Hi Everyone!

I hope you had a fun weekend! It's time to dig out those hats and mittens. The days are getting colder, so please make sure that you are dressed for the weather and bring your hat and mittens each day.

Phys. Ed - Our Phys. Ed days this week are Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Library - Library day is on Wednesday. Make sure you bring your book back, so you can take out another one.

Skating - Our first skating day of the year is on Tuesday November 29th. Ice time is from 9:25 - 10:05 AM. Students will need skates and helmets to go on the ice. If you do not have any, please let me know, as the school does have some extra pairs. Parents and grandparents are welcome to join us.

Homework/Borrow-A-Book - The homework is recorded in the orange folders. Our spelling words this week focus on the /ar/ sound in words and a review of the short /u/ vowel sound. Word work is on spelling words and the /ar/ sound. We are continuing with our work on place value and counting in different ways with math. In writing we are working on the organization trait, so the writing activity is based on this. Please make sure that you read your book each night and record it on the log sheet.  Use your strategies to help with your reading.

Book Fair - The Home and School is sponsoring a Scholastic Book Fair this week in the school library. It is opened Mon - Wed from 9:00 - 3:00; Family Night is Wednesday November 30th from 6:00 - 8:00 PM; Thursday 9 - 12PM.

Have a fabulous week!

Hi Everyone!

I hope you enjoyed your weekend and took some time to remember those men and women who fought for our freedom and who are still protecting Canada today. Please make sure you are dressed for the weather.

Phys. Ed - Our Phys. Ed days this week are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Library - Our library day is on Wednesday. Please bring your book back so you can get another one.

Homework/Borrow-A-Book - The homework for the week is listed in the orange folders. Our spelling words this week focus on the /o/ and /e/ vowel sounds that say their own name like; me and go. In Math we are working on ordinal numbers and counting with money. Please keep working on counting forwards and backwards by 2s and 10s. We will begin working on 5s this week. More work is needed on blends, so the word work will focus on that. Please make sure you read your book each night, use your strayegies to help with unknown words and record your book on the log sheet.

Class Project With Texas - We connected with our friends on Thursday. Clare, Hannah and Cameron did a wonderful job as the weather and class reporters and poetry reader. They are still getting warm weather days down there. We finished our first letters to our pen pals and mailed them out on Thursday.

Report Cards - First term report cards go home on Tuesday November 15th.

Parent Teacher Interviews - These will take place on: Thursday November 17th from 4:00 - 6:30 PM and on Friday November 18th from 9:00 - 11:30 AM. I hope to meet with all parents to discuss your childs progress.

No School - There is no school for students on Friday November 18th.

Spirit Week - The school We Day Group is hosting Spirit Week during the week of Nov. 14th - 18th. Each day is a different theme day you can dress for. It cost a $1.00 to participate for the week and they are also collecting items for the Food Bank.

Monday - Hat and PJ Day

Tuesday - Favourite Decade Day - 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s 

Wednesday - Jersey - Favourite Team Clothing Day

Thursday - Twin Day - Dress the same as someone else.

Have a fabulous week!                                                                                                                                                                                              

Hi Everyone!

I hope you had fun trick or treating on Halloween Night! Just a reminder that if you bring in snacks for lunch and recess, check to see if they are nut free.

Phys. Ed - Our Phys. Ed days this week are Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Library - Our library day is on Wednesday. Please bring your book back, so you can sign out another one.

Homework/ Borrow-A-Book - The homework for the week is listed in the orange folders. Our spelling words this week focus on the short /u/ vowel sound. In math we are working on counting with money. It would be good if you could practice at home using, pennies, dimes and nickles. This can help us count by 1s, 5s and 10s. We are also working with even and odd numbers. Our word family this week is /un/, you need to make different words with this by changing the beginning sound and we are working on vowel sounds. Please make sure you read your book each night and record it on your log sheet.

Collaborative Project With Dallas, Texas - We met with our friends again on Friday. Cameron, Novalee, Eria and Kierstyn did a great job as the weather and class reporters and poetry readers. This week we will start writing our individual letters to them.

Have a super week!

Hi Everyone!

Hope you had a great weekend! The mornings are getting cooler, so please make sure you are dressed for the weather.

Phys. Ed - Our Phys. Ed days this week are Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Library - Our library day is on Wednesday. Please make sure you bring your book back so you can get another one.

Homework/Borrow-A-Book - The homework for the week is listed in the orange notebooks. Our spelling words this week focus on the short /e/ vowel sound. Please remember that when you do the writing activity we are working on the main idea and writing good details to go with it. Your sentences need to begin and end the right way. In Math we are working on counting by 2s and 10s forwards and backwards and ordering and comparing numbers. Students should be reading their book each night and recording it on the log sheet.

Class Project With Texas - Our friends in Ms. Sands class could not meet with us last week, so we will do our reports on Tuesday. We were excited to read their class letter. We finished our letter and sent it out on Friday. Now we are working on our writing about Thanksgiving in Canada to send them.

Have a tremendous week!

Hi Everyone!

I hope that you had a fun weeknd and got outside to enjoy the beautiful fall weather days!

Phys.Ed - Our Phys. Ed days this week are Tuesday and Wednesday.

Library - Our library day is on Wednesday. Make sure you bring your book back so you can sign out a new one.

Homework/Borrow-A-Book - The homework for the week is listed in the orange folder. We will be working on the Grade 2 sight word list instead of a new spelling list as it is a short week. I will also be sending an extra sheet that you can keep at home to work on throughout the year. Please make sure that you are reading your book each night and record it on the log sheet.

Math - We are finishing up our unit on patterns and will be starting on a new unit of Numbers to 100. You can work on counting in different ways by 2s, 5s and 10s at home.

No School - Thursday October 6th and Friday October 7th are Professional Learning Days for the teachers, so there is no school for students on these days. As well Monday October 10th is Thanksgiving and there is no school.

Have a super week! Enjoy uour Thanksgiving holiday with your family! We have a lot to be thankful for!                                                                          

Happy Thanksgiving!

 Hi Everyone!

Welcome back! I hope you had a fun weekend!

Phys. Ed - Our Phys. Ed days for the week are Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Library - Our library day is on Wednesday. Please make sure you bring back your book in the library bag so you can get another one.

Homework/Borrow-A-Book - The homework for the week is listed in the orange notebooks. The students have a word work, writing or math sheet each night along with their list of sight words and their book to read. The homework is a follow up to what we are working on in class and the students should be able to complete it. If they are having trouble please let me know. It is very important that the students read each night and record their book on the log sheet.

School Credit Union Day - This will be on Tuesday September 20th.

Meet The Teacher - Our school Meet The Teacher evening will take place on Thursday September 20th, starting at 5:00pm in the cafeteria. After the meeting part, The Home and School will be putting on a BBQ. You can purchase a hotdog and a drink for $1.00. There will also be a jumping castle set up. During the evening you will also be able to place orders for school clothing. Looking forward to meeting with everyone!

 Have an awesome week!

Hi Everyone!

I hope you enjoyed the beautiful weekend we had. Hopefully the temperatures will stay warmer.

Phys. Ed - Our Phys. Ed days this week are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

Library - We have library on Friday, please make sure you bring your book back so you can get another one.

Homework/Borrow-A-Book - The homework for the week is listed in the green folders. Our reading comprehension and writing focus on Earth Day and how we can help the earth. Math is dealing with measuring using non-standard units with mass and there is a review sheet as well. The spelling this week is on /ing/ endings. For some words we have to drop the /e/ and add /ing/ and for others we have to double the last letter and add/ing/. Please make sure that you read your book each night and record it on the log sheet.

Math - We are finishing up our unit on measurement. Later this week we will be starting a unit on adding and subtracting to 100, with 2 digit numbers. Continued work on math facts and strategies at home will help with this.

Earth Day - Earth Day is on Friday April 22nd. We are asking all staff and students to wear blue and green in honour of our planet. Also to try and bring a litter less lunch on that day. We are trying to throw out as little garbage as possible. This week we are also focussing on what we can do to help the planet. We all have to do our part to take care of it.

Have a fabulous week