

Art Mural

Students in room 17 have worked collaboratively to create a mural together. Students focused on making artistic decisions as a group, working to take turns, listening to each other's ideas, and making one cohesive painting.

I can statements:


I can make small group and/or large group murals.


I can work primarily with tempera paint or tempera paint with additives, using large brushes to paint.


I can show animals and plants can be represented in terms of their proportions.





Art Reflection Questions - Students were asked to reflect on their experience and here as some of their ideas.


What went well in your group?

Talking to one another because we tell each other what we are doing. S.E.


The outlines in pencil. A.D.


Drawing was good because we were doing well. D.B.


The human looked good. S.E.


We didn’t fight. N.S.


How did you contribute to the group mural?

By helping make the color lighter. D.K.


I painted the grass and other things. K.R.


I was the planner of the painting. K.M.


I did some painting and drew a deer. M.C.


What is one thing you would do differently next time?

Houses because there was too much of them and we didn’t even get to paint the houses. E.C.


Next time I would add fish to the pond and a bridge over it. L.S.


I would add more detail. D.K.


Next time I will do a rainbow. S.E.


I would do houses next time. L.R.


I would do more birds because I want to color them. N.S.

The finished murals.

This art project was challenging for students in that they were working in a group and had to come to group consensus.  In the end all three of the murals turned out well.  You can ask your child about this project if you want to hear more.

Have a great long weekend,

Mrs. Coulling