I can’t believe this is my last Weekly What’s Up for the year!  We had a great time last week at Greenhill Lake and are looking forward to more fun and special memories this week.  Thank you for supporting your child’s learning this year.  I am so proud of the social, emotional and academic growth I have witnessed this year.  I hope everyone has a wonderful summer!!!

Please continue to check your child’s Communication Bag for notices and read the newsletters closely.  We are still maintaining our regular class schedule as much as possible and learning will continue till the end of the year.  Please support your child by making sure they are coming to school well rested and ready for the day.  Regular attendance is expected all week, unless your child is ill.

Literacy:   Reading and writing regularly over the summer will help your child to maintain the skills they learned over the course of grade 2.  Authentic writing ideas include: writing a letter/note to a family member or friend, creating grocery lists, keeping a journal or their summer adventures, drawing a picture of a special event and adding a caption, creating comic strips… just to name a few.  I will be including a reading challenge page in your child’s report card.  If they complete it over the summer and bring it back to me in the fall, I might just have a treat for them!

Math:  Practicing math over the summer is also very important.  You can use materials found in nature to make repeating and increasing patterns, create addition and subtraction word problems using real life examples, build shapes and 3D objects in the sand, measure things outside using nonstandard units, use sticks and rocks as Base Ten blocks to model two digit numbers, etc.  The summer is a great time to show your child that math is all around them and not just something to be learned in the classroom.

Dates to Remember

Monday, June 18:

Tuesday, June 19: K-2 Water Day  Please send your child with a towel and a change of clothes as we will be getting wet!  Students should put sun block on before coming to school.  We will also be painting in the morning, so I recommend wearing something that can get dirty.

Wednesday, June 20: Creative Clusters Showcase at 11:00 followed by the family picnic. 

Thursday, June 21: Camp Day in grade 2

                                    Students are invited to bring a blanket and a stuffie (if they wish) as we gather around the classroom campfire to celebrate and wrap up our year in grade 2.  We will have a special lunch while at ‘camp’.  If you are able to send in an item, please click on the link to sign up:  http://signup.com/go/kkruSfO   If you do not have internet access and would like to send something in, please let me know and I will tell you what we need. If your child does not like hotdogs they will need to bring their lunch that day.

Friday, June 22: Talent Show, Last day of school with dismissal at 11:30.   Report cards will be handed out just prior to dismissal.​