Good evening,
What a weekend! I was leaving the school Friday evening just as the storm was staring to roll into the community and somehow out drove it as I live 30km east of the school and made it home before it hit there. I was keeping a close eye on things all weekend and communicating with families I knew in the neighbourhood to offer assistance if needed. From my understanding, everyone in our Vimy Ridge family is safe and sound and everyone is back connected to electricity. If there is anything I can do to help your family in the coming days and weeks recover from this weekend's events, please do not hesitate to reach out. Last Friday you should have noticed that your child brought home their first week of homework. There are 2 questions that will be sent home on a weekly basis that is a continuation of the activities we have been doing in class. The premiss behind the homework is to connect and engage home to the classroom through discussion with your child. On the inside cover of their homework notebook you will find further details and instructions. Homework will be sent home each Friday (or Thursday in case of a holiday or PD Day) and is due back to school on or before the following Wednesday. This week we will be continuing and extending a lot of last week's learning. Week Ahead Monday: School closed Tuesday: School reopens Wednesday: School spirit day- Grade 2s wear YELLOW; Homework is due today Thursday: Friday: Orange day in awareness to the Residential School system; Homework is sent home today Language Update : We are continuing on working on our reading comprehension skills such as retelling key information from texts and segmenting text into beginning/middle/end. We are also continuing to build our writing stamina by connecting our ideas with a minimum of 3 sentences. Punctuation marks will be a focus this week. We have our first library visit scheduled for this Friday morning. Students will have the option to bring their book home or leave it at school in their book bin to read during the day. Math Update: Last week we worked on composing and decomposing the number 5. We also learnt how to use a counting tool called a rekenrek. Students had the opportunity to use the rekenreks to model numbers as well as to compose the number 5. This week we will be making the jump to the number 10. Composing and decomposing the numbers 5 & 10 are extremely important as benchmark and friendly numbers for understanding and manipulating larger numbers. We will be exploring the use of the 10 frame and how to count and record using tally marks as well. Science: What is Science?, Living & Non-Living Things Phys Ed: Team games, throwing accurately Arts: Dance activities, visual art connection to math & composing 10 Other Reminders: 1. Scholastic Book Orders: Thank you to everyone who placed an order this month. I will be able to add a few new books to our classroom library thanks to your orders. October orders will be sent home on Friday & are due back by October 10th. 2. Indoor Shoes: With the temperatures changing, we are asking that everyone have a dedicated pair of indoor shoes that are left at school each day. This helps keep our floors and carpets clean so that students can sit comfortably on the floor for many activities in the classroom and gym 3. Spirit Day: This Wednesday is our first spirit day of the year and it will be Rainbow Day. Each grade has been assigned a colour and grade 2 is YELLOW. The class that shows the most spirit will win an undisclosed prize. 4. Orange Day: Friday we will be recognizing Orange Shirt Day that "was designed to educate people and promote awareness about the Indian residential school system and the impact this system had on Indigenous communities for more than a century in Canada." Here's to a great week of learning! Stephanie :)
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Welcome back to school!
What a great start we are having to the new school year! Thank you for being so patient as we work on establishing routines and expectations in the classroom and towards myself as I get the home connections set up. Also, thank you for reading, signing and returning the number of notes and information pages that were sent home over the last week. If you have not yet returned these important pages, please include them in your child's yellow communication folder and I will be sure to get them. Over the next 9.5 months we will be embarking on a learning journey that will be full of discoveries, excitement, set backs and most of all FUN that will hopefully allow each and every student in the class to build their capacity to be the leaders of the future. Not only are the students on this journey together, but you as parents play a vital role. In part, I will be sharing on a weekly, or at times, bi-weekly emails detailing what we are embarking on in class so that you can support your child at home. I try to communicate all information in a timely manner, understanding that all families have activities and events outside of school. The weekly update will also be posted on my website at: www.stephanieranger.weebly.com If at any time you have any questions or concerns about your child's learning, please do not hesitate to contact me. I am available to set up meeting appointments by request (based on availability) to discuss any concerns. Week Ahead Monday: All milk orders and payment are due. Tuesday: Wednesday: Talk Like A Pirate Day- wear your favourite pirate hat/shirt/eye patch (no other props-hooks/swords etc) Thursday: Meet the Teacher Open House 430-630; Scholastic Orders are due Friday: Learning Path Ahead Language: We are working on reading comprehension skills such as retell and Beginning/Middle/End. Students are focusing on beginning letter sounds and blends and implementing them in their writing. Basic sentence structure and ending punctuation is our focus. Read alouds this week will all have a pirate theme. Math: Building benchmarks of 5&10, including adding and subtracting to/from 5&10. Patterning- basic repeating patterns Science: Living & non-living things; changes in the seasons (comparing & contrasting) Phys Ed: Cooperative games; throwing & catching Other Reminders 1. Indoor Shoes: Students are asked to have a clean pair of running shoes to wear indoors. Proper footwear is required for participation in phys ed classes in order to ensure the safety of every one. Each student has a basket to keep their indoor shoes in when they are not wearing them. Please label BOTH shoes because students often have the same ones as another classmate. 2. Library Books: We will be visiting the library starting next Friday. Students will be able to borrow 1 book every visit. 3. Lunch & Snacks: As mentioned in my initial letter sent home last week, students have 2 dedicated eating periods each day. We had been trialing 2 additional snack times (one in the morning and one in the afternoon) over the past 2 weeks. Starting this week, we will no longer be having the additional snack times because students were not hungry/eating come the 2 dedicated eating times. We will be sticking with the eating times of 11:15-11:40 and 2:25-2:45 each day. Please ensure your child has a sufficient breakfast in the morning so that they are ready to learn starting at 9:15. Once again, thank you for such a fantastic return to school and trusting me with your lovely children. Everyday is a new challenge and that is what I love best with my job! See you all on Thursday evening for Meet the Teacher night! Stephanie :) |
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