Hello
Parents and Students,
Let
the sun shine! What a beautiful day to
end this short school week!
I
hope the paper mache turkeys made their ways safely to your homes yesterday
after school, in time for this Thanksgiving long weekend!
Mathematically,
our math focus this week continued to be coins:
pennies, nickels, dimes. This
includes recognizing the symbols on each coin and counting money. We used the Math Makes Sense “story books” to
reinforce each coin and did some “shopping” activities. We charted information about each coin and
did math stations using pennies, nickels and dimes. Pull out some coins at home and have your
child count by 1s, 5s and 10s using money.
Do they recognize the value of each coin? As well, ordinal numbers were
discussed (first = 1st, second = 2nd, ninth = 9th). Your child should be able to read ordinal
numbers numerically and as a word in Grade 2.
As
well, counting forwards and backwards by 1s, 2s, 5s and 10s continues to be
reinforced. Print off a 100 chart from
my math website and play counting games with your child. Work on even and odd numbers with your child
as well. Even numbers end in 0, 2, 4, 6,
8. Odd numbers end in 1, 3, 5, 7,
9.
Next
week’s math focus will be: estimating of
numbers up to 100 using ten frames. The
kids enjoyed today’s estimation lesson using the orange ten frames and
buttons. See photos 34 to 36 (email).
For
French this week, we learned our classroom objects vocabulary through song,
games such as Bingo, Memory Game and concentration games. Listen to the song: Dans Ma Salle de Classe
with your child: www.youtube.com/watch?v=098Xf9d-Ntw
We
began our Life Science Unit for both grades this month with the Gr. 3 focus as
follows:
Analyze the interdependence among
plants, individuals, society, and the environment. [CP, DM, SI]
and Grade 2 focus of
animal growth and change as follows:
Analyze the growth and development of
familiar animals, including birds, fish, insects, reptiles, amphibians, and
mammals, during their life cycles. [CP, SI]
Compare the growth and development of
humans with that of familiar animals. [CP, SI]
Assess the interdependence of humans
and animals in natural and constructed environments. [CP, DM]
We discussed life cycles,
importance of balance (sun, plants, water), vertebrate classification, warm
blooded (endotherm) vs cold blooded and more.
We worked in teams of 3 discovering mammal facts and drawing various
mammals in our booklets. Next week we
will focus on birds and fish. Open the
following link and listen to the mammal song with your child: www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9SF3WqxM-Q
One of our writing
activities this week entailed descriptive writing about our favourite “bread”
food. See photo 8 and 9 and ask your child what he/she wrote about.
School Counsellor, Mrs.
Renwick, visited the classroom, teaching a lesson about “Self- Regulation” and
relaxation exercises. The children
learned many strategies (See photos 13 to 21; class email).
Have them demonstrate and explain milkshake breathing at home, Lazy 8
breathing, “squeezing a lemon” (hands and arms), lazy cat (arms and shoulders).
Thank
you to Sabah and her family for treats yesterday, celebrating her spelling successes! Congratulations Sabah! Keep up the great work!
Anika
was our VERY FIRST STAR OF THE WEEK! She
did a GREAT job presenting her poster.
Anika loves to play tennis! She
has two dogs, one at each of her homes.
Her mom and dad are both police officers. She enjoys spending time with her cousins,
uncles and aunties and her grandparents.
One of her favourite trips was to Disney World.
Happy
birthday to Kichu this week! Thank you
to his family for the yummy, cupcake treats.
We look forward to seeing Kichu’s poster next week and learning more
about him and his family, as he is our very first GRADE 2 STAR OF THE WEEK this
Grade 2/3 school year.
We
welcome University of Regina ECS 100 students, Miss Kezama and Miss
Lechler, who will be working with us in our Grade 2/3 classroom, every Tuesday
morning until December! J
The
boys and girls are enjoying Mrs. Beckel, who is with us on Day 3s from 2:30 to
3:30 for Health lessons. Ask your child
about today’s lesson with her re: healthy risks and unhealthy risks. Her lesson focused on risks on the
playground.
As
part of our Life Science Unit on Animal Growth and Changes (AN2. 3 Assessing the interdependence of
humans and animals in natural and constructed environments), both Grade 2 and
2/3 classes will be participating in the REGINA HUMANE SOCIETY program called
OPERATION HAPPY SOCK at the end of the month.
Your child’s job will be to COLLECT SOCKS at home! You’ll be amazed how happy people are to
clean out their “missing sock drawer,” especially when their unwanted socks
will be helping others. Please send a few or more gently used socks (any size)
to school with your child immediately for the month end project.
Thank you to the 6 children who brought socks
today!!!!
Please return PICTURE ORDER FORMS & TELEPHONE RELEASE FORMS,
SIGNED by Wed. October 15th.
SEND $1.50 AND PERMISSION SLIP FOR VOICES OF NATURE DAY TRIP ASAP.
HAPPY
THANKSGIVING LONG WEEKEND TO ONE AND ALL!
Enjoy the paper mache turkeys!
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