H Hello Parents and Students,
We are just a few days away
from Term II Report Cards. Please remember to go to Power School for
easy access re: your child’s daily learning.
Parents, you may KEEP all contents in your child’s report card envelope,
which you will receive on Friday.
By mid next week, we will be
wrapping up Grade 2, 2 digit addition and subtraction strategies to 100. Please continue to practice math questions at
home with your child. Our next unit
involves geometry, 2 –D shapes and 3-D objects.
Our phonics letter of the week was Kk. The children brainstormed 20 “k” words as a
class. We discussed many of the non –
examples they thought might work such as:
canoe, cookies, coconut, etc. The Grade 3s came up with one of their
math words, kilometer. The class
remembered one of their PWIM words, kindling, from our Boggy Creek adventure.
Our final 2 writing projects for Chapter 9,
Rainy Day Sunday, of Ramona novel study involved creating a list of
personal chores your child does at home and also drawing a photo of his/her favorite
restaurant and explaining what he/she would like to eat when dining there. The Ramona writing projects will be
available for you to read at the Celebration of Learning Sessions next week.
Our new unit of focus is NUTRITION. We are studying the 4 food groups, portions,
healthy eating and snacking and making good food choices. The children are
enjoying the POWER TO PLAY DVD and CD series we
are integrating into the lessons. The students each created their own
“Superhero” with power snacks and super powers this past week. We also had a “competition” with Mrs.
Pankewich’s class to see how many fruits and vegetables we could list in ONE
MINUTE. We compared our charts and
researched some fruits and veggies the children were unfamiliar with, such
as: star fruit, dragon fruit,
pomegranate, bok-choy, and more. On
Tuesday, we had special guests, Sherry Joa, Megan and Jaylynn from the School of Nursing. They led us through a lesson, where we discussed
the 4 food groups, played a sorting game, sang some songs and then participated
in a Bingo activity.
For French, our focus this
March is also food (la
nourriture). We made “Je Suis Une
Pizza” books this week and learned some new fruit and vegetable vocabulary
through songs, rhymes, drama.
We celebrated St. Patrick’s Day on the 17th with Mrs. Pankewich’s class in
the afternoon. The children wore
shamrock necklaces. We read some books
about St. Patrick and leprechauns. Check
out the following videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IA-YGKN7k_o
We made pot of gold containers on
the 17th to use during the “Ramona, St. Patrick’s Day, green
celebration” on Friday afternoon. I
attended the Pats Game vs Brandon Wheat Kings on Wednesday evening and unfortunately,
we lost 4-1.
NEXT WEEK:
« KEITHAN IS STAR OF WEEK MARCH 23RD«
WINTER
CARNIVAL ON THURS. 26TH P.M.: suggested donation of $2.00 / child. Grade 7/8 students will
lead them through outdoor play stations, as well as a warm-up station
for hot chocolate. Kids should dress for
an afternoon of outdoor winter fun, with ski pants, mitts, toques,
boots, rain boots, and lots of warm layers.
Thurs. Celebration of Learning Sessions: Please come with your child for your
Celebration Session any time from 3:45 to 6:30 p.m.
Fri. 27th (Day 2) Fri. Celebration of Learning
Sessions for some
families this morning. Please come with your child for your Celebration Session
any time from 8:15 to 11:30 a.m. There
is NO REGULAR SCHOOL Friday.
«ANANDA IS STAR OF WEEK
MARCH 30TH«
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