Grade Two News - October 12th

Friday, October 11th, 2012

Grade Two News from BVE

Dear Families,

I hope everyone had a relaxing holiday weekend.  October is here, and we are getting into the full swing of things at school. 

Reminders

Ø  No school on next Friday, October 19^th (Pro-D day)

Ø  Ms. Dollar and I have started a school choir.  If your child is interested we will be practicing Tuesdays and Fridays at lunch from 12:20 to 1:00pm. 

Ø  We have begun our “sharing” routine for the year.  The night before your child’s sharing, he/she will be bringing home the yellow sharing duotang.  The student is to complete the activity sheet, writing a description of his/her sharing with details they would like to share.  I have asked the students also to come up with two or three questions they can ask the class after they are finished sharing, to check their understanding and listening skills. 

Units/Topics of Study

In Language Arts we are continuing to work on our Daily 5 routine.  Our author for the month is David Wiesner.  We have been looking at, studying, and writing about his amazing picture books.  Our favourite book so far is a book called Tuesday.  An animated version of this picture book can be watched online at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6Uvxjsooik.   Next week, we will be creating our own text to go along with Tuesday!

In Math we have started our unit on numbers.  We will be focusing on using number lines and hundreds charts, skip counting, and odd and even numbers to start.  You can support your child’s learning at home by practicing skip counting by 2s, 5s, or 10s, forwards and backwards, starting at different numbers. 

For example:  “Let’s skip count:

·           by 10 from 0 to 100”

·           by 2 from 40 to 60”

·           by 5 from 25 to 85”

Remind your child that if you are skip counting forward, the numbers will get bigger.  If you are skip counting backward the numbers will get smaller.

We are wrapping up our Social Studies unit on rights, roles and responsibilities.  We will begin our Science unit on Monday!  

Gym – Mrs. Von Bremen has been very pleased with the effort and participation from the Grade 2s.  Well done everyone!

We had a fun visit to the fire hall on Thursday afternoon.  Thank-you to parents who joined us for our fieldtrip!  Students will be coming home with a fire safety activity booklet, letter, and contest entry form.  Please have the entry forms returned to me by Friday, October 19^th, so I can drop them off at the fire hall. 

Have a fantastic weekend!

Naomi