I think it’s safe to say that spring in finally in the air.  I hope everyone was able to get out and enjoy the sunshine this weekend.

Please remember to send an extra pair of socks and mitts with your child as I foresee a lot of soggy recesses in the future.  Students are also welcome to leave a change of clothes in the classroom.

Happy Birthday to Jayden on Tuesday!

Literacy:  Please continue to listen to your child read/read to them each night.  When you are reading with your child try stopping throughout the book to ask them questions about what is happening, how they think the characters are feeling and if there are words that they don’t understand.  We are focusing on making personal connections to the story during our read alouds.  Does the story remind of something that has happened to you?  Do the characters remind you of anyone you know? 

We have made it through all of the No Excuses spelling words for grade 2!  This week I will be assessing students for the Words Their Way program.    We will continue learning about contractions.  While you are reading you can have your child look for contractions and ask them what words were put together to make that contraction. 

In writing we are working on adding details to our writing using adjectives.  We want to paint a picture in the reader’s head.  We are also working on editing our writing pieces.  They are loving writing ‘stretch sentences’.  I give them a simple sentence and they write their own detailed version.  When we share with the class we can see how different people can interpret the same thing in different ways.     

Math:  This week our numbers will be 108-111.  You can ask your child to show you the number as tens and ones, get them to skip count to that number, make an addition or subtraction equation with that number as the answer, etc. 

We are continuing to work on representing numbers to 100 in several different ways.  Please practice skip counting by 2s, 5s and 10s. Students are continuing to work on identifying coins by their name and value.  Some students are beginning to work on adding two digit numbers while others are continuing to work on building their mental math strength with sums to 20.  We will continue working on our measurement unit.  What can we use to measure how long/tall something is?  A shoe?  A paper clip? 

Dates to Remember

Monday, March 18: Papa John’s

Tuesday, March 19: Tots n Taters, breakfast program, Razzamatazz performance at Royal Rd

Wednesday, March 20: Library Books Due, Happy Spring!

Thursday, March 21: Great Canadian Bagel        I will be away for the day as part of our purposeful play/extended day study.  Ms. Hallett will be the supply teacher.                                                             

Friday, March 22: No School for students, PL day for teachers

Have a great week!​