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Bonjour families!
We can't believe that it is already November! Thank you for your ongoing support!
Updates and Reminders:
There is no school for students on November 11th or 14th
Skating: We are looking forward to our last skating trip this Monday November 7th from 11:15am-12:00pm. Please ensure students are dressed for the weather. We will have a bus to transport students to the arena due to the inclimate forecast for this upcoming Monday. Please let us know if you are available to volunteer for this great opportunity!
Learning Commons (Library)! Please send your students' library books back to school on their designated Learning Commons day.
Tuesday- Mme McCaffrey
Thursday- Mme Roberts
The Absence Choice Board is available for students that are away and still able to complete work at home. Follow this link for the instructions: Absence Choice Board
Boom Cards are set up for your child. This literacy tool is used in the class and can be used at home as well for practicing letter sounds, phonemes (ou, on, er, ai, in, oi, etc) and common/sight words. If you need help with logging in, please contact your teacher. Here is the link to login: https://wow.boomlearning.com/
Please check if you are able to login to myBlueprint as well: https://app.myblueprint.ca/
Airdrie Community Links is offering several Parent supports for a variety of topics such as anxiety, ADHD, big feelings, and social thinking. If you would like further information on any of these supports, and others, here is a link: Community Links Ressources
This week in:
This week in:
Literacy:
We are launching our Home Literacy page of the website this week. Please visit this page for details out our Home Reading Challenge.
The sound of the week is: "r". The words of the week are: reste, frère, trouve, route, roule.
If you are not sure about pronunciations, Wordreference (english-french dictionary) has a listen button for the words: https://www.wordreference.com/
You can work on these words at home by: reading the words out loud with your child (have them translate to verify their comprehension), have them spell the words (practice daily in the agenda), or have them use the word in a French sentence. You can also have the student practice identifying each letter in french and the letter sounds (phonemes).
For more ideas on how to practice sight words at home, see the attached below:
We will continuing to review poems (through shared readings) in order to practice learning new vocabulary, rhyming, our accuracy when reading, comprehension and fluidity together! We are slowly working on introducing our Daily 5 centers which include: reading to self, word work, writing, speaking and listening to reading (once we have our technology running).
Numeracy: We are diving deeper into our study of number patterns. We have been working on patterns with numbers (ex: 2, 4, 6, 8). This will aid students in skip counting! Students are working to skip count by 20s, 25s and 50s starting at 0. They are also working to skip count by 2s and 10s starting at any number between 0-1000.
Science: We will be continuing to wrap up our study of insects and small animals with a cross-curricular art project. Students will use their creativity to invent an imaginary bug which they will begin sculpting from clay. Students will need to ensure that the anatomy of their insect is accurate, as well as design an environment that meets all of their insect's basic needs. We are looking forward to sharing students' creations!
Social Studies: Students are continuing their learning about the use maps to determine distance, use relative terms such as near/far, use cardinal locations, and use relative location such as using geological markers and landmarks to determine where people and places are! We will then take this learning, and be collaborating between all grade 2 classes to create a giant map of our community.
November dates:
November dates:
November 7th - Skating at Rob Ebbesen (11:15am - 12:00pm)
November 10 - Remembrance Day Ceremony at 10:30 a.m. in the gymnasium
November 11 - School Closed due to Remembrance Day
November 14 - No school for students due to Staff Professional Learning Day
November 15 - Field Trip to Nose Creek Museum (McCaffrey in the morning, Cornell in the afternoon).
Have a great weekend!
Thank you,
Mme Cornell & Mme McCaffrey
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