Monday, Jan. 29, 2018

Highlights

Our class pizza party from the Read-a-Thon is scheduled for this Wednesday, Jan. 31!  Students will be able to choose cheese and/or pepperoni pizza.  Students are asked to bring their own beverage to drink (e.g., water bottle, juice, milk, etc.)  If your child does not like pizza, please send them with their regular lunch.  Please email Ms. Bain (lcbain@cbe.ab.ca) if you have any concerns, questions, or if you do not want your child to participate in this lunch activity.

We met Mrs. Khan today who will be helping in our classroom on Monday afternoons and on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings.  Mrs. Khan is doing her educational assistant practicum and will be with us for the next 2 months.

Note from Mrs. Zaharichuk (music teacher):  Students who expressed interest in joining the Choir club will receive a parental consent form tomorrow. 

Important Dates

The Panorama Hills school calendar for February will be posted within the next 2 days.

Homework

-Ms. Bain will be checking reading logs each day to see who is reading at home….

-Continue to review spelling words (if you need a new spelling list, just let me know).  Students will be quizzed on their words at the end of January.

-Students can go to www.coolmath.com to practice addition and subtraction

Ask me About

-Mission Impossible

Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018

Highlights

In Social Studies we are learning about the community of Meteghan in Nova Scotia.  We used our note taking skills to write down some key words about the land.  In Math we are continuing to work on subtraction.  We practiced the count up strategy.  For example 11-7, start at 7 and count up to 11.  The answer is 4.  We also recorded ourselves reading and wrote what we did well and what we want to practice more.    

Report cards went home today.  Please sign and return the envelope only.  The report card is yours to keep.

Important Dates

Thurs, Jan. 25- Report cards go home; Kindergarten, Grade 1&2 Movie night

Fri, Jan. 26- No school for students

Homework

-Ms. Bain will be checking reading logs each day to see who is reading at home….

-Continue to review spelling words (if you need a new spelling list, just let me know).  Students will be quizzed on their words at the end of January.

-Students can go to www.coolmath.com to practice addition and subtraction

Ask me about:

What is the land like in Meteghan? (woods, rocky cliffs, sandy beaches)

Monday, Jan. 22, 2018

Highlights

We received some very exciting news during the Read-A-Thon assembly today.  Our class is the winners of a pizza party for having the highest participation rate of students who returned their reading forms!  We read over 17 000 minutes altogether, which was the 2^nd highest amount in the school!  (Please stay tuned for more information regarding the date of the pizza party.  Thank you to parent council for organizing this!)  Our school raised over $6000.00, which will be put towards items in our new learning commons.   

Important Dates

Thurs, Jan. 25- Report cards go home; Kindergarten, Grade 1&2 Movie night

Fri, Jan. 26- No school for students

Homework

-Ms. Bain will be checking reading logs each day to see who is reading at home….

-Continue to review spelling words (if you need a new spelling list, just let me know).  Students will be quizzed on their words at the end of January.

-Students can go to www.coolmath.com to practice addition and subtraction

Ask me about:

What did we glaze today?

What did you do in gym today?

Thursday, Jan. 19, 2018

Highlights

On Tuesday, Mrs. Gibson came and worked with us on buddy reading.  We are learning to help our buddies use strategies to figure out words.  In Language Arts we learned about captions and labels, which are often features found in non-fiction text.  During gym, we learned how to do safety landings and how to fall properly so we don’t get hurt.  Tomorrow we will watch the Grade 3 students perform Ukrainian dancing!    

Important Information 

Tomorrow morning we will be going snowshoeing in the field!  Please make sure your child brings winter boots, snow pants, mittens/gloves, hat, etc.  An extra pair of dry socks may also be handy.  The school has snowshoes for each student.

Important Dates

Thurs, Jan. 25- Report cards go home; Kindergarten, Grade 1&2 Movie night

Homework

-New reading logs were given to students.  Ms. Bain will be checking these each day to see who is reading at home….

-Continue to review spelling words (if you need a new spelling list, just let me know).  Students will be quizzed on their words at the end of January.

-Students can go to www.coolmath.com to practice addition and subtraction

Ask me about:

-Our Science experiment.  Which towel dried faster?

What is a caption?  (Captions tell us more about a picture)

What is a label?

Can you show me a safety landing?

Monday, Jan. 15, 2018

Highlights

During Language Arts we are learning how to take jot notes.  We will be using this skill later when we start an animal research project.  In Math we are working on subtraction strategies.  If you know your addition doubles then this helps with subtraction (e.g., 4+4=8, so 8-4=4).  This afternoon we read a story about an Inukshuk.  After that we completed a clay project with another grade 2 class.

Important Information 

On Friday morning we will be going snowshoeing in the field!  Please make sure your child brings winter boots, snow pants, mittens/gloves, hat, etc.  An extra pair of dry socks may also be handy.  The school has snowshoes for each student.

Important Dates

Thurs, Jan. 25- Report cards go home; Kindergarten, Grade 1&2 Movie night

Homework

-New reading logs were given to students.  Ms. Bain will be checking these each day to see who is reading at home….

-Continue to review spelling words (if you need a new spelling list, just let me know).  Students will be quizzed on their words at the end of January.

-Students can go to www.coolmath.com to practice addition and subtraction

Ask me about:

What did we make out of clay?