Dear WONDERFUL Parents,
I was blown away by your extreme generosity yesterday!! There were enough snacks to feed an army. The kids enjoyed the morning of crafts with our amazing, efficient Parent Volunteers. Many, many thanks to you all.
Let me take this opportunity to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Very Happy New Year, filled with good health, happiness and success!
Warm regards
Mme Amrita
Monday, December 3, 2018
November
Update:
What
will we be learning about this month?
French Language Arts: This month, the Grade 2’s will be working
on their reading skills and will practice their reading comprehension.
For more practice
with this at home, your child can also visit: http://www.duplaisiralire.com/jeux/index.htm and
http://www.iletaitunehistoire.com/
English Language Arts: We will complete our Novel Study of
“Charlotte’s Web” and will also work on grammar and writing simple stories
using adjectives.
Math: This month, the Grade 2’s will conclude the math unit on
Number Sense and will begin patterns.
You can assist your child with number sense
by counting by 2’s, 5’s and 10’s and identifying odd and even numbers. For
additional practice, you can also use the following website:
Social Studies: The Grade 2’s will continue to explore
and investigate the physical geography of Saskatoon, Meteghan and Iqaluit.
Science: We are learning about magnetism and will begin our new unit,
“Hot and Cold Temperatures”.
Health: We will continue exploring safety and healthy eating
habits.
Art: This month, we will do an art project to celebrate Remembrance
Day.
Music: The Grade 2’s will learn about melody and will sing French
songs during Reader’s Theater.
Religion: In November, the students will learn about
the Apostle’s Creed, be introduced to the Beatitudes.
DECEMBER 2018 NEWS
What will we learn about this Month?
We will have our
morning of Christmas crafts on the 18th of December. Please let me know at your earliest convenience
if you can volunteer in class.
English: We will
continue reading Charlottes’s Web and review discussion questions. We will also
do some Christmas activities.
French: We are going
to work on reading comprehension and writing skills to expand our French
language vocabulary. Here are the sites, we will be using in the classroom.
Health: We have been
talking about bullying in the classroom and what it looks like at school. The children have done some role plays and we
have discussed the strategies to confront bullying situations with
courage. We will watch videos and
continue our understanding of the subject.
Math: We will work on
our unit on patterns and relations and place value. We will work on
demonstrating and explaining the meaning of equality and inequality. We started
adding numbers with regrouping with manipulatives and on the board. Please ask
your child the strategy they learned and continue practicing this skill at
home.
Music: We will
practice our Christmas songs and learn more specific details about music notes.
Please, encourage your child to sing along Christmas carols in French using
this site:
Religion: We will
begin the new unit, The Road to Bethlehem to prepare for the seasons of Advent
and Christmas.
Science: We will work
on the Hot and Cold Temperatures unit. You can assist your child in science by
practicing how to read temperatures on a thermometer. We will measure
temperature in degrees Celsius.
Social Studies: We
will learn about the cultural and linguistic characteristic in Saskatoon,
Iqaluit and Meteghan. To assist your child with this at home, you can visit:
Sincerely,
Mme Amrita
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