Week 1 (August 29- Sept 6th)

Welcome to Grade 2 & 3!!

Meeting all the students in room 7 these past 2 weeks has been great.

In literacy this week, we learned about Reading STAMINA and how to read to ourselves, we created our book boxes and added our CHOICE books to our boxes. On Friday, we learned about BUDDY Reading and how to sit EEKK with our partners. In writing, we wrote in our writing journals, drawing and writing All About Me sentences.  Then on Friday, we worked on checking our sentences for capital letters, finger spaces and periods.



In math this week, we built up our collection of math routines to help us start talking and explaining our math ideas.  We learned about MASH Ups, What doesn't Belong, Etsy Mysteries and addition war.  We also worked on counting collections and reviewing our skip-counting skills.






In gym class, this week we focused on learning about safety in the gym and how to find their own space in the gym.  We also learned how to tag safely, using a gentle touch, tagging below the neck and above the waist.  In Art, we created a self-portrait banner to hang in our classroom.



Looking Ahead to Next Week:

1. In Literacy, we will continue to look at sentence formation.

2. In math, we will begin looking at the place value of numbers and some vocabulary.

3. In Art, we will begin sketching and drawing outside in our visual journals.

Important Reminders & Upcoming Events:

1. Please, NO Toys at school! 

2. Pancake breakfast on Friday, September 13th at 7:30am

3. Picture Day on Monday, September 16th 




 

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