A new show and tell theme AND format will begin next week! Please refer to the green November calendar that was sent home for your child’s presentation day.

During November, each student will choose a plant or an animal native to our province of BC, or a natural wonder in BC to learn about.

Each child will conduct research about their topic. Find out:

• How to say the plant/ animal or place in French
• Where it is found in B.C.
• Something interesting to share about the topic in French!

Sample topics:

• Spirit Bear/ Kermode Bear -L’ours Esprit/ L’ours Kermode
• Black bear -L’ours noir
• Pine tree– Le pin
• Cedar tree- Le cèdre
• Bald eagle -L’aigle
• Pacific Ocean- L’Océan Pacifique
• Stellar Jay- Le geai de Stellar
• Jade- Le jade (our official mineral!)

Please bring in an object or visual such as:

• An artifact (a piece of jade, a salmon bone, an eagle feather, a pinecone, a cedar bough, etc).
• A photo from home
• A drawing made by the student
• A book from the library
• A picture printed from the internet

*Please choose a WILD plant or animal native to B.C.- NOT a pet puppy, cat, etc

*Once your topic has been chosen, come see Mme to avoid duplication!

Also please bring a labelled image that we can put on our bulletin board!

The children decorated our classroom door in the spirit of Halloween and next week we will learn the sound ou as in Boo! and hibou. Last week our focus was the sound eu in feu.

Next week, your child is invited to participate in any of the upcoming spirit days:

Monday: Crazy hair day.

Tuesday: Wear orange and black.

Wednesday: Twin/Triplet day. Dress like your friends!

Thursday: Pajama Day. (No stuffies, blankets or slippers this year please).

Friday: Dress in costume or bright colours. No masks or weapons. Avoid too many accessories. No treats please. You can keep candy at home after Halloween as well please! Healthy snacks support student learning:)

Snow is here!

There are now boot mats in the hallways for boots. Students may wish to keep a pair of indoor shoes in their locker. If not, please send your child to school with clean dry shoes in his/her backpack. Please label boots and outerwear in case items get misplaced. Thanks.

This week in grade two:

French

Our focus was the sound oi like wa. 

We read in small groups, wrote in our journals and even started looking at Halloween vocabulary!

Listen to the song we did today under the “chansons” tab: La chanson des squelettes.

Math

Students have done a fabulous job adding since we’ve been back to school! Today, our focus was on some subtraction strategies. We have also been working with bar graphs.

Art

Art cards are finished! Art will be returned to students once order forms are out. We also made some black cat Halloween art.

Santé

In health, we have been learning about ways to keep our teeth healthy.

Gym

All of our gym games have been outdoors. Even with late autumn weather, I will continue to take the children outside, so make sure they are prepared! We will also begin to visit the gym.

Coming up…

• Monday- Library
• Tuesday- Mme Jules will teach a lesson about salmon with an Indigenous context
• Wednesday- Home reading book exchange & parent-teacher interviews & early dismissal
• Thursday- Visit to show us a salmon & learn more about the significance of salmon to First Nations (postponed)
• Friday- PD Day- no school

 

In grade two today…

In math:

We used our egg cartons, bread tags and dice to play the train game!

Some children asked if they could take their materials back home to play, but I said no, we will be playing this game more than once! If your child would like to play at home you need: 2 egg cartons cut into 10 each (per person), 20 counters per person and a die. The child rolls the die and places the correct number of “passengers” into the seats on the “train”, one passenger per seat. One train car gets filled at a time. The goal is to fill your train first. Players take turns rolling a die.

If a child has 6 passengers and rolls a 2, the child must say, “6 + 2 = 8” doing mental math BEFORE putting the passengers in the train. We are encouraging mental math, then using counters to check our answer. Near the end, the child needs to roll the exact number to get to 20, to make things a little tricky! For example, if you have 18, you cannot roll a 4 and win. You need to roll a 1 or a 2 to add passengers to your train.

Later this year we will change our game to a subtraction game.

If your child is away from school and would like to do some math, you can play this game or look at some on-line resources on the “les ressources” tab of this blog.

In science:

We looked at early stages of the salmon life cycle.

In health:

We started talking about how to take care of our TEETH!  A funny Robert Munsch story got us into the spirit.

Coming up:

Picture day will be tomorrow, Oct. 14th.

Library books will be coming home today. If your child forgot to bring them to school, please send in late books!

Home reading books can be changed tomorrow (every Wednesday). I imagine some children will be travelling to Alberta on our home reading map!

This week in grade two:

Math

We added BIG numbers today! Challenge your child to add 10 to a number.

39 + 10 =

23 + 10 =

77 + 10 =

French

We are learning some letter combinations that make the long a sound as in cake. To make things tricky, er sometimes makes the long a sound, and sometimes makes the sound air as in the air we breathe.

I have also started reading with small groups. Congratulations to the many students who recorded lots of home reading this past week! Bravo!

Social Studies

We have been learning about British Columbia, our diverse province!

Science

We will be learning about salmon beginning next week. We may even have a visitor outdoors come with a real salmon for us to see!

Egg Cartons

Please read how to cut two egg cartons into math “ten frames” for your child to bring to school by Tuesday.

Coming soon…

Library will be on Tuesday. Remember to bring your books and waterproof bag!

Stay tuned next week for more details regarding parent-teacher interviews on Oct. 21st. We will be connecting via zoom or the telephone.

Monday there will be no school due to Thanksgiving. Bring in egg cartons and library books on Tuesday!