Hello Again! It's been a LONG time!

    This week at school, we worked in groups to do research on oceans. Some of us studied the Atlantic while others learned about the Pacific, the Indian and the Arctic Oceans. We used the iPads to find information. When we were done, we presented our ocean to the class. 

        Mr. McKiel came to visit us and taught us about polar bears. He went to Churchill a few years ago and got up close to polar bears. We made a list of questions for him and he answered most of them. Maggie learned that a polar bear's paw is about the size of a dinner plate. Nate learned that they can live in the wild for 20 years and that the dad lives by himself. Gerri found out that polar bears are furry but dangerous. We will learn more about them next week. 

Scaredy Squirrel Creations!

  This week at school, we made our own Scaredy Squirrels. We used paper, tissue paper, foam, yarn, felt, sharpies and other decorations. After creating our squirrels, we named them. Gerri named her squirrel, "Scaredy Gerri Squirrel". Brandi named her squirrel, "Scaredy Meow Squirrel. Stella named her squirrel, "Scaredy Yellow Squirrel.   David named his, "Scaredy Dude Squirrel and Cass named his, "Scaredy Hockey Squirrel".        

   Afterwards, we wrote about our squirrels saying what they are scared about. Nate's squirrel is afraid of losing his brain, Myles' squirrel is afraid of zombies and Maggie's is afraid of old bald people. We also wrote about where our squirrels live, what they eat, what they like and what they look like. 

We organized our ideas first into a booklet and then created our rough copy. Mrs. Pilat showed us how to revise and edit it. We have to read it over 5 times before going to see her. Our friends would help edit our work before going to see Mrs. Pilat.

We will be introducing our squirrels to our families at conferences. 

A Fun HALLOWEEN WEEK

    This week, we did many fun Halloween activities. We sang Halloween songs in French, played 4 Corners, played Bingo and watched short videos. We also finished our "13 Nights of Room 38" book. We sound really good singing it! On Friday, we decorated oranges instead of pumpkins. They were so cute! Some people made their oranges into cats and one student surprised Mrs. Pilat by making hers into Dale from Disney's Chip and Dale. ADORABLE!

      We also dressed up for Halloween and in the afternoon, we had a parade.

    Mrs. Pilat finally got the iPads working so we started using them for Word Work.

It was a SPOOKTACULAR week at school!

An Incredible Week

   This week at school was SCAREY! We read the book "Scaredy Squirrel" by Melanie Watt. We created a character map about Scaredy Squirrel and then took the information and wrote a profile about him. Then we did the same for ourselves. Gerri said she is scared of heights. Nate is scared of spiders. Angel told us that she is SCARED of cats. Brandi is having a panic attack right now as she LOVES cats! Alex told us that he is AFRAID of sharks and living pancakes. Isaiah shared that he is afraid of foxes and wolves. Mrs. Pilat is no longer talking to Isaiah as she ADORES wolves! Mitchel is creeped out about everything being made in China.

   We also learned about Odd and Even numbers. We read the book "Even Steven and Odd Todd".

Brandi knows that 4 is even. Alexis knows that 5 is an odd number. David knows that 1655000 is even. Afterwards, we played a game that we call "Swat the Even or Odd". Mrs. Pilat would tell us a number and we would have to decide if it was even or odd and swat it with a fly swatter. Team #2 won today. Mitchel thought the game was good. Nate thought the game was intense and Finlay liked that there was team 1 versus team 2.

   
   Mrs. Alexander came to visit us and teach us about the Ojibway Peoples. She brought a jingle dress that was used in powwows, a drum to wake up people, instruments and a seashell. David said the seashell sounded like someone was saying "Hi". She showed us a rock that symbolizes grandfather. Mrs. Alexander played the drum that symbolized the medicine wheel. The drum was made out of elk. We danced to the drum. We also played a game like musical chairs. Mrs. Alexander would call out a number and we had to form a group with the number she gave us. Nate and Finlay won.

  It was an AWESOME week at school!!!

Terry Fox Walk

  We had our Terry Fox Walk today. It was a BEAUTIFUL day! A BIG Thank You to all the families that brought in money to help fight Cancer. We listened to a story about Terry Fox yesterday and then we wrote about him.  Nate wrote "Terry Fox ran almost across Canada".  Mitchel wrote "Terry Fox never gave up". Logan wrote that "He ran 3339 miles and took 143 days". Mrs. Pilat was very proud of our writing.

Our First Week at School

         This week at school, we started learning about squirrels. We were labelling body parts on a squirrel using a Smartboard. We also drew what we are nuts about. Nate drew an X-Box 360 controller, Myles drew school, Brandi drew a cat, David drew sleeping, Logan drew Minecraft and Jaden drew a Pikmin.

           At the beginning of the week, we shared what we did over the summer. Angel shared seashells, Aryanna shared a picture of her on a boat, Maggie shared a photo of her new hamster, Myles shared cool rocks and David shared a pamphlet on whale watching.

      In math, we began learning about months of the year and the number of the day.

It was a GOOD week at school.

Welcome to Room 38!

         A Brand New School Year!

    I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to Room 38. I hope you had a nice summer. My name is Mrs. MacLean-Pilat but students can call me Mrs. Pilat. Our class is made up of a group of grade 2 and grade 3 students who have a lot of fun in class. Even though we are two grades, we do everything together. We work as a team.

    This year, we will be focusing on communities. We will learn about our community and how different cultures live in our community. We will then travel the seven continents and learn about different communities of the world. We will begin with learning about squirrels and I will introduce the class to a very special squirrel, who is afraid of "The Unknown". He will be part of our class for most of the year.


   We write the blog as a class and try to update it every week. Unfortunately, we get busy at times and forget to write. I will send a reminder through your child's agenda and will also send a text for those who have signed up with "Remind".


I am looking forward to getting to know the grade two's in the room and seeing my grade three students again.

 Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

  Sincerely, 
  Mrs. MacLean-Pilat