Listen <HERE> to the Last Day Blues

Can you get a BINGO for all of the ways you can read during the summer? Try to read a "Just Right" book daily for 20 minutes.

Write a letter to next year's grade 2 students telling them about your favourite learning and activities from this year. Make a copy and share with Ms. Reichert.

Watch (and sing) the compilation of various artists singing in a multiple of languages <HERE>

With a family member, select a poem for two voices to read together. All of the poems are about insects and mimic their sounds!

**Note this is a John Newberry Honor book!

Create your own rainbow poem by first brainstorming various objects that are colours of a rainbow using the acronym ROY G BIV

Red

Orange

Yellow

Green

Blue

Indigo

Violet

Here is an example of a rainbow poem Using colours on white paper or on your driveway in chalk, create your own poem before sharing it with me.

Print and complete this All About My Dad in celebration of Father's Day on Sunday, June 21st. Be sure to share it with your dad.

Complete this end of the year reflection.

Fill out this interview by Big Life Journal to celebrate your learning in Grade 2 this year!

Listen to the ending of the story.

Our story comes to an end this week. I hope you enjoyed reading the book together. The sequel is called Love That Cat and is available through the Ottawa Public Library which is opening this week for hold pickups at the Beaverbrook branch and other locations throughout the city.

Look at the poem above:

• Do you notice any rhyming words?

• What does the "poem" mean?

• Do you recognize the words?

• Be prepared to share your ideas at this week's Google Meet

Listen to the read aloud for this week (June 1st- 5th) before listening to the video about simile and listening to me read Love that Boy by Walter Dean Myers.

Learn about Simile and Metaphors after watching this video.

This poem by Walter Dean Myers is the basis for the book we are reading. After listening to me read the above poem, please create your own poem using the template found <HERE>

Listen to the read aloud for this week (May 25th - 29th) before looking at The Apple by S.C. Rigg and Yellow Dog by Jack.

Please use white paper and pencil to create your own shape poem using an object of your choosing. It could be a flower, bird, butterfly, bike, skateboard, etc. You can use coloured markers or pencils to add colour to your shape poem. You can take a picture of your shape poem and email to me

Please read Street Music and notice the sound words the poet uses in his poem. Highlight or count the number of sound words in the poem. You can learn more about onomatopoeia here.

The Pasture

Miss Stretchberry chooses another poem by Robert Frost to read to her class. Listen to me read it <HERE>

Small Poems

Jack's class also learned about small poems written by Valerie Worth. I have included Jack's favourite (Dog) above.

Please research small poems by Valerie Worth to find your favourite before creating your own small poem and sharing with me.

Poetry Review

Select a poem from a book you have at home or using the internet. Shel Silverstein is a notable poet. You can also search specific types of poems by using keywords such as funny poem or poems about cats. After reading your poem, make a copy of the Poem Review to complete then share with Ms. Reichert.

Tyger Tyger Poem

Mrs. Stretchbury read this poem to Jack and his classmates in the book Love that Dog. Listen to me read it <HERE>

Poet's Pathway

Today while my family was celebrating Mother's Day at Britannia Beach, I learned about Poet's Pathway a way of preserving poets amongst Ottawa's greenspace. As our parks begin to open, I encourage you to look for poetry in your community. Route information is posted above.

Read Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

by Robert Frost

Listen to Ms. Reichert read the poem <HERE>

Answer the questions

After reading Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, make a new copy to answer the questions and share with me.

Just like we share our writing in class to help each other grow as writers, we will continue to do the same while learning from home. Here are this week's cinquain poems.

Love that Dog

Listen to Ms. Reichert read from the beginning of the story, Love that Dog before creating your own cinquain poem.

Cinquain Poem

Create your own cinquain poem using the brainstorming sheet and template above or this one.

Look at the compilation of our quotes selected last week. Did any of your peers choose a similar quote to yours?

Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge

Listen to Mem Fox's story about memories. Authors get their ideas for writing via their memories. If we were in the classroom, each student would receive a paper bag and we would use our senses to feel, touch, and smell the contents of the bag before opening it up and smelling the inside of the bag too. Students then get to reach into the bag and pull out the object in the bag. Before the prevalence of allergies, I would bake cookies for the students. More recently, I started using feathers, rocks, play-doh, etc. Students are usually really excited about the object reveal.

For this week's assignment, please choose an object of significance (seashell from a vacation, a sports medal, stuffy, etc.) for your child and have them brainstorm their ideas orally with you before recording their ideas either in a journal or a Google document using their school account.

If using a Google Doc, be sure to SHARE the document with heather.reichert@ocdsb.ca so that I can see and comment on your writing.

Before the break, students began to research a Canadian who made an impact. Using the login and password sent by Mme Kylie and I, please have your child continue to research more about their person's Early Life, Achievement(s), Awards, and Present.

Most children should have started this Graphic Organizer at school.

More information about creating their project will be shared next week.

Here is the signup list if your child forgot who they were researching.