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In the fall, I gave you a handout that outlines what we will be covering this year. If you would like more specific outcomes you can check the Saskatchewan curriculum online at https://www.edonline.sk.ca/webapps/moe-curriculum-BBLEARN/index.jsp

If you want to know more about what we are doing ask your child! Here are some suggestions from an article. http://www.scholastic.com/parents/index.php?cID=632

The trick is to ask about things that are specific, but still open-ended. Move beyond "fine" and "nothing" by asking your child to describe his world. It's also great to start the conversation with an anecdote from your own day. Try one of these conversation-starters:

Tell me about the best part of your day.

What was the hardest thing you had to do today?

Did any of your classmates do anything funny?

Tell me about what you read in class.

Who did you play with today? What did you play?

Do you think math [or any subject] is too easy or too hard?

What's the biggest difference between this year and last year?

What rules are different at school than our rules at home? Do you think they're
fair?

Who did you sit with at lunch?

Can you show me something you learned (or did) today?

See you at the goal setting conference!
Mrs. Sanchuck

November 14th - November 18th

This week we continued with our theme, Kids Who Care. We have been learning about cooperation and different ways we can work together. We started a group project of making our own inventions! The kids are working hard at drawing and writing about their inventions. We will also be painting our inventions next week. They will be all done in time to share this with you at the conferences.

In language arts, we have been learning about a new comprehension strategy called the questioning owl were students understand the importance of asking questions before, during and after they read a book. We also have been working on shaking words out of our PWIM picture. Next week we will be looking at different ways to sort words.

Today some of our grade 2's performed a dance called "Honesty". For the past few weeks they have been working hard at recess to learn this dance! We performed it for the all of the grade 2 students, teachers and Mr. Clark. The student's danced great! Mr. Clark also invited them to dance at the Magazine Assembly.

We will also post a video of our dance very soon!

The Report Cards went home on November 18th, see you at the conferences on Friday, November 25th.



Ms. Scherle

November 7th - November 9th

This week we continued to work on our theme, Kids Who Care. We talked about cooperation and how we can work together. We have a new PWIM picture featuring some of our students. The picture shows some kids who care. We are shaking out the words and we will will have a title soon.
On Tuesday we went to an Animals in Winter Presentation. The students were very excited to learn about Animals in the Winter. Their favourite part was touching the real stuffed animals that the presenter brought. We will be starting an animals unit at the end of November.
On Wednesday we had a Remembrance Day Assembly. Author and singer, Marny Duncan-Cary presented her book called "Who's That Man". It was great to see so many of you at the literacy lunch. Marny stayed for awhile after and sang to the kids. They loved her singing and guitar playing.

Hope you have a safe and restful long weekend!

Ms. Scherle

October 31st - November 4th

This week in our theme "Kids Who Care", we learned about honesty, respect and peace. We learned a song called Truth. I also started a recess dance club with the students in the class who wanted to learn a dance to this song. You can listen to this song at the link below. The students also learned about what respect is and we talked about different ways they can be respectful at school. We also talked about peace and what peace means to them. This ties into Remembrance Day that is coming up next week.

Truth Song

Miss. Scherle

October 24th - October 28th

This week we added Wordwork and Listening to Reading to Daily 5. Students also started choosing their own cycles. We are getting a lot accomplished during this time to help improve our reading and writing. The comprehension strategy we have been focusing on this week is Making Connections. When you read with your child you may notice him/her talking about connections that they have made while reading.

On Wednesday we were very lucky to have Barbara Reid come visit. She is the author and illustrator of many fabulous books. We will continue to look at her work in November.

In theme, we are continuing to learn about different ways we can be caring. We read the story called " Have You Filled A Bucket Today?". You might hear your child talking about ways they can be bucket fillers. We also started to talk about kindness and what it means to be kind. We made a classroom kindness quilt that we will be displaying in the hallway.

The week ended with a great Halloween dance. Hallie also brought in some birthday cupcakes for the kids to enjoy. Hopefully they didn't come home too hyper! I'm sure they will all be excited on Monday!

October 17th - October 21st

This week Ms. Scherle wrapped up the Liquids and Solids unit by making ice cream with the class. They loved the experience and many thought it was "awesome" and "cool"!

Ms. Scherle's new theme is Kids Who Care. The class will be doing many activities about caring for themselves and others. This is a great way to strengthen our classroom community.

In math we have started a new unit on Addition and Subtraction to 18. We will be doing some work on the computers next week in math too!

This week we had a Wellness afternoon. Students came out from the U of R and did stations with the grades K-4 classes. They had many exciting stations about health including poison safety, germs, self-esteem, manners, and working together.

Reading assessments are now complete. You may have heard your child tell you what level he/she is at. They are all very excited to continue to show growth as a reader. Keep reading at home!

This week we completed our very first paragraph! These are hanging in front of our classroom. We will continue working on paragraph writing this term.

Thank you to Armaan for the Fun Friday treat!

Check the school website for more information regarding your child!

Please put the word "Caring" in the agenda after you have read this.

October 11th - October 14th

This week we had a great trip to the Science Centre. Thank you to all of the parent volunteers who took time out of their busy schedules to help. The small groups gave the kids more of a chance to explore. We attended a workshop about matter in the Science Centre lab. We also watched a show about solids, liquids, and gases. The students loved the liquid nitrogen.

In science this week the students learned about buoyancy. The worked cooperatively to build boats out of certain materials. They then had the chance to float their boats to see how many pennies they could hold. One boat held 158 pennies. It was so exciting!!

We have been working on assessing the students reading. Please continue to read and write at home often.

Next week we will work on paragraph writing and wrap up our Liquid and Solids unit.

In math we are moving onto the next unit: Addition and Subtraction to 18. You can work on or review these facts with your child at home.

Please check the school website for more information about school activities that are coming up.

Please write the word "library" in the agenda once you have read this message.