Halloween Week!!!

I don't think anyone is more excited that Halloween is on a Friday than teachers.  As much as it is a wonderful day for the kids and teacher at school, we do not have to see them the next day after they have had all that sugar :)  We can hear all the wonderful stories the following Monday.

Now for some odds and ends.  Just a reminder that we will be walking to Salem Manor for our annual Halloween parade in our costumes.  Please send your children to school dressed up in their costumes.  Also we will be having a potluck lunch.  We will have cheese and crackers, fruit, vegetables, and juice boxes.  It is hot lunch day as well, so if you have ordered hot lunch for your child, they can eat that. They do not have to feel pressured into having the potluck lunch.

Language Arts

Spelling:

Our spelling words for this week are as follows:

wide   mile   line   hide   fire   nice   fine   mind   find   behind

Phonics:

In phonics, this week we are continuing with unit 3, looking at long vowel sounds.

Writing:

In writing there is still a major focus on sentence structure, but now we are putting an added focus on adding detail through the form of descriptive words (adjectives). We will be writing a descriptive piece of writing at the end of the week with a Halloween theme to it.  I have been encouraging the students to describe things using their senses.  What do you see, how does it sound, what does it feel like, how does it smell?  I am seeing some great progress and some great descriptive/detailed writing.

Science

In science, we will be writing our Unit 1, Magnetism, unit test this Thursday.  I think all the students are well prepared and will do very well.  

I hope you all have a wonderful Halloween and safe "trick or treating" to everyone.

Mr. Aasen

Week of Oct 20th - 24th

Good evening parents.  Here are a few reminders.  Tomorrow and Wednesday are parent teacher conferences.  If you haven't signed up as of yet there is still time to do so.  Just use this link:

www.SignUpGenius.com/go/20F0C44A4A629A6FD0-mraasens 

Also reminders that we have library tomorrow and hot lunch on Friday.  Here is a snippet of how our week is going to look.


Language Arts

Spelling:

Our spelling words for the week are as follows;

save   lake   face   same   gate   rake   tape   sail   paint   afraid

The spelling test will be the regular Friday this week.

Writing:

We are continuing our autumn theme for writing.  This week we are really putting a heavy focus on sentences and what makes a good and proper sentence.  Feel free to ask your children what we have been discussing regarding what every sentence needs. (Beginning capitals, ending punctuation, a who/what (subject) and a doing/describing (predicate)).

Phonics:

We are continuing our phonics unit on long vowels.  To coincide with our "long a" spelling words the first parts of this unit deals with "long a" words as well.

Math

This week in math we will continue with patterns on Monday and Tuesday.  Today we learned what "attributes" are in a pattern.  The students now know what pattern "cores" are (the part of the pattern that repeats) and pattern "attributes" (the "objects" that you see in the pattern.  eg. a square and a triangle).  On Wednesday and Thursday we will continue with representing numbers to 100.  Our goal this week will be able to confidently recognize and identify numbers that are higher than 12, just by seeing them written.


I hope everyone has a wonderful week and see you over the next couple of days.

Mr. Aasen

Parent Teacher Interviews

Parents,

Here is the link to sign up for parent teacher interviews.

www.SignUpGenius.com/go/20F0C44A4A629A6FD0-mraasens 

Happy Thanksgiving and welcome back.

I hope everyone had a wonderful long weekend with lots of family time and time for thanks.  This week is a very short week but there is lots to talk about.

First we will be having an author visit Thursday afternoon where the students will all get to listen to a published author at 1pm in the Gym.

Picture retakes will take place tomorrow (Wednesday, the 15th), and Thursday the 16th for any students requiring.  You will need to bring the sheet with the previous picture proofs on it with the box checked off that says you will require retakes.


Language Arts

Spelling:

There are no new spelling words this week.  We will have a review of the first 5 weeks.

Reading:

Just a reminder to keep up the great reading at home and to bring in the red duotangs when you have accumulated an hour of reading.  Just a reminder that our goal for October is 3 hours.  Also, you can use Raz Kids as a reading option at home.  It is a way for your child to engage with the book they are reading and earn points for doing tests.  When you get to the Raz kids site, you type in eees1 in the teacher username.  Your child then finds their name and types in their password.  They should all know what their password is now.

Writing:

We will continue with our writing theme this week of Autumn.  We will be doing some writing based on the book "The Night Before Thanksgiving" as well as getting into some Halloween themed writing in the coming days.  Our focus is still on narrative and informative themed writing.  By now your child should be able to tell you the difference between an informative piece of writing and a narrative.

Phonics:

Our next phonics unit will focus on Long Vowels.

Math

In math we will be focusing on two different units at a time.  Our Monday/Tuesday math we are working on patterning (creating, extending patterns and increasing patters). This week and next we will be working on pattern cores and how we find the part of the pattern that repeats. Our Wednesday/Thursday math with focus on numbers to 100.  This is an extensive unit where we will begin by identifying and representing numbers.  We are beginning by seeing numbers that are larger than 12, as well we will be counting by 2's, 5's and 10's.

Social Studies

We have just begun our first Social Studies unit.  It is titled "Looking at Places".  We will be looking at different communities in Canada and what makes them unique.  We have also all made our very own "Flat Stanley's" that we will be sending off to other grade 2 classrooms (hopefully in the communities we are studying).  These communities are Saskatoon, Meteghan, and Iqaluit.  



Thank you and have a wonderful "short" week.

Mr. Aasen