Nov. 30th Update

Winter Electives

Winter Electives forms are due next Friday, December 7th. Most families have returned these forms. Please let me know if you have any questions, or need a new form. I strongly encourage all students in my class to participate in this event! We need many volunteers! If you are able to help out please let me know ASAP! Thank you!

Skate Exchange

Skate Exchange/Sale On Thursday, December 13th from 3:45-6:00 pm, our school will be holding our second Skate Exchange/Sale. Please have a look through your home for old skates that you are no longer using and consider sending them in for this event. This event is a great way to buy or sell skates at reasonable prices! If you have any skates to sell, please send them in with your child by Tuesday, December 11th with the following information attached to the laces or taped firmly to the skates: Name of Student Classroom Teacher’s Name Size Asking Price If your skates are sold, the money will be given to your child via their classroom teacher the next day. If the skates are not sold, they will be returned to your child the next day. If you need skates, please be sure to come!

Winter Concert

Our primary Winter Concert is scheduled for December 13th beginning at 6:30pm (students need to be in our classroom at 6:15). All details about this exciting night were sent out through email today. Please let me know if you have any questions, or if you are not on our school-wide email list.

Traditions in a Box

The Grade 2 students have a homework assignment for social studies. The instructions were sent home in a package yesterday. The assignment is due next week. Please let me know if you have any questions. 

Math

Next week in math we will be working on using mental math strategies for addition. We will play games, and solve problems and puzzles to practise our skills. We will be working on:

Memorizing the "ten's facts" 9+1, 8+2, 7+3, 6+4, 5+5

Memorizing the "doubles facts" 2+2=4, 3+3=6, 4+4=8, 5+5=10, 6+6=12, 7+7=14, 8+8=16, 9+9=18

Memorizing the "near doubles facts" e.g. 4+3, 5+6, 7+8...

Having a solid foundation with mental math skills will support us when we work on adding and subtracting larger numbers this month! 

Poetry

Here is our poem from this week. 

Students shared their experiences with trying new foods, and eating brussel sprouts! We looked at some of the contractions in the poem, and thought about the author's message. After each poem study students complete a series of response questions to demonstrate their understanding of the poem. 

We are working on:

-answering the questions fully by beginning with part of the question 

Question: "Why do you think the author chose the title "Leafy Marbles in My Mouth" for this poem?"

Answer: "I think the speaker chose this title because.."

-using details from the text, and our own ideas to support our answers

Question: "Why do you think the author chose the title "Leafy Marbles in My Mouth" for this poem?"

Answer: "I think the speaker chose this title because eating brussel sprouts is like eating leafy marbles. I know this because in the text it says, that they are green and round, and they look like little lettuce heads. This title helps me visualize what brussel sprouts look like.”

-beginning our sentences with a capital letter, and ending with punctuation