Grade Two has come to a close! Thank-you for the heartfelt gifts. Flowers, snacks, coffee, gift cards and the children’s beautiful words were MUCH appreciated!

The school office will be open next week for anyone wishing to pick up report cards and other items.

See you all on Tuesday, September 6th at 10:30 to kick off the next school year!

Enjoy your summer holidays:)

Mme Harmatuk

What have we been up to in grade two?

Health

We are learning about healthy eating and exercise. In particular, students are encouraged to:

• eat fruits and vegetables from all of the colours of the rainbow
• eat foods that have a variety of textures
• try new things! last week many students had never tried brussel sprouts or kohlrabi.

You may want to try some new fruits and vegetables in your home to encourage your child to discover new foods!

Math

Our focus has shifted to 3D shapes. Children can name and construct 3D shapes as well as explore their attributes. We also learned a new game called Math-Fact-Oh! to practice addition and subtraction families.

French

We are wrapping up guided reading book work. Children read books at their level in a small group with the teacher. We focus on sounding out words, learning new vocabulary and understanding French grammar structures.

Diversity

Grade 6 students from the rainbow club visited our class to read a story about Stella, a girl with two Dads. Students then coloured people and wrote “Sois Gentil” (Be Kind) to promote being kind to everyone, including those different from one another.

Upcoming Dates:

1. National Indigenous Day will be on Tuesday, June 21.
2. ALL BOOKS DUE TO THE SCHOOL on Wednesday, June 22.
3. Home reading will wrap on on June 22.
4. Bring an extra bag to school on June 23 to bring home many notebooks and supplies. A small ziplock bag would be useful as well for smaller items such as markers and glue.
5. Band concert on Thursday, June 16.
6. Public Library visits the school on Thursday, June 23 to talk about their summer reading program.
7. Grade 2 classes will visit Prince Charles Park with a picnic lunch on Friday, June 24.
8. Be prepared for a morning outdoors for Primary Fun Day on Monday, June 27.
9. Last day of school for students will be on Wednesday, June 29th! Dismissal at 12:30.

Shapes

• We made some art lions practice our 2D shapes and patterns.
• We began exploring types of 3D solids.

Science

• We are experimenting with magnets

Coming up…

• Visit our gr7 Street Market Thursday after school 4-7pm.
• Gr7 students visited our class to show us some organizers, wall hooks, wallets and dog biscuits that will be for sale at the street market on our school field.
• Friday students can wear tye dye clothes for fun or LGES spirit wear!

June is here! What’s happening in the class?

Show and Tell

Students have free choice this month! We’ve met a stuffie, a live snake, and learned about a student’s ATV.

Math

We are learning about 2D shapes this week: un cercle, un carré, un rectangle, et un triangle.

Art

The rain inspired us to read about ducklings and make our own ducks in the rain using shapes!

Personal Safety

We practiced using loud, serious voices to say STOP! in situations when someone wants us to do something dangerous or something that makes us uncomfortable.

Science

We will be exploring magnets next week.

Reading

Home reading continues throughout June. Reading doesn’t stop in the summer!

• Scholastic flyers went home if you wish to order books in French or English
  • Class code: RC216572
• Last library visit at school: Thursday, June 16th.
• All school library books due: Wednesday, June 22.
• Public Library visits LGES to talk to students about their fun summer reading program: Thursday, June 23rd.

Happy Reading!