October 5th Update

Library

We continue to visit the library as a whole class on Day 3. Students are reminded to bring their books to school for exchange on this day. If a student is ready to exchange their books before Day 3 they may do so on Day 5, 1, or 2 in the morning right after O'Canada. 

Spelling

Spelling homework for this week was due today. If your child did not bring their spelling to school today, please remind them to bring the book on Tuesday as we will be exploring new words lists that day.

Portfolios

The green portfolio should come home today. Please review the first math test with your child, sign and return. If you have any questions, please ask!

Dance-a-Thon

We are having a Dance- a- Thon fundraiser this month! The dance will be on Halloween (October 31st!). Students will be bringing home information, and a pledge form today. The class that raises the most money will be rewarded with a pizza party! Thank you for supporting our school. If you have any questions please ask me. 

We Scare Hunger Food Drive

Throughout the month we will be collecting non-perishable food items, as well as household items to donate to our local food bank. Thank you for your support!

Math

We are now transferring our learning about attributes in patterns to sorting by attributes. Sorting is part of the Data Management curriculum. Here are the learning goals for each grade:

Grade Two: I am learning how to organize objects into categories by sorting and classifying objects using two attributes at the same time (sort attribute blocks by colour and shape at the same time)

Grade Three: I am learning how to organize objects into categories by sorting and classifying objects using two or more attributes at the same time (sort a collection of buttons by size, colour, and number of holes)

Literacy

In reading, we have been learning about the comprehension strategy of making connections while reading. Students have been sharing their connections orally, and in writing in their Learning Journals. 

In writing, we spent the first few weeks of school working on generating ideas. Students created a variety of "heart maps" where they wrote down ideas about memories and stories that are close to their hearts. This week we began "working on writing". Students were learning how to take these ideas and turn them into a story or recount, a letter, or a poem. 

Poetry

Each week we examine a new poem. Sometimes the Grade 2s and 3s have a different poem, and some weeks we all focus on the same one. Through our poem study we learn about new vocabulary, and strategies for determining the meaning of new words, figurative language, inferring, and more! 

This week the Grade 2 and 3 students had different poems. Here are the poems that they examined this week. 

Grade 3 Poem 

Grade 2 Poem 

Zones of Regulation

This week we were lucky to have Mrs. Britten visit our classroom. She read us a story and taught us about the zones of regulation. The zones  help us describe our emotions. Mrs. Britten explained that it is perfectly normal and ok to be in all of the different zones, but it is important to learn how to take care of ourselves, and cope when we are in the blue, red, or yellow zone. 

and finally....Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you have a wonderful long weekend with your families. We have so much to be thankful for!