Tomorrow is Groundhog Day and our class is almost at a deadlock as to whether we think the groundhog in Ontario, Canada, Wiarton Willie, will see his shadow or not. What do you think?! Will we have 6 more weeks of winter after Wiarton sees his shadow or will it be an early spring?! Can’t wait to see tomorrow!
Click on the picture of our chart to see our predictions!
See below for groundhog read alouds, information about groundhogs and Groundhog Day and some groundhog art activities!!
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Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer this week:
The answer is 4 chubby brown groundhogs. 
There were 9 groundhogs. 5 of them were skinny. How many were chubby and fat? ~ Malachi
10 groundhogs. A cougar came. It killed 6 of them. How many escaped? ~ Malachi
8 groundhogs came out of their den. 4 fell off a cliff. How many left? ~ Giaan
Under ground where the groundhogs lived there were 10 groundhogs. 6 left. How many were left? ~ Angie
There were 5 groundhogs. 1 went to a house. How many were left? ~ Angie
2 chubby groundhogs. 2 more came. How many in all are there now? ~ Aryan
5 chubby groundhogs. 1 left. How many left? ~ Aryan
19 groundhogs on the plane. 7 jumped and 8 got scared and ran away. How many are on the plane now? ~ Arthur
26 groundhogs were in the ocean. 19 got eaten by a shark and 3 got scared and ran away. How many groundhogs are in the ocean now? ~ Arthur
62 groundhogs were in the forest. 51 got eaten by a tiger and 7 were vomitted up. How many survived? ~ Arthur
24 brown groundhogs are sleeping. 20 groundhogs woke up. How many groundhogs are still in bed? ~ Elly
There were 8 groundhogs in a den. 4 went out. How many left? ~ Allen
5 chubby brown groundhogs. 1 left. How many chubby brown groundhogs are left over? ~ Desil
10 chubby groundhogs. 6 left. How many are there left over? ~ Aryan
Here’s this week’s answer! Good Luck Grade 2/3s! Remember there are as many different correct answers as there are students in our class! I can’t wait to share the answers next Tuesday!
Posted in THINK MATH
Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer this week:
The answer is 22 snowflakes on children’s tongues. 
There were 11 kids catching snowflakes. 11 more kids joined. How many snowflakes on kids tongues? ~ Allen
There were 23 kids. A girl had to go to play with her friend. How many left? ~ Naisha
There are 30 kids catching snowflakes. 8 walked away. How many are left? ~ Desil
There were 1st 44 snowflakes but half melted. How many left? ~ Malachi
There were 25 kids with snowflakes on their tongues. 3 kids left so how many are there now? ~ Chloe
There were 30 children catching snowflakes. 8 left. How many left catching snowflakes? ~ Angie
There are 20 snowflakes on the ground and then 2 more came. How many snowflakes?
There are 10 snowflakes and kids and 12 more came. How many in all?
There were 20 children catching snowflakes. 3 left and then 1 came back. How many in all? ~ Cecilia
30 snowflakes fell. The children missed 8. How many did they catch? ~ Satvik
20 snowflakes on children’s tongues. 2 more joined. How many snowflakes in all? ~ Satvik
Here’s this week’s answer! Good Luck Grade 2/3s! Remember there are as many different correct answers as there are students in our class! I can’t wait to share the answers next Tuesday!
Posted in THINK MATH
Thank you to all the students who created questions to our Think Math answer this week:
65 kids waiting in line to see Santa. 
There were 50 people waiting to see Santa. 15 more people joined. How many people in all? ~ Satvik
There were first 77 and a dozen left. How many left? ~ Malachi
There were first 60 kids and 5 came. How many in line? ~ Malachi
Here’s this week’s answer! Good Luck Grade 2/3s! Remember there are as many different correct answers as there are students in our class! I can’t wait to share the answers next Tuesday!
Posted in THINK MATH
A fast and easy way to check your symptoms every day before coming to school is with the K-12 Health Check
Posted in Health & Safety
Click HERE for a copy to print off and complete at home! If you don’t have a printer, just write down activities you do on a separate piece of paper.
Posted in HomeFun
A reminder and re-introduction to our classroom THINK MATH poster. The answer to a word problem is posted every week both in our classroom and on this website. You your imagination and creativity to create a word problem that has the answer posted. After writing your word problem, don’t forget to add the question as well.
Below are 2 answers to word problems that are waiting for your creative word problem. You can either write them in your planner or submit them by clicking on the Leave a Comment / * Comments on the top or bottom of this post.
Remember there are as many different correct answers as there are students in our class! I can’t wait to share your word problems next Tuesday!
examples: 11 children were on the playground trying to catch snowflakes on their tongues. Each kid caught 2 snowflakes. How many snowflakes were caught in all?
There are 25 elves working in Santa’s workshop. 5 elves snuck out to play in the snow, 3 elves got tired and fell asleep and 10 elves had to go prepare Santa’s sleigh. How many elves left working in Santa’s woirkshop?
Posted in HomeFun
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