Our class has been involved in a research project with Concordia University (Montreal) for the past two years using an interactive Literacy Program called ABRACADABRA (ABRA for short). The skills practiced in ABRA support phonological awareness, reading fluency development,comprehension development, and writing development. This is all connected to a digital portfolio called ePearl. These two [...]
Entries from October 28, 2011
Concordia University Project
October 28, 2011 · 11 Comments · Uncategorized
Tags: ABRA·ePearl·technology
Terry Fox Run
October 18, 2011 · 6 Comments · Uncategorized
Our school remembered Terry Fox (1958-1981) this past Monday by doing a run to raise money for Cancer Research. Terry Fox was a Canadian humanitarian, athlete, and cancer research activist. In 1980 after having a leg amputated, he began a run across Canada to raise money and awareness for cancer research. Although the spread of [...]
Educazoo
October 16, 2011 · 16 Comments · Uncategorized
Since we are learning about the rainforest we invited Educazoo to come to our school last week. Our animator was named Mesissa and she brought 7 different animals for us to learn more about and see up close. She brought a tree frog, a crested gecko, a chameleon, 2 short tailed opossums, a python, a [...]
Painting the Rainforest
October 11, 2011 · 18 Comments · Uncategorized
Grade 2 is learning about the rainforest. We’ve been looking at and reading books about the rainforest. We watched a few videos on youtube and heard the sounds of the rainforest, too. Last Thursday we got into groups and with some butcher paper started drawing plants that we might see in the rainforest. Some [...]
Read to Self
October 2, 2011 · 15 Comments · Uncategorized
Grade 2 has launched the first part of the Daily Five – Read to Self. Everyone is doing a fantastic job. It is so important to give students a chance during each day to read. We are learning that the more we read the better readers we will be. Each student has a ziplock [...]
Tags: Reading·TheDailyFive
