March 11th - 15th

This week we have been working on some community art and writing.   We can't wait to share them with you on our Celebration of Learning Day!  Here are a few snap shots!

We are getting ready for our next fundraising activity.  We will be selling raffle tickets for gift baskets next week!  Some of the grade 2's helped make these baskets and they did a great job!

Next Week
March 18th -22 : We will be selling raffle tickets for the baskets.  Tickets are 50 cents each!

March 19th - Winter Fun Day (dress for an outdoor afternoon!)

March 21st  - Mrs. Sanchuck away at a math conference.

March 22nd - Celebration of Learning Day (No school for students)

CELEBRATION OF LEARNING CONFERENCE 

Dear Parents,

On March 22, 2013 the Grade Two classes will be holding a Celebration of Learning.  You may visit our classroom anytime on this day from 8:30AM to 12:00PM or 1:00PM – 4:00PM. 

The Celebration of Learning is a demonstration conference where students have the opportunity to share their expertise in several subject areas with their parents.  Our classroom will be set up with various stations that both the students and parents work through together. 

Your child will lead their conference and direct you through each station.  Parents will have the opportunity to see firsthand the areas of study that we are working on and the strengths of their child.

Throughout this demonstration conference time I will be available to answer any questions that you may have. 

I hope you enjoy our Celebration of Learning!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Sanchuck

February 25th - March 1st

Our week started off with a Cool Kids Who care presentation.  The presenter did some magic tricks while explaining that cool kids care and don't bully.  

We have been working on our community project this week.  We learned about what a community is and we went for a walk around our community.  We stopped to take a picture at the home of the future splash park!

We have started working on our next fundraising idea.  A note was sent home this week.  Please let me know if you did not receive it.   We are also building our own 3D community.  Please send any small boxes you have at home.

We are wrapping up our unit on addition and subtraction to 18.  You can help your child by practicing basic math facts at home.  

Next Week:
March 6th - 
Book Orders Due
Outdoor Integration Afternoon (students are put into groups and work through different stations)
March  7th - No School
March 8th - No School
March 15th - Report Cards go home
March 22nd - Three Way Conferences
FYI: We have swimming lessons scheduled for May.  I will send home the note in April. 

Feb 19 - Feb 22

This week we worked on addition and subtraction mysteries in math.  For example, ___+ 3 = 10 and 15 - ___ =7.  You can continue to work on these at home with your child.  Some use numberlines and counters to help them, others have their own mental math strategies that they use.

Our community project is still a hot topic in our room.  There has been talk about making some gift baskets to raffle.  Stay tuned for details.  We created a collection jug for students at the school to add some spare change.  Thank you to the Price family for donating the jug!

We started to make a community book that shows us our community, city, province and country.  I put a few pictures of the school on the data projector and they drew their own.  Everyone did an amazing job!  Here are a few examples.

Here are some pictures of our toothpick art from last week.

February 11th - 15th

We have had a very exciting week in our class.  The highlight has been our candy guess.  Everyone worked two recesses and it was a fabulous learning experience. The candy guess raised $296.70.  We are not sure how we got this total since every guess was 50 cents! Kayen has donated $20, Matthew has donated $40 and Mr. MacKenzie gave us $20 for this project.  In total we have raised $376.70 for the splash park in our community.  We have learned so much from this project...everything from advertising to counting coins!  Thank you to everyone that sent candy and thank you to the Price family who sent some money for supplies for future fundraisers!  Stay tuned for our next great idea!  Today there was talk of pizza sales, burger sales, lemonade sales, Easter baskets, jellybean candy guess, freezie sales, TCBY sales, and of course the talent show! Your children are full of ideas! They think big and that is awesome! 

It was the 100th day of school on February 12th.  Stay tuned for pictures of our toothpick art!

There is no school on Monday February 18th.  Have a memorable family weekend and I look forward to hearing about it on Tuesday!

Feb 4th - Feb 8th

I just wanted to thank all of the families that sent candy for our candy guess next week.  Everyone is very excited about our first fundraiser.  Here we are making signs to advertise our sale!

Our trip to Boggy Creek was an adventure indeed!  There was a ton of snow to hike through.  Our guide did a science experiment with us using pretend mice.  We gathered wood and built a fire for lunch.  We played a game called "Chuck the Chicken".  We attempted to climb and large snow hill too.  Thank you to our parent helpers for coming on the field trip! 

Next week we will be celebrating the 100th day of school.  Please return your 100 day homework bottle by February 11th.
February 12th: 100th Day of School and book orders are due. 
Valentines Day is on February 14th: A list of names was sent home with your child.
No School on February 18th: Family Day