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February 17
Homework

T​his homework is due Friday Febuary  21

February 05
Jan 27 homework

​Here is the homework sent home due back January 31

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November 21
Ferris Street Park Trip Rescheduled For Wednesday, Nov. 29th
The Grades 2-5 Outdoor Club Trip to the Ferris Street Park is confirmed for Wednesday, Nov. 29th.  A permission form, outlining the itinerary and some other important details, was sent home with club members today.  It has also been attached here.   This new form replaces all earlier ones and must be returned to Mr. Smith no later than this Thursday (Nov. 23rd).  No late or previously dated forms will be accepted.
 
Montgomery Street School
Grade 2-5 Outdoor Club Ferris Park Outing Confirmed
                                                                                                  November 21, 2017
 
Dear Parent:
 
We received notice from the district bus garage that the trip to the Ferris Street Park, tentatively rescheduled last week for Wednesday, November 29th, can proceed.  It is being hosted by the Nature Trust of N.B.  As before, we will eat lunch at school and travel to the park by school bus.  You are responsible for arranging transportation home for your child from the Ferris Street Park at 2:00PM; the planned program will begin at 1PM and last 60-75 minutes.  The goal for the outing is to have the children become more appreciative and protective of nature before we begin the other activities planned for this school year.  We will hike along the park’s trails, learn how to identify trees, do tree bores to determine the ages of trees, and play 'stewardship' and 'species at risk' games.
 
Because the Nature Trust of N.B structures their program according to the number of children attending, and to avoid confusion at school and home, this form must be signed and returned to me by this Thursday (Nov. 23rd).   No late or previously dated forms will be accepted.
 
If you can help supervise this outing, please let me know.  Children often model their parents’ example when they become adults.  Seeing you enjoying physical activity in the great outdoors would be a wonderful gift from you to your child.
 
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at school (453-5433).
 
                                                                                                            Sincerely,
                                                                                                            Curry Smith
 
 
_____________________________ has my permission to take part in the outing to the Ferris Street Park.  It is from 1-2PM on Nov. 29th (Dec, 6th rain date).  I understand that he/she is travelling to the park by bus and that I am responsible for his/her transportation home from the Ferris Street Park afterwards.
 
Parent’s signature: _______________________________________
 
 
YES/NO           I am available to help supervise this trip.  I can be reached by phone at
 
_____________________.
 
 

June 03
Notes for the Week of June 5, 2017

​     Our year-end field trip will be to Scott's Nursery.  Please sign and return the permission slip as soon as possible.

     Our math work this month will focus on the addition and subtraction facts to 10 and application of the computation strategies to solve word problems with numbers to 20.  We are also finishing up the geometry unit on 2D and 3D shapes.

     In writing, we are looking at poetry and writing poetry in a variety of different forms.  Please continue to practice reading every night.  

May 20
Notes for the Week of May 23, 2017

​Please note that the breakfast progam is over for this year.  Many of the students in our class enjoyed a little extra nutrition before they started their day.  This will not longer be available, so you many want to think about more breakfast or extra snack in the lunch.

In math we are enjoying geometry centers and shape puzzles.  We are also playing lots of games with the facts to 10.

In writing, we will be circling back to the personal narrative journal stories for the next little while.  It makes the morning much easier if your child has an idea for their small-moment story.

I hope everyone is enjoying their long week-end!

May 13
Notes for the Week of May 15, 2017

​There is no school on Monday, May 15, 2017.

In writing, we finished the "All About" books and shared them with our reading buddies.  Some children took their books home on Friday and the rest will come home on Tuesday. Next we are going to try some persuasive pieces.

In math, we have begun our unit on geometry.  The students really enjoyed creating shapes from tangrams and working with the geoboards.  In preparation for grade two, we will also be doing lots of work with the addition and subtraction facts to 10.  Quick recall of the answers will help the children so much next year as they begin double digit addition and subtraction.  Please help your child review the facts at home.

May 07
Notes for the Week of May 8, 2017

​     This is Miss Robertson's final week in our classroom.  We will miss her and we wish her all the best!

     We are finishing up our "All About" books and I will begin to bind them as the children complete the table of contents and organize their pages.  We will share the books with the grade two students and then bring them home to share with family and keep forever!  The next writing focus will be letter writing.

     In math, we will begin the unit on geometry and continue to work with word problems.  

     Protecting the environment continues to be the main topic in You and Your World.

April 30
Notes for the Week of May 1, 2017

​There is no school on Friday, May 5th due to teacher professional development.

We are working hard on our non-fiction books and this week we will begin to put the finishing touches on.  Students will be adding an "All About the Author" page and a dedication page.  Then we will organize our books and compile a table of contents.  

In math, we have compared lengths, mass and capacity.  This week we will look at surface area and begin to use our knowledge of measurement to describe objects according to their attributes.  Please continue to work on the facts to 10.  Students have a variety of mental math strategies they can use to figure out the answers, but extra practice makes it easier!

In You and Your World, we are looking at our environment and things we can do to help the earth.

April 23
Notes for the Week of April 24, 2017

​Please note that there is no school on Friday, April 28 due to teacher professional development.

We are hard at work writing our "All About" non-fiction books.  We are making lots of different pages (diagram pages, information pages, kinds of pages and how-to pages).  We will continue to write our non-fiction books for at least another week, before I bind them and we share our books with others in the class and in the school.

In math, we have begun the unit on measurement.  The goal in grade one is comparison of different objects based on length, mass, surface area, etc.  We have begun to work with length and we are ordering shortest to longest and longest to shortest.  Students need to use the comparison words (longer, longest, shorter, etc.) to describe the relationship between objects.  This week we will focus on mass.

We will continue to work on addition and subtraction for the remainder of the year.  Your child should be able to figure out the addition facts to 10 using a variety of mental math strategies (counting on, doubles, etc.)  Fact review at home is always beneficial!

In You and Your World, we have been looking at the four food groups and healthy eating habits. 

April 09
Notes for the Week of April 10, 2017

​There is no school on Monday, April 10th due to parent/teacher interviews.  Friday and the following Monday are school holidays.

In math we are continuing to work on a variety of addition and subtraction word problems.  The students are now beginning to write their own problems and this requires a deeper level of understanding.

We have begun our "All About" books and each child has selected a topic to write their non-fiction book on.  Your student may be looking for additional information on their topic so please send in any relevant books or information you may have printed from the computer.

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