Halloween Weekend!

Wow! What a busy week we have had! Halloween descriptive writing and pumpkin activities and tomorrow is full of more Halloween fun! Please join us for the MMH parade at 8:45. After we will be enjoying bingo and crafts and then relaxing with snacks and a movie. 


Thanks so much for all of your help and support with snacks, field trip transportation and home reading this week! The new library is awesome! I checked out a whole stack of great books, movies and music! Library cards are free for your kids so check it out if you have a chance!  

Trick or treating is on the agenda for Sunday evening I am sure! Candy, Candy, Candy! 

Would it be alright if I suggest that perhaps only 1 or 2 treats come in lunches along with some healthy snack options. All the sugar just does not sustain our busy minds during the school day. I can help students save these small treats for later in the day so we are not all on a sugar high and crashing by 10:00 am! Thank you for your help with this. 

I wish you all a safe and happy Halloween! Check out the link below for some Halloween safety reminders. 

http://www.halloweenmagazine.com/safety-game/

Welcome back to a COOL week...

Hope you all had a chance to relax during the weekend!

Great job Mhairi, Cassidy, Brynn, Briggs and Amy for completing the math challenge question from last week.

Thanks for sending in PUMPKINS! We are excited to get working with them...as you can tell!

A few things to keep in mind for this week:

Picture retakes are tomorrow - October 26th
Our field trip to the new Crossings Library is this Thursday the 28th from 10:00-11:00. Thank you to:

Lisa R.

Simone O.

Danita N.

Cheryl A.

Marnie S.

We will see you at 9:45 at MMH to transport our young readers to the library.

Halloween Parade will start at 8:45 on Friday morning and following will be Grade 2 group Bingo and crafts as well as movies and snacks. Students should come to school in their costumes.

Snack volunteers are:

Muffins - Jordan
Veggies and Dip - Madi A.
Fruit Plate - Keinan
Juice and Napkins - Conner
Cookies - Kaiya and Mhairi
Cheese and Crackers - Amy
Meat and Pickles  - Jaxon

Spelling words this week are:

than - that - them - then - these - think - bath - both  - with - there

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Enjoy your long weekend together!

Thank you so much again for the positive response towards the blog! I only have a few consent forms left to be returned. If you have yet to do so, please send it in.

I am still in need of drivers for our trip to the new library! I need room for 5 more students. Please let me know if you can help October 28th. Thanks!

Thank you to all of you who noticed a few snack spots were needing to be filled. Danita Neis will be sending muffins for us and Cheryl Andres has offered to send veggies and dip. Thank to all of you who mentioned you could help.

Remember there is no school the next 2 days as the MMH staff will be professionally developing ourselves.

Please send your child to school with a pumpkin for Monday the 25th. We will be very busy measuring, weighing and counting bumps etc. with them. It is great for our math skills.

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Miss. Craddock's Little Peeps!! Solve the problem below! Show me how you solved it on Monday on a piece of paper and I will have a sticker for you!

Miss. Craddock had 15 pumpkins. She decided to carve 9 of them to put on her doorstep. How many pumpkins does she have left that are not carved?

Show a picture, number sentence and written sentence.



What's Happening This Week?!

I am so happy to hear about all of you that have checked in on the blog over the weekend! Awesome!

Some important things to keep in mind for this week and next:

• Spirit assembly tomorrow (Oct. 19) at 12:45. Students should wear blue and gold.
• Hot lunch is this Wednesday the 20th.
• No school on Thursday and Friday due to Professional Development.
• Please have a pumpkin at school for Monday the 25th. 
• Spelling is due Wednesday. The words this week are:

 come - some- from - one - done - none - love - of - gone - does

I have done some snooping of other blogs and websites and found a few fun Halloween activites. Check them out below! Fun! Please comment below if you ever have any questions or thoughts to share. 

 Make a pumpkin - http://www.abcya.com/make_a_pumpkin.htm
 Fun Brain Game - http://funschool.kaboose.com/fun-blaster/halloween/games/game_frankenbrain.html
Halloween Colouring -http://funschool.kaboose.com/funblaster/halloween/games/halloween_coloring_game.html

It's Friday!

It has been a week now that I have been building up the courage to start our classroom blog. Today I shared the site with our class so they knew where to go and check in on the information for the week. I hope this will be a helpful tool for you as well. In the side bar you will find the snack lists for the upcoming parties. I have sent home a note today asking for your consent to post pictures of your child on our blog. Pictures of field trips, special events, or school projects are a great way to share what is happening in our school days with you. If you could please fill it out and send it back Monday that would be great. If you wish for your child not to be on the blog please note that as well and your request will be respected. Have a wonderful weekend! Ask your child to show you the cool tipi site in the links section! One thing to check out over the weekend is the volunteer driver/supervisor form for our trip to the new Chinook Crossings Library ( October 28). I am still in need of a few volunteers. Thanks to those who have responded already!

Welcome to my first blog EVER!

Tadaaaa...I have created a blog! I am a complete newbie at this so please bear with me! My hope is that this becomes a wonderful weekly update to keep us all informed on the important happenings in our Grade 2 world. Calendar items, celebrations, field trip info, snack sign-up...find it all here! Let me know what you think! As we all learn together I hope my students will also become familiar with the blog so that they can participate and have access to educational links as well. What a neat way to keep in touch!