Hi Everyone!

Welcome back! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday with your family!

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

Library - Our library day is on Wednesday. Make sure you 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 notebook. Our spelling words this week focus on the short /i/ vowel sound. In Math we are working on ordering and comparing numbers to 20 and counting forwards and backwards by 2s and 10s. We are working on the ideas trait in writing. Having a main idea and writing sentences with good details. Make sure when you write to begin and end your sentences the right way.

Class Project With Texas - We met with our friends in Ms. Sands class on Tuesday. Alissa, Katelyn and Lana did a great job as the weather and class reporters and poetry reader. We planted our tulip garden on Wednesday. This is one of the activities we are doing with the project. We will be comparing our garden to the one they plant in Texas and others around the world. We are also getting our class letter ready to send to them.

Have a wonderful week!

Hi Everyone!

I hope you had a fun weekend! The mornings are getting colder, 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 Wednesday. Please return your book in the library bag so you can sign out another one.

Terry Fox Walk - Our school will be holding the annual Terry Fox School Walk on Thursday September 29th at 1:00pm. Please bring $2.00 or a donation of your choice if you can.

Homework/Borrow-A-Book - This week we will be starting with our spelling words. The focus is on the short /a/ vowel sound. We will be working on them each day at school, please go over them each night as well. Students should be reading their book each night and recording it on the log sheet. Math homework is on repeating and increasing patterns. In writing we are focussing on writing good sentences that tell a whole idea and have good details. Make sure they begin and end properly.

Class Project With Texas - This year our class will be participating in a Collaborative Project with St. John's Episcopal School in Dallas, Texas. This is the 11th year that our two schools have been working together. We have already met our partner class and did our first weekly repot using Skype. Isabel, Tyler and Clare did a super job as the weather report, class news and poetry reading. We will be meeting with our friends weekly and doing lots of activities throughout the year. Right now we are working on our class letter of introduction.

Orange Shirt Day - Friday September 30th.

Have a fantastic week!

Welcome To Grade 2!

We are getting settled into a new school year, class and routine! Please check back here weekly for class news and events that are happening or coming up.

Grandparents Tea

  The students have been working hard to prepare something special for their grandparents. Our annual Grandparents Day will be held on Friday September 16th at 9:00am in the school gym. After we finish in the gym, grandparents and guests are ivited to visit with us in our classroom.

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

Library - Our library day is on Wednesday, please return the book that the student borrowed in their library bag, so they can sign out a new one.

Have a great weekend!

Hi Everyone!

I hope you had a great weekend! Hopefully we will see some warmer weather days this week. The mornings are still cool at times, so please make sure you are dressed for the weather.

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

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

Homework/Borrow-A-Book - The homework for the week is listed in the green folders. Our spelling words this week focus on base words and word endings. We are working on measuring with non-standard units in math. The writing homework this week, is on the main idea -Spring. Students should have a good opening and ending sentence. Tell good details, use voice and word choice and make sure sentences begin and end properly. Remember that when you are doing the reading comprehension story to read carefully and use the strategies we have been working on. Students should be reading their Borrow-A-Book each night and recording their book on the log sheet.

Math - We are working on measurement using non-standard units. This week we will focus on measuring with 1 copy of a unit and measuring the distance around an object. Students can still be working on their math facts and strategies, as our next unit will be on adding and subtracting 2 digit numbers.

Math Games - The K-2 students started bringing home math games last week. These will be sent home each Tuesday and they are to be returned on Thursday. This is a great way to work on math skills and have fun playing the games with your family.

Class Project With Texas - We are back to our weekly reports with our friends in Ms. Sands class. Ben, Hunter and Jayden did a super job as the weather and class reporters and poetry reader. We had news to share with them because our tulips emerged on April 6th! It was very cold when we went out to check and we couldn't believe that they could come up out of the frozen ground! Our friends were very surprised that we were still having snow. It was 29 C there last week!

Have a spectacular week!