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.

 

 

Important dates for the month of September

6th          Labor Day

 

7th          First full day with all students.

 

17th        Terry Fox Run

 

22nd        P/T Conferences      4: 30 - 8 pm

 

23rd         P/T  Conferences

 

24th          Professional Growth Day

 

28th         Opening  Liturgy   10 am.

 

30th         Orange Shirt Day         No school

 

 

What will we learn about in September?

 

French:     We will work on our French listening, speaking and writing skills. We will also review our French sounds ( ai, on, in, ou  etc.)

 

Math:   We will be working on number sense and reviewing strategies for addition and subtraction.

             Skip counting by 2's, 5's and 10's will be ongoing and an important focus.

 

Social Studies:  We will learn about Canada and the physical geography of the three Canadian communities:  Iqaluit, Meteghan and Saskatoon and make a comparison with our own community.

 

Science:  We will begin our new Small Crawling and Flying Animals Unit. The children will learn about different types of spiders and their characteristics. They will watch videos and use library books to do some research.

 

Religion:  The children will learn about how we belong to God's family.

 

Art:  We will begin preparing a Fall Art Project.

 Dear Parents,

Apart from the Lenten celebration, there are no other significant dates in March.

What we are doing this month:

French:  Story writing with a beginning, middle and end and the use of interesting adjectives and expressions. Reading comprehension of fiction and non- fiction text. French grammar such as identifying  nouns, verbs and adjectives in a sentence. Easter activities.

Math:  We are currently working on rounding to the nearest ten, reading and placing three digit numbers in ascending and descending order and symbols for greater than and smaller than with three digit numbers. Practicing representing a three digit number in three different ways. Problem solving will be ongoing.

Science:  We have completed our Unit on Liquids and we have moved on to Boats and Buoyancy. The children wrote their words of the week based on this Unit. They will practice them for next week. Today the kids had fun constructing their boats with modelling clay. Unfortunately, all of them sank, so I showed them how to modify their boat in order to make it float. The second attempt was more successful.

English:  Story writing with a beginning, middle and end and the use of interesting adjectives and expressions. We have been working on information about bats and their habitat. Most of the kids have finished their project. Charlotte's Web/ Novel study is ongoing. We will also be writing some Spring Poems.

Art:  We are working on our Spring project. I will send you pictures of their Art Work soon.

Health:  We are doing activities about mindfulness. How to keep our body healthy and active.

Important dates to remember for the month of February: