Hello room 17 students and parents!
A big thank you to all the parents I was able to connect with during the Parent Teacher Interviews this past Thursday night and Friday. I am sorry we were not able to have our usual Student Led Conferences, but I hope the opportunity to chat about your child was meaningful and allowed you a clear picture of how your child in progressing in the grade 2 classroom.
This week, we have started to focus on Great Beginnings in introducing our latest writing project - climbing stories. Students have been introduced into the various types of Great Beginnings and had a chance to practice them with various themes over the week. Great Beginnings include: Action, Dialogue, A Thought or Question by the main character or the use of a Sound Effect to start off the story. The goal is to try and invite the reader in to want to read on and find out what will happen next.
In Mathematics, we continue to explore numbers and also graphing various questions asked to the class. We continue to try various ways to answer a subtraction or addition question in order to find the strategy that works for each individual student.
In Science, we have looked at using our 5 senses in observing water and its properties. We will be exploring other liquids and how their properties may be different from water.
In Social Studies, we have begun to explore the stories of the past in each Canadian community and the importance of keeping these stories alive from generation to generation. The students heard various animal themed stories of how a raven got his black feathers and also about a horse in Meteghan that is visited by elves who help to restore the energy of the horse.
As we move into the last few weeks before the Spring Break, please remember the students need to be in formal uniforms on Monday and also that Wednesday is a casual day and students can wear green to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. I hope you enjoy a wonderful Sunday and see all of you next week!