The Princess and the Pea

Watch The Princess and the Pea, then write your own fairy tale about a Princess and a vegetable!

Fractured Fairy Tales

The Stinky Cheese Man and other fairy tales

The Stinky Cheese Man

Cinderella

Rumpelstiltskin

The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs

Listen to a variety of different Cinderella stories by clicking on the links below.

Cindy Ellen

Cinderella Skeleton

The Rough Face Girl

Cendrillion

Walt Disney's Cinderella

Cinderella

Mad Libs

Choose a story title and make a Mad Lib online!

http://www.redkid.net/madlibs/

Click here to listen to fairy tales from around the world!

http://www.agendaweb.org/videos/flash-stories-children/page-02.html

http://www.storynory.com/category/fairy-tales/various-fairy-tales/

http://www.speakaboos.com/theme/fairy-tales

http://video.nhptv.org/video/2238439827/

Contraction Games

Click on the links below to practice contractions!

Contraction Games - 6 different games to try!

Which key will unlock the treasure chest?

Grab that contraction!

Global Communities Links

Social Studies Global Communities Research Links
Find your country and click on the links to explore and learn more for your projects!

Italy
Italy
National Geographic Italy
Time for Kids - Italy

Australia
National Geographic- Australia
Time for Kids- Australia
Australia

Mexico
Mexico
National Geographic- Mexico
Time for Kids- Mexico

Brazil
Time for Kids- Brazil
National Geographic- Brazil
Brazil Kids Corner

France
France
Time for Kids- France
National Geographic- France

Japan
Time for Kids- Japan
National Geographic
Explore Japan

Egypt
Time for Kids- Egypt
National Geographic- Egypt
Facts about Egypt

Germany
Germany
Time for Kids- Germany
National Geographic- Germany

African Dance

Life in Africa

Find some information about life in African Countries here!





Water Collection in Africa - Video










Poverty and Wealth in Modern South Africa - Video

BBC Learning - Videos about life in Africa

Lots of Poems!

Kenn Nesbitt's Poetry4Kids.com

Funny Poems for Kids - Click on the underlined title of the poem to see the whole poem. The ........ at the end means there is more to that poem!

ONCE YOU HAVE FOUND YOUR POEM:

ShelSilverstein.com - Finish Shel's poems, play some games!

Base 10 Blocks

DPA Resources

It is CERTAIN, you will love these games!! :)

Hover over the question mark to fill in the blank and then click on the word "check" to see if you are right. Read carefully!! When you finish a question, click on the broom in the top right corner to get a new question!

Click on one of the two games in the LEFT column and enjoy!! For an extra challenge, try the bottom one - More likely, less likely, or equally likely! 

Drag the balls across the line to show how likely that colour is to be chosen - impossible, unlikely, even chance (equally likely), likely, or certain. Once you are done, click done to find out if you are right!

This one is an extra challenge! Do this one last and don't get frustrated if you don't get it right away! This is grade 3 stuff!! Listen to the lesson and then try out the activity. If it doesn't make sense, go back to another game! :) Good luck!

Meet Mo!

Don't Let The Pigeon Drive The BUS!!!!

Click here to find out what Pigeon has been up to by reading is Twitter feed! - Tell me one thing that Pigeon has been up to in the past few months!

Click here to see some of Pigeons Friends! - List as many of Pigeon's friends as you can!

Click here to play some Pigeon Games! - Pick a game or two to try out, get to know Pigeon a bit better!

Meet Mo's Friends! - Pick a Friend of Mo's and see what adventures that friend has had.

Here are some other books by Mo Willems! - Make a list of 3 other books you would like to read.

Here is a link to Mo Willems' biography (information about his life). - Share one interesting fact about Mo Willems with the class.

#LoveAlwaysWins - Human Rights at the Olympics

Today we watched this very powerful video in class. Our class has had many discussions about different families and how it is natural and perfectly okay to love anyone, regardless of gender. The discussion focused around human rights and and the fact that we in Canada are fortunate to be able to love anyone we want but in other places in the world, people don't have those rights.

We looked at it like this: What if Mrs. Taylor said she was buying Pizza for the whole class, we would all be excited! But what if she then said that anyone wearing red couldn't have any. How would that make the people wearing red feel? How would that make the people who do get pizza feel?

The discussion around this was amazing! We then compared it to the girls in the video. Why would it be okay for her to kiss her partner if it was a man, but not if it was a woman?

What a powerful video, an amazing discussion from Grade 2s, and overall an important message to take home! Enjoy this video with your family!

Welcome to Sochi 2014!

Click here to go to the Official Sochi 2014 page.




Here is a schedule of the events at the olympics. Use this schedule to answer the questions below.





















1. What days can you see Nordic Combined?
2. What days are the medal games being played in Curling?
3. Is there a day when you can't see any skiing? (remember there are several skiing events!)
4. What day has the most medal events?
5. What day has the least medal events?
6. What event happens the most days?
7. What event happens the least days?
8. What day do the first events take place?
9. What is the last day for events to take place?
10. What event are you looking most forward to?

Getting Kids to Our Restaurant!

What makes this menu exciting to children?

What makes this one appealing to parents?

What do you notice about this menu? What do you like about? What don't you like about it?

What do you think makes this menu a real success with younger children?

How do you feel about this menu? What do you like? Dislike?

What kind of food comes with these meals? 

Why do you think the food was not the main focus for these commercials?

Why do you think there is generally more than 1 toy available?

Why do they have "boy toys" and "girl toys" instead of just one type of toy?

How do you feel when you see a toy you want but you "aren't the right gender" to have it?

Is there ever really boy toys and girl toys or are all toys for anyone?

What about this picture makes you feel like the Bakugan toys are for boys and the Pony toys are for girls?

These are toys that were available in a Happy Meal in the 1980s. What has changed since then?

Brainstorm some ideas for some things you would want to include at our restaurant for children. What things do we need to purchase for our restaurant to accommodate children?


Work with a partner to complete this page:

Anything by Hedley

This is the song our class is working on for Music in Term 2. Please review the lyrics so we are ready to sing! We have gone through all of the lyrics together as a class and are regularly working on the song in class. I have included a video of the song here as well. The music video is not Grade 2 appropriate, and there is another version of the song that has some inappropriate language for school. I suggest you use this version to practice! :)

Anything, Hedley (Clean Version)

Everybody said you better stay in school,

Get a real job boy, don’t be a fool!

Burn that guitar you can never be a star

I can, I can, I can, so…

A thousand disbelievers couldn't keep me on the 

     ground,

I've invented a momentum that will never slow     

     me down,

I believe it cause I feel it, and I’ll shout it out loud:

I can, I can, I can, so…

Everybody said boy don't go any higher!

Uh uh,  forget that, I can do anything!

Never push the limit and don't play with fire!

Uh uh, forget that, I can do anything!

Na na na na na na na,

Na na na na na na

Wear my heart on my fist, take you by surprise 

     fighter!

Uh uh, forget that, I can do anything!

Ha ha ha, ok ok ok,

Be a movie star, or rock the main stage,

An Xbox tester or an astronaut in space.

If they tell you that you can’t, you can shove it in      

     their face

I can, I can, I can, so…

A hundred thousand disbelievers couldn't keep 

     me on the ground,

I've invented a momentum that will never slow 

     me down,

I believe it cause I feel it, and I’ll shout it out loud:

I can, I can, I can, so…

Everybody said boy don't go any higher!

Uh uh,  forget that, I can do anything!

Never push the limit and don't play with fire!

Uh uh, forget that, I can do anything!

Na na na na na na na

na na na na na na 

Wear my heart on my fist, take you by surprise 

     fighter!

Uh uh, forget that, I can do anything!

Yeah!

(I can do anything)

Never try, never win, never get a break,

You miss 100% of the shots you never take!

Ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo

Ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo 

Ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo

Everybody said boy don't go any higher!

Uh uh,  forget that, I can do anything!

Never push the limit and don't play with fire!

Uh uh, forget that, I can do anything! 

Everybody said boy don't go any higher!

Uh uh,  forget that, I can do anything!

Never push the limit and don't play with fire!

Uh uh, forget that, I can do anything!

Na na na na na na na

Na na na na na na

Wear my heart on my fist take you by surprise 

     fighter,

Uh uh, forget that, I can do anything!

Na na na na na na na

Na na na na na na

Everybody said boy don't go any higher!

Uh uh, forget that, I can do anything!

Arctic Food

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