We Moved! Hello World: NEW Grade 2 Eagles Page: The Team 2 Eagles blog has moved to a new platform. Please update your book marks to: team2eagles.edublogs. The url edublog.amdsb.ca/team2eagles will be deactivated on December 31, 2020 ..read more

Today our class learned what the green circles mean! Check Out: Another Week in the Clubhouse: Check out is how we end a week of learning in our classroom. Everyone has a chance to share a memory from the past week and a learning wish for the next week. I take this time very seriously. I pay attention to what kinds of things stand out in student memories, and I try to make every wish come true. Here are the notes from our check out meeting on Friday, October 23 2020 ..read more

Morning Science/Snack: Yogurt in Tubes can be solid or liquid. Listen! Today is our 26th day together. Today, I timed how long our class could pay attention to me for.  I stopped timing after an hour, but they kept paying attention for a lot longer than that.  They were all born in 2013, and some of them are still only 6 years old. How did they all do that? How did 17 very young children pay attention to me talking for over an hour? It wasn’t magic. It was because I spent 26 days teaching them how to pay attention and listen! Here is a picture of my class listening to their Drama ..read more

Page 16 – Thursday October 15, 2020 – The Listowel Banner Check Out: Week 6 in the Clubhouse: Check out is how we end a week of learning in our classroom. Everyone has a chance to share a memory from the past week and a learning wish for the next week. I take this time very seriously. I pay attention to what kinds of things stand out in student memories, and I try to make every wish come true. Here are the notes from our check out meeting on Friday, October 16 2020: Weekly Learning Gallery ..read more

Our Favourite Celebrations We are learning about celebrations in social studies. On Tuesday, Team 2 talked about celebrations we know. We made a numbered list. On Wednesday, we learned about celebrations using the PebbleGo site. Pebble Go  is a place to read and learn non-fiction information. Name: eprise Password: school Today is Thursday. Each student wrote a paragraph about their  favourite celebration. Briar’s Favourite Celebration My favourite celebration is Christmas because I get presents. On Christmas, I spend time with my family. I go to my Grandma and Granddad’s house an ..read more

Check out is how we end a week of learning in our classroom.  Everyone has a chance to share a memory from the past week and a learning wish for the next week. I take this time very seriously. I pay attention to what kinds of things stand out in student memories, and I try to make every wish come true. Here are the notes from our check out meeting on Friday, October 22 2020: Classroom Learning Gallery: Fire Safety Gallery ..read more

The Clubhouse kids published their second piece of writing today!  Together, we wrote and illustrated a book called “The Clubhouse is Thankful“. Each student filled a page by writing and illustrating a paragaph about something they are thankful for.   I typed their paragraphs here for the world to read.  Happy Thanksgiving World! I Am Thankful! Written by: Mohamad I am thankful for my friends. My friends are important. They play with me. My friends care about me. That is why I am thankful for my friends. I Am Thankful! Written by: Marlo I am thankful for my sister. I am th ..read more

Checkout Meeting Notes: At this weeks meeting, I asked the children to tell me what they remembered learning with Mrs. Rothwell.  Everybody thought of a different lesson, and many included learning wishes for next week! Family Reminder – Google Classroom: Only 5 Team 2 families still need to log into our google classroom at home to confirm that I have everything set up correctly should we need to pivot online. Student usernames and passwords were sent to each family individually from my email address, rebecca.versteeg@ed.amdsb.ca.  Please contact me immediately if you have lost thi ..read more

Our first class writing project is based on a special text by Margaret Wise Brown called The Important Book.  10 students have published their writing already, and more will be featured in this weeks “Check Out” post. Classroom copies are being printed on individual sheets for illustration before I publish them together in an illustrated hard copy book.  Someday soon, I hope the children will be able to have a turn to take our important book home to share with families. In the meantime, enjoy this special sneak preview. I’ll share a link to the original text at the end of this post ..read more

Good Morning boys and girls. I like you! Check out is how we end a week of learning in our classroom.  Everyone has a chance to share a memory from the past week and a learning wish for the next week. I take this time very seriously. I pay attention to what kinds of things stand out in student memories, and I try to make every wish come true. Here are the notes from our check out meeting on Friday September 25, 2020: This is the poster we looked at in health this week. We are using corn for counters in math. I have child-sized disposable masks in the clubhouse for children to use at ..read more