Family Fun Night on December 15th

Jump Rope for Heart

Tomorrow is Jump Rope for Heart! 

Please ensure your child is dressed appropriately for the weather as we will be going outside to participate in activities for approximately one hour.

This Week's Learning Goals

Grade 2 Learning Goals

(Week of Nov 28th-Dec 2nd)

Language:

• proofread and correct their writing using a simple checklist or a few guiding questions developed with the teacher and posted for reference
• Identifying parts of a letter (heading, greeting, body, closing, signature)
• Writing friendly letters to specific audiences
• establish a personal voice in their writing, with a focus on using familiar words that convey their attitude or feeling towards the subject or audience

Math:

• represent, compare, and order whole numbers to 100 (e.g., ten frames, base ten material, hundreds chart, number line)
• compose and decompose two-digit numbers in a variety of ways, using concrete materials (e.g., place 42 counters on ten frames to show 4 tens and 2 ones)

Social Studies:

• identify continents, significant bodies of water, the equator, poles, and hemispheres, using a globe
• identify cardinal directions on a map (i.e., N, S, E, W), and use these directions when locating selected countries
• demonstrate an understanding that there are a variety of countries, continents, physical features, and bodies of water around the world and that their locations can be represented in different ways (map, digital/interactive maps, globes)

Upcoming assessments:

Language:  

Looking at friendly letters and using editing skills to check their own personal letters and letters of their peers

Math:

Making groups of ten using classroom items, adding groups of ten onto numbers and looking for number patterns when adding by 10s.

Social Studies:

Labeling a world map with continents, major bodies of water, hemispheres and cardinal directions.

Student Led Conferences

Our class has been reflecting on our learning and preparing for our parents to visit our classroom tomorrow evening and Friday for Student Led Conferences. Your child will be facilitating the Student Led Conference and I will be in the room to answer any questions you may have. 

Here are some questions for you to ask your child during his/her student led conference. These are suggestions, so please look them over and pick a few that you would like to ask:

• What are you most proud of?
• What would you like to learn more about?
• It makes me proud to see that…….
• What are you working on now?
• Can you tell me more about...?
• I can tell you improved in……
• What did you find challenging this term? How can I help you?
• Did you reach your goals?

We look forward to having you in our classroom to share our learning. 

Field Trip!

Reminder to all families that we have our first field trip of the year tomorrow.

Please send your child with a litter free lunch and a reusable water bottle.

Please dress your child according to the weather in warm clothing in layers and appropriate outerwear (e.g. Jacket, gloves, hat, shoes for the outdoors).

Remembrance Day Assembly

On this Friday November 11th, Fossil Hill P.S. will be having our Remembrance Day assembly at 10:20 am. Our class will be joining all of the Grade 2's to sing the song Heart to Heart.

All families are welcome to join us in the gym at 10:20 for the assembly.

Hope to see you there!

Candy Math Talk: What Math Do You See?

Happy Halloween!

Global Read Aloud 2016: Google Hangouts

What we have to say about our Google Hangouts: 
This week we did Google Hangouts. (OY)
We did the Google Hangouts with grade 2 classes. (BDL)
We did the Google Hangouts with other classes from around the world. (AA)
One class was from California, only 10 minutes away from Disneyland and the other was from Cozad, Nebraska. (OY, AO, JL)
Cozad is 1931 km from us and 17 hours drive away from us. (KM)
In Cozad there are 4000 people. (AO)
In Cozad, there was just one elementary school and one high school. (JL, NG, AA)
We asked so many questions while we were doing the Google Hangouts. (OY)
We did the Google Hangouts because we want to talk to other grade 2's because they've read the same books as us by Lauren Castillo.

We want to know more about other people from around the world and we want to know what they think about the books. (KM, AO, AA)

Wear Purple- Spirit Day Tomorrow!

It's Spirit Day at Fossil Hill PS tomorrow Thursday October 20th. Please wear purple tomorrow to support diversity in our community and stand up against bullying!

Picture Day is Tomorrow!

Important Reminder: Tomorrow Wednesday October 19th is Picture Day! 

Math Talk Monday: What Math Can You See?

As a class we discussed, what math can you see in this picture? What are your wonderings about this picture?

Seesaw: Parent Access

Reminder for all parents to sign up for your parent access on Seesaw to view your child's e-portfolio!

You will be able to see their posts, add comments and feedback on their portfolio when you scan the QR code on the sheet provided in your curriculum night package.

Please let me know if you have any difficulties.

Thank you for your continued support!

Water Cycle Song

Take a listen and sing along to The Water Cycle song!

Picture Day Is On Wednesday October 19th!

Fossil Hill Picture Day is next Wednesday October 19th. We will be taking individual student photos and class photos on this day. 

The Troublemaker: Double Bubble Character Comparison Chart #GRALauren #GRA2016

Today we read the book "The Troublemaker" by Lauren Castillo.
After reading, we compared the characters of the little boy and the sneaky raccoon.

Check out our Double Bubble Comparison Chart

Curriculum Night & Welcome Back BBQ

Looking forward to seeing all of our families this coming Thursday October 6th, 2016 for Curriculum Night and Welcome Back
BBQ!

See you there!

5:00 – 6:00 p.m. - Welcome back BBQ
6:10 – 6:40 p.m. - Classroom Presentation
6:40 – 6:45 p.m. - Travel Time
6:45 – 7:15 p.m. - Repeat of Classroom Presentation

Think, Puzzle, Explore: Air

Today we used a thinking routine from the book called 'Making Thinking Visible' called: Think, Puzzle and Explore to talk and guide our thinking through: What do we think and know about air? What puzzles us about air and what do we want to know more about? Where can we explore to find more information about air?

Check out our thinking here: Air: Think, Puzzle, Explore

Math Talk Monday: What Math Can You See?

What Math can you see in a calendar?

Click on the link to see our Padlet 

Post It Smackdown!

In Writer's Workshop, we have been learning how to write sentences with BAM! We have been learning how to make a sentence complete and descriptive. We used post- it notes to collaboratively brainstorm all of the WHAT words (adjectives) and WHERE words (adverbs) we can think of to describe our pictures. We then organized them into categories that make sense to us for us to then write our descriptive sentences independently.

Orange Shirt Day

On Friday September 30th, Fossil Hill will be honouring Orange Shirt Day. Orange Shirt Day grew out of Phyllis' story of having her shiny new orange shirt taken away on her first day of school at the residential school, and it has become an opportunity to keep the discussion on all aspects of residential schools happening annually. 

The date is September 30th because it is the time of year in which children were taken from their homes to residential schools, and because it is an opportunity to set the stage for anti-racism and anti-bullying policies for the coming school year. 

Orange Shirt Day is also an opportunity for First Nations, local governments, schools and communities to come together in the spirit of reconciliation and hope for generations of children to come.

Please dress your child in an orange shirt on this this Friday to show your support. 

Terry Fox Walk

Our Terry Fox Walk will be on Thursday, September 29, 2016.

Each student is asked to bring in a $2 donation for the Terry Fox Foundation which raises money for cancer research. 

Please dress your child for the weather - extra sweater/jacket and outdoor running shoes.

Math Games!

Today in class, we played the game 'Find the Number'. We used our number sense knowledge to notice, and create numbers.

Reminder: P.A. Day on Monday September 26th

There will be no school for students on this coming Monday September 26th. Enjoy your weekend!

Raz Kids

I have updated our class on Raz Kids! All students login information remains unchanged from last year but their levels have been adjusted to reflect their progress. You can find our class at: lstuart5 Please visit: https://www.kidsa-z.com/main/Login to read!

Grade 2's Celebrate Dot Day!

Patterns All Around Us

We are learning to recognize, create and extend repeating patterns.
Encourage your child to look and listen for examples and non-examples of repeating patterns at home.
Can you find repeating patterns in: Poems? Songs? Houses? Story books?

Important Dates for September

Important Dates in September 

Thursday September 15th- Dot Day

We will be celebrating International Dot Day on this day, inspired by the book "The Dot" by Peter Reynolds. We will be exploring the questions: How will you make your mark in grade two this year? What kind of a learner will you be? How will you help others this year? 

Wear polka dots on this day to celebrate! 

Monday September 26th- P.A. Day

No school for students on this day. 

Getting to Know You and Your Child Survey

Here is a link to the Getting to Know You and Your Child Survey. I look forward to getting to know you and your child this year!

Back to School Welcome Letter