the spelling words for this week are as follows;
feed sea meet real keep week deep easy beach clean
Tuesday, 25 November 2014
Saturday, 15 November 2014
Week of Nov 17-22
Odds and Ends
Happy weekend everyone. I hope you are all enjoying some rest and relaxation. Coming up this week there are a couple of important things due. First is the orders for Christmas cards. Our art work has been completed, and if you would like to order any cards with your child's artwork on it, the forms must be in by Wednesday the 19th. Also, if you would like some shoe boxes sent home for operation Christmas Child, those forms must be in ASAP as the collection for the completed shoe boxes is this week. Also, December book orders will be sent home on Monday and will be due back on Friday the 22nd, as to make sure there is enough time to receive your books before Christmas.
Language Arts
Spelling:
The spelling words for this week are as follows (long "o" words);
those low goat own coat go hope sold over ago
Writing:
The topic of our writing this month is forest creatures. Our main focus this week will be using descriptive verbs in our writing. We have called them "no-go" words. Instead of using words like go and went, how can we describe how we are moving better? We can use words such as waddles, skipped, zoomed, etc. All of our writing still revolves around informative and narrative writing pieces, and how we can write them successfully.
Math
We are continuing in our patters unit as well as our numbers to 100 unit. We wrote a quiz on continuing a pattern as well as creating a pattern. This week our focus will be on increasing patterns. In our numbers unit, we will still be doing some work on skip counting, as well as recognizing numbers to 100.
Science
We have began our next science unit, Hot and Cold Temperatures. Our main focus at the beginning of the unit is learning to read a thermometer. Any chance you get at home with your child to read a thermometer/ask them what the temperature is, that would be fantastic. The more practice they get the better.
Social
We are continuing our unit on learning about other communities. We have looked at the history of Iqaluit and what makes it unique. We have learned why people settled in Iqaluit. We will be looking at the history of Meteghan and Saskatoon this week and finding out when and why people settled in those communities.
I hope everyone has a wonderful week ahead.
Mr. Aasen
Happy weekend everyone. I hope you are all enjoying some rest and relaxation. Coming up this week there are a couple of important things due. First is the orders for Christmas cards. Our art work has been completed, and if you would like to order any cards with your child's artwork on it, the forms must be in by Wednesday the 19th. Also, if you would like some shoe boxes sent home for operation Christmas Child, those forms must be in ASAP as the collection for the completed shoe boxes is this week. Also, December book orders will be sent home on Monday and will be due back on Friday the 22nd, as to make sure there is enough time to receive your books before Christmas.
Language Arts
Spelling:
The spelling words for this week are as follows (long "o" words);
those low goat own coat go hope sold over ago
Writing:
The topic of our writing this month is forest creatures. Our main focus this week will be using descriptive verbs in our writing. We have called them "no-go" words. Instead of using words like go and went, how can we describe how we are moving better? We can use words such as waddles, skipped, zoomed, etc. All of our writing still revolves around informative and narrative writing pieces, and how we can write them successfully.
Math
We are continuing in our patters unit as well as our numbers to 100 unit. We wrote a quiz on continuing a pattern as well as creating a pattern. This week our focus will be on increasing patterns. In our numbers unit, we will still be doing some work on skip counting, as well as recognizing numbers to 100.
Science
We have began our next science unit, Hot and Cold Temperatures. Our main focus at the beginning of the unit is learning to read a thermometer. Any chance you get at home with your child to read a thermometer/ask them what the temperature is, that would be fantastic. The more practice they get the better.
Social
We are continuing our unit on learning about other communities. We have looked at the history of Iqaluit and what makes it unique. We have learned why people settled in Iqaluit. We will be looking at the history of Meteghan and Saskatoon this week and finding out when and why people settled in those communities.
I hope everyone has a wonderful week ahead.
Mr. Aasen
Tuesday, 28 October 2014
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
Monday, 20 October 2014
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
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
Wednesday, 15 October 2014
Parent Teacher Interviews
Parents,
Here is the link to sign up for parent teacher interviews.
www.SignUpGenius.com/go/20F0C44A4A629A6FD0-mraasens
Here is the link to sign up for parent teacher interviews.
www.SignUpGenius.com/go/20F0C44A4A629A6FD0-mraasens
Tuesday, 14 October 2014
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
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
Sunday, 28 September 2014
Week of September 29 - Oct 3
Happy weekend everyone. I hope the cooler weather has not dampened any extraordinary plans. It definitely did not hurt our Terry Fox run on Friday, or the Eskimos drubbing of the Roughriders.
There are a few things that I need to mention for this week. Wednesday is our first early dismissal of the year. The students are dismissed at 2:10. Please make sure you are there to greet your kiddies :)
Also we will be having a fire drill on Tuesday. If your kids come home with any questions regarding fire drills or lock downs, please assure them that East Elementary is a safe place for your students to be and the adults in the school will do everything they can to keep them safe.
Language Arts
Spelling:
Our spelling words for this week are as follows:
gum pot dust frog must sock pup shot soft tug
Reading:
I am very happy to see many students returning their red duotangs to show me they have reached an hour or more hours of reading at home. Again, I would like to see 2 hours of reading by the end of September. That leaves two days to reach 2 hours. Keep up the fantastic work.
There are a few things that I need to mention for this week. Wednesday is our first early dismissal of the year. The students are dismissed at 2:10. Please make sure you are there to greet your kiddies :)
Also we will be having a fire drill on Tuesday. If your kids come home with any questions regarding fire drills or lock downs, please assure them that East Elementary is a safe place for your students to be and the adults in the school will do everything they can to keep them safe.
Language Arts
Spelling:
Our spelling words for this week are as follows:
gum pot dust frog must sock pup shot soft tug
Reading:
I am very happy to see many students returning their red duotangs to show me they have reached an hour or more hours of reading at home. Again, I would like to see 2 hours of reading by the end of September. That leaves two days to reach 2 hours. Keep up the fantastic work.
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