Dear Parents,

It was great to chat with you during Parent-Teacher Conferences. I was sorry that I missed a couple of them.

Important dates in April

 

April 4^th    Roger Dallaire    Francophonie Week

April 14^th         Holy Thursday Liturgy    10am

April 15^th – 24^th       Easter Break

April  26^th       Student Wellness Day

April  28^th       Pizza   Day     Disney Character

 

April Update:

French:    We will continue to work on our writing skills with descriptive stories. French Comprehension texts will be ongoing. Please continue to encourage your child with his/her home reading. Just a friendly reminder about the French poem that your child could practice at home.

Science:    We have started our Boats and Buoyancy Unit. During experiments, the kids made predictions of a number of objects that float or sink. They made boats with modelling clay and discovered why some boats floated and others sank.

English:   We have finished reading Grizzly Cove by Delia Dumont. We will work on some reflection questions. We will continue to write stories with an interesting beginning, middle and end, adjectives and comparisons.

Social Studies:    We are learning about about goods and natural resources in the three communities of Iqaluit, Saskatoon and Meteghan. Students can enhance their learning by going to:

http://engagingstudents.blackgold.ca/index.php/division -1/social-studies/canada-s dynamic-communities

Math:  We will begin our new math unit on 3D objects and 2D shapes. We will also continue to practice addition and subtraction with regrouping of two and three numbers. Problem solving in Math will be an ongoing activity. Two great websites include:

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/Shape Sorter/

https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-1/name-the-three-dimensional-shape

Religion :     Stations of the Cross

Art:   We are completing our Easter baskets with Ukrainian Easter eggs thereby integrating it with Social Studies.

Music:     We have started practicing our songs for the Marian Liturgy scheduled for early May. The kids sound delightful.

Health:    We will continue with our Unit on the Zones of Regulation dealing with positive and negative emotions.

There will be curriculum-related activities about Easter for Art, Math, French and English.

We wish you all a wonderful Easter/Spring Break!

 

 Important dates left in March:

!8th        Professional Growth Day

24th      Spirit Day         Mad Scientist

31st   March    Parent/Teacher   Con ferences    4:30   to 7: 30pm

!st April    9am   to 3pm

What we have been doing so far:

French:    Reading comprehension and story writing with an interesting beginning, middle and end. Adjectives and comparisons.

Literacy Centres

Technology:  Google Slides Power Point for French stories.

English:   We have been working on Spring Poems

Novel study    Grizzly Cove 

Story writing with an interesting beginning, middle and end, using adjectives.

Art:   Spring projects

Religion:   This week the kids did the Shamrock.

Next week    Stations of the Cross

Health:   We have been working on the Zones of Regulation

Strategies to overcome frustration, anger, stress etc.

Science:  The Liquid Unit is nearing completion.  The next Unit will be Boats and Buoyancy.

Social Studies:  We are winding up with the culture and language of the three communities of Canada.

Everyone will get the chance to do Green Screen Technology once they have prepared their presentations.

 English:     In English we are working on the Bat Booklet with Myths about bats, whether they are a Pal or Pest to farmers, their body parts etc. 

We are writing and illustrating stories with an interesting beginning, middle and end as well as descriptive adjectives.

The novel study Grizzly Cove is ongoing.

 Important dates to remember:

February is Black History Month.

14th -----16th Feb.     Francofolie (  Special French activities celebrating Carnaval)

17th and 18th     Teachers' Convention/  No school for students

21st   Family Day    No school for students

23rd    Pink shirt day

24th    Pizza Day     Theme:  Multicultural

25th   Mardi Gras /   Black shirt day

What we are doing this month

French:    We have started writing stories with a beginning, middle and end and with interesting details. Reading comprehension is ongoing. We have started a Valentine's booklet integrating French with Math. Literacy Centers are ongoing.

Math: Addition and Subtraction of two and three digit numbers with regrouping. Math games with Dominos and dice.

Social Studies:  We have started our Unit about the culture, language and festivals of the three communities of Iqaluit, Meteghan and Saskatoon. The kids were excited about preparing presentations of their favorite community, with the goal of linking it with technology 'Green Screen."

Health: We will be talking about the Zones of Regulation related to positive and negative emotions and the strategies to regulate them.

Art:  We will be focusing on Valentines Art this month and perhaps moving on to Spring Art. 

Science:   We are winding up the Hot and Cold Unit and we will soon be starting the Unit on Liquids.

Religion:   The children are learning about Blessed Trinity and the Holy Spirit.

An interesting website to explore for different subjects is:

www.logicieleducatif.com

 Important dates:

18th  Jan.        New Year Liturgy 1pm

20th  Jan.        Progress reports go home

27th   28th  Jan.    P/T  Conferences

For the month of January we are focusing on:

French:  Reading comprehension.  Literacy Centres.  Writing short stories with an interesting beginning, middle and end. 

Math:   Adding and subtracting three digit numbers without regrouping. Adding and subtracting two digit numbers with regrouping. Graphing and patterning.

English:  We have started our unit on Bats. The children have learned some interesting facts about bats. We will also begin writing short stories with interesting vocabulary and adjectives.

Science:  We are continuing our Hot and Cold Unit. How to read thermometers. We will be learning some security rules, how to keep a house warm in winter and cool in summer, how a thermos works etc.

Religion: The children are learning about the seven sacraments.

Health:  How to identify and develop strategies to deal with positive and negative emotions. 

Social Studies:  The economic features of the three communities of Iqaluit, Saskatoon and Meteghan.

Art: We will focus on Art of the three communities of Iqaluit, Saskatoon and Meteghan.

  Important dates for the month of November:

1st:      Faith Day   No school

10th      Remembrance Day Liturgy at 10 am   

Parent/Teacher Interviews     4pm  -   7:30pm

11th       Remembrance day     No school

12th       Parent/Teacher Interviews    No school

15th       Bully Prevention Week

25th       Field Trip Telus Spark  Science Centre    

26th       Advent Liturgy

29th       Sound Kreations  Residency

What will we be learning about this month?

French Language Arts:   We will continue to write stories about La Sorciere.  We will learn new vocabulary and continue 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 have started our Novel Study of Lost in the North.  We are making predictions and reflections. Vocabulary and collective nouns are ongoing. We will work on grammar from time to time and writing simple stories using interesting adjectives.

Math:    We are working on addition and subtraction with two digit numbers. We will continue working on Number Sense and we 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-/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 winding up our Unit on Magnetism. I will prepare the kids for a test. The next Science Unit will be Hot and Cold Temperatures.

Health:  We will continue exploring Nutrition and healthy eating habits.

Art:  This month we will do a project for Remembrance Day and a project on Inukshuks, relating it to Social Studies.

Music:  The Grade 2's will learn about melody and sing French songs.

Religion:  The kids will learn about the Apostle's Creed and they will be introduced to the Beatitudes.

 

 Important dates for the month of October:

Thanksgiving Celebration          8th October

Thanksgiving                              11th October   No school

St. Luke Feast Day                      19th October

Photo day                                     19th October

Catholic Ed. Telethon                   23rd / 24th 

Faith Day                                      29th October

What we are learning this month:

French:       We finished an Autumn booklet. We are presently working on reading comprehension and Thanksgiving activities. We will write stories for Halloween along with vocabulary and a variety of activities.

Maths:   We will now begin addition and subtraction of two digit numbers. Problem solving will be ongoing.

Health: We will focus on nutrition, food groups and healthy eating habits.

Science:  We will wind up our spider unit with a couple of tests. The next Unit Will be Magnetism.

English: We watched the video The Rainbow Fish. We had a rich discussion about the moral of the story. A project will follow. We are also working on a booklet with interesting adjectives and completing sentences.

Art:  We are working on our pumpkin seed project. 

Religion:   The four parts of Mass.