Good afternoon everyone. I hope you all had a wonderful weekend, enjoying the great weather. I have a few important announcements regarding the notes that went home today. One is a permission form for our Fort Edmonton field trip. This trip will take place on June 15th. The permission form is due back next Thursday, June 8th, along with $13.25 to cover the cost of bus transportation and the programs/fees for Fort Edmonton. The second of the two forms is just information stating that next year, all permission forms will be online. We will not send paper copies home.
Language Arts
We are just finishing up reading and studying Charlotte's Web. The students have really taken to the characters in the book, especially Charlotte, the very wonderful spider. Once we are done our novel study, we will be looking at the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. The students will be ordering events of the story, as well as retelling the story, using their own, made up characters. For example, a student from last year, their story was called Goldilocks and the Three Alligators. The characters and the critical objects in the story are adapted to related to Alligators. Each students will make up their own characters.
Math
We have finished our addition and subtraction to 100 unit. We have begun learning about 2D shapes and 3D objects. The students need to be able to name different shapes (square, triangle, circle, rectangle) and sort them based on different attributes (number of sides/vertices, straight sides, curved sides). When we get into 3D objects, students must be able to do the same but now with objects such as spheres, prisms, cylinders, and pyramids. They need to know what vertices, faces, sides, and edges are, and what they belong to. (Shapes have sides and vertices, objects have faces, edges, and vertices).
Science
Our last science unit is Small Crawling and Flying Animals. Our field trip to Miquelon Lake was a great introduction to learning about different small animals, such as insects and other invertebrates. We have learned that insects have 6 legs and 3 body parts (head, thorax, and abdomen). We will be looking at different characteristics of insects and then choosing an insect to write a research report on, focusing on habitat, diet, and characteristics. The students typically enjoy researching a bug they are interested in.
I hope everyone has a great week ahead. Enjoy this beautiful weather.
Mr. Aasen.
Monday 29 May 2017
Monday 15 May 2017
Short Week
Here are a few reminders for this week. Thursday we are travelling to Miquelon Lake for the whole day. We will travel rain or shine. Please dress accordingly. That also may mean, bring bug spray, sun screen, a hat, a rain coat, rubber boots, etc. We will of course be walking around and near water, so rubber boots may be a great idea. Also, the students do not need to bring their agendas that day. Just bring your lunch kits in your backpacks.
(If you have not returned permission forms or payment, please do so ASAP, preferably before Thursday.)
Friday there is no school for PD, as well no school next Monday, for Victoria Day.
We do not have new spelling words this week.
(If you have not returned permission forms or payment, please do so ASAP, preferably before Thursday.)
Friday there is no school for PD, as well no school next Monday, for Victoria Day.
We do not have new spelling words this week.
Monday 1 May 2017
May Flowers
Hi everyone. It's hard to believe that we are already into May. This week especially is an Exciting week at East Elementary.
First things first, today a permission from went home regarding our field trip to Miquelon Lake. The permission form with $12.50 is due back by May 12th, although the sooner the better. Wednesday, May 3rd, is "Hats On for Mental Health" Day. The students can wear their favorite or craziest hats to school all day. It is also early dismissal. Students are dismissed at 2:15 for staff meeting. The talent show also takes place from 1:00pm until 2:15pm. Feel free to come, watch, and enjoy the talent.
Class pictures for grade 2A will take place Wednesday, May 10th.
Language Arts
The grade 2's continue to work hard on their writing. Some students still need practice and reminders to include beginning capital letters, as well as ending punctuation. It's never a bad idea to practice writing sentences at home.
As for our structured writing, the students are learning to write introduction and conclusion paragraphs for an informative piece of writing. This will lead up to writing a full informative piece of writing based on an animal of their choosing in our small crawling and flying animals science unit.
Math
The grade 2's continue to practice addition and subtraction to 100. For the most part, the students are doing a great job, just a reminder to remember the strategies when doing either addition or subtraction. In addition, when adding the ones, and there are more than 9, don't forget the carry the bonus 10 to the top of the tens side. When adding the tens, remember to add the one they carried to that side. When subtracting, and there are not enough ones to subtract, they have to steal a 10 from the tens side to give them enough to subtract the ones. We will be finishing this unit soon and moving on to 2D shapes and 3D objects.
Science
We have been studying the effects of buoyancy on different objects. How objects float, and different characteristics of boats that allow them to float, and float well. The students brought home elastic propelled rafts over the weekend. They have had a great time building different boats and experimenting with different objects that float or do not float. We will be finishing up buoyancy and boats very soon, then moving on to our final unit, small crawling and flying animals.
I hope everyone has a great week ahead. We are finally getting some great spring weather. Thank you to you all for doing a great job sending swimming suits and towels every Monday. I have made the fewest phone calls ever this year so far for students that have forgotten their swimming stuff. Keep it up awesome parents.
First things first, today a permission from went home regarding our field trip to Miquelon Lake. The permission form with $12.50 is due back by May 12th, although the sooner the better. Wednesday, May 3rd, is "Hats On for Mental Health" Day. The students can wear their favorite or craziest hats to school all day. It is also early dismissal. Students are dismissed at 2:15 for staff meeting. The talent show also takes place from 1:00pm until 2:15pm. Feel free to come, watch, and enjoy the talent.
Class pictures for grade 2A will take place Wednesday, May 10th.
Language Arts
The grade 2's continue to work hard on their writing. Some students still need practice and reminders to include beginning capital letters, as well as ending punctuation. It's never a bad idea to practice writing sentences at home.
As for our structured writing, the students are learning to write introduction and conclusion paragraphs for an informative piece of writing. This will lead up to writing a full informative piece of writing based on an animal of their choosing in our small crawling and flying animals science unit.
Math
The grade 2's continue to practice addition and subtraction to 100. For the most part, the students are doing a great job, just a reminder to remember the strategies when doing either addition or subtraction. In addition, when adding the ones, and there are more than 9, don't forget the carry the bonus 10 to the top of the tens side. When adding the tens, remember to add the one they carried to that side. When subtracting, and there are not enough ones to subtract, they have to steal a 10 from the tens side to give them enough to subtract the ones. We will be finishing this unit soon and moving on to 2D shapes and 3D objects.
Science
We have been studying the effects of buoyancy on different objects. How objects float, and different characteristics of boats that allow them to float, and float well. The students brought home elastic propelled rafts over the weekend. They have had a great time building different boats and experimenting with different objects that float or do not float. We will be finishing up buoyancy and boats very soon, then moving on to our final unit, small crawling and flying animals.
I hope everyone has a great week ahead. We are finally getting some great spring weather. Thank you to you all for doing a great job sending swimming suits and towels every Monday. I have made the fewest phone calls ever this year so far for students that have forgotten their swimming stuff. Keep it up awesome parents.
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