ohmigoodness, are you as excited as I am Division 8?! Over the next couple weeks room 203 will be transforming into a bit of a winter wonderland in anticipation for the BEST MONTH OF THE YEAR!!
Tune in here to see the daily additions to your home away from home as I do a 10 day countdown to December!
Posted in Holiday Actitivies
Nelson’s ME to WE club is starting an exciting year of fundraising by holding a food drive for the We Scare Hunger campaign. Please bring non-perishable food items to school until November 23rd to help support our local community. Students in the Me to We club from Div. 1 will be collecting items from classes.
Thank you for your support!
We have created theme days although you’re welcome to bring in any donation on any day!
November 14th: Breakfast—hot and cold boxed cereals, oatmeal, granola, muesli, whole grain bran*, granola bars, breakfast bars
November 15th: Snack—crackers, cookies, natural peanut butter*, powdered skim milk*, rice cakes, nuts and/or seeds*
November 16th: Lunch—canned soup, hearty stews, pork and beans, chili, ready to serve meals, boxed macaroni and cheese
November 17th: Appetizers—dried lentils and beans*, canned beans and chickpeas*
November 20th: Side Dishes—canned vegetables*, dried vegetables, side kicks
November 21st: Dinner—brown* and white rice, barley, whole wheat* pasta, and other grains, tomato sauce, pasta sauce, canned fish*, canned chicken* or turkey*
November 22nd: Dessert and Beverages—fruit and vegetable juice in cans, tetra packs, bottles, canned fruit*, fruit cups
November 23rd: Donation Day and misc. items
Posted in Me 2 We, School Fundraisers
Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer this week:
The answer is 5 pieces of candy left over. 
There were 30 candies. The kids took 25. How many left over? ~ Ella L
There are 1000 jawbreakers. 995 kids took 1 each and then 3 kids returned 3 jawbreakers. 2 kids bought them and 1 adult. How many left? ~ Chace
Ismael had a party. 5 people came. There were 10 candies and 5 people ate 5. How many left? ~ Ismael
There were 10 candies and 5 got eaten. How many left? ~ Sunny
There were 7 Starbursts in a candy bowl. 1 girl ate 2 Starbursts. How many left over? ~ Avery
There are 10 candies. 5 are taken by thieves. How many left over? ~ Emmet
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
Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer last week:
The answer is 25 Halloween creatures in a haunted house.
In the Haunted House there are 15 people being scary. 10 go inside the Haunted House. How many all together? ~ Ella S
There are 27 creatures in the Haunted House. When each kid (which is 2 kids) takes a creature. How many creatures are left? ~ Ella L
There were 20 creatures and 5 more joined the Haunted House. How many in all? ~ Sunny
There were 19 monsters in the Haunted House. 6 joined. How many in all? ~ Avery
There were 15 ghosts and 10 clowns joined in the Haunted House. How many in all? ~ Chace
There were 50 creatures in the Haunted House. 1/2 left. How many left over? ~ Emmet
25 crazy ghosts were in the Haunted House. 1 kid was too scared and ran off. 1 monster was sad and left. 1 more joined. How many in all? ~ Joaron
There were 24 kids dressed as creatures. Then 1 joined. How many in all? ~ Kayla
There were 27 creatures in the Haunted House. 2 kids came in and stole 2. How many left? ~ Helen
There were 55 ghosts. 3 kids went in and took 10 each out of the Haunted House. How many left? ~ Aqsa
There were 20 ghosts having a ghost party. 5 had money to join in. How many in all? ~ Ismael
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
Congratulations to the 2 Division 8 students who received medals for 50 nights of reading from the Burnaby Public Library’s summer reading program Walk on the Wild Side! They proudly received their certificates of completion today. Way to go Rishi & Avery!!
Posted in Library
Holiday Educational Games are on the blog!
Click on the WEBSITES tab above, choose your favourite holiday and be ready to learn!
Posted in Holiday Actitivies, Tech
Posted in Class Activities, Holiday Actitivies
Hope everyone had a ton of fun today & are ready to share on Wednesday!! After lots of fun during the day at school, my husband Ryan & I went to my best friend Fiona’s house. We ate lots of yummy sushi and then Fiona and her son Nolan went Trick or Treating with Kennedy and I. Click on the pics for a closer look!
What costumes did you wear out Trick or Treating!? Send your pictures to stephanie.watt@sd41.bc.ca
Posted in Holiday Actitivies
Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer last week:
The answer is 8 pumpkins left in the pumpkin patch. 
There was 9 pumpkins in the pumpkin patch. 1 kid took 1 pumpkin. How many were left? ~ Joaron
There were 28 pumpkins in the pumpkin patch. Poeple took 20. How many left over? ~ Ella S
There were 10 pumpkins in the patch. 2 kids took 1 pumpkin each. How many left? ~ Chace
There were 48 pumpkins and 40 were taken. How many left over? ~ Sunny
There were 10 pumpkins in the pumpkin patch. 2 people grabbed 2. How many pumpkins left over? ~ Kayla
There were 100 pumpkins on the field. 92 students took 1 pumpkin each. How many left over? ~ Rishi
There are 28 pumpkins in the pumpkin patch. 20 people took 20 pumpkins. How many left over? ~ Emily
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
On Wed., Oct. 18th, grade 7 students from Nelson’s Me to We club joined almost 18,000 other students and teachers in Rogers Arena to be inspired to create change in their local and global communities. Click on the logo for a recap of the day!
Stay tuned for many opportunities to support these change-makers in their various fundraising initiatives during the upcoming year.
Posted in Field Trips, Me 2 We, School Fundraisers
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