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.