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Bonjour families!
As we move into October, we would like to let families know that A.E. Bowers has traditionally celebrated Halloween with school wide parades and treats. To be inclusive and considerate of all families, we would ask that if your family does not celebrate Halloween, please send your child's teacher an email so that we can shift our activities toward a more fall centered theme. Thank you!
We hope you have a great long-weekend!
Updates and Reminders:
Updates and Reminders:
No School - October 7th & October 10th
Our first field trip of the year- Volunteers Needed: As a part of our grade 2 social studies curriculum, students will be studying the geography, culture, and economy of a prairie community. We have chosen to study our own prairie community of Airdrie. We will be taking all the grade 2 students on a walking tour of downtown Airdrie on Friday, October 14th. This will be a full day event. If you are able to volunteers to join us for some fresh air and outdoor learning in our community, please let us know via email.
Learning Conferences are coming up in-person (Wednesday October 19th and Thursday October 20th).
Learning Conferences are coming up in-person (Wednesday October 19th and Thursday October 20th).
Please sign up for a time on conference manager (you may need to make a new account):
Please sign up for a time on conference manager (you may need to make a new account):
https://aebowers.schoolsoft.com/login.jsf
Learning Conferences will look slightly different this year. We will be doing a student lead format: your child will present a piece of work that they have chosen and explain it. Your child will also be sharing a goal that they have made at school and how they plan to achieve it. We look forward to meeting with you to celebrate your child’s learning thus far!
Learning Conferences will look slightly different this year. We will be doing a student lead format: your child will present a piece of work that they have chosen and explain it. Your child will also be sharing a goal that they have made at school and how they plan to achieve it. We look forward to meeting with you to celebrate your child’s learning thus far!
Learning Commons (Library)
Students are now able to sign out 2 books from the Learning Commons each week. Books are due back on your class' exchange day.
Mme McCaffrey- Thursdays
Mme Cornell- Tuesdays
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, QR codes have been attached inside agenda for easy viewing: https://app.myblueprint.ca/ (the app is: Classpass)
This week in:
This week in:
Literacy:
The sound of the week is: "e".
The words of the week are: je, de, le, me, regarde, renard
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 this week, which include: read to self, word work, writing, speaking and listening to reading (once we have our technology running).
Numeracy: We will be continuing to learn about the various ways we can represent numbers (with a focus on numbers 0-80). We have learned about using symbolic form, tally marks, base ten blocks, and equations, as well as identifying when numbers are even and odd (pair/impair). We will be continuing patterns; students will be asked to show their understanding by creating, expanding, identifying the core, and the rule of non-numerical patterns with two attributes (such as colour and size). If you would like to practice patterns at home; or try these activities: Google Slides or Game.
Science: We will be discussing insects basic needs to survive and how they protect themselves.
Social Studies: We are continuing with the study of our community here in Airdrie. We will be going for a walking tour to explore our city of Airdrie and identify the landmarks and geological markers.
Health/ Social Learning: We are continuing to review problem solving strategies that students can try out at recess when facing conflict with peers. We have discussed hands to ourselves and using kind words to express our feelings. Here is a visual of the strategies we have learned so far:
October:
October 10th - Thanksgiving Holiday (NO SCHOOL)
October 14th - Walking Tour of Airdrie Field Trip (Grade 2s)
October 19 & 20 - Learning Conferences
Have a great weekend!
Thank you,
Mme Cornell & Mme McCaffrey
Fall Landscape Art
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