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Bonjour families!
It was so nice meeting you all this week for conferences, and we hope you have a great weekend! If you would like to see some of the work we discussed at conferences on MyBlueprint, please login with your email to MyBlueprint (Please let us know if you need help with this).
Updates and Reminders:
Updates and Reminders:
Communication of Student Learning Document
Skating: We are looking forward to our last skating trip on Monday November 7th from 11:15-12:00. Please ensure students are dressed for the weather as we will be walking to the Ron Ebbessen Arena again. Please let us know if you are available to volunteer for this great opportunity.
Halloween:
Halloween:
COSTUMES
We invite all students (and staff) to come dressed in their Halloween costumes to school on Monday, October 31st. Please leave all costume accessories at home (weapons, wands, etc). Throughout the day, we will be participating in different fun Halloween activities depending if your child wants to, and the school will participate in a cohort-based costume parade.
TREATS: Please ensure only individually packaged treats are sent in.
Learning Commons (Library)! Please send your students' library book back to school on their designated Learning Commons day.
Tuesday- Mme Cornell
Thursday- Mme McCaffrey
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
Why do we lose control of our emotions video: Emotions video.
This week in:
This week in:
Literacy:
The sound of the week is: "L". The words of the week are:,
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 increasing patterns. We will be moving from non-numerical increasing patterns (involving shape, colour, etc.) to increasing patterns with numbers (ex: 2, 4, 6, 8). This will set students up to learn about skip counting! We will also be examining and describing patterns in art and cultural designs as we make our own rangoli patterns to celebrate Diwali.
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 bug is accurate, as well as design an environment that meets all of their insect's basic needs. We are looking forward to seeing students' creations!
Social Studies: Students are working to learn to 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.
October:
October 24th - Grade 2 FI classes are skating
October 31st- Dress up/ Costume day & Halloween Celebration
November:
November 3rd- Photo retakes
November 7th - Skating (11:15 - 12:00)
Have a great weekend!
Thank you,
Mme Cornell & Mme McCaffrey
Skating
We enjoyed our first week of skating! Thank you volunteers for making this phys. ed. field trip possible!
Makerspace
Students have loved exploring the makerspace with Mme Page!
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