Weekly Updates 2025/26

March 9nd - March 13th, 2026

Hi Families, 

Thank you all for coming in last week to discuss the great accomplishments of your kiddos! This week we will be doing some acitvities centered around St. Patrick's Day! For the last week before March Break, GSP planned a spirit week with some special days. See below:

Monday - Spirit Week: Wear Blue/Orange or school clothing

Tuesday - Spirit Week:  Crazy Hat/Hair Day

Wednesday - Spirit Week: Rock your mismatched socks (for World Down Syndrome Day)

Thursday - Spirit Week: Cozy PJ Day

Friday - Spirit Week: Dress in GREEN for St. Patrick’s Day

Here's what's coming up this week in 2E:

SPECIALIST CLASSES  

** You will notice on our schedule this year that we have more gym, music and library throughout our 6 day cycle. This is new for everyone! 

PHYS. ED. - Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday

MUSIC -  Monday, Wednesday, Thursday

LIBRARY - Friday

Book Buddies - Tuesday

CURRICULUM 

HEALTH -  Healthy Eating Habits - Exploring Canada's Food Guide 

SCIENCE - Solids, Liquids and Gas

ART - Leprechaun

READING - continue guided reading groups

Foundational Learning Focus: 

PCE 1 - Make obvious personal connections; text to self connection by explaining how this book is like my own experience

LC2 - retell narrative text including main events in sequence with some supporting details, and most story elements 

Interactive Read Aloud - 

WRITING - Non-Fiction Writing Unit 

• Students have chosen their non-fiction topic, collected books from the library to learn more about the animal they chose, and have organized their headinds. This week they will start writing information under each heading.

Foundational Learning Focus:

WS 3 - Draft a piece of writing showing awareness of need to stay on topic and provide the reader with information in an order that makes sense

WTI 3 - Include some supporting details to expand upon ideas

WTC 3 - Spell many trick words correctly; attempt to spell longer more complex words using phonetic approximations

FUNDATIONS - Finishing Unit 8 - This unit focuses on R-Controlled Vowels 'ar' 'or'

Trick Words: answer, world, different

MATH - Warm Up (previously taught skills) - represent and describe numbers to 100, patterns on the 100's chart, number patterns in skip counting forward and backwards by 2's, 5's and 10's, odd/even numbers, counting coins, ordinal numbers, estimating numbers to 100 using a referent of 10, understanding place value, comparing numbers using signs <  >  =, ordering numbers from greatest to least and least to greatest, equal and unequal sets, exploring repeating patterns and increasing patterns 

*Beginning to Add 2 digit numbers to 100 with regrouping*

*Subtract 2 digit numbers to 100 without regrouping

*Story Problems - learning key words to look for in story problems to know whether to add or subtract the numbers given.

Mental Math Strategies - making 10, doubles, doubles plus one, near doubles, teen numbers, counting on 

Foundational Learning/Outcome Focus:

N1, N2, N3, N4, N6, N7, N9, N10, PR2, PR3

HOMEWORK

READ -  Tuesday -Thursday

MATH - 

TRICK WORDS - practice - 

Important Dates:  

Friday, March 13th - We will be making Leprechaun Traps. If you have any shoe boxes at home feel free to send them in with your child! 

March 2nd - March 6th, 2026

Hi Families, 

I hope you all had a great weekend. We are into the busy month of March! I look forward to meeting with you all this week to discuss your child's progress in grade 2. You can book interviews using the following link: https://gsp.parentteacherconferences.net

Here's what's coming up this week in 2E:

SPECIALIST CLASSES  

** You will notice on our schedule this year that we have more gym, music and library throughout our 6 day cycle. This is new for everyone! 

PHYS. ED. -  Monday, Tuesday, Thursday

MUSIC -  Monday, Wednesday, Friday

LIBRARY - Wednesday, Thursday

Book Buddies - None this week

CURRICULUM 

HEALTH -  Healthy Eating Habits - Exploring Canada's Food Guide 

SCIENCE - Solids, Liquids and Gas

ART - Finishing their 100 year old self portrait

READING - continue guided reading groups

Foundational Learning Focus: 

PCE 1 - Make obvious personal connections; text to self connection by explaining how this book is like my own experience

LC2 - retell narrative text including main events in sequence with some supporting details, and most story elements 

Interactive Read Aloud - 

WRITING - Non-Fiction Writing Unit 

• Students have chosen their non-fiction topic, collected books from the library to learn more about the animal they chose, and have organized their headinds. This week they will start writing information under each heading.

Foundational Learning Focus:

WS 3 - Draft a piece of writing showing awareness of need to stay on topic and provide the reader with information in an order that makes sense

WTI 3 - Include some supporting details to expand upon ideas

WTC 3 - Spell many trick words correctly; attempt to spell longer more complex words using phonetic approximations

FUNDATIONS - Finishing Unit 8 - This unit focuses on R-Controlled Vowels 'ar' 'or'

Trick Words: answer, world, different

MATH - Warm Up (previously taught skills) - represent and describe numbers to 100, patterns on the 100's chart, number patterns in skip counting forward and backwards by 2's, 5's and 10's, odd/even numbers, counting coins, ordinal numbers, estimating numbers to 100 using a referent of 10, understanding place value, comparing numbers using signs <  >  =, ordering numbers from greatest to least and least to greatest, equal and unequal sets, exploring repeating patterns and increasing patterns 

*Add 2 digit numbers to 100 without regrouping

*Subtract 2 digit numbers to 100 without regrouping

*Story Problems - learning key words to look for in story problems to know whether to add or subtract the numbers given.

Mental Math Strategies - making 10, doubles, doubles plus one, near doubles, teen numbers, counting on 

Foundational Learning/Outcome Focus:

N1, N2, N3, N4, N6, N7, N9, N10, PR2, PR3

HOMEWORK

READ -  Tuesday -Thursday

MATH - 

TRICK WORDS - practice - 

Important Dates:  

Wednesday, March 4th - Book Fair

Thursday, March 5th - Parent Teacher Interviews (after school and evening)

Friday, March 6th - Parent Teacher Interviews (morning)

February 23rd - February 27th, 2026

Hi Families, 

I hope you all had a great weekend. It is hard to believe we are into the last week of February! The children had fun exchanging their Valentine's. Thank you all for contributing in our celebration. Winter Wellness Day was a huge hit! The weather was perfect and the children had a blast sledding and playing outside in the afternoon. The stations were a lot of fun too! I think bobsledding was a favorite. It was a great way to wrap up the 2026 Olympics. 

Parent Teacher Conferences are coming up next week and I look forward to meeting with you all to discuss your child's progress. See email from Mrs. Dunn for the link to sign up.

Here's what's coming up this week in 2E:

SPECIALIST CLASSES  

** You will notice on our schedule this year that we have more gym, music and library throughout our 6 day cycle. This is new for everyone! 

PHYS. ED. -  Tuesday, Thursday, Friday

MUSIC -  Monday, Wednesday, Friday

LIBRARY - Monday, Tuesday

Book Buddies - Thursday

CURRICULUM 

HEALTH -  Healthy Eating Habits - Exploring Canada's Food Guide 

SCIENCE - Solids, Liquids and Gas

ART - Pink Shirt Day

READING - continue guided reading groups

Foundational Learning Focus: 

PCE 1 - Make obvious personal connections; text to self connection by explaining how this book is like my own experience

LC2 - retell narrative text including main events in sequence with some supporting details, and most story elements 

Interactive Read Aloud - 

WRITING - Non-Fiction Writing Unit - we will be reading lots of non-fiction books, noticing text features and writing facts we have learned about the topic. 

• Reading our Penguin Books to another grade 2 class.

• Students will be choosing their own topic to write a new non-fiction book

Foundational Learning Focus:

WS 3 - Draft a piece of writing showing awareness of need to stay on topic and provide the reader with information in an order that makes sense

WTI 3 - Include some supporting details to expand upon ideas

WTC 3 - Spell many trick words correctly; attempt to spell longer more complex words using phonetic approximations

FUNDATIONS - Finishing Unit 7 - This unit focuses on the busy letter Y that can make many different sounds. as well as suffixes 'ly' 'ty'

Trick Words: eight, large, change, city, every, family, night, carry

MATH - Warm Up (previously taught skills) - represent and describe numbers to 100, patterns on the 100's chart, number patterns in skip counting forward and backwards by 2's, 5's and 10's, odd/even numbers, counting coins, ordinal numbers, estimating numbers to 100 using a referent of 10, understanding place value, comparing numbers using signs <  >  =, ordering numbers from greatest to least and least to greatest, equal and unequal sets, exploring repeating patterns and increasing patterns 

*Add 2 digit numbers to 100 without regrouping

*Subtract 2 digit numbers to 100 without regrouping

*Story Problems - learning key words to look for in story problems to know whether to add or subtract the numbers given.

Mental Math Strategies - making 10, doubles, doubles plus one, near doubles, teen numbers, counting on 

Foundational Learning/Outcome Focus:

N1, N2, N3, N4, N6, N7, N9, N10, PR2, PR3

HOMEWORK

READ -  Tuesday -Thursday

MATH - 

TRICK WORDS - practice - 

Important Dates:  

Wednesday, February 25th - Pink Shirt Day

Thursday, February 26th - Hundredth Day of School!

February 17th - February 20th, 2026

Hi Families, 

I hope you all had a great long weekend and enjoyed some of the family events going on in our community. With the storm on Thursday, we will be having our Valentines Party when we are back to school on Tuesday. This Friday, we will be participating in Olympic/Winter Wellness day. Students will participate in Olympic themed stations both outside and inside throughout the day. We are looking forward to this fun event!

Here's what's coming up this week in 2E:

SPECIALIST CLASSES  

** You will notice on our schedule this year that we have more gym, music and library throughout our 6 day cycle. This is new for everyone! 

PHYS. ED. -  Tuesday, Thursday

MUSIC -  Wednesday, Friday

LIBRARY - Thursday, Friday

Book Buddies - Wednesday

CURRICULUM 

HEALTH -  Healthy Eating Habits - Exploring Canada's Food Guide 

SCIENCE - Solids, Liquids and Gas

ART - Olympic Art

READING - continue guided reading groups

Foundational Learning Focus: 

PCE 1 - Make obvious personal connections; text to self connection by explaining how this book is like my own experience

LC2 - retell narrative text including main events in sequence with some supporting details, and most story elements 

Interactive Read Aloud - 

WRITING - Non-Fiction Writing Unit - we will be reading lots of non-fiction books, noticing text features and writing facts we have learned about the topic. 

*Finishing up our research project on Penguins! We will be adding the finishing touches to our books this week. Your children did a great job with these.

Foundational Learning Focus:

WS 3 - Draft a piece of writing showing awareness of need to stay on topic and provide the reader with information in an order that makes sense

WTI 3 - Include some supporting details to expand upon ideas

WTC 3 - Spell many trick words correctly; attempt to spell longer more complex words using phonetic approximations

FUNDATIONS - Continuing Unit 7 - This unit focuses on the busy letter Y that can make many different sounds. as well as suffixes 'ly' 'ty'

Trick Words: eight, large, change, city, every, family, night, carry

MATH - Warm Up (previously taught skills) - represent and describe numbers to 100, patterns on the 100's chart, number patterns in skip counting forward and backwards by 2's, 5's and 10's, odd/even numbers, counting coins, ordinal numbers, estimating numbers to 100 using a referent of 10, understanding place value, comparing numbers using signs <  >  =, ordering numbers from greatest to least and least to greatest, equal and unequal sets, Patterns unit - understanding and exploring repeating patterns and increasing patterns, 

*Add 2 digit numbers to 100 without regrouping

*Beginning to subtract 2 digit numbers to 100 without regrouping

*Story Problems - learning key words to look for in story problems to know whether to add or subtract the numbers given.

Mental Math Strategies - making 10, doubles, doubles plus one, near doubles, teen numbers, counting on 

Foundational Learning/Outcome Focus:

N1, N2, N3, N4, N6, N7, N10, PR2, PR3

HOMEWORK

READ -  Tuesday -Thursday

MATH - 

TRICK WORDS - practice - 

Important Dates:  

Tuesday, February 17th - Valentine's Party

Friday, February 20th - Winter Wellness Day

February 9th - February 13th, 2026

Hi Families, 

I hope you all had a great weekend. The children had a fantastic time on our field trip to the library last week and did a great job walking safely on the sidewalks to and from the library. They participated well in the learning activities and even had some free time to play at the end! We had fun at our Olympic assembly and will continue to talk and learn about the sports involved. This week we will be celebrating Valentine's Day on Thursday. 

Here's what's coming up this week in 2E:

SPECIALIST CLASSES  

** You will notice on our schedule this year that we have more gym, music and library throughout our 6 day cycle. This is new for everyone! 

PHYS. ED. - Monday, Tuesday, Thursday

MUSIC - Monday, Wednesday, Friday

LIBRARY - Wednesday, Thursday

Book Buddies - Tuesday

CURRICULUM 

HEALTH -  Healthy Eating Habits - Exploring Canada's Food Guide 

SCIENCE - Solids, Liquids and Gas

ART - Olympic Art

READING - continue guided reading groups

Foundational Learning Focus: 

PCE 1 - Make obvious personal connections; text to self connection by explaining how this book is like my own experience

LC2 - retell narrative text including main events in sequence with some supporting details, and most story elements 

Interactive Read Aloud - 

WRITING - Non-Fiction Writing Unit - we will be reading lots of non-fiction books, noticing text features and writing facts we have learned about the topic. 

*We have started our research on Penguins and students have started writing their non fiction books. They have done a great job so far! They have included text features such as headings, labels, and table of contents. Students will be working on their glossary, title page, and about the author page this week. 

Foundational Learning Focus:

WS 3 - Draft a piece of writing showing awareness of need to stay on topic and provide the reader with information in an order that makes sense

WTI 3 - Include some supporting details to expand upon ideas

WTC 3 - Spell many trick words correctly; attempt to spell longer more complex words using phonetic approximations

FUNDATIONS - Continuing Unit 7 - This unit focuses on the busy letter Y that can make many different sounds. as well as suffixes 'ly' 'ty'

Trick Words: eight, large, change, city, every, family, night, carry

MATH - Warm Up (previously taught skills) - represent and describe numbers to 100, patterns on the 100's chart, number patterns in skip counting forward and backwards by 2's, 5's and 10's, odd/even numbers, counting coins, ordinal numbers, estimating numbers to 100 using a referent of 10, understanding place value, comparing numbers using signs <  >  =, ordering numbers from greatest to least and least to greatest, equal and unequal sets, Patterns unit - understanding and exploring repeating patterns and increasing patterns, 

*beginning to add 2 digit numbers to 100 without regrouping, 

*story problems - learning key words to look for in story problems to know whether to add or subtract the numbers given.

Mental Math Strategies - making 10, doubles, doubles plus one, near doubles, teen numbers, counting on 

Foundational Learning/Outcome Focus:

N1, N2, N3, N4, N6, N7, N10, PR2, PR3

HOMEWORK

READ -  Tuesday -Thursday

MATH - 

TRICK WORDS - practice - 

Important Dates:  

Thursday, February 12th - Valentines Party 

Friday, February 13th - PD Day for Teachers - no school for students

Monday, Februrary 16th - Islander Day

February 2nd - February 6th, 2026

Hi Families, 

I hope you all had a great weekend. We are into the busy month of February! We are beginning to learn about the Winter Olympics and some of the traditions and sports. Our school assembly is on Friday and children are encouraged to dress in the colors of their countries flag. Valentines day is also just around the corner. We will be having our Valentines party on Feb. 13th. I will be sending a class list home in the coming days!

Here's what's coming up this week in 2E:

SPECIALIST CLASSES  

** You will notice on our schedule this year that we have more gym, music and library throughout our 6 day cycle. This is new for everyone! 

PHYS. ED. - Monday, Wednesday, Friday

MUSIC - Tuesday, Thursday

LIBRARY - Monday, Tuesday

Book Buddies - Friday

CURRICULUM 

HEALTH -  Healthy Eating Habits - Exploring Canada's Food Guide 

SCIENCE - Solids, Liquids and Gas

ART - Olympic Art

READING - continue guided reading groups

Foundational Learning Focus: 

PCE 1 - Make obvious personal connections; text to self connection by explaining how this book is like my own experience

LC2 - retell narrative text including main events in sequence with some supporting details, and most story elements 

Interactive Read Aloud - 

WRITING - Non-Fiction Writing Unit - we will be reading lots of non-fiction books, noticing text features and writing facts we have learned about the topic. 

*We have started our research on Penguins and students have started writing their non fiction books. They have done a great job so far! They have included text features such as headings, labels, and table of contents.

Foundational Learning Focus:

WS 3 - Draft a piece of writing showing awareness of need to stay on topic and provide the reader with information in an order that makes sense

WTI 3 - Include some supporting details to expand upon ideas

WTC 3 - Spell many trick words correctly; attempt to spell longer more complex words using phonetic approximations

FUNDATIONS - Continuing Unit 7 - This unit focuses on the busy letter Y that can make many different sounds. as well as suffixes 'ly' 'ty'

Trick Words: eight, large, change, city, every, family, night, carry

MATH - represent and describe numbers to 100, patterns on the 100's chart, number patterns in skip counting forward and backwards by 2's, 5's and 10's, odd/even numbers, counting coins, ordinal numbers, estimating numbers to 100 using a referent of 10, understanding place value, comparing numbers using signs <  >  =, ordering numbers from greatest to least and least to greatest, equal and unequal sets, Patterns unit - understanding and exploring repeating patterns and increasing patterns, *beginning adding numbers to 100

Mental Math Strategies - making 10, doubles, doubles plus one, near doubles, teen numbers, counting on 

Foundational Learning/Outcome Focus:

N1, N2, N3, N4, N6, N7, N10, PR2, PR3

HOMEWORK

READ -  Tuesday -Thursday

MATH - 

TRICK WORDS - practice - 

Important Dates:  

Friday, February 6th - School Assembly Olympic Ceremony

Friday, February 13th - Valentines Party

January 26th - January 30th, 2026

Hi Families, 

I hope you all had a great weekend and stayed stayed safe during the storms! As a result of the storm, we will be rescheduling our field trip to the Stratford Library. I will keep you posted on which day we will be going. It will likely be a day next week. 

It is hard to believe we are into the last week of January. It is going to be a busy next few weeks at GSP with many events to take part in. Family literacy week is this week, followed by the Winter Olympics, Valentine's Day, Winter Wellness Day and Chinese New Year are right around the corner. 

Here's what's coming up this week in 2E:

SPECIALIST CLASSES  

** You will notice on our schedule this year that we have more gym, music and library throughout our 6 day cycle. This is new for everyone! 

PHYS. ED. - Monday, Wednesday, Friday

MUSIC - Friday

LIBRARY - Monday

Book Buddies - Thursday

CURRICULUM 

HEALTH -  Healthy Eating Habits - Exploring Canada's Food Guide 

SCIENCE - Solids, Liquids and Gas

ART - 

READING - continue guided reading groups

Foundational Learning Focus: 

PCE 1 - Make obvious personal connections; text to self connection by explaining how this book is like my own experience

LC2 - retell narrative text including main events in sequence with some supporting details, and most story elements 

Interactive Read Aloud - 

WRITING - Non-Fiction Writing Unit - we will be reading lots of non-fiction books, noticing text features and writing facts we have learned about the topic. 

*We have started our research on Penguins and students have started writing their non fiction books. They have done a great job so far! 

Foundational Learning Focus:

WS 3 - Draft a piece of writing showing awareness of need to stay on topic and provide the reader with information in an order that makes sense

WTI 3 - Include some supporting details to expand upon ideas

WTC 3 - Spell many trick words correctly; attempt to spell longer more complex words using phonetic approximations

FUNDATIONS - Beginning Unit 7 - This unit focuses on the busy letter Y that can make many different sounds. as well as suffixes 'ly' 'ty'

Trick Words: eight, large, change, city, every, family, night, carry

MATH - represent and describe numbers to 100, patterns on the 100's chart, number patterns in skip counting forward and backwards by 2's, 5's and 10's, odd/even numbers, counting coins, ordinal numbers, estimating numbers to 100 using a referent of 10, understanding place value, comparing numbers using signs <  >  =, ordering numbers from greatest to least and least to greatest, equal and unequal sets, (Finishing) *Patterns unit - understanding and exploring repeating patterns and increasing patterns

Mental Math Strategies - making 10, doubles, doubles plus one, teen numbers, counting on 

Foundational Learning/Outcome Focus:

N1, N2, N3, N4, N6, N7, N10, PR2, PR3

HOMEWORK

READ -  Tuesday -Thursday

MATH - 

TRICK WORDS - practice - 

Important Dates:  

Wednesday, January 28th - Dress as your favorite book character 

Thursday, January 29th - Book Mark contest

Friday, January 30th - Read - A - Thon PJ day! If your child would like to bring in their favorite book from home and a small blanket to read around the room they can do so! 

January 19th - January 23rd, 2026

Hi Families, 

I hope you all had a great weekend and stayed safe in the storm yesterday! I heard some fun stories from the kids about building snowmen and playing in the snow:) 

Here's what's coming up this week in 2E:

SPECIALIST CLASSES  

** You will notice on our schedule this year that we have more gym, music and library throughout our 6 day cycle. This is new for everyone! 

PHYS. ED. - Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

MUSIC - Wednesday, Friday

LIBRARY - Friday

Book Buddies - Tuesday

CURRICULUM 

HEALTH -  life learning choices/feelings/Perseverance 

ART - Penguin paintings

READING - continue guided reading groups

Foundational Learning Focus: 

PCE 1 - Make obvious personal connections; text to self connection by explaining how this book is like my own experience

LC2 - retell narrative text including main events in sequence with some supporting details, and most story elements 

Interactive Read Aloud - Balto

WRITING - Non-Fiction Writing Unit - we will be reading lots of non-fiction books, noticing text features and writing facts we have learned about the topic. 

*We are beginning our research project on Penguins!

Foundational Learning Focus:

WS 3 - Draft a piece of writing showing awareness of need to stay on topic and provide the reader with information in an order that makes sense

WTI 3 - Include some supporting details to expand upon ideas

WTC 3 - Spell many trick words correctly; attempt to spell longer more complex words using phonetic approximations

FUNDATIONS - Finishing Unit 6 - This unit focus's on the magic 'e' that makes a vowel long when added to the end of a word and also in multisyllable words

Trick Words: move, house, only, together, right, place

MATH - represent and describe numbers to 100, patterns on the 100's chart, number patterns in skip counting forward and backwards by 2's, 5's and 10's, odd/even numbers, counting coins, ordinal numbers, estimating numbers to 100 using a referent of 10, understanding place value, comparing numbers using signs <  >  =, ordering numbers from greatest to least and least to greatest, equal and unequal sets, *Patterns unit - understanding and exploring repeating patterns and increasing patterns

Mental Math Strategies - making 10, doubles, doubles plus one, teen numbers, counting on 

Foundational Learning/Outcome Focus:

N1, N2, N3, N4, N6, N7, N10, PR2, PR3

HOMEWORK

READ -  Tuesday -Thursday

MATH - 

TRICK WORDS - practice - 

Important Dates:  

Tuesday, January 27th - Library walk to participate in literacy activities (11:30-12:00)

Wednesday, January 28th - Dress as your favorite book character 

Thursday, January 29th - Book Mark contest

Friday, January 30th - Read - A - Thon PJ day! If your child would like to bring in their favorite book from home and a small blanket to read around the room they can do so! 

January 12th - January 16th, 2026

Hi Families, 

I hope you all had a great weekend. We are settling back into our routines in 2E!

I sent home new homework books for your child to read, copy down the title and practice their trick words. 

Here's what's coming up this week in 2E:

SPECIALIST CLASSES  

** You will notice on our schedule this year that we have more gym, music and library throughout our 6 day cycle. This is new for everyone! 

PHYS. ED. -  Monday, Tuesday, Thursday

MUSIC - Wednesday, Friday

LIBRARY - Wednesday, Thursday

Book Buddies - 

CURRICULUM 

HEALTH -  life learning choices/feelings/Perseverance 

ART - 

READING - continue guided reading groups

Foundational Learning Focus: 

PCE 1 - Make obvious personal connections; text to self connection by explaining how this book is like my own experience

LC2 - retell narrative text including main events in sequence with some supporting details, and most story elements 

Interactive Read Aloud - Balto

WRITING - Beginning our Non-Fiction Writing Unit - we will be reading lots of non-fiction books, noticing text features and writing facts we have learned about the topic. Next week we will be starting a research project on Penguins.

Foundational Learning Focus:

WS 3 - Draft a piece of writing showing awareness of need to stay on topic and provide the reader with information and some supporting detail

FUNDATIONS - Starting Unit 6 - This unit focus's on the magic 'e' that makes a vowel long when added to the end of a word

Trick Words: move, house, only, together, right, place

MATH - represent and describe numbers to 100, patterns on the 100's chart, number patterns in skip counting forward and backwards by 2's, 5's and 10's, odd/even numbers, counting coins, ordinal numbers, estimating numbers to 100 using a referent of 10, understanding place value, comparing numbers using signs <  >  =, ordering numbers from greatest to least and least to greatest, equal and unequal sets, *Patterns unit - understanding and exploring repeating patterns and increasing patterns

Mental Math Strategies - making 10, doubles, doubles plus one, teen numbers, counting on 

Foundational Learning/Outcome Focus:

N1, N2, N3, N4, N6, N7, N10, PR2, PR3

HOMEWORK

READ -  Tuesday -Thursday

MATH - 

TRICK WORDS - practice - 

January 5th - January 9th, 2026

Hi Families, 

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday and found some time to relax and be with friends and family. This week we will be settling back into our classroom routines and doing some review work, along with some goal setting for the new year! 

Here's what's coming up this week in 2E:

SPECIALIST CLASSES  

** You will notice on our schedule this year that we have more gym, music and library throughout our 6 day cycle. This is new for everyone! 

PHYS. ED. -  Monday, Wednesday, Friday

MUSIC - Tuesday, Thursday

LIBRARY - Tuesday, Wednesday

Book Buddies - Friday

CURRICULUM 

HEALTH -  life learning choices/feelings/Perseverance 

ART - New Year's Goals

READING - continue guided reading groups

Foundational Learning Focus: 

PCE 1 - Make obvious personal connections; text to self connection by explaining how this book is like my own experience

LC2 - retell narrative text including main events in sequence with some supporting details, and most story elements 

Interactive Read Aloud - Balto

WRITING - This week, students will be doing some writing about their break and also on setting goals for the new year! Next week, we will be starting our Non-Fiction Writing Unit.

Foundational Learning Focus:

WS 3 - Draft a piece of writing showing awareness of need to stay on topic and provide the reader with information and some supporting detail

FUNDATIONS - Starting Unit 6 - This unit focus's on the magic 'e' that makes a vowel long.

Trick Words: 

MATH - represent and describe numbers to 100, patterns on the 100's chart, number patterns in skip counting forward and backwards by 2's, 5's and 10's, odd/even numbers, counting coins, ordinal numbers, estimating numbers to 100 using a referent of 10, understanding place value, comparing numbers using signs <  >  =, ordering numbers from greatest to least and least to greatest, *equal and unequal sets

Mental Math Strategies - making 10, doubles, doubles plus one, teen numbers, counting on 

Foundational Learning/Outcome Focus:

N1, N2, N3, N4, N6, N7, N10, PR2, PR3

HOMEWORK

READ -  Unit 5 Fundations book Hopscotch

MATH - 

TRICK WORDS - practice - 

December 15th - December 19th, 2025

Hi Families, 

I hope you all had a great weekend and stayed safe during our storm day yesterday. Your children did a fantastic job at their Christmas concert! I loved seeing all the smiling faces on stage singing and dancing. It is always one of my favorite days! I can't believe we have reached the last week of school before the break. We will be participating in some fun activities throughout the week and finishing up some projects we have been working on. 

*There will be no homework this week*

Here's what's coming up this week in 2E:

SPECIALIST CLASSES  

** You will notice on our schedule this year that we have more gym, music and library throughout our 6 day cycle. This is new for everyone! 

PHYS. ED. -  Tuesday, Thursday, Friday

MUSIC - Wednesday, Friday

LIBRARY - Tuesday

Book Buddies - Thursday

CURRICULUM 

HEALTH -  life learning choices/feelings/Perseverance 

ART - Christmas Theme

READING - continue guided reading groups

Foundational Learning Focus: 

PCE 1 - Make obvious personal connections; text to self connection by explaining how this book is like my own experience

LC2 - retell narrative text including main events in sequence with some supporting details, and most story elements 

Interactive Read Aloud - Christmas Stories!

WRITING - Finishing Christmas Stories! We will be reading lots of Christmas stories to generate ideas. Students will plan a story with a problem and solution. Then they will write a fiction story using some of the craft moves we learned in our personal narrative unit. We will be sharing these stories with other grade 2 students at the end of the week:)

Foundational Learning Focus:

WS 3 - Draft a piece of writing showing awareness of need to stay on topic and provide the reader with information and some supporting detail

FUNDATIONS - Finishing Unit 5 - This unit focus's on multi syllable words, compound words, and using 'ic' at the end of a multisyllable word, and suffixes ful, less, ment, ness, ish, en, able

Trick Words: knew, know, against, often, once, always

MATH - represent and describe numbers to 100, patterns on the 100's chart, number patterns in skip counting forward and backwards by 2's, 5's and 10's, odd/even numbers, counting coins, ordinal numbers, estimating numbers to 100 using a referent of 10, understanding place value, comparing numbers using signs <  >  =, ordering numbers from greatest to least and least to greatest, *equal and unequal sets

Mental Math Strategies - making 10, doubles, doubles plus one, teen numbers, counting on

Foundational Learning/Outcome Focus:

N1, N2, N3, N4, N6, N7, N10, PR2, PR3

HOMEWORK

READ - 

MATH - 

TRICK WORDS - practice - knew, know, against, often, once, always

Important Dates:  

Monday, December 15th - Red & Green day & Get up and Dance

Tuesday, December 16th - Name that tune!

Wednesday, December 17th - Festive attire day & Read aloud with Admin  

Thursday, December 18th - School wide BINGO (virtual) & Choir to Andrews

Friday, December 19th - PJ day & school carol sing & 2E movie day!

 December 19 - Last Instructional Day of 2025

December 8th - December 12th, 2025

Hi Families, 

I hope you all had a great weekend. This is a fun and busy week at GSP! We will be preparing for our Christmas concert and making crafts to fill the hallways!

Here's what's coming up this week in 2E:

SPECIALIST CLASSES  

** You will notice on our schedule this year that we have more gym, music and library throughout our 6 day cycle. This is new for everyone! 

PHYS. ED. - Monday, Wednesday, Thursday

MUSIC - Tuesday, Thursday, Friday

LIBRARY - Monday, Friday

Book Buddies - Wednesday

CURRICULUM 

HEALTH -  life learning choices/feelings/Perseverance 

ART - Christmas Theme

READING - continue guided reading groups

Foundational Learning Focus: 

PCE 1 - Make obvious personal connections; text to self connection by explaining how this book is like my own experience

LC2 - retell narrative text including main events in sequence with some supporting details, and most story elements 

Interactive Read Aloud - 

WRITING - Christmas Stories! We will be reading lots of Christmas stories to generate ideas. Students will plan a story with a problem and solution. Then they will write a fiction story using some of the craft moves we learned in our personal narrative unit. We are looking forward to these fun stories! 

Foundational Learning Focus:

WS 3 - Draft a piece of writing showing awareness of need to stay on topic and provide the reader with information and some supporting detail

FUNDATIONS - Continuing Unit 5 - This unit focus's on multi syllable words, compound words, and using 'ic' at the end of a multisyllable word, and suffixes ful, less, ment, ness, ish, en, able

Trick Words: knew, know, against, often, once, always

MATH - represent and describe numbers to 100, patterns on the 100's chart, number patterns in skip counting forward and backwards by 2's, 5's and 10's, odd/even numbers, counting coins, ordinal numbers, estimating numbers to 100 using a referent of 10, understanding place value, comparing numbers using signs <  >  =, ordering numbers from greatest to least and least to greatest, *equal and unequal sets

Mental Math Strategies - making 10, doubles, doubles plus one, teen numbers, counting on

Foundational Learning/Outcome Focus:

N1, N2, N3, N4, N6, N7, N10, PR2, PR3

HOMEWORK

READ - Monday, Thursday

MATH - 

TRICK WORDS - practice and copy down each night - knew, know, against, often, once, always

Important Dates:  

• December 10 - Grade 2 Christmas Concert performances-1:00pm & 4:30pm

• December 19 - Last Day of 2025 for students

December 1st - December 5th, 2025

Hi Families, 

I hope you all had a great weekend and enjoyed some of the events going on in the communities! It is hard to believe we are into the month of December! There will be lots of excitement in the hallways in the coming weeks. We are busy preparing for our Christmas concert happening next week at GSP!

Here's what's coming up this week in 2E:

SPECIALIST CLASSES  

** You will notice on our schedule this year that we have more gym, music and library throughout our 6 day cycle. This is new for everyone! 

PHYS. ED. - Monday, Tuesday, Thursday

MUSIC - Monday, Wednesday, Friday

LIBRARY - Wednesday, Thursday

CURRICULUM 

HEALTH -  life learning choices/feelings/Perseverance 

ART - Christmas Theme

READING - continue guided reading groups

Foundational Learning Focus: 

LC2 - retell narrative text including main events in sequence with some supporting details, and most story elements 

Interactive Read Aloud - 

WRITING - Christmas Stories! We will be reading lots of Christmas stories to generate ideas. Students will plan a story with a problem and solution. Then they will write a fiction story using some of the craft moves we learned in our personal narrative unit. We are looking forward to these fun stories! 

Foundational Learning Focus:

WS 3 - Draft a piece of writing showing awareness of need to stay on topic and provide the reader with information and some supporting detail

FUNDATIONS - Continuing Unit 5 - This unit focus's on multi syllable words, compound words, and using 'ic' at the end of a multisyllable word, and suffixes ful, less, ment, ness, ish, en, able

Trick Words: knew, know, against, often, once, always

MATH - represent and describe numbers to 100, patterns on the 100's chart, number patterns in skip counting forward and backwards by 2's, 5's and 10's, odd/even numbers, counting coins, ordinal numbers, estimating numbers to 100 using a referent of 10, understanding place value, comparing numbers using signs <  >  =, ordering numbers from greatest to least and least to greatest, *equal and unequal sets

Mental Math Strategies - making 10, doubles, doubles plus one

Foundational Learning/Outcome Focus:

N1, N2, N3, N4, N6, N7, N10, PR2, PR3

HOMEWORK

READ - Monday, Thursday

MATH - 

TRICK WORDS - practice and copy down each night - knew, know, against, often, once

Important Dates:  

• December 6- Breakfast with Santa 

• December 10 - Grade 2 Christmas Concert performances-1:00pm & 4:30pm

• December 19 - Last Day of 2025 for students

November 24th - November 28th, 2025

Hi Families, 

I hope you all had a great weekend. Thank you for coming to parent teacher interviews - It was so nice to meet with you all to discuss your child's progress in grade 2. I am lucky to work with a great bunch of kiddos each day!

Here's what's coming up this week in 2E:

SPECIALIST CLASSES  

** You will notice on our schedule this year that we have more gym, music and library throughout our 6 day cycle. This is new for everyone! 

PHYS. ED. - Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

MUSIC - Tuesday, Thursday, Friday

LIBRARY - Tuesday, Wednesday

CURRICULUM 

HEALTH -  life learning choices/feelings/*Perseverance 

ART - Christmas Theme

READING - continue guided reading groups

Foundational Learning Focus: 

LC2 - retell narrative text including main events in sequence with some supporting details, and most story elements 

Interactive Read Aloud - The Littles 

WRITING - We will be doing some reading responses and free writing this week. Next week we will be starting a Christmas story writing unit!

Foundational Learning Focus:

WS 3 - Draft a piece of writing showing awareness of need to stay on topic and provide the reader with information and some supporting detail

FUNDATIONS - Starting Unit 5 - This unit focus's on multi syllable words, compound words, and using 'ic' at the end of a multisyllable word

Trick Words: knew, know, against, often, once

MATH - represent and describe numbers to 100, patterns on the 100's chart, number patterns in skip counting forward and backwards by 2's, 5's and 10's, odd/even numbers, counting coins, ordinal numbers, estimating numbers to 100 using a referent of 10, understanding place value, comparing numbers using signs <  >  =, ordering numbers from greatest to least and least to greatest, *equal and unequal sets

Foundational Learning Focus:

N1, N2, N3, N4, N6, N7, 

HOMEWORK

READ - Monday, Thursday

MATH - 

TRICK WORDS - practice and copy down each night - knew, know, against, often, once

Important Dates:  

• Wednesday, November 26th - report cards go home

• December 6- Breakfast with Santa 

• December 10 - Grade 2 Christmas Concert performances-1:00pm & 4:30pm

• December 19 - Last Day of 2025 for students

November 17th - November 21st, 2025

Hi Families, 

I hope you all had a great weekend. I am looking forward to seeing you all at parent teacher interviews this week :) 

Here's what's coming up this week in 2E:

SPECIALIST CLASSES  

** You will notice on our schedule this year that we have more gym, music and library throughout our 6 day cycle. This is new for everyone! 

PHYS. ED. - Monday, Wednesday, Thursday

MUSIC - Tuesday, Thursday

LIBRARY - Monday

CURRICULUM 

HEALTH -  life learning choices/feelings/*Perseverance 

ART - Giraffes can't Dance

READING - continue guided reading groups

Foundational Learning Focus: 

LC2 - retell narrative text including main events in sequence with some supporting details, and most story elements 

WRITING - Finishing Personal Narrative Unit - we are in the editing and illustrating phase 

• We will also be doing some writing about perseverance 

Foundational Learning Focus:

WS 3 - Draft a piece of writing showing awareness of need to stay on topic and provide the reader with information and some supporting detail

FUNDATIONS - Finishing Unit 4 - This unit focuses on suffixes - s, es, ed, er, est .- quiz will be Thursday

Trick Words: please, animal, sure, use, used, again

MATH - represent and describe numbers to 100, patterns on the 100's chart, number patterns in skip counting forward and backwards by 2's, 5's and 10's, odd/even numbers, counting coins, ordinal numbers, estimating numbers to 100 using a referent of 10, *understanding place value, comparing numbers using signs <  >  =, ordering numbers from greatest to least and least to greatest

Foundational Learning Focus:

N1, N2, N3, N4, N6, N7, 

HOMEWORK

READ - Wednesday, Friday

MATH - 

TRICK WORDS - practice and copy down each night

Important Dates:  

Thursday, November 20th - Parent Teacher Interviews from 3 - 7pm

Friday, November 21st - Parent Teacher Interviews 8:45am - 12pm

November 12th - November 14th, 2025

Hi Families, 

I hope you all had a great long Remembrance Day weekend! 

I heard some stories from those who participated in the Remembrance Day ceremonies happening our communities. I love hearing these :) 

Here's what's coming up this week in 2E:

SPECIALIST CLASSES  

** You will notice on our schedule this year that we have more gym, music and library throughout our 6 day cycle. This is new for everyone! 

PHYS. ED. - Wednesday, Friday

MUSIC - Wednesday, Thursday

LIBRARY - Friday

CURRICULUM 

HEALTH -  life learning choices/feelings/friendships

ART - 

READING - continue guided reading groups

Foundational Learning Focus: 

LC2 - retell narrative text including main events in sequence with some supporting details, and most story elements 

WRITING - Continuing Personal Narrative Unit - we are in the editing and illustrating phase 

Foundational Learning Focus:

WS 3 - Draft a piece of writing showing awareness of need to stay on topic and provide the reader with information and some supporting detail

FUNDATIONS - Continuing Unit 4 - This unit focuses on suffixes - s, es, ed, er, est .

Trick Words: please, animal, sure, use, used, again

MATH - represent and describe numbers to 100, patterns on the 100's chart, number patterns in skip counting forward and backwards by 2's, 5's and 10's, odd/even numbers, counting coins, ordinal numbers, estimating numbers to 100 using a referent of 10, *understanding place value, comparing numbers using signs <  >  =, ordering numbers from greatest to least and least to greatest

Foundational Learning Focus:

N1, N2, N3, N4, N6, N7, 

HOMEWORK

READ - Wednesday, Friday

MATH - None this week

TRICK WORDS - practice and copy down each night

Important Dates:  

Thursday, November 20th - Parent Teacher Interviews from 3 - 7pm

Friday, November 21st - Parent Teacher Interviews 8:45am - 12pm

November 3rd - November 5th, 2025

Hi Families, 

I hope you had a great Halloween weekend. I loved hearing the kids stories about trick or treating!

Here's what's coming up this week in 2E:

SPECIALIST CLASSES  

** You will notice on our schedule this year that we have more gym, music and library throughout our 6 day cycle. This is new for everyone! 

PHYS. ED. - Monday, Wednesday

MUSIC - Tuesday, Wednesday

LIBRARY - Monday

CURRICULUM 

HEALTH -  life learning choices/feelings/friendships

ART - 

READING - continue guided reading groups

Foundational Learning Focus: 

LC2 - retell narrative text including main events in sequence with some supporting details, and most story elements 

WRITING - Continuing Personal Narrative Unit

Foundational Learning Focus:

WS 3 - Draft a piece of writing showing awareness of need to stay on topic and provide the reader with information and some supporting detail

FUNDATIONS - Beginning Unit 4 - This unit focuses on suffixes - s, es, ed, er, est .

Trick Words: 

MATH - represent and describe numbers to 100, patterns on the 100's chart, number patterns in skip counting forward and backwards by 2's, 5's and 10's, odd/even numbers, counting coins, ordinal numbers, estimating numbers to 100 using a referent of 10, *understanding place value, comparing numbers using signs <  >  =, ordering numbers from greatest to least and least to greatest

Foundational Learning Focus:

N1, N2, N3, N4, N6, N7, 

HOMEWORK

READ - Monday-Thursday 

MATH - None this week

TRICK WORDS - practice and copy down each night

Important Dates:  Students have a mini break coming up!

Thursday, November 6th - PD for teachers - no school for students

Friday, November 7th - PD for teachers - no school for students

Monday, November 10th - Report Card day for teachers - no school for students

Tuesday, November 11th - Remembrance Day - no school

October 27th - October 31st, 2025

Hi Families, 

I hope you had a great weekend. 

Here's what's coming up this week in 2E:

SPECIALIST CLASSES  

** You will notice on our schedule this year that we have more gym, music and library throughout our 6 day cycle. This is new for everyone! 

PHYS. ED. - Tuesday, Wednesday,  Friday

MUSIC - Monday, Wednesday

LIBRARY - Thursday, Friday

CURRICULUM 

HEALTH -  life learning choices/feelings/friendships

ART - paper ghosts and spiders

READING - continue guided reading groups

Foundational Learning Focus: 

LC2 - retell narrative text including main events in sequence with some supporting details, and most story elements 

WRITING - Scary Stories! This is a fun little unit to get into the Halloween spirit. Students will learn the elements of a spooky story and use their imagination to create their own! We are looking forward to hearing each others stories! 

Foundational Learning Focus:

WS 3 - Draft a piece of writing showing awareness of need to stay on topic and provide the reader with information and some supporting detail

FUNDATIONS - Finishing Unit 3 - this unit focuses on closed syllable exceptions 'old, ost, ild, ind, olt' -- we will be having our unit test on Thursday.

Trick Words: done, pretty, goes

MATH - represent and describe numbers to 100, patterns on the 100's chart, number patterns in skip counting forward and backwards by 2's, 5's and 10's, odd/even numbers, counting coins, ordinal numbers, estimating numbers to 100 using a referent of 10, *understanding place value,

Foundational Learning Focus:

N1, N2, N3, N4, N6, N7, 

HOMEWORK

READ - Monday-Thursday 

MATH - None this week

TRICK WORDS - practice and copy down each night

Important Dates: 

Friday, October 31st - Halloween in 2E! We will be having a little Halloween party and costume parade in the grade 2 hallway! Students are able to wear their costumes to school. Keep in mind there are no pretend weapons allowed. We are looking forward to this!

Thursday, November 6th - PD for teachers - no school for students

Friday, November 7th - PD for teachers - no school for students

October 20th - October 24th, 2025

Hi Families, 

I hope you had a lovely weekend! 

Here's what's coming up this week in 2E:

SPECIALIST CLASSES  

** You will notice on our schedule this year that we have more gym, music and library throughout our 6 day cycle. This is new for everyone! 

PHYS. ED. - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,  Friday

MUSIC - Tuesday, Thursday

LIBRARY - Thursday, Friday

CURRICULUM 

HEALTH -  life learning choices/feelings/friendships

ART - Continuing Water Color Night Sky with 3D bats

READING - continue guided reading groups

Foundational Learning Focus: 

LC2 - retell narrative text including main events in sequence with some supporting details, and most story elements 

WRITING - Personal Narrative Writing Unit - This unit focuses on taking a small moment that happened in your life and making it into a story! This week we will continue writing a strong middle to our story, adding lots of detail by telling what happened bit by bit. By the end of the week we will be writing our conclusion and doing some editing.

Foundational Learning Focus:

WS 3 - Draft a piece of writing showing awareness of need to stay on topic and provide the reader with information and some supporting detail

FUNDATIONS - Beginning Unit 3 - this unit focuses on closed syllable exceptions 'old, ost, ild, ind, olt'

Trick Words: done, pretty, goes

MATH - represent and describe numbers to 100, patterns on the 100's chart, number patterns in skip counting forward and backwards by 2's, 5's and 10's, odd/even numbers, counting coins, ordinal numbers, estimating numbers to 100 using a referent of 10, *understanding place value

Foundational Learning Focus:

N1, N2, N3, N4, N6, N7, 

HOMEWORK

READ - Monday-Thursday 

MATH - None this week

TRICK WORDS - practice and copy down each night

Important Dates:

Thursday, October 23rd - Picture retakes 

Friday, October 31st - Halloween in 2E! We will be having a little Halloween party and costume parade in the grade 2 hallway! Students are able to wear their costumes to school. Keep in mind there are no pretend weapons allowed. We are looking forward to this!

October 14th - October 17th, 2025

Hi Families, 

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend! 

Here's what's coming up this week in 2E:

SPECIALIST CLASSES  

** You will notice on our schedule this year that we have more gym, music and library throughout our 6 day cycle. This is new for everyone! 

PHYS. ED. - Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 

MUSIC - Wednesday, Friday

LIBRARY - Wednesday, Thursday 

CURRICULUM 

HEALTH -  life learning choices/feelings/friendships

ART - Water Color Night Sky with 3D bats

READING - continue guided reading groups

Foundational Learning Focus: 

LC2 - retell narrative text including main events in sequence with some supporting details, and most story elements 

WRITING - Personal Narrative Writing Unit - This unit focuses on taking a small moment that happened in your life and making it into a story! This week we are focusing on writing a strong middle to our story, adding lots of detail by telling what happened bit by bit.

Foundational Learning Focus:

WS 3 - Draft a piece of writing showing awareness of need to stay on topic and provide the reader with information and some supporting detail

FUNDATIONS - Continuing Unit 2 - this unit focuses on when to use double letters 'F L S' (after a short vowel in a one syllable word) and glued sounds. This week we are focusing on glued sounds all, am, an, ing, ang, ong, ink, ank, onk

Trick Words: shall, pull, full, *both, walk, talk

MATH - represent and describe numbers to 100, patterns on the 100's chart, number patterns in skip counting forward and backwards by 2's, 5's and 10's, odd/even numbers, counting coins, *ordinal numbers, estimating numbers to 100 using a referent of 10

Foundational Learning Focus:

N1, N2, N3, N4,

HOMEWORK

READ - Tuesday-Thursday 

MATH - None this week

TRICK WORDS - practice and copy down each night

Important Dates:

Tuesday, October 14th - Rescheduled Walk to School Day

Friday, October 17th - Show and Tell in 2E - students can bring in one item to share with the class.