Today students did a fabulous job with their grade 2 performance of "Silver Bells".  You can view the video by clicking on the following link.   I am very proud of our grade 2s.  They sang beautifully and did a fantatic job!  Way to go, grade 2 students!

Grade 2 performance
http://youtu.be/RBACrZxgQ-A


We are having our class party this afternoon.  Thank you VERY much to the parents who brought treats for our party!

Tomorrow (Thursday) we are leaving at 9am for our skating field trip.  Thank you to the following student's parents who offered to drive students:

Aiden
Brienna
Callie
Brooklyn
Reese
Janaye
Seth


Thank you also to the parents to offered to send cookies and icing/ decorations so that we can decorate Christmas cookies on Thursday afternoon.

On Friday, December 19th, please remember to "Dress Like Christmas" as we will be having a very special Christmas Assembly in the gym, and it would be wonderful to see as many students dressed up as possible.  Parents are welcome to join us too! Hope you can dress up also.  (Not necessary, but please feel free to!).  It will be a fantastic school celebration before the students have their two week holiday break.


PIE FUNDRAISER PICK UP IS TODAY AND TOMORROW (Wednesday, December 17th, and Thursday, December 18th.).  If you ordered a pie for our school fundraiser, please look in your child's agenda for a reminder slip with more details.  You can pick up your pies today and tomorrow.  The pies look delicious!  Thank you for supporting our school's fundraiser, and enjoy your pies!


If you have any questions about our upcoming activities, please contact me at the school as soon as possible:  403-381-2211.

Miss Lilley

Merry Christmas Students and Families!

 

 

 

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!  Have a safe and Happy Holiday season.

 

Remember that you can go onto www.raz-kids.com and www.mathletics.com at home to keep your brain working in tip-top shape!

 

See you again on January 5th, 2015!!

 

 

 

 

Miss Lilley

No spelling words for this week.
Instead, write a Christmas card of Christmas letter at home to someone you love!

Remember to check your writing over for capitals, end punctuation and spelling before you give it to them.

The Angel Tree Project

(We will accepting gifts in the school this week and also in the foyer at the MMH Christmas GALA on the evening of Thursday, December 11th from 5:30-7:30pm)

 

MMH is Caring & Sharing!

As a school-wide service project again this year, we are encouraging the students of MMH to consider donating to those less fortunate in our community.  We will be collecting both unwrapped Christmas gifts and gift cards for families in need until Thursday, December 11^th.   Gifts will be donated to the Angel Tree project, and some may also be delivered to the local shelter for women & children and to new immigrants to our city, depending on the need and response.

In order to personalize this project, you may consider having your child choose something appropriate for a child of their own age & gender in our city who may not receive any gifts for Christmas if it were not for our choice to share & provide for those less fortunate than ourselves.  Gifts for both genders, from birth to age 18, are most welcome. 

 

Because younger children are chosen more often from the trees around the city, there is aparticular need for gift cards for older children – Park Place Mall, Walmart, Chapters, Best Buy, EB Games, iTunes, Ardene & Claire`s, Bert & Macs/Sport Chek, and we are also gratefully accepting grocery store & department store gift cards to help provide families with delicious & nutritious holiday food and warm clothing.  Of course, gifts for the parents of these families would also be helpful – often requested are gifts cards for Canadian Tire, Home Depot, Walmart, Starbucks/Tim Hortons etc.  Special requests received from many children include Lego (6-14 years), Art & Craft sets (3-18 years), Pokémon cards, action figures/super heroes, makeup kits/nail polish, Frozen themed toys and warm pajamas & winter clothing.

**You do not need to pick an angel from a tree for this project. 

Simply drop off your unwrapped gift and/or any gift cards to your child’s teacher or to Mrs. Baker 
(in room 22 across from the office) by December 11^th.  

Thank you in advance for any support you are able to provide us for this valuable project.  
Happy Holidays!

Miss Lilley

Upcoming Dates to Remember:

December 9  -  Christmas Story Book Talk Day.  Bags are due on or before this day.  Please bring your favourite Christmas book to share with class!  We will have popcorn and share our stories with other classes!

December 9  -  Hot Lunch Day (Boston Pizza)

December 11  -  Christmas Gala 5:30-7:30pm.  Please bring some Christmas treats to share and dress your best for a fun evening of crafts, dancing and more!

December 12  -  Star Student Marah

December 15-19th  - Christmas Caroling all week in the gym.  M,W, F, at 8:30am.  T, Th, after lunch.

December 16th - Christmas is Alive.  MMH choir performance.

December 17th - Class Party in the afternoon.  Thank you to the parents who have offered to provide the following snacks:  Fruit Plate (River), Vegetables and Dip (Reese), Juice and Napkins: (Maisie), Cookies: (Macgregor), Muffins: (Callie), Cheese and Crackers: (Marah).  Thank you!

December 18th  -  9:15-10:15am.  Skating at Nicolas Sheran.  All Children need skates and proper skating helmets.  In the afternoon we will have a Christmas celebration of decorating cookies and drinking hot chocolate from 1-2pm.  We will need parent drivers and volunteers for this day.  We will need help with tying up skates as well as lots of help with students on the ice.

December 19  -  Last day before Christmas holidays.  Assembly at 8:30am.  “Dress Like Christmas” day.  Please bring your board games or another type of game for our last day of school.  If you would like to bring a treat on this day, please let me know!

December 20-January 4th  -  Christmas Holidays!  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

January 5th, 2015  -  Classes Resume

New Spelling Words for the week of Dec 8-12th
We will be focusing on words using the long "a" sound using ay and ai.

away
may
pay
play
today
mail
rain
paint
afraid
said

Bonus words:

pail
train
main
tray
brain

New Spelling Words for the Week:

name
same
save
brave
face
place
snake
wake
skate
have

bonus words:
December
flame
reindeer
Christmas
family

Galt Museum Field Trip 

This is a picture of a learning activity we did to learn about the history of Lethbridge.  It was interesting to learn how the city grew, and students were interested to know that Lethbridge originally became a city because of the coal that was mined here.  We had an excellent field trip to the Galt Museum.  Our tour guide Belinda is so knowledgeable about our city!  Thanks Galt Museum for a fabulous learning experience! We will be back!

Upcoming Dates to Remember:

December 9  -  Christmas Story Book Talk Day.  Bags are due on or before this day.  Please bring your favourite Christmas book to share with class!  We will have popcorn and share our stories with other classes!

December 9  -  Hot Lunch Day (Boston Pizza)

December 11  -  Christmas Gala 5:30-7:30pm.  Please bring some Christmas treats to share and dress your best for a fun evening of crafts, dancing and more!

December 12  -  Star Student Marah

December 15-19th  - Christmas Caroling all week in the gym.  M,W, F, at 8:30am.  T, Th, after lunch.

December 16th - Christmas is Alive.  MMH choir performance.

December 17th - Class Party in the afternoon.  Thank you to the parents who have offered to provide the following snacks:  Fruit Plate (River), Vegetables and Dip (Reese), Juice and Napkins: (Maisie), Cookies: (Macgregor), Muffins: (Callie), Cheese and Crackers: (Marah).  Thank you!

December 18th  -  9:15-10:15am.  Skating at Nicolas Sheran.  All Children need skates and proper skating helmets.  In the afternoon we will have a Christmas celebration of decorating cookies and drinking hot chocolate from 1-2pm.  We will need parent drivers and volunteers for this day.  We will need help with tying up skates as well as lots of help with students on the ice.

December 19  -  Last day before Christmas holidays.  Assembly at 8:30am.  “Dress Like Christmas” day.  Please bring your board games or another type of game for our last day of school.  If you would like to bring a treat on this day, please let me know!

December 20-January 4th  -  Christmas Holidays!  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

January 5th, 2015  -  Classes Resume

Spelling list for the week of Nov.24-28. The spelling test will be on Friday.

stand
stick
stamp
stone
fast
last
best
rest
must
taste

Sight words
because

Christmas

December

friend

please

Happy Friday Everyone!
This week was an extremely busy week in 2C!

Happy Birthday River!  River was our Star Student today, and she also celebrated her 7th birthday earlier in the week.  I always learn new and interesting things about students on their star student day when they show and share items that are important to them, as well as give a presentation on themselves.  We have such a special class, and I love learning more about their likes and interests, as well as learning about their families, hobbies, and places they have visited.
   
We attended a Remembrance Day Assembly in the gym this morning and it ran so smoothly.  I was so proud of all the students who came into the gym so quietly and listened attentively to the presentation.  It is important to remember the brave men and women who fought and served for our country and who continue to serve.  In our classroom this week we had a great discussion about what it means to be Canadian and why we are proud of our country.


There are a few very important dates coming up for November:

November 10 & 11—No School for Fall Break

November 14—Report Cards sent home
November 17 - Health Clinic Visit and Lesson
November 18 - Teddy Bear Day - 8:30am Spirit Assembly.  Wear your Pyjamas to School!
November 20 pm and 21 all day—Parent Teacher Interviews. No school.  Parents please sign up for your conference time online through the MMH main page for a time that suits you.

November 24 - Story Teller visit 9:30am.

November 28-Star Student Aiden!

December 5-Star Student Reese!
December 11—Christmas Gala
December 12-Star Student Marah!

December 18th - Skating Activity at Nicolas Sheran Skating Rink.  All students need helmets.

December 19—Last day before Christmas holidays.  Spirit Assembly: Dress Up Like A Christmas Tree!  


Have a wonderful well-deserved long weekend everyone!  See you again on Wednesday, November 12th.

Miss Lilley

Spelling List for Monday, November 3rd, 2014. Our spelling test will be on Friday, November 7th.

This week we are studying words with "sh".  I am assuming it will be a very quiet week if I keep reminding students of this while we do our spelling!  (Just kidding!)

Here are the list words:

shell
ship
shop
sheep
shut
dish
fish
wish
rush
push

Happy Spelling!

Miss Lilley

Happy Chocolate Day!

We are celebrating Grade 2 Chocolate Day at Mike Mountain Horse!

As many of you know I participated in a teaching exchange to Australia in 2012!  I had lots of fun and adventures during this time abroad.  Here are some pictures of my journey!  I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed taking them.  Travelling is a wonderful way to enjoy the world around us and to learn not only about other cultures, but more about our own culture as well!  

While in Australia I participated in a straw bale house build project in New South Wales.  As you can see I learned some new skills!

Wow.  Be careful!

The students at Lake Albert Public School wear a uniform every day!  Here they are all squished into their "hall", which we would call a gym here in Canada.

Pen Pal Project.  The students were SO excited to receive a pen pal letter from their Canadian friend.  My exchange partner and I had paired our kids up for this project.  It was priceless, as you can see!

Reading in my Australian back yard in my new hammock.  Loving this lifestyle!

A new friend at the straw bale house build project!

Kangaroo! 

East Coast of Australia, south of Sydney, NSW. 

Kangaroo!

Happy Australia Day! 

Local park right by my house!

Heading to a swimming event for the school!

Swimming competition.

Having fun at the pool!

Peacock at the local park.

These pumpkin grew voluntarily in our garden!  What a nice surprise.  Delicious!

Look at all this produce!  I became part of a veggie swap in the community.  Every week I would meet with other community members and we would share what we grew in our own gardens!

Here I am with another exchange teacher who was also teaching in Australia.  

She was in another town, but we became friends and visited each other throughout the year!

Wagga Wagga, NSW during the great flood of 2012.

Flooding was extensive.  This picture was taken one day before the flood completely covered this area by several metres!  The people in the picture were displaced from their home because it was in the flood zone, and their home had literally become the river's new path.  The flood completely destroyed everything. 

Sporting match!

Learning how to water ski!

Eucalyptus Tree.  (Also known as a gum tree.)

Shopping!

Rock climbing!

Relaxing!

Shopping at a local fruit and vegetable market!

Travelling in New Zealand on my holiday.

New Zealand.

New Zealand

New Zealand.

My classroom.

Miss Lilley and Mrs. Ness.

Visiting a rural school.  They had chickens!

Visiting a beach school.  These boys are practicing for surf rescue.

The organic chocolate factory in Junee, NSW.

My fabulous class at Lake Albert Public School.

My staff at Lake Albert Public School.

Teaching a cooking class for friends in Wagga Wagga!

I rented a camping van all by myself and travelled to the rainforests in Queensland.

An assembly at school.  Very packed in there with all the kids!

Yum! Enjoying a hot day at school!

Learning to play cricket.  Well, actually I was just posing for this picture.  

Australians sure love their sports and being active!

A family I met in Bali, Indonesia. They were so welcoming. 

Steve Irwin Zoo.

Steve Irwin Zoo.

Steve Irwin Zoo.  This is my sweet Mum.

Steve Irwin Zoo.

While teaching in Australia, I was able to take a vacation to beautiful Bali.  These are some pictures of my trip to Bali, which is a beautiful island in Indonesia.  I visited Bali in 2012.  While I was there, I went to a cacao (or cocoa) plantation.  On that farm they also bananas, coconuts, cinnamon, coffee, vanilla, and much much more!  It was really exciting to see how these foods grow.  It made me appreciate these products so much more!

There are also many pictures of life in Bali, from a tourist perspective.  Many people drive motorcycles or scooters around, instead of cars.  Enjoy the pictures, and while you are looking at the pictures, think about ways that Canada is the same and ways that it is different from Bali.

Banana Trees

Cacao pods on a cacao tree ….. yes, chocolate really does grow on trees!!   :)

 

A truck full of chickens! 

rice field

Highway.