Ms. Sullivan | Nelson Rural School

Welcome To Grade 2!

Posted: October 6, 2019

Grade 2 News October 7 - October 11

Hi Everyone!

I hope you had a fun weekend! Remember to dress for the weather, as the mornings are chilly.

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

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

Picture Retakes/Sibling Pictures - Picture retakes will take place on Tuesday October 8th. Also at this time they will be doing sibling pictures, if you would like them done.

Credit Union Day - Our first Credit Union Day of this year is on Tuesday October 8th.

Homework/Borrow-A-Book - The homework for the week is listed in the orange folder. Our spelling words this week focus on the short /e/ vowel sound and the word work activity is on the short /e/ vowel as well. We are working on the main idea in writing and this week the students have to write 3 sentences about the main idea - Pizza. Stay on topic and write good details. In math we have started working on ordering and comparing numbers to 20 and even and odd numbers. Make sure that you read your book each night and record it on the log sheet.

No School - Thanksgiving Day is on Monday October 14th. Enjoy a wonderful holiday with your family!

Have a super week!

STEAM Activity - Building Bridges

Posted: October 6, 2019

For this activity students had to work with a group to build a bridge that could cross between 2 tables and hold a car to drive across. There were a lot of test trials and then try again. We had some success and some that needed more support. Great job!!

Fall Art

Posted: October 6, 2019

Our first art project using pastels. The students did a super job! Love those fall colours!

STEAM Activity - Creating Jewelry

Posted: October 6, 2019

We combined math and art in this STEAM activity to create pattern neclaces and bracelets. The students did a super job and made some awesome jewelry!

Posted: October 6, 2019

Thanksgiving Day - No School

Date:

Mon, Oct 14/19 (All day)

Posted: October 6, 2019

Credit Union Day

Date:

Tue, Oct 8/19 (All day)

Posted: October 6, 2019

Picture Retakes & Sibling Pictures

Date:

Tue, Oct 8/19 9:00 am

Posted: September 29, 2019

Grade 2 News September 30 - October 4

Hi Everyone,

I hope you had a fun weekend! Remember that the mornings can be chilly, so make sure you are dressed for the weather.

Orange Shirt Day - Monday September 30th is Orange Shirt Day. Students and staff are asked to wear orange in honour of Residential School Children and in the spirit of reconciliation.

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

Library - Our library day is on Thursday. Make sure you bring your books back so you can sign out another one.

Homework/Borrow-A-Book - The homework for the week is listed in the orange folder. Our spelling words this week focus on the short /i/ vowel sound. The word work activity is on the /in/ and /it/ word families. In Math we are working on the missing element in patterns and we are starting work on ordering and comparing numbers to 20. We are doing more work with writing detailed sentences, using pictures to help. Remember to begin and end your sentences the right way. Students should be reading their book each night and recording it on their log sheet.

Have a wonderful week!

Terry Fox Walk 2019

Posted: September 29, 2019

Our school participated in the National School Terry Fox Walk. We also wrote about Terry and created a quilt using words the students felt described Terry. What an amazing person he was and what a difference he made for so many!

Fletcher's Farm Trip

Posted: September 29, 2019

We had a fantastoc time at Fletcher's Farm. The maze was fun and the students also loved the pedal carts, animals, hay ride and the paly area. A big thank you to Fletcher's Farm for hosting us!!