Week of Sept 14-18

Good afternoon  everyone. I hope you had a fantastic weekend.  We have another short week this week (meaning the students) as there is no school this Friday, Sept 18, for students. Also a reminder that our library day is Thursdays, so if you could make sure that if your child wants new books they must return their old books on Thursday.


Language Arts:

Spelling

Our spelling words for this week are as follows;

let   his   had   ask   old   took   also   sat   fell   get

Also as there is no school Friday, we will be writing our spelling test on Thursday.

Reading

We are going to be implementing the Daily 5 program in many of the classroom here at East Elementary.  Essentially this means that every day, students will engage in 5 different activities each day.  One of these activities is called "Read to Self".  Reading every day helps us to build reading stamina.

Math:

We just started our unit on patterns.  A note from our math program went home regarding the learning goals for this unit.  They are as follows;

• I can describe, extend, compare, and draw repeating and increasing patterns.
• I can create new patterns.
• I can sort a set of objects, using 2 attributes, and explain the sorting rule.

Science:

We have begun to look at the properties of magnets.  We started talking about how magnets have 2 poles and that when you put 2 poles together they either attract or repel, depending on which 2 poles you put together.  We have also looked into what materials magnets are attracted to.  Students will be getting some more opportunities to work with magnets and explore their properties in more detail.

Social:

We are working towards finishing up our mapping review unit.  The students have been working on directions (a compass rose) as well as symbols we may find on a map or in real life (a legend) that will give us information about a place.

I hope everyone has a great week and a wonderful "3 day" weekend.

Mr. Aasen

Week of Sept 8-11

Good day everyone.  Welcome to another school year at East Elementary. It has been an exciting time here in Classroom 2A getting pumped up for a great year of learning.  There is lots to take in for the students and these first couple of short weeks there will be lots of working on routines and getting back onto positive habits.


There have been a couple of forms to go home already.  A welcome back letter stating lots of important info regarding class 2A.  There was a package with many forms that needed to be signed regarding things like FOIP and being able to share information and post pictures of students.  This needs to be returned as soon as possible.  Also, hot lunch will begin in October every Friday.  The form informing you how to order hot lunch went home today.

Language Arts:

Spelling

 This weeks spelling words are as follows;

fox   cut   hill   wind   put   all   moon   saw   tell   new

The spelling tests will be conducted every Friday.  I encourage you to practice the spelling words with your child as often as you can.

Reading and Writing

Reading and writing are very important skills to have as you grow.  I have already began to assess where each students reading and writing abilities are.  I will be conducting some more assessment  this week and in the coming weeks to gauge what our focus needs to be on.

Math:

This week in math we will be doing addition and subtraction review.  Your child may come home with some questions that need to be completed.

Science:

We have started our first unit in Science, Magnetism.  The students got to explore the classroom, "sticking" magnets to things, to get an idea of some of the properties of magnets.  We will be getting into more details this week.

Social:

We are starting a review unit in mapping, to get the students more comfortable using maps before we delve into our first unit, Exploring Places.



I hope you have a wonderful week.  Do not hesitate to phone or email if you have any issues or need anything.

Mr. Aasen

Week of June 8-12

Good day to everyone.  Just a reminder that the permission forms for our field trip to Devonian Botanical Garden need to be returned with money by this Friday.  We are wrapping up any unfinished core curriculum and will soon be winding down for the year.

Language Arts

Spelling:

Our spelling words for this week are homonyms.  These are words that sound the same but are spelled differently and mean something different.  They are as follows;

hole   whole   no   know   not   knot   ate   eight   to   too   two   right   write   one   won


Writing:

For writing, we will be finishing up our Goldilocks stories that are being written by the students, with new characters.  These are their own made up stories that follow the story line of the original Goldilocks and the Three Bears story.  They got to make their own new characters and ideas to make it their own. We have had a continued focus on including exciting detail, forming complete sentences and using proper punctuation and capitalization.


Math

In math we have finished up addition and subtraction and will be writing our unit test this week.  We have already began looking at 2D shapes and 3D objects, classifying them, naming them, and grouping them, based on attributes.  For example what two objects fit in this group;  They must have round faces, and they can slide.  The answer would be a cone and a cylinder, as they both have a round face and can slide.  This is the mathematical terminology I would like the students using when describing shapes and objects;  Faces (flat or round), edges (straight or curved), vertices, rolls, slides.


Science

In science we finished up our buoyancy and boats unit.  We have started our small crawling and flying animals unit, which we will be supplemented by our field trip to the botanical gardens.

Spelling Words

Our spelling words for this week are as follows;

call   wall   draw   fall   ball   paw   crawl   talk   because   walk

Spelling Words

It is a short week this week with there being no school this past Monday, as well as our field trip to Fort Edmonton on Tuesday.  We will still have a spelling test on Friday.  The word list is as follows.

sound   frown   soil   mouth   now   toy   oil  spoil   noise   owl

Spelling Words

Our spelling words for this week are double "o" words.  They are as follows;

foot   food   soon   good   hood   noon   room   wood   boot   tooth

Education week.

What a great week we have had at East Elementary for education week.  On Monday the kids got to experience Drum Fit.  What a great experience for everyone.

On Thursday, we got to experience a Zumba class. Another fantastic period of activity.

A bust week of activity also included "Hats on for Mental Health" day.  There were varying types of hats to support and acknowledge mental health and its prevalence in society.

Language Arts

Writing:

We began this week our Unit on fairy tales.  We read a few different fairy tales, such as Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Little Red Riding Hood, and Cinderella.  We are now focusing on Goldilocks.  The students are now going to re-tell the story in their own words.  We are using a picture sequence to go through the story part by part so they can focus on including as much detail as possible on one part before we move on to the next.  As always, there is a focus on conventions and sentence structure in their writing.

Math

In math we have been working really hard on addition and subtraction of 2 digit numbers.  The students are working with many different strategies to solve 2 digit equations. Writing equations vertically is a good way to help distinguish the ones and the tens place and help with more accurate solutions.

Odds & Ends

Today a second field trip form was sent home.  This one is for the annual Track and Field day in Devon.  We are again doing a hot lunch order form for that day.  The permission form as well as the lunch order form and payments need to be returned by next Thursday, May 14th.  The forms for Fort Edmonton with payment, if you have not done so already, need to be returned by next Wednesday, May 13th.