Bonjour les familles!

We enjoyed our first week back after the break. 

Updates and Reminders:

Public Library Field Trip: The Airdrie Public Library has kindly invited us to join them next week to show students around the library and host an activity for students. We are looking for parent volunteers at the following times. Please note that we will be walking to and from the library so we will plan to leave the school 20 minutes before our scheduled start time. 

Paper copies of permission forms have been sent home this afternoon. FIELD TRIP FORMS ARE DUE BACK TUESDAY APRIL 25th. 

Tuesday, April 25th: 9:30-10:30am Grade 2 McCaffrey

Thursday, April 27th: 1-2pm Grade 2Cornell

ARRIVAL/DISMISSAL

We ask all parents to please time their child's arrival at school as close to 8:00 as possible. This is when the first bell rings for student entry. Prior to this time, there is no supervision. 

Also, a reminder that there is no supervision of school playgrounds and playfields after school. Children that wish to stay after school to play on school grounds must be actively supervised by an adult. 

Thanks for helping to keep our kids' play safe!

2023-2024 School Year Attendance

It is that time of year again… Rocky View schools are preparing for next year’s students! Please inform our team as soon as possible at aebowers@rockyview.ab.ca if you:

· have moved or are moving,

· are considering switching from French Immersion to English program, or

· will not be attending AE Bowers Elementary School in September 2023.

Thank you very much for your kind attention!

Learning Commons (Library): Please send your students' library books back to school on their designated Learning Commons day.

Tuesday- Mme Cornell

Thursday- Mme McCaffrey

Helpful Clickable Links:

Absence Choice Board 

Je lis (home reading): https://jelis.rkpublishing.com/student 

Mathletics (Math practice at home): https://login.mathletics.com/

Boom Cards (Phoneme practice) : https://wow.boomlearning.com/

myBlueprint (Student Portfolio): https://app.myblueprint.ca/ 

Parents Guide to Sight Words

Video for practicing the alphabet letters (practice this out of order, for example: in reverse)

Video for practicing sound blends and alphabet sounds (Phonemes)

Wordreference (english-french dictionary)

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: This literacy tool can be used at home. 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:

Literacy:

The sound of the week is: "ain/ein"

The words of the week are: maintenant, demain, train, peinture, plein

Sight words: We have also been reviewing sight words (common words/everyday words) with students since the beginning of the year, at this point in the year we are expecting students to know at least 200 sight words, aiming to know 250 by the end of the year.  We have sent home some rings with words to practice at home. For some ideas on how to practice, please see this resource: Parents Guide to Sight Words

Here is the sight word list to practice with your child at home if you would like to print and cut more out: 

Grade 2 Sight Words

Literacy Routine: Students have been organized into literacy small groups that will continue to receive targeted instruction on their individual literacy goals through targeted small group instruction, and specific literacy centers. Targeted skills include phonological awareness skills, phonemic awareness instruction, listening to French, speaking French, writing, and reading instruction. 

Writer's Workshop: Students have been working on stories and we will be looking to publish them after the break!

Home Literacy: Please visit this page for details about our Home Reading Challenge. 

Numeracy: Students will continue to practice their knowledge of double digit subtraction through hands-on centers and will be given the opportunity to show their understanding on a learning check-in next Thursday. 

Social Studies: Students will continue to learn about daily life in Iqaluit as well as Inuit traditions including clothing and food. We look forward to beginning a collaborative MineCraft map of Iqaluit to illustrate our learning about the geography of this arctic community. 

Science: Students will continue to study liquids. We launched our study with an in-depth look at water and its importance to life on our planet. We will expand our scope to compare other liquids next.  

Phys. Ed.: Students have been so excited to begin gymnastics. Students will continue to apply a variety of gross motor and locomotor skills on a variety of obstacle courses set up in the gym. 

April Dates:

25th/ 27th- Library field trip (Volunteers Needed)

Thank you, 

Mme Cornell & Mme McCaffrey