Transcript February
Dear Parents, Gr. 2 News Claire Cox The weeks seem to be flying by since 2008 began! and I look forward to a lovely uninterrupted six weeks of teaching and learning before Spring break in March. Thank you all for your help, and for the contributions of food for our Chinese New Year grade 2 celebration. What a wonderful shared lunch we all enjoyed! We are all feeling so saddened that the C.N.Y. holiday became such a sad time for the Wittry family and I know everyone will want to give what support we can this semester. I hope to see many of you at some of the events listed below. Regards, Claire Cox. OCTOBER 2007 [email protected] Feb/Mar dates to remember: Feb 18th Author’s visit. Feb 28h Field Day 11:55-2:15 Mar 03-08th Jim Valley at T.A.S. Mar 06th Kite making morning st Mar 20-21 Student-Led Portfolio Conferences. Mar26-Apl 07th PD Days and Spring Break Curriculum News: MATH At present we are completing Unit 6 : ‘Whole-Number Operations and Number Stories’ and working towards being able to answer these questions: •Can I :- add three one digit numbers in my head? -add and subtract two digit numbers? -use addition or subtraction number models to answer a story problem? Soon we will be beginning Journal 2 and studying Unit 7: ‘Patterns and Rules’ - with these questions – •Can I:- measure to the nearest inch or centimeter? – add and subtract groups of twos, fives, and tens in patterns? – find the missing number, no matter where it is, in a number model? – make and read a bar graph? Writers’ and Readers’ Workshop – We are writing and reading a mixture of non-fiction and fiction and particularly looking at the features of non-fiction. It is wonderful to see writing being the favorite time of the day for the children, and also to see the children reading avidly and usually independently choosing a variety of just right reading material now. SCIENCE: Our current study is ‘Air and Weather’ covering these four investigations: •Exploring Air •Observing Weather •Wind Explorations •Looking for Change The Foss Kit we use provides many opportunities for hands on experiments, and a kite making morning!! will be part of this study. Many helpers will be needed!!– details will follow nearer the time. Chinese New Year Celebrations! February Calendar 2008 Monday Day 1 Music & IT (computer lab) Day 2 Mandarin & PE & Library Day 3 Art Day 4 Mandarin, PE Day 5 Music & IT (computer lab) Day 6 Mandarin & PE Day 7 Music & Library Day 8 Mandarin & PE Day 9 Art & Guidance Day 10 Mandarin & PE Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 11 12 13 14 15 Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 18 19 20 21 22 Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Day 9 Day 10 25 26 27 28 29 Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 10 Day Cycle March Calendar 2008 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 3 4 5 6 7 Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Day 9 Day 10 10 11 12 13 14 Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 17 18 19 20 21 Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Conferences Conferences 24 25 26 27 28 Day 9 Day 10 PD Day PD Day PD Day