Wow it is already the first week of October! In math we have started to learn about how to use a ten frame to represent numbers and count efficiently. Today we read a hilarious book call "The Napping House" and practiced our counting. We counted how many people and how many legs they have. Ask me about the math problem we started today.
In writing we have begun to learn about the 6 writing traits. Ask me about which one we learned today.
In inquiry, we practiced looking at pictures of aboriginal people and teepees. We thought about I sees, I thinks and I wonders. We also did a gallery walk to view everyones work. Ask me about one of the ideas I had.
1) Field Trip Info: Trip was cancelled due to weather.
2) Home Reading Starts Today!: Check your child’s backpack today
(Tuesday October 2nd) for their first bag of Home Reading. Any student in our school reading at an independent level A-L will receive 2
levelled books and a reading log in their Home Reading bags. Teachers have taken the time in September to
get to know their students as readers, and have provided our Home Reading
Program with appropriate reading levels.
As the year progresses, and your child grows as a reader, each teacher
will work to update the reading levels provided for Home Reading. In order to
build confidence, we will have students practice at an independent reading
level, something they can read confidently on their own. Please take the time
to read through the letter together, which will explain the Home Reading
Program at our school.
The Home Reading Program is one
component of the broader Literacy Education your children are engaging with
both at school and at home. Repetitive
reading of texts at a ‘just right’ independent level helps to build confidence
and can increase a student’s reading fluency. Although we recommend that you
take some time each evening to read the Home Reading books that your child
brings home, please continue to take time to explore a variety of other texts
together as well. The experiences of reading more challenging texts together,
and more importantly, the conversations surrounding what you’ve read will help
to develop your child’s understanding of what they’ve read.
Each Tuesday and Thursday,
students can return their Home Reading books inside the bags provided. Please
make sure that these books travel to and from school inside the bag provided,
as they are stored and sorted separately from our Learning Commons, and
classroom Library Books. If you have
questions, comments, or concerns about the Home Reading Program, please reach
out to your child’s teacher, or contact the Resource Teacher, Heather Mitschke
at hmmitschke@cbe.ab.ca
Happy Reading!
2) Parent Night - Literacy Disciplinary
3) Liquids in class field trip: The grade 2 students will be having Teacher's Pet in to run a program around liquids where students will have the opportunity to discover the properties of water and understand the concepts of evaporation, condensation, freezing, and thawing. Students will also learn the importance of conserving water. Plus, take an exciting trip through the water cycle! To help the program run smoothly I will be needing 3 volunteers. More information will be coming your way soon.Thank you so much for your continued support.
Oct 3rd - Heritage park trip
Oct 8th - Thanksgiving no school
Oct 11th - picture day
Oct 11th - disciplinary literacy Parent evening
Oct 17th - Liquids in class field trip
Oct 26 - No school due to PD
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