Good morning parents.
I hope everyone is enjoying this rain. There are a few important announcements for this week. First of all we had a wonderful trip to Fort Edmonton yesterday. Even though we had some rain the students had a great time. We got to make some truffles and do some crafts that kids would have made if living in Edmonton in 1905.
We continue our swimming lessons tomorrow, Wednesday June 1st. Tomorrow is also early dismissal. Students are out at 2:15pm. This Friday, June 3rd, is WESTERN DRESS UP DAY. Feel free to dress up in your best cowboy/cowgirl clothes (Cowboy hats/boots, plaid shirts, jeans).
Tuesday, 31 May 2016
Monday, 16 May 2016
May 16 - 19
Good morning parents.
This week is a short but busy week. Tomorrow we have our East Elementary track day starting at 12:30 pm. The students are going to compete in 4 events. The 50 meter running relay, the 100 meter running relay, the ball throw, and the long jump. They will be competing for a spot at the district track meet at the beginning of June. Please send your child with sunscreen, a water bottle, and a hat. Feel free to come out and watch and cheer. Thursday is the annual East Elementary talent show. It will begin at 12:45 pm and run until about 2:00 pm. We are continuing our swimming lessons on Wednesday. Please remember a bathing suit.
There is no school this Friday (School PD), or the following Monday (Victoria Day).
This week is a short but busy week. Tomorrow we have our East Elementary track day starting at 12:30 pm. The students are going to compete in 4 events. The 50 meter running relay, the 100 meter running relay, the ball throw, and the long jump. They will be competing for a spot at the district track meet at the beginning of June. Please send your child with sunscreen, a water bottle, and a hat. Feel free to come out and watch and cheer. Thursday is the annual East Elementary talent show. It will begin at 12:45 pm and run until about 2:00 pm. We are continuing our swimming lessons on Wednesday. Please remember a bathing suit.
There is no school this Friday (School PD), or the following Monday (Victoria Day).
Monday, 9 May 2016
May 9-13
Good afternoon everyone. I hope you had a great weekend. This week we have a few reminders to go out. First, we continue our swimming lessons on Wednesday. Please remember to send swimming suits with your child. Second, tomorrow, Tuesday May 10th, we have a purchase pizza day. It is a grade 3 fundraiser, and for $2/slice, your child can have pizza for lunch. All you need is to bring the money to me in the morning. Finally, today I sent home the permission form for For Edmonton Park. The field trip takes place on Monday May 30th, and will be $18. If you could have the permission forms back by Thursday, May 16, that would be greatly appreciated.
Language Arts
Spelling:
There are no new spellings words this week. We have a review week.
Phonics:
This week in phonics we will be looking at word endings. Specifically "ing" and "ed". Some of the rules we have discussed with regards to our spelling words are as follows.
When a short vowel word ends with a single consonant, you usually double the consonant before adding the ending. (skip + ing = skipping). You do not double the ending consonant if the word ends with more than one consonant. (jump + ing = jumping).
When a long vowel word ends with a "magic e", drop the "e" before adding the ending. (take + ing = taking).
Math
This week in math we are finishing up out measurement unit and moving onto addition and subtraction to 100. We will be looking at strategies for adding and subtracting 2 digit numbers.
Social Studies
Currently in Social we are looking at the natural resources found in our 3 communities, Iqaluit, Methegan, and Saskatoon. We have been discussing how the geography plays a big part in what resources are available in each community. This week we will explore different goods that are produces using these resources, as well as how we can take care of our environment and conserve the renewable natural resources. There have already been some good discussions regarding the Fort McMurray wildfire.
Science
We will continue with our buoyancy and boats unit over the next couple of weeks, finishing it up hopefully by the May long weekend so we can start exploring our small crawling and flying animals unit. We have a surprise in store for the grade 2's after the long weekend regarding this unit but it is being kept a surprise.
I hope everyone has a great week ahead.
Mr. Aasen
Language Arts
Spelling:
There are no new spellings words this week. We have a review week.
Phonics:
This week in phonics we will be looking at word endings. Specifically "ing" and "ed". Some of the rules we have discussed with regards to our spelling words are as follows.
When a short vowel word ends with a single consonant, you usually double the consonant before adding the ending. (skip + ing = skipping). You do not double the ending consonant if the word ends with more than one consonant. (jump + ing = jumping).
When a long vowel word ends with a "magic e", drop the "e" before adding the ending. (take + ing = taking).
Math
This week in math we are finishing up out measurement unit and moving onto addition and subtraction to 100. We will be looking at strategies for adding and subtracting 2 digit numbers.
Social Studies
Currently in Social we are looking at the natural resources found in our 3 communities, Iqaluit, Methegan, and Saskatoon. We have been discussing how the geography plays a big part in what resources are available in each community. This week we will explore different goods that are produces using these resources, as well as how we can take care of our environment and conserve the renewable natural resources. There have already been some good discussions regarding the Fort McMurray wildfire.
Science
We will continue with our buoyancy and boats unit over the next couple of weeks, finishing it up hopefully by the May long weekend so we can start exploring our small crawling and flying animals unit. We have a surprise in store for the grade 2's after the long weekend regarding this unit but it is being kept a surprise.
I hope everyone has a great week ahead.
Mr. Aasen
Monday, 25 April 2016
Apr 25 - 29
Good evening everyone. I hope you all had a great weekend. It was nice to finally see some much needed rain (snow), even though it could be warmer. It's hard to believe this is already the last week of April. Nothing too big to note this week other than a reminder that we are swimming again on Wednesday from 11:00 - 11:30am.
Language Arts
Spelling:
I just wanted to give a little refresher on adding endings to words that end with a silent "e" or a "y". When a word ends in a silent "e", drop the e to add endings that begin with a vowel, such as ing, es, or ed. have + ing = having, bake + ed = baked.
When a word ends in a "y" after a consonant, change the "y" to an "i" before adding the endings ed, es, er, and est.
Phonics:
This week in phonics we are continuing to look at contractions. A contraction is when two words combine to make a single word, with an apostrophe taking the place of one or more letters.
they + are = they're. The apostrophe takes the place of the "a" in are.
you + have = you've. The apostrophe takes the place of the "ha" in have.
Math
This week we are continuing our measurement unit. We will discuss and collaborate ways to measure round/curved lengths, how to measure lengths using one copy of a unit (instead of multiples of a unit end to end), as well as measuring mass (and what does mass measure).
Science
We are continuing our boats and buoyancy unit. Students will have the opportunity to build a boat this week using a material that they may not suspect would work to build a boat. It is a material that will typically sink in water. We will be working on how shape can affect buoyancy.
Social Studies
We just began our unit "Looking at Work". We will be learning about natural resources in the 3 communities and how people work to gather these resources, as well as how the cultures and communities use the natural resources in their daily lives. By now your child would be able to tell you what a natural resource is.
I hope everyone has a great week ahead. Enjoy the final week of April.
Mr. Aasen
Tuesday, 19 April 2016
Apr 18-21
There are a couple of very important reminders for this week.
1. Wednesday morning we have our class pictures.
2. Wednesday morning after class pictures, we have our first swimming lesson.
3. Thursday morning is library.
4. Thursday afternoon is our Earth Day clean up. Please have permission forms returned by Wednesday, Apr 20th.
1. Wednesday morning we have our class pictures.
2. Wednesday morning after class pictures, we have our first swimming lesson.
3. Thursday morning is library.
4. Thursday afternoon is our Earth Day clean up. Please have permission forms returned by Wednesday, Apr 20th.
Monday, 11 April 2016
Week of Apr 11 - 15
Good evening everyone. I hope everyone is doing great. 2A is rolling along as usual. Just a couple of things for this week to let you know about. A reminder if you would like to make an order from Scholastic, the order forms must be in by Thursday, Apr 14th. Wednesday morning, Apr 13th, there will be a sub in for me. Friday Apr 15th is the final day to bring in any Lego creations for the Lego contest.
During the month of April and May, we have a HUGE math push happening in our class. We are doing math practice (basic facts) multiple times a week. The students are practicing on a few new math sites: XtraMath and 10monkeys.com. Each of the students has their own logins and passwords so I can track their progress. These sites will be used in addition to Mathletics.
If you would like to know your child's login/password so they can access these sites at home, please let me know! (Note: 10monkeys.com is only accessible from 7am-2pm as it is a challenge among multiple Canadian schools.)
Language Arts
Writing:
In writing, we have a continued focus on our sentence structure. We are continuing with our weekly journals, writing about the past weekend. We are now putting an emphasis on self checking our sentences (beginning capital letters, ending punctuation, who/what, and doing/describing) and correcting our mistakes. We are also doing story writing that includes an intensive planning page to help assist in writing detailed stories that make sense.
Math
In math we are currently in our measurement unit. We have looked at days of the week as well as months of the year so far. We are currently using non-standard units of measurement to measure objects as well as compare different objects using words such as longer/shorter, heavier/lighter, less/more.
Science
We are beginning our unit on Buoyancy and Boats. We will be looking at characteristics of boats and what is required to make them float. Are there better materials to make a boat float? Does shape matter? What about the load in the boat? These are some of the questions we will be answering.
Social Studies
In social, we are finishing up our Looking at People unit. We are currently talking about traditions and festivals that the different cultures celebrate in the 3 communities of Iqaluit, Meteghan, and Saskatoon. Are are comparing and contrasting the 3 cultures and finding that there are many similarities to the things different people in our country celebrate and how they celebrate.
I hope everyone has a great week. Looks like great weather ahead. I spend the evening in the yard fertilizing, raking, and watering. I hope spring is here to stay.
Mr. Aasen
During the month of April and May, we have a HUGE math push happening in our class. We are doing math practice (basic facts) multiple times a week. The students are practicing on a few new math sites: XtraMath and 10monkeys.com. Each of the students has their own logins and passwords so I can track their progress. These sites will be used in addition to Mathletics.
If you would like to know your child's login/password so they can access these sites at home, please let me know! (Note: 10monkeys.com is only accessible from 7am-2pm as it is a challenge among multiple Canadian schools.)
Language Arts
Writing:
In writing, we have a continued focus on our sentence structure. We are continuing with our weekly journals, writing about the past weekend. We are now putting an emphasis on self checking our sentences (beginning capital letters, ending punctuation, who/what, and doing/describing) and correcting our mistakes. We are also doing story writing that includes an intensive planning page to help assist in writing detailed stories that make sense.
Math
In math we are currently in our measurement unit. We have looked at days of the week as well as months of the year so far. We are currently using non-standard units of measurement to measure objects as well as compare different objects using words such as longer/shorter, heavier/lighter, less/more.
Science
We are beginning our unit on Buoyancy and Boats. We will be looking at characteristics of boats and what is required to make them float. Are there better materials to make a boat float? Does shape matter? What about the load in the boat? These are some of the questions we will be answering.
Social Studies
In social, we are finishing up our Looking at People unit. We are currently talking about traditions and festivals that the different cultures celebrate in the 3 communities of Iqaluit, Meteghan, and Saskatoon. Are are comparing and contrasting the 3 cultures and finding that there are many similarities to the things different people in our country celebrate and how they celebrate.
I hope everyone has a great week. Looks like great weather ahead. I spend the evening in the yard fertilizing, raking, and watering. I hope spring is here to stay.
Mr. Aasen
Tuesday, 15 March 2016
Mar 14-18
It's hard to believe that this is officially the last week of winter. There are many thing coming up this week.
There are no new spelling words this week as it is a review week. We will not have new spelling words until after spring break.
Your child will be receiving permission forms for swimming lessons. This program is part of our Physical Education curriculum. Part of the costs are covered by EEPA, leaving a total of $33.25/student for lessons.
This Thursday, March 17, is St. Patrick's Day. Traditionally people wear green to celebrate this day. That will be the extent of our St. Patrick's Day celebration on Thursday.
This Friday morning, March 18, we will be having an assembly regarding autism and autism awareness. We are going to be wearing "rainbow" colored socks for autism awareness. If you do not have rainbow colored socks, wearing two different socks will do the trick just fine. It is also "Jersey Day". Wear your favorite sports team jersey to school.
Math
We are going to finish up our unit on Addition and Subtraction to 18 this week and begin our unit on Measurement. We will be looking at the measurement of time this week, talking about days of the week and months of the year.
Science
We have a couple experiments left in our Exploring Liquids unit. We will be testing what different materials will hold water without leaking. We also need to talk about recognizing human responsibilities for maintaining clean supplies of water, and identify actions that are taken to ensure that water supplies are safe. We will conclude Exploring Liquids by spring break.
There are no new spelling words this week as it is a review week. We will not have new spelling words until after spring break.
Your child will be receiving permission forms for swimming lessons. This program is part of our Physical Education curriculum. Part of the costs are covered by EEPA, leaving a total of $33.25/student for lessons.
This Thursday, March 17, is St. Patrick's Day. Traditionally people wear green to celebrate this day. That will be the extent of our St. Patrick's Day celebration on Thursday.
This Friday morning, March 18, we will be having an assembly regarding autism and autism awareness. We are going to be wearing "rainbow" colored socks for autism awareness. If you do not have rainbow colored socks, wearing two different socks will do the trick just fine. It is also "Jersey Day". Wear your favorite sports team jersey to school.
Math
We are going to finish up our unit on Addition and Subtraction to 18 this week and begin our unit on Measurement. We will be looking at the measurement of time this week, talking about days of the week and months of the year.
Science
We have a couple experiments left in our Exploring Liquids unit. We will be testing what different materials will hold water without leaking. We also need to talk about recognizing human responsibilities for maintaining clean supplies of water, and identify actions that are taken to ensure that water supplies are safe. We will conclude Exploring Liquids by spring break.
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