The Nelson Olympics started on Friday with an opening ceremonies orchestrated by the one & only Mr. Gurniak. After parading in with our house teams we watched various exciting videos of the Olympic Games. The Nelson Olympic flag was raised, the torch was lit & all students recited the Olympic Oath.
Click on the torch to see the pictures of the big event!
Of course preferential treatment goes to Red House…
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We have been learning about continents and other map skills in class. Among them, we are learning how to locate our province, our country and other countries on maps & globes. The character Flat Stanley has inspired our current project. Click on the picture above to learn more!
Division 8 & 9 students have created their very own Flat Stanleys that are ready for adventure! There are a couple different ways they can travel…
Mail Flat Stanley Around the World
Your Flat Stanley can be sent to a friend or relative that lives in another province, or one that lives in another country! Students are bringing home a letter that is sent along to explain the activity to friends or family members & one for them to return to our class. The recipient will be asked to return the traveller after a week or so with pictures of the Flat Stanley somewhere in their area and a postcard or artifact/souvenir if they are able. They may also email me the photos @ stephanie.watt@sd41.bc.ca
Take Flat Stanley on Your Family Vacation
Take pictures of your family with your Flat Stanley at landmarks and recognizable locations during your travels and if you are able to purchase a postcard &/or small souvenir it is definitely welcome! When you return email the photos to Ms. Watt @ stephanie.watt@sd41.bc.ca
When the Flat Stanleys return to school, we will plot their whereabouts on our map and share the information received with each other.
Our Flat Stanley project will continue throughout the year and we are all very excited about what we’ll learn about our world. Our own travels; letters, pictures and artifacts from our friends & family; and lastly through the research we do in the classroom, we will learn about the different places our Flat Selves travel to.
To see examples of other Flat Stanleys please click HERE to see a video made by the Canadian creator of the Flat Stanley Project!
DIVISION 8 FLAT STANLEYS
DIVISION 9 FLAT STANLEYS
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Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer this week:
The answer is 22 students reading in the dark at Nelson. 
There were 19 students from Ms. Watt’s class. They went downstairs to read in the dark. Then 3 students were late then they went downstairs. How many reading in all? ~ Ella S
There are 13 kids reading in the dark. 9 more came down. How many kids reading in the dark? ~ Marian
There were 16 kids reading in the dark. 18 came and 7 left. 3 more came and then 6 left. 18 are here, 4 came for 1/2 of reading in the dark. How many kids reading in the dark? ~ Marian
There were 25 students reading in the dark and 3 needed to go to the bathroom. How many left reading? ~ Ella L
There were 30 students. 1 was actually a double agent so he had to leave. Emmet had to leave because he caught the candy cane flu. 6 just left because they got super bored. How many left reading in the dark? ~ Sunny
There were 30 students. 1 ran out because his mom stubbed her toe. 2 were disguised as spies so they left. A devil scared 2 kids. 3 just left for no reason!! How many left? ~ Sunny
There are 23 students in a class. Only 1 student made it to reading in the dark. How many left? ~ Kayla
There were 19 students. 4 joined then 1 student had an appointment because Kiera needed an x-ray. How many students left reading in the dark? ~ Avery
Here’s this week’s answer! Good Luck Grade 2s & 3s! Remember there are as many different correct answers as there are students in our class! I can’t wait to share the answers next Monday!
Posted in THINK MATH
The Grade 2 & 3s have been learning a lot over the past few months about healthy living. Most recently, about eating healthy fruits and vegetables of all colours of the rainbow! Last week we created a fruit bowl full of collages of our favourite fruits!
Click HERE to see our colourful work!
Posted in Class Activities
6 MORE WEEKS OF WINTER!!
Wiarton Willie and his American friend Pennsylvania’s Punxsutawney Phil both saw their shadow, meaning more cold and blustery weather. To see what Nova Scotia’s Shubenacadie Sam did after not seeing his shadow click on the video on the right of the screen!
Posted in Community Events
Tomorrow is Groundhog Day and our class has overwhelmingly predicted that our groundhog in Ontario, Canada will not see his shadow and it will be an early spring! Ms Shi, myself and Joaron have bravely predicted 6 more weeks of winter after Wiarton sees his shadow. Can’t wait to see! Will the other groundhogs behave the same?
Click on the picture to see our predictions!
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Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer this week:
The answer is 15 more cupcakes. 
A bakery made 20 cupcakes. 5 kids ate 5 cupcakes each. How many are left? ~ Ella S
There were 5 cupcakes and 10 more came because some more got baked. How many in all? ~ Ella L
Barack Obama baked 7 cupcakes then Donald Trump came in and threw 6. Then Jake Paul came and made 9 cupcakes. Then Rishi became a savage and ate all 10. At 3:00am Justin Bieber baked 10. Then the Devil became really angry and ate all 10. Then in the year 4016 a Prime Minister baked 100 MIB cupcakes. Then Men in Black at 85 cupcakes. How many are left? ~ Chace
Rishi and Joaron were making 15 cupcakes while Sunny was back flipping. Sunny ran in and gobbled up 3. They made 3 more.
There were 5 cupcakes and 10 more were made. How many in all? ~ Aqsa
There were 40 cupcakes and 25 were eaten. How many left? ~ Aqsa
There were 17 cupcakes at the candy store. Then 2 customers threw 1 cupcake at each other at the cashier and the cupcakes splatted. How many cupcakes left? ~ Avery
There were 30 cupcakes. 1 girl named Isabella ate 1 then the mom had a birthday party and they had 17 cupcakes. The dad baked 3 more cupcakes. How many left? ~ Avery
There were 20 dogecakes. A kid stole 2 dogecakes. A spy shut down the dogecake store and took 1. 1 criminal broke in and stole 1 then a doge took 1. How many are left? ~ Sunny
There were 21 cupcakes. Rishi stole 1 and Chace called Donald Trump to steal 1 for him. Then team 10 took 1 and gave it to Nick Crompton. Then Drake took 1. Then Joaron took 1 and then Nyan Cat took 1. How many are left? ~ Sunny
Here’s this week’s answer! Good Luck Grade 2s & 3s! Remember there are as many different correct answers as there are students in our class! I can’t wait to share the answers next Monday!
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Grade 2 students in Ms. Tsumori and Ms. Watt’s classes created posters with math-related facts about themselves. Click on the smiley below to see their work!
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Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer this week:
The answer is 13 students dancing in a gymnasium. 
There were 8 students in the gym. 5 students came late. How many in all?~Ella S
There are 8 students in the gym. 5 were doing their work in the class then they finished and they came to join along. How many kids are in the gym? ~ Marian
There were 2 students. 11 joined in. How many in all? ~ Sunny
There were 15 kids dancing. A bald bandit stole 2 kids. How many left over? ~ Rishi
There were 20 kids playing basketball, 10 vs 10. When it was 3 mins & 50 seconds 7 kids had to go to the washroom. How many left? ~ Avery
Here’s this week’s answer! Good Luck Grade 2s & 3s! Remember there are as many different correct answers as there are students in our class! I can’t wait to share the answers next Monday!
Posted in THINK MATH
I’m so excited to share the newest addition to our classroom Grade 2 & 3s! Boggle encourages you to make as many words as you can from a random assortment of letters. This Boogle Board will be updated weekly with a new set of 16 letters. Have fun!!!!
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