Hi Parents,
This week we continued to work on our literacy skills through literacy centers and writing. Students are starting to create their own stories and are sharing their experiences such as swimming and what they did on the weekend. We also continued to practice our reading rules we learned last week. We practiced spelling words with the "bossy e", that doesn't say his name at the end of some words but taps on the other vowel and makes them say their name. For example, words like "made", and "ride". We also practiced spelling words that have the rule when two vowels going walking the first one does the talking. For example, words such as "read" and "keep". We also played making words.
Our words of the week this week were: before, made, or, some
In math we continued to practice our addition strategies. This week we were given addition questions and were able to choose what strategy worked best for us. The math strategies that we are using for addition are using counters or blocks, using a 100s chart, using a number line, counting on in our head, and counting on with our fingers. We also used cards to help us with our addition, by flipping over two cards and adding them together. Lastly, we got to play addition bingo with our grade 2 buddies, it was really fun.
We continued to work on our problem solving skills in math this week. Our question this week was "There are bouncy balls in a basket. Some balls are RED and some balls are GREEN. There are 3 more RED balls then GREEN balls. How many of each colour could there be? Show as many answers as you can". This was definitely tricky for some of us, but no one gave us and we all tried our best. Afterwards we went through the problem together and shared some strafes that worked to help us understand the problem better.
In science this week we continued to learn about our senses. We learned more about our sense of hearing, taste and touch. We learned how our ears, tongue and skin work to help us with these senses. We also learned about deaf people. We learned that they use sign language and have different technology to help them in their daily life. We even practiced some sign language and spelt our name with sign language. This was the last week of winter so we also went outside to observe how our tree had changed from fall to winter. We then went back to class and drew our winter tree in our visual journals.
We continued our learning with Mr. Scout this week by having him come in and make Bannock with us. He mixed the dough and then we were each given a small ball of dough that we had to knead and shape. We then got to go and watch Mr. Scout make the fry bread. Afterwards we got to eat the fry bread with some peppermint tea. Some of us weren't too sure about the tea but everyone loved the Bannock. It was so cool to have Mr. Scout come in to do this with us and teach us more about Indingenous culture and traditions.
Reminders:
Friday March 22nd is a PD Day. No School
Monday March 25th-Friday March 29th is Spring Break. No School.
I hope everyone has a wonderful Spring Break!! :)
Thursday, March 21, 2019
Friday, March 15, 2019
Friday March 15th
Hi Parents,
Wow what a busy but great week!
The whole class did awesome at their swimming lessons this week, learning new skills and trying new things like jumping off the diving board!
In writing this week we wrote a goal for ourselves for swimming. We also practiced our writing through our literacy centers, where we are allowed to write about whatever we would like. Some of us are writing stories, some of us are writing about a topic, such as school.
In math we continued our learning of addition. We practiced another strategy that can help us to add two numbers together: counting on. We learned how to use our fingers and draw dots to help us count on. We also played some math games to help us practice our counting on skills. We also realized that we can use counting on when using a number line or 100's chart.
We played BANG! to help us practice our words of the week
Our words of the week this week were: about, been, call, right
Our words of the week next week are: before, made, or, some
We also learned some word rules to help us with our reading. We learned about the "eep" sound and how when two vowels going walking together the first vowel says its name and the other is silent. For example, words such as "near", "eat, "read" and "soap".
We also learned about the bossy "e" at the end of some words that will tap the other vowel on his head and make them say their name. For example, words such as "make", "lake" and "ride".
Reminders:
On Monday we have library because there is a meeting going on during our usual library time on Thursday.
Wednesday March 20th is Fun Lunch
Thursday March 21st is Club Friday. This is the last session in this round of clubs. Students will be getting their new and final club of this year after Spring Break.
Friday March 22 is a PD Day. No School
Monday March 25th-Friday March 29th is Spring Break. No School
If you are interested in purchasing Cranston Clothing, shirt and sweat shirt samples are in the office to try on. You can order through your healthy hunger account.
Wow what a busy but great week!
The whole class did awesome at their swimming lessons this week, learning new skills and trying new things like jumping off the diving board!
In writing this week we wrote a goal for ourselves for swimming. We also practiced our writing through our literacy centers, where we are allowed to write about whatever we would like. Some of us are writing stories, some of us are writing about a topic, such as school.
In math we continued our learning of addition. We practiced another strategy that can help us to add two numbers together: counting on. We learned how to use our fingers and draw dots to help us count on. We also played some math games to help us practice our counting on skills. We also realized that we can use counting on when using a number line or 100's chart.
We played BANG! to help us practice our words of the week
Our words of the week this week were: about, been, call, right
Our words of the week next week are: before, made, or, some
We also learned some word rules to help us with our reading. We learned about the "eep" sound and how when two vowels going walking together the first vowel says its name and the other is silent. For example, words such as "near", "eat, "read" and "soap".
We also learned about the bossy "e" at the end of some words that will tap the other vowel on his head and make them say their name. For example, words such as "make", "lake" and "ride".
Reminders:
On Monday we have library because there is a meeting going on during our usual library time on Thursday.
Wednesday March 20th is Fun Lunch
Thursday March 21st is Club Friday. This is the last session in this round of clubs. Students will be getting their new and final club of this year after Spring Break.
Friday March 22 is a PD Day. No School
Monday March 25th-Friday March 29th is Spring Break. No School
If you are interested in purchasing Cranston Clothing, shirt and sweat shirt samples are in the office to try on. You can order through your healthy hunger account.
Friday, March 8, 2019
Friday March 8th
Hi Parents,
This week in writing we read the story "Pig the Winner". Then wrote a character description about Pig the Pug. We were also very lucky to have Mr. Scout come in this week and tell us the Indigenous story "Napi and the Rock" as part of our Social Studies learning. We then wrote a response to the story. We were allowed to write about our favourite character or part or retell the story.
In math this week we continued to work on adding numbers with sums up to 20. This week we practiced using the number line as a strategy to help us solve these addition problems. We also learned a new addition game called number Crash.
Our words of the week this week were: back, just, old, there
Our words of the week for next week are: about, been, call, right
We learned a new word work game to help us practice our words of the week, it is called BANG!
In science this week we discussed one of our five senses: sight. We discussed how our sense of sight helps us every day and we learned how our eyes works and communicate to our brain. We also learned about the different parts of the eye and drew and labelled our very own eye diagram in our visual journals. We also learned about people who do not have their sight. We learned how they learn and get around, such as canes and how seeing eye dogs can help them.
In social studies this week we were lucky enough to have Mr. Scout in to tell us an indigenous story, we also had Mrs. Gates in to help us answer some of the questions we had about tipis indigenous people in the past.
Today was lights out day and Winter Sports Day. We had the lights out in the school and classroom all day. Students got to go outside and do to a variety of winter sports stations. We finished the day with a nice warm hot chocolate in the classroom.
Reminders:
Next week is our swimming week. We will be swimming Monday-Thursday next week in the afternoon.
Wednesday March 13th is Fun Lunch
This week in writing we read the story "Pig the Winner". Then wrote a character description about Pig the Pug. We were also very lucky to have Mr. Scout come in this week and tell us the Indigenous story "Napi and the Rock" as part of our Social Studies learning. We then wrote a response to the story. We were allowed to write about our favourite character or part or retell the story.
In math this week we continued to work on adding numbers with sums up to 20. This week we practiced using the number line as a strategy to help us solve these addition problems. We also learned a new addition game called number Crash.
Our words of the week this week were: back, just, old, there
Our words of the week for next week are: about, been, call, right
We learned a new word work game to help us practice our words of the week, it is called BANG!
In science this week we discussed one of our five senses: sight. We discussed how our sense of sight helps us every day and we learned how our eyes works and communicate to our brain. We also learned about the different parts of the eye and drew and labelled our very own eye diagram in our visual journals. We also learned about people who do not have their sight. We learned how they learn and get around, such as canes and how seeing eye dogs can help them.
In social studies this week we were lucky enough to have Mr. Scout in to tell us an indigenous story, we also had Mrs. Gates in to help us answer some of the questions we had about tipis indigenous people in the past.
Today was lights out day and Winter Sports Day. We had the lights out in the school and classroom all day. Students got to go outside and do to a variety of winter sports stations. We finished the day with a nice warm hot chocolate in the classroom.
Reminders:
Next week is our swimming week. We will be swimming Monday-Thursday next week in the afternoon.
Wednesday March 13th is Fun Lunch
Friday, March 1, 2019
Thursday February 28th
Hi Parents,
This week we started new literacy centers. Students are still working on their listening to reading and writing about their favourite character. We are also still working on word families, but we now have word families cards where we have to fill out the first letter and then write the words of that word family in our word work books. One of our new centers was to practice our rhyming words. Students are given cards with four different pictures on them and cubes that have pictures on them. They have to find the cubes that rhyme with the picture. Then once they have matched up all the picture and cubes they have to draw and label three things that rhyme. Another one of our new centers has students practicing their writing. During this time students are allowed to write about any topic they would like. Our last new center is Raz-Kids on the computer. Students are working at a computer with headphones to read, listen and answer comprehension questions on their Raz-Kids account.
We practiced our words of the week this week.
Our words of the week this week were: came, does, new, will
Our words of the week next week are: back, just, old, there
In math this week we practiced adding using a 100's chart. We learned about how we count the jumps we make on the 100's chart to find our answer. We practiced a variety of addition questions using our 100's chart and practiced by rolling dice to get our numbers. We also practice our math skills through math centers and a problem solving question. Our problem this week was "You are a settler on your farm. You have horses and chickens to take care of. In your field you can see 20 legs. How many horses and chickens could there be? Show as many different answers as you can.". This was definitely a tricky problem for many of us to solve but we had a good discussion afterwards about strategies we can use.
Wednesday February 27th was Pink Shirt Day. Along we our grade 2 buddies we discussed what it means to be bullied. We learned that bullying is when someone is mean to us repeatedly. We discussed strategies for dealing with bullies and how we can show kindness to others who are being bullied. We watched the video explaining how Pink Shirt Day was started and then designed our own pink shirts to represent our commitment to being kind to others.
In Social Studies, we continued our learning from our field trip to Fort Calgary. At Fort Calgary we had the opportunity to go to four different stations of artifacts: toys, homes, horses and police. We discussed the artifacts that we saw and got to hold. We drew these artifacts in our visual journals. The next day we discussed how these things are similar or different to what we have now. We again had four groups: homes, police, toys and transportation and discussed what these things look like now. We also discussed the homes that we learned about at Fort Calgary. Tipis and log cabins. We drew these kinds of houses in our visual journals and labelled our pictures with what they were made of. We also came up with a list of questions we have about these homes.
In gym this week we started our skipping unit.
Reminders:
Please return any family questionnaires as soon as possible.
We have started a school clothing campaign. Shirts are $10 and hoodies are $30. If you are interested in purchasing clothing all the options are up on the healthy hunger website. More information is also in the Parent Weekly letter sent home this week and last week.
Thursday March 7th is Literacy Night from 6:00-7:00pm. This is an open house format where parents are invited to come and learn fun learning strategies and games to help your child build their literacy skills.
Monday March 11th-Thursday March 14th is our swimming week. We will be swimming in the afternoon. We will be leaving the school at 12:15 and returning by 2:30
This week we started new literacy centers. Students are still working on their listening to reading and writing about their favourite character. We are also still working on word families, but we now have word families cards where we have to fill out the first letter and then write the words of that word family in our word work books. One of our new centers was to practice our rhyming words. Students are given cards with four different pictures on them and cubes that have pictures on them. They have to find the cubes that rhyme with the picture. Then once they have matched up all the picture and cubes they have to draw and label three things that rhyme. Another one of our new centers has students practicing their writing. During this time students are allowed to write about any topic they would like. Our last new center is Raz-Kids on the computer. Students are working at a computer with headphones to read, listen and answer comprehension questions on their Raz-Kids account.
We practiced our words of the week this week.
Our words of the week this week were: came, does, new, will
Our words of the week next week are: back, just, old, there
In math this week we practiced adding using a 100's chart. We learned about how we count the jumps we make on the 100's chart to find our answer. We practiced a variety of addition questions using our 100's chart and practiced by rolling dice to get our numbers. We also practice our math skills through math centers and a problem solving question. Our problem this week was "You are a settler on your farm. You have horses and chickens to take care of. In your field you can see 20 legs. How many horses and chickens could there be? Show as many different answers as you can.". This was definitely a tricky problem for many of us to solve but we had a good discussion afterwards about strategies we can use.
Wednesday February 27th was Pink Shirt Day. Along we our grade 2 buddies we discussed what it means to be bullied. We learned that bullying is when someone is mean to us repeatedly. We discussed strategies for dealing with bullies and how we can show kindness to others who are being bullied. We watched the video explaining how Pink Shirt Day was started and then designed our own pink shirts to represent our commitment to being kind to others.
In Social Studies, we continued our learning from our field trip to Fort Calgary. At Fort Calgary we had the opportunity to go to four different stations of artifacts: toys, homes, horses and police. We discussed the artifacts that we saw and got to hold. We drew these artifacts in our visual journals. The next day we discussed how these things are similar or different to what we have now. We again had four groups: homes, police, toys and transportation and discussed what these things look like now. We also discussed the homes that we learned about at Fort Calgary. Tipis and log cabins. We drew these kinds of houses in our visual journals and labelled our pictures with what they were made of. We also came up with a list of questions we have about these homes.
In gym this week we started our skipping unit.
Reminders:
Please return any family questionnaires as soon as possible.
We have started a school clothing campaign. Shirts are $10 and hoodies are $30. If you are interested in purchasing clothing all the options are up on the healthy hunger website. More information is also in the Parent Weekly letter sent home this week and last week.
Thursday March 7th is Literacy Night from 6:00-7:00pm. This is an open house format where parents are invited to come and learn fun learning strategies and games to help your child build their literacy skills.
Monday March 11th-Thursday March 14th is our swimming week. We will be swimming in the afternoon. We will be leaving the school at 12:15 and returning by 2:30
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