Weekly Update!

Language Arts

• Daily 5 - 
• Reading Skill:  Expand Vocabulary
• Strategy:  Tune Into Interesting Words
• Working with Words - Differentiated Spelling Units (Spelling City Assessment on Friday)
• Home Reading 
• Writing - Poetry
• Word Wall Words:  were, other, hurt, car, girl

Math - Subtraction to 100

•  Subtracting multiples of 10 
• Using Base Ten Blocks and Open Number Lines
• Create and solve addition and subtraction problems

Science - Small Crawling and Flying Animals

• Compare and contrast small animals that are found in the local environment. 
• Recognize that small animals have homes where they meet their basic needs.

April 30 – Book Orders Due

Our Beautiful Truffula Trees....

Super Crazy Day!

Students had a great time dressing up for Super Crazy Day today!

In Poetry today, small groups wrote original Shape Poems!

The beginning stages of our Truffula Trees...

Weekly Update

Language Arts

• Daily 5 - 
• Reading Skill:  Fluency
• Strategy:  Re-read familiar test
• Working with Words - Differentiated Spelling Units (Spelling City Assessment on Friday)
• Home Reading 
• Writing - Poetry
• No New Word Wall Words

Math - Subtraction to 100

•  Subtracting multiples of 10 
• Using Base Ten Blocks and Open Number Lines
• Create and solve addition and subtraction problems

Social Studies - Looking At You

• Students will examine how their community has changed, by exploring and reflecting upon specific inquiry questions:
• In what ways has our community changed over time?
• What has caused changes in our community?

Tonight's Homework:  Students were asked to research one interesting fact about Devon's past.  Based on their research,  we will be creating a timeline.

Science - Small Crawling and Flying Animals

• Recognize that there are many different kinds of small crawling and flying animals.

April 20 - Tasty Tuesday

April 23 - Crazy Everything Day

April 24 - PD Day - No School

In Math, we logged into our 10monkeys.com accounts.  4 RBES classes (1K, 2MT, 2S & 4S) are participating in a "Number Rumble" where we have free access to this website from 7am-3:30pm. 

user name:  Firstname1234
password:  abcde 

Saskatoon (Ukrainian) Day!

Today was Saskatoon - Ukrainian Day!  Congratulations to all of our presenters on a job well done! Grade 2 students circulated through the various displays, learning about the Ukrainian Culture - traditional costumes, music and, food were enjoyed by all!

Meteghan (Acadian) Day!

Today was Meteghan - Acadian Day!  Congratulations to all of our presenters on a job well done!  Grade 2 students circulated through the various displays, learning about the Acaian Culture - there were even real lobster tails to check out!

Tomorrow is Saskatoon - Ukrainian Day!  We are looking forward to another fantastic learning experience.

Iqaluit (Inuit) Day!

Today was Iqaluit - Inuit Day!  Congratulations to all of our presenteners on a job well done!  Grade 2 students circulated through the various displays, learning about the Inuit Culture - there was printing making, soapstone sculptures, food samples, games to play, words to learn in Inuktitut, and information on Inuit dance and music!

Tomorrow is Meteghan - Acadian Day!  We are looking forward to another fantatic learning experience.

Looking into next week.....

Language Arts

• Daily 5 - 
• Reading Skill:  Comprehension
• Strategy:  Summarize the main events
• Working with Words - Differentiated Spelling Units (Spelling City Assessment on Friday)
• Home Reading 
• Writing - Poetry
• New Word Wall Words - house, found, about, our, outside

Math - Addition to 100

• Review: Adding multiples of 10 and adding 1-digit and 2-digit numbers
• Adding 2-digit and 2-digit numbers
• Using Base Ten Blocks and Open Number Lines
• Introduce:  Stack and Add ('the old fashioned way')
• Create and solve addition and subtraction problems

Social Studies - Chapter 1:  Long Ago

• Today we started a presentation project on our Chromebooks.  Researching the past.  
• Cultural Festival 
• We are all looking forward to the Grade 2 Cultural Festival Days next week! Hopefully your child has a good start, or may already be finished their project.  Here are a couple ofsuggestions to help with  your child's project:

• purchase a trifold, bristrol board, or construction paper
• allow time for your child to research on the computer
• print pictures and/or information
• draw and label pictures
• collect items related to the topic

• Grade 2 Cultural Festival Dates
  Iqaluit: April 15, 2015
  Meteghan: April 16, 2015
  Saskatoon: April 17, 2015
  
  
  Please ensure all materials are here by noon on your child's presentation date.  

A few reminders:

• Book Orders Due on April 27th  - Thank you, Mrs. deVos for getting those out today.
• Fundscrip Fundraiser form went home today.  For each form the student returns, their name will be entered into a draw for a gift card.  Forms are due back no later than April 23rd.
• This week, we had 2 firedrills! 2S students efficiently exited the building quickly and safely.

Pysanky

This weekend, Ukrainians will celebrate Easter with delicious food, including a special Easter bread called paska and make decorated eggs called pysanky.  Using traditional Ukrainian Easter egg designs, we decorated our own pysanky.

Welcome, Spring!!

• The 2S April Newsletter went home today  
• New Home Reading books went home
• New Word Sorts came home
• Early Dismissal tomorrow @ 2:15 pm
• New WWW:  eating, wanted, writing, played & float *Students were able to notice that 4 of our 5 words had a suffix.  Ask them what the base word is in each.*

Language Arts

• Daily 5 - 
• Reading Skill:  Comprehension
• Strategy:  Summarize the main events
• Working with Words - Differentiated Spelling Units (Spelling City Assessment on Friday)
• Home Reading 
• Writing - Poetry

Math - Addition to 100

• Review: Adding multiples of 10 and adding 1-digit and 2-digit numbers
• Adding 2-digit and 2-digit numbers
• Using Base Ten Blocks and Open Number Lines
• Introduce:  Stack and Add ('the old fashioned way')
• Create and solve addition and subtraction problems

Social Studies - Chapter 1:  Long Ago

• What are the origins of our community?
• Appreciate how stories of the past connect individuals and communities to the present.