Today is September 30, which is "Orange Shirt Day". We learned about the significance of wearing an orange shirt today and how it is a symbol of honoring the Indigenous children who were sent to residential schools. Thankfully, these residential schools no longer exist. Click HERE for the website and story of Phyllis Webstad. Every child matters and should be treated with respect.
I
can't believe that we are already in the month of October! Boys and girls are settling into the routines of Grade 2 and the pace of learning is picking up. Please remember to sign the 'Spelling Bee' books and do your corrections. Continue to read your book and RAZ kids.
The poem for this week is called ''October". Please do the Additional Questions on a piece of paper (or in your Agenda) and bring them to school! You have all week to do them.
Spelling Words:
1) when
2) who
3) what
4) where
5) why
6) how
7) make
8) down
9) up
10) are
Additional Questions:
1) When you think of October, what are some colours that you think of?
2) What do you like to do in the Fall?
Today I sent home everyone's "Snuggle Up and Read" folders. We should be reading a book every night and recording it on the Reading Logs. We will change our books every day when we do Agendas and will have to record the title and author. Once we finish reading at home, please get it signed and bring your folder to school every day. Read to yourself or with someone. You can also read right before bed so that you are all comfy. If it is a long book, you may borrow it again the next night. Please ALSO read RAZ Kids at home.
Library books were also borrowed yesterday. Please remember to return them on Day 2s in order to get a new book!
We have been learning about Terry Fox and why he is a Canadian hero. Thank you for bringing in your Toonies for Terry. We will have our Terry Fox walk tomorrow morning...please dress for the weather as it is supposed to rain. Remember to study the words for our Spelling Bee this Friday!
Spelling Words:
1) the
2) he
3) she
4) to
5) ran
6) help
7) other
8) his
9) her
10) save
Additional Questions:
1) What did Terry Fox want to do?
2) What is the past tense of the word 'run'? Write a sentence with that word.
In Social Studies, we have been learning about different celebrations and traditions. Some celebrations that we celebrate are: Thanksgiving, Halloween, Christmas, Easter, birthdays, and Canada Day. There are many more that some of us celebrate. We learnt about how Halloween came to be and today we looked at how Christmas is different around the world. Click HERE for a good website about Christmas Around the World.
It was really nice to see everyone come out to our Curriculum Night! I'm glad to see so much home support. Please use the RAZ kids password to log onto RAZ kids and read this weekend. I will send home the home reading books next week, along with the reading logs. Hopefully the reminders can help you remember what you need to do for school!
How
do we know how well we did? Today we talked about the different levels
of achievement, and compared it to an ice cream sundae. We want at least Level 3 or 4.
If we are at Level 1 or 2, that means we have to work harder and try
to improve. I have also included examples of Level 1-4 work and
pictures. Students can take a look at their own work and compare it to
these Levels to see where they are. We should all be responsible and
try our best in school!
