Our first 2 weeks of school was filled with fun and laughter. After we settled our "first day jitters" with a magical potion we hit the ground running. We learned about each other with a rousing snowball fight, made some predictions about what grade 2 might be like and then celebrated the end of the week with a special team building snack. Ask your child about the rotten banana!
We continue to work on routines and procedures but have come a long way. Building responsibility is going to be a focus this year as I encourage these little learners to choose spots on the carpet that “are best for learning”, use the restroom during non-learning times (recess, lunch and during independent work) and bring everything they need for school each day in their BEE Bag.
During Literacy, it's been all about reading in 2J! We have been learning how to choose "just fit books" (Perhaps your child would like to show you the IPICK Rap), and building our reading stamina.
Last Monday, we started our reading club with an exciting game of Reading Bingo. The children will bring home their bag of books each day to share with you. These are the same books they read in class so please give them a gentle reminder to bring them back to school each day. Don't fear if they have read all of their books. Re-reading is a great way to improve fluency and comprehension. I will also put a familiar poem in the Reading Club duo tang. Please enjoy reading it with lots of expression at home.
In writing, we have created a summer souvenir t-shirt which you can find hanging on the line in our class. We will continue to work on becoming authors of our own lives.
72, 71, 70, 69...that is what is going on in math. We have been doing lots of counting forward and backwards and reviewing our grade 1 outcomes. Wanna help? Check to see if your child is doing number reversals. This is an area that can be worked on at home.
A few notes:
I know there has been an overload of forms to be filled out! Thank you for your patience and also for the timeliness returning them.
If you have not paid your $40 school fee yet, please do so on School Cash or send a cheque to school.
Please think about saving a empty Pringles can for an upcoming project.
Upcoming events:
Meet the Teacher - Thursday, September 24th @ 6:30pm
Book Orders due Friday!
School Photos - Tuesday, September 29th
We continue to work on routines and procedures but have come a long way. Building responsibility is going to be a focus this year as I encourage these little learners to choose spots on the carpet that “are best for learning”, use the restroom during non-learning times (recess, lunch and during independent work) and bring everything they need for school each day in their BEE Bag.
During Literacy, it's been all about reading in 2J! We have been learning how to choose "just fit books" (Perhaps your child would like to show you the IPICK Rap), and building our reading stamina.
Last Monday, we started our reading club with an exciting game of Reading Bingo. The children will bring home their bag of books each day to share with you. These are the same books they read in class so please give them a gentle reminder to bring them back to school each day. Don't fear if they have read all of their books. Re-reading is a great way to improve fluency and comprehension. I will also put a familiar poem in the Reading Club duo tang. Please enjoy reading it with lots of expression at home.
In writing, we have created a summer souvenir t-shirt which you can find hanging on the line in our class. We will continue to work on becoming authors of our own lives.
72, 71, 70, 69...that is what is going on in math. We have been doing lots of counting forward and backwards and reviewing our grade 1 outcomes. Wanna help? Check to see if your child is doing number reversals. This is an area that can be worked on at home.
A few notes:
I know there has been an overload of forms to be filled out! Thank you for your patience and also for the timeliness returning them.
If you have not paid your $40 school fee yet, please do so on School Cash or send a cheque to school.
Please think about saving a empty Pringles can for an upcoming project.
Upcoming events:
Meet the Teacher - Thursday, September 24th @ 6:30pm
Book Orders due Friday!
School Photos - Tuesday, September 29th