September 2020 Blog for Parents!

 

Dear Parents,

We had a great first day in Grade 2 and I can tell that this is going to be a wonderful year! I am looking forward to working with you in your child's educational journey. My main goal as your child's teacher is to instill in them a love of learning and to guide and assist them in reaching their full potential.

What we will be doing this month:

FLA:  Every Monday your child will receive our new French vocabulary words. There will be activities based on these words such as completing sentences, word search and making sentences. Comprehension of a simple text will also be included.

ELA:   Every Monday your child will receive our new English vocabulary words. They will explore interesting adjectives based on picture prompts. 

Social Studies: The students will be investigating the culture and language of an Acadian, an Inuit and a Prairie Community. Using critical thinking skills, they will make a comparison between these three communities and their own community.

Religion:  Our Faith Theme this year is Faith, Hope and Love abide and the greatest of these is Love. The children will work on All About Me and different prayers.

Science: The first Unit will be on Spiders. The children will learn to differentiate between spiders and insects and they will learn the characteristics of different kinds of spiders.

Maths:  The children will work on Number Concepts and they will learn to recognize and apply numbers to 100. They will work on addition and subtraction, skip counting by 2's, 5's and 10's and problem solving with personal strategies.

Health: The children will learn about making responsible and informed choices to promote safety for himself/herself and others with a special emphasis on the importance of social distancing and wearing masks.

ART:  The children will learn that Art can be made in different ways using a variety of colours.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions and concerns. I can be reached at amrita.chopra@cssd.ab.ca

Best regards

Mme Amrita

Devinettes/Riddles

Qui suis je? Who am I?
Translation in English: 1. I am a mode of trasport. I do not have an engine. I move forward if you use my pedals. 2. I am a skateboard with a handle bar. I move forward by pushing with one foot. 3. You sit on me while sliding down a snowy slope. 4. I am a mode of transport often used in Iqaluit/Nunavut. I am most often pulled by strong Husky dogs to move fast in the snow. Nowadays there is a more modern version of this mode of transport that has an engine. Who am I? Dear Parents, please ask your child to read these riddles in French and in English and then figure out what the mode of transport is.

le cycle de l'eau

Dear Parents,
Your child can draw, label and colour this picture in their Sketchbooks.  As an extension activity, they can make a water cycle craft using recycling materials.


Dear Parents and Guardians, 
We survived week 1! Congratulations on supporting your child, perhaps managing to work and being a role model to your child during this difficult time. Please know that we understand the challenges faced by our families. During this time it is important to pray for all of the students and their families in our class and for the teachers in our school. We all need prayers as we face new challenges. Please feel free to refer to your class photo and encourage your child to say an individual prayer for each classmate. 
I realize that students in French Immersion have an added challenge, as learning a new language from home is unusual. I will continue to organize opportunities for small group conferences to allow students to practice speaking French in an authentic situation. Moving forward, we will continue to  use:  

1.     Use of google classroom 

2.    Flip Grid: how to for students