Hi Families,
Welcome February! As students discovered during our monthly calendar work, February is a short month, but also has lots going on - mostly a 5-day weekend on their part because of Teacher's Convention and Family Day. Lots of excitement for that discovery!
This week, we looked at Groundhog Day in connection with holidays/celebrations and seasonal changes.
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| Collecting data for classroom predictions. |
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| http://groundhogdayroundup.ca/ |
As weather took a turn mid-week, students were amazed at how accurate Balzac Billy had been!
We read our last 3 picture books, supporting our understanding of Perseverance. It's been wonderful to hear the students pick out the mini lessons from each book, and summarize them in their own words, often connecting to personal experience, other peer's ideas or other books we've read.
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| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n63tGkSzNrc Mini-lesson: Failure is just the beginning! |
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| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKuXo5cIRtI Mini-lesson: Be perfectly imperfect! |
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| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA0KAR6bOJI Mini-lesson: Study hard and focus! |
Our Perfect Cup of Cocoa art is complete! Students used acrylic paint to create their mug, and then mixed media for their two toppings. Our work is hanging in the hallway, and adds such a beautiful splash of colour! In the upcoming week, we will add our good copy descriptive writing to wrap things up.
Thank you to all families who have contributed information to our Google Form on Personal and Family Histories. We look forward to mapping where our families have come from, and sharing our name stories next week as well. The Google Form is still open, so if you have not already done so, please feel free to add your child's information using the link sent out in SchoolMessenger.
Grade 2 families - we started our Independent Spelling Program this week, and Ms. Thomas forgot to teach the students how to Buddy Test today! We will Buddy Test on Monday, and because it is a short week next week, students will wait until February 16th to choose new words for study.
Some reminders:
- Tuesday, February 9th: Monthly School Council meeting, everyone invited to attend
- Wednesday, February 10th: School-based Valentine's Day celebration
- Thursday, February 11th: Teacher's Convention, no school for students
- Friday, February 12th: Teacher's Convention, no school for students
- Monday, February 15th: Family Day Holiday, school closed
Stay warm this weekend everyone!
Ms. Thomas
