Grade 1 and 2 Learners

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)

February 17th, 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 learning tasks they are completing in Social Studies
Ask your child about Google Maps and how it can be used as a tool

Learning Highlights:

Grade 1 and 2 "Travellers" are preparing for their trip to three unique places in Canada. We will be exploring: Iqaluit, Meteghan and Saskatoon
Travellers have looked at the Map of Canada and coloured in the places they will be visiting.
Travellers have created their travel bags to collect all of their learning artifacts
Travellers have also created their Passports
We are just about ready to "travel" to our first destination but first we must learn a little about the place will will visit first: Meteghan, Nova Scotia.

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INFORM

Students at Vista Heights are not actually travelling our physically leaving their classroom

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Important Dates to Remember:

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

February 5th, 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 vocabulary they learned to today in Math
Ask your child to show you different types of patterns using materials found at home

Example:

AB
ABA
ABB
ABC
AABB
ACBC

Today's Learning Highlights:

Mathematicians in Room One practiced making patterns with a variety of manipulatives
Mathematicians learned what the word pattern means and the word core

Important Dates to Remember:

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

February 9th - School Council Meeting at 6:30 (Virtual)

February 10th - Wear Red and Pink

February 11th & 12th - No School for Students

February 15th - Family Day (No School

February 4th, 2021

Reminder to Parents and Guardians

Valentine Cards must be brought to school tomorrow.

This will allow them to be in quarantine for at least 72 hours.

Valentine Cards will be handed out on February 10th, 2021.

Students have been invited to make a list of their peers to take home.

A class list from the teacher will not be handed out.

February 3rd, 2020

Message to Parents & Guardians:

Valentine Cards must be brought to school before February 5th, 2020. This will allow them to be in quarantine for at least 72 hours. Valentine Cards will be handed out on February 10th, 2021.
Students have been invited to make a list of their peers to take home. A class list from the teacher will not be handed out.
Ask your child about our new learning journey in Social Studies.

Today's Learning Highlights:

Grade 1/2 students have started their learning Journey into exploring Canada's Dynamic Communities.
We have started with learning about Canada as a Country.
We asked the students: Is there a symbol you have seen that would identify you as being Canadian? The Canadian Flag.
Students are busy practicing their fine motor skills and artistic abilities to create the Canadian Flag.