Thursday, April 19, 2018

Highlights

A brief overview of what we are currently learning:

Math: Different strategies to add and subtract 2-digit numbers

Reading:  Monitoring our reading to make sure what we read makes sense

Writing: Adding details, description and similes to make our writing more interesting

Social Studies: Comparing our community to the community of Saskatoon

Science: Learning about different types of insects and their characteristics

This week we did some sponge painting in our creative journals.  We also finished the Magic Tree House novel “Hour of the Olympics.”  On Wednesday we had a practice fire drill and today we watched the grade 4 students and the kindergarten students perform an assembly related to Earth Day.

Important Dates

Thursday, April 19- PHS spring dance 6:30-8:30 (doors open at 6:15).  Tickets must be pre-purchased and are not available at the door this evening.

Friday, April 20- No school for students

Friday, April 27, 2018- Grade 2 celebration of learning at 12:50 pm (parents are welcome to attend)

Tuesday, May 1- Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Field Trip

Homework

-Reading

-A new spelling list will be sent home next week

Ask me about…

How many legs do insects have? 6

How many body parts do they have? 3 (head, thorax, abdomen)

What kinds of animals are insects?

Is a spider an insect? No, it has 8 legs and 2 body parts