Feb 28

Today we had Pink shirt day. We participated in an assembly then designed pink shirts to show how we can help stop bulling by showing kindness instead.

In writing, we completed our poems and independent writing samples then posted them to IRIS and created a goal. Please take sometimes to view your child's work and discuss their goal. We are now starting to learn about Arctic stories and the different elements. We will be working towards writing our own arctic story. Here is one of the stories we watched.

In Inquiry we researched 6 topics (Weather, Land/geography, Wildlife/Animals, shelter, Iqaluit, Transportation) about the Arctic. Ask me about the information we learned.

In math we continued to explore double digit addition and subtraction. We learned how to use the cubes tool below to help us work through a word problem. Some of us still need to practice double digit subtraction and check that we are adding and subtracting basic facts accurately. 

Upcoming dates:

March 1st - No school due to professional development
Mar 5th - Evergreen Theater

Mar 6th - Book TruckMar 21-22 - Conferences
Mar 23-31 - Spring Break

Apr 8th -grade 2 team presenting at parent council

Apr 11th - Group class picture day

Apr 19th - no school due to Good Friday 

Apr 22 -  no school due professional development

Feb 26

1) Thermostat Challenge: As part of international Polar Bear day on Feb 27th the grade 2 students have been tasked with taking on the thermostat challenge. Yesterday students brought home a sheet where the can record the temperature to show how they took on the thermostat challenge. Please complete the challenge and then return the thermostat sheet by Friday Mar 8th.

Feb 22

This week we continued to work on writing poetry.  Students chose their favourite poem, edited it, submitted it for peer review, wrote it out for publication in a good copy then self evaluated their work based on the poetry rubric.  

In math we are continuing to work on adding and subtracting double digit numbers.  Extra practice at home to solidify basic addition and subtraction facts to 20 would be beneficial as many errors are being made in computing.  

In Inquiry we discovered that the animal adaptation of increased layers of blubber helps animals stay warm in the arctic and in the ocean.  We also completed our Aurora Borealis sculptures today.  A few are on display in the main office. 

  

1) Pink Shirt Day!: Hello ROS families. On Thursday, February 28th, we will be recognizing Pink Shirt Day. It is a day where we encourage everyone to practice kindness and wear pink to symbolize that we do not tolerate bullying. Throughout the day, students will participate in activities that inspire acceptance, care for others and themselves and will conclude with a school wide assembly. To show support, students are encouraged to wear pink or their blue ROS shirts.

For more information about Pink Shirt Day, please check out: https://www.pinkshirtday.ca/about

Thank you so much,

Circle of courage committee 

2) Fundraising society: Attention Coffee & Tea lovers. Our current fundraiser is almost complete. We will accept any outstanding tea/coffee orders up until Monday Feb 25. Please email rosfundraisingsociety@gmail.com with any questions. Lets warm up this chilly winter!!

Thanks so much for supporting our kids school!

ROSFS

Upcoming dates:
Feb 11th - 28th Alien in line skating

Feb 27th - International Polar Bear Day

Feb 28th - Pink shirt Day
March 1st - No school due to professional development
Mar 5th - Evergreen Theater
Mar 21-22 - Conferences
Mar 23-31 - Spring Break

This week we had Alien Inline skating. Ask me about what we worked on. We sure had a lot of fun.

This week in writing we continued our exploration of poetry as we learned how to write a poem using personification and onomatopoeia. We also tired writing a Free Verse poem while thinking about how we could apply what we had learned. Then we use the self-assessment below to think about how we could improve our poem.

In math we learned several math games to practice double digit addition and subtraction. Ask me about my favourite math game. See below pictures of a couple of the math games we learned to play. 

 

 


In Inquiry we started learning about maps and how to identify places on a map. Ask me about the places I located on a map of Canada and what I learned about Iqaluit. Take a look at the link and try out the quizz. As a class we got 100%!

1) Winter warm up (Royal Oak Fundraising Society): Forms where sent home today. If you would like to participate please make your order by Tuesday Feb 19th.

Upcoming dates:
Feb 11th - 28th Alien in line skating
Feb 14th and 15th - No school due to teachers convention
Feb 18th - No school due to family day
Feb 20th - book Truck

Feb 27th - International Polar Bear DayFeb 28th - Pink shirt Day
March 1st - No school due to professional development
Mar 5th - Evergreen Theater
Mar 21-22 - Conferences
Mar 23-31 - Spring Break

Feb 8

This week in writing we continued our exploration of poetry as we learned how to write a rhyming, haiku, cinquain and limerick poem. We found writing a rhyming poem a bit challenging. Ask me about the different types of rhyming poems. We are working very hard on thinking about the words we use to challenge the reader to think about our topic in a new way.

In math we began to learn about double digit stacking subtraction using base ten blocks and how to regroup 10 if we do not have enough subtract from int he one's column. We discovered that regrouping can be a bit tricky but we need to persevere. Below is a video we used to explain regrouping when subtracting. Please take sometime to practice with me. 

In Inquiry we though like historian while examining several inuit artifacts. Before we discovered what they where we had to identify what we thought they where, used for, made out and why along with any wonders we had. Then we read about the artifacts and recorded it's inuit and English name along with something we learned about the artifact. 

This week we also started out free from art sculptures out of wire hangers. Ask me about what I found challenging or easy when working with wire.

  

1) Alien Inline skating form and payment: Please return the form and make the payment of $11.37 by Monday Feb 11th.

2) Winter warm up (Royal Oak Fundraising Society): Forms where sent home today. If you would like to participate please make your order by Tuesday Feb 19th.

3) Valentines: Students are welcome to bring in Valentines for every class member on Feb 13th. Valentines class lists where sent home today.

Upcoming dates:
Feb 11th - 28th Alien in line skating
Feb 14th and 15th - No school due to teachers convention
Feb 18th - No school due to family day
Feb 20th - book Truck
Feb 28th - Pink shirt Day
March 1st - No school due to professional development
Mar 5th - Evergreen Theater
Mar 21-22 - Conferences
Mar 23-31 - Spring Break

Feb 4

1) Aline Inline Skating volunteers needed: We will need LOTS of volunteer help with the Alien Inline Skating program. If you have a valid police clearance we hope you will consider helping our class to get into their gear safely and quickly. Please follow the link to sign up.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0A4FA9AE2CA5F94-alien1