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

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:

http://engagingstudents.blackgold.ca/index.php/division-i/math-d1/math-2/numbers-m2/ 

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 18^th 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.

http://www.iletaitunehistoire.com/

http://cf.tfo.org/jeux/poupouyaki/poupouyaki.html

http://www.lasouris-web.org/

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:

http://sites.csdraveurs.qc.ca/musique/noel/calendrier/

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:

http://engagingstudents.blackgold.ca/index.php/division-i/soc-d1/social-studies-2/

Sincerely,

Mme Amrita

Dear Parents,
On Thursday the 11th of October, I would like to do the magnet centres with my class.  For this I would like at least 5 Parent Volunteers.  Please do let me know as soon as possible, if you can volunteer from 9am to 11am on this day.
Many thanks
Have an excellent Thanksgiving and long weekend with your families!
Warm regards
Mme Amrita

What will we learn about in October?

French Language Arts: We will work on our writing and speaking skills through our new theme, “C’est l’halloween”. Here is a great website to visit for extra French reading activities : http://www.duplaisiralire.com/

English Language Arts: We will be starting the novel “Charlotte’s Web” by E. B. White. We will study vocabulary, make predictions about the story as we read along and do multiple choice activities.

Math: We will continue to practice our number sense up to 100. We will focus on the following: identifying odd and even numbers; counting by 2’s, 5’s and 10’s; identifying place value and representing numbers using “tens” and “ones” blocks. We will also review addition and subtraction strategies with answers to 18. Here are some great websites to practice number sense:

Addition Practice: http://www.arcademics.com/games/alien/alien.html

Place Value https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-2/place-value-models-up-to-hundreds

Skip Counting http://www.toytheater.com/number-pattern.php

Social Studies: We will be exploring the landforms and geography of Iqaluit, Saskatoon and Meteghan. You could assist your child with this at home by looking at pictures of each of these communities at the Library or online.

Science: We will conclude learning about spiders.

Health: We will continue exploring safety and healthy habits. 

Art: This month, we will create art pieces for Thanksgiving and Halloween.  We encourage your child to bring an old t-shirt to be worn over clothes while water color painting.

Religion: The students will be introduced to The Apostles’ Creed and begin to understand the four parts of the Mass.

Have a good day!

Mme Amrita

Dear Parents,

For the month of October, we will be doing the following;

French:  Thanksgiving and Halloween activities such as vocabulary, story writing and crafts.

English:  We will be starting the novel “Charlotte’s Web” by E. B. White. We will study vocabulary, make predictions about the story as we read along and do multiple choice activities.

Math:  We will continue adding and subtracting 1 and 2 digit numbers and problem solving.

Science:  We will start our unit on Magnetism next week, in order to prepare the children for their first field trip to Telus Spark mid November.

Health:  We have started our unit on Nutrition and the four food groups. The children will soon be making posters with slogans about healthy eating.

Religion:

P.S.     Please let us know when/ which day of the week, you are able to volunteer when we organize centers or to help with art and craft projects.

Thank you very much

Have a good weekend!

Mme Amrita

Good morning Parents,
It was certainly a huge pleasure meeting you during Parent/Teacher interviews.  I discovered that some of you speak French and that some of you would be willing to volunteer for our centres.
Tomorrow is our Opening Mass at St. Luke Church at 10 am.  We hope that you can make it there.
We have an excellent French website which you could access and use at home with your children.
https://www.logicieleducatif.fr/
Jeux éducatifs en ligne - logicieleducatif.fr

Have a good week!
Kind Regards
Mme Amrita