Message to Parents & Guardians:

• The March Calendar went home today
• Check out Google Classroom for links to RazKids and Mathletics 
• Grade 1 and 2 students should be doing 10 - 15 minutes of Home Reading every night

Learning Highlights:

• Today grade 1 and 2's celebrated 100 Days in School 

If Ms. Standing was 100 years old, this is what she might look like

Students trying to count all the letters in our 100 Day Poem

• Students worked on an art piece using primary colours
• They were challenged to use 100 pieces of paper to create their name
• Another challenge to the task was for them to create a pattern with the three colours. This could have been completed within each individual letter or letter by letter. 

Students tried a number of strategies to track the number of pieces they cut

Important Dates to Remember:

Tuesday and Thursday - Soup at Lunch. Students must have a signed permission form. 

March 17 - Wear Green 

February 24, 2021

 Message to Parents & Guardians:

• Check out Google Classroom for links to RazKids and Mathletics 
• Grade 1 and 2 students should be doing 10 - 15 minutes of Home Reading every night

• Ask your child what we have added to our morning meeting learning tasks
• Ask your child what is the most important part about wearing a pink shirt

Learning Highlights:

• Mathematicians are learning to build numbers using a variety of digits in order to compare, order and describe them using mathematical vocabulary

• Today, we had our Friendship Assembly. The focus of the our assembly was to learn about lifting each other up. 

Thank you to all the classes for participating and show casing your work with Mrs. Riopel

Check out our Pink Shirts in Room 1

Check out our Pink Shirts in Room 4

Important Dates to Remember:

Tuesday and Thursday - Soup at Lunch. Students must have a signed permission form. 

February 23, 2021

  Message to Parents & Guardians: 

• Tomorrow is Pink Shirt Day
  
  
  

• Check out Google Classroom for links to RazKids and Mathletics 
• Grade 1 and 2 students should be doing 10 - 15 minutes of Home Reading every night

• Ask your child about the difference and meaning of climate and weather
• What are some words that can be used to describe the climate? 

Learning Highlights:

• We learned about the difference between climate and weather. 

Climate is the pattern of weather that occurs over time

Students had a chance to practice and use their new Climate and Weather Vocabulary 

Important Dates to Remember:

Tuesday and Thursday - Soup at Lunch. Students must have a signed permission form. 

February 24 - Friendship Assembly (Virtual)

February 24 - Wear Pink to support kindness and a bully free community

February 19th, 2021

  Message to Parents & Guardians: 

• Check out Google Classroom for links to RazKids and Mathletics 
• Grade 1 and 2 students should be doing 10 - 15 minutes of Home Reading every night

• Ask your child about the library books they picked today at school. 
• Due to COVID-19 restrictions, these books are kept at school. 

Learning Highlights:

• Today was book exchange day with Mrs. Reimer. Again, Mrs. Reimer picked thoughtful choices for room 1 students. 

• Room One Readers had the opportunity to choose two books. 
• A non-fiction book about Canadian animals 
• A fiction book written by a Canadian author. 

Important Dates to Remember:

Tuesday and Thursday - Soup at Lunch. Students must have a signed permission form. 

February 24 - Friendship Assembly (Virtual)

February 24 - Wear Pink to support kindness and a bully free community

February 18th, 2021

 Message to Parents & Guardians: 

• Each grade 1 and grade 2 student received a copy of Moira's Birthday by Robert Munsch and Art by Michael Martchenko from The Canadians Children's Book Centre. 

• Ask your child about our first destination to Metehgan, Nova Scotia, Canada. 

• Ask your child to show you their Patterning Jamboard from their Google account (Room1)

• Check out Google Classroom for links to RazKids and Mathletics 
• Grade 1 and 2 students should be doing 10 - 15 minutes of Home Reading every night

Learning Highlights:

• Today we discussed and reviewed the terms: community, city, province and country 
• We learned there are three Maritime provinces: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island 

• During our technology block, Mathematicians used Jamboard to make different types of patterns using their favourite clip art. 

Important Dates to Remember:

Tuesday and Thursday - Soup at Lunch. Students must have a signed permission form. 

February 24 - Friendship Assembly (Virtual)