Healthy Choices

As part of our Health and Physical Education we reviewed 

the four food groups with a sorting game...

Next, we sorted all of the foods we had in our lunch bags.

Stay tuned for our homemade healthy snacks in the next two weeks!!

Time Centers

On Friday everyone had a chance to visit 4 different centres to 

practice telling time.  The grade 2's are responsible for 

knowing the time on the hour, quarter hour, half hour and three

quarter hour.  The grade 3's are responsible for knowing the 

time to the nearest 5 minutes and saying the time two ways

(3:15 is also quarter after three). 

Flashcard Game

Make your own flashcards

Time Matching Game

Roll and Make The Time Game

We are ready to move on to Elapsed Time next week!

As an end to our Time Unit, the students were given a challenge, 

Make whatever you want with a clock...

They got very creative!!

First Communion Preparation

Mark your calendars!

Preparation for the Sacrament of First Communion will begin with a parent information meeting on 

Sunday January 29, 2017 at 12:30 

(following the 11:00 am Mass).  

Watch the bulletin for more information.

Schedule change

We are saying goodbye to our wonderful PALS teacher, Mrs. Limiski, and welcoming Mrs. Sorge as our new PALS teacher.  With Mrs. Limiski leaving, we are experiencing a schedule change.  Here is a copy of our new schedule.  

Mrs. Paonessa’s 2/3 Class Timetable – 2016/2017

Time	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
8:10-8:50	Literacy	Literacy	Literacy	Literacy	Literacy
8:52-9:32	PALS (Literacy)
9:32-9:54	DPA/Snack/Independent Reading/Table Points/Announcements/O’Canada
9:54-10:09	Recess
10:09-11:11	Math
11:11-12:11	Lunch
12:11-12:51	Literacy	Computers	Music	Computers	Literacy
12:53-1:33	Physical Education	Literacy	Literacy	Literacy	Physical Education
1:33-1:48	Recess
1:48-2:28	Religion (also embedded in our literacy program)	Religion (also embedded in our literacy program)	Religion (also embedded in our literacy program)	S.S./Science (also embedded in our literacy program)	S.S./Science (also embedded in our literacy program)
2:30-2:40	Preparation for Dismissal

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Some residents from a local nursing home came to visit SJV and 

made a donation of hats and gloves to our school.  As a sign of 

appreciation, Mr. B. led a sing a long.  Our class sang Jingle Bells and Rudolph.

Our singers were accompanied by Mr. B. on piano and a group of

recorder players.

I hope you all had an enjoyable holiday!  See you back at school on Monday!

3-D Building

After working so hard on learning about 2-D shapes, we have moved onto 3-D shapes.

'I used all cubes for this!'

The students were able to build structures with 3-D shapes...

They sorted 3-D shapes using giant venn diagrams.

Before Christmas the students build giant structures with 3-D solids.  We borrowed

the large wooden blocks from a kindergarten classroom to see what we could

build and what we could talk about while building.  The goal was to use as much math

vocabulary as possible while building.  I definitely heard a lot of 'hey, put that here' and 'no, not that one, the other one', but I also heard a lot of...

'Put the big rectangular prism on top of the square...'

'The pyramid is good for putting on makeup.'

'Put the sphere over here so it doesn't roll away.'

One group of students built a golf course.  The ball was rolled on the blocks and through the blocks,

down ramps to the end of the course.  

'Put the sphere in here...'

At one point during the building I asked everyone to hold up a solid when I called out the name.

Another group of students built a makeup and nail salon.

A good time was had by all!!!