September 14 - 18

 We had a great week in grade 2!

This week we continued to learn about patterns in math. We talked about increasing and decreasing patterns, how to identify rules in growing patterns, and we looked for patterns we can see in hundreds charts. On Friday, we went outside with our buddies and drew patterns that we could find outside in our visual journals. Ask your student what patterns they saw with their buddy!

We had our first spelling test on Friday! These will come home early next week for you to review. Our mystery sentence was 'Jill is in jazz class'. This sentence includes words that follow the 'flossez' rule, which we have been reviewing in class. If a word ends with an F, L, S, or Z and comes after a short vowel sound, then we need to double that letter, like in the words Jill, jazz, and class!

Next week, we will work on the next 10 of the First 300 High Frequency Words, and have 2 sentences that align with the spelling rules we are reviewing. We will be looking at words that end with '-all', '-oll', and '-ull', as well as reviewing digraphs. Digraphs are combinations of letters that work together to make a new sound, such as SH, CH, TH, CK, PH, and WH. This is review of concepts learned in grade 1. 

Our words for the next spelling test (which will be on Thursday, as there is no school next Friday):

1. He

2. Was

3. For

4. On

5. Are

6. As

7. With

8. His

9. They

10. I

Sentence 1: She went to the mall for lunch.

Sentence 2 will be a mystery sentence.

Our blue home reading duotangs were sent home on Thursday! Inside, there are reading passages that align with the spelling patterns and rules we have been working on. Please read these regularly with your student and ensure the duotang is kept in their backpack so we can add new readings weekly. Students should be able to independently read these passages aloud to you at home. 

We had our first writing assessment this week! Once per week, students will be doing these writing assessments, then we will make a booklet of their work throughout the year to see their writing progress. In language arts this week, we talked about the different parts of a sentence. We learned about the subjects and predicates of sentences and built sentences that include these both.

Next week, we will be staring grade 2 science! Our first unit is Matter, in which we will be learning about different materials that can be used to build things, whether materials are natural or man-made, and how we decide to use certain materials over others for specific purposes.

Our Terry Fox run is coming up on Wednesday! Ask your student what they know about Terry Fox and how they have been getting ready for the run in PE class. If you would like to donate, students can bring donations in to the classroom as we try to meet our school fundraising goal.

Important Dates:

We have library on Tuesdays. Please ensure library books are returned to school in time for library on Tuesdays. 

September 23 - Fun Lunch - Subway (orders must be in by September 18th)
September 23 - Terry Fox Run (volunteers needed)
September 24 - MTS Open House 5:00pm - 6:30pm (More Information to Follow)
September 25 - NO SCHOOL - Non-Instructional Day
September 29 - Orange Shirt Day
September 30 - NO SCHOOL - National Day for Truth and Reconciliation