Bonjour Grade 2/3 Parents and Students,
We certainly enjoyed the “summer-like” weather this week! Much better than last week!
As you are aware, some classroom changes occurred this week, affecting
Grade 2 to Grade 6 classrooms. I remain a 2/3 split, with fewer
numbers. There are now 15 Grade 2s registered and 9 Grade 3s. Welcome
to Keithan and Ramiha, who joined our 2/3 class this
week.
Effective next week, I will begin teaching our class Core French 3 times
over the Day 1 to Day 5 cycle and on Day 3s, we welcome new Grant Road
Staff Member, Mrs. Beckel, who will be teaching the children lessons
from the Health Curriculum. Teacher-Librarian,
Mrs. Lindstrom, will be working with the children for half an hour in
the library every Day 4 in the morning.
Grade 3 teachers, Mrs. LeMieux and Mrs. Ewert-Molesky will be teaching Math to my 9 Grade 3s on a daily basis.
Academically, I have completed ORR (Oral Reading Record Testing for
Gr. 2) and Fountas and Pinnell (Reading Testing for Gr. 3) with your
child to see what his/her present reading level is. The ORR and F& P
are based on fluency, word attack skills and comprehension.
I have almost completed Grade 3 DNA (Diagnostic Numeracy Assessment)
math testing and am busy working on DNA testing Part 2, with the Grade
2s. What a busy time!
On Monday, we studied phonics letter Bb. We read a
poem, explored rhyming words, created a list of Bb words as a team,
played a cloze procedure sentence game in the form of a GAME SHOW and a
BEAT THE CLOCK GAME.
On Tuesday, the Grades 2/3s attended a special assembly promoting the
Grant Road School Magazine Fundraiser. You received a package on
Tuesday in your child’s agenda. Please send packages back to school.
Enjoy the math photos of this week’s learning. There are some of
increasing patterns (Grade 3 samples). The Gr. 2 children were given a
specific number of coloured cubes and with them they had to create a
pattern using them. It was interesting to show
the boys and girls the number of possible solutions…
We began our study of adding DETAILS to our writing this afternoon
(6-Trait Writing). “Details in writing” will be our new focus over the
next week or so.
On Thursday at 2:30, we constructed our paper mache turkeys with our
Grade 4 Learning Buddies, in preparation for today’s fun paper mache
extravaganza. The boys and girls are super excited for this afternoon’s
messy fun! Thank you to the grandmas and moms
helping us later on with this project.
REMINDERS:
1. For those Grade 3s participating in the CROSS COUNTRY CLUB,
there will be practice next Tuesday and Thursday in the “bowl.”
2. SPELLING TEST is Monday. Next WEDNESDAY is PICTURE DAY and the TERRY FOX WALK.
3. I hope to see you at the Open House and BBQ next Thursday
evening. If you are unable to attend, I will place the Open House
handout I have compiled, in your child’s agenda pocket.
4. We will be DECORATING our paper mache turkeys on FRIDAY, Sept.
26th. Begin gathering fabric scraps, buttons, feathers, etc. at home to
decorate paper mache turkeys. Dollar Store is a good place to purchase
a bag of feathers.
TRIP NEXT WEEK (This is the note to look for in your child's agenda on Monday):
As part of the Social Studies and Health curriculum, the Grade 2s (Mrs.
Pankewich) and Grade 2/3 (Ms. Selimos) have been provided with the
opportunity to visit the RCMP Heritage Center next Thursday, September
25th to celebrate INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE with
a “peace” and “peace keeping” focus, for free. We will be taking the
bus.
Thank you to RCMP Heritage Center and Scotia Bank Sponsor for taking care of all costs.
We will be leaving the school at 11:55 SHARP and returning at
approximately 3:15. For those children who go HOME for lunch, please
stay at school on this day.
____ YES, my child may attend the trip to the RCMP Heritage Center on Sept. 25th by bus.
____ YES, I would like to volunteer as a parent/guardian and have had a recent criminal record check.
_____ No, unfortunately I am unable to assist at this time.
____________________________
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