Happy Halloween!
Today we carved a pumpkin and counted the seeds. Before we started, the highest estimate was 100. After we started making a few piles, we changed our estimates. We counted 636 seeds! I’m glad...
Monthly Archive: October 2012
November 2012 Newsletter
Homework In spelling, students are working on the Week 8 list of words. They should also be reading each night and keeping track of how many minutes they read in their agendas. Halloween Students...
Halloween Stories Online
This week, during “Listen to Reading”, we’ll listen to some Halloween stories including:Arthur’s Halloween, One Hungry Monster, and Ben’s Halloween. If you’re looking for websites with stories online, www.storytimeforme.com is free. You can watch...
What Peace Means to Me
Our class will be learning this song so we are able to sing along with the choir for our Remembrance Day liturgy. We will do other activities about “What Peace Means to Me” and...
Parts of a Story
We are learning about the parts of a story. They are: author illustrator setting characters problem solution
Classroom News: October 20th
Homework:This weekend, students are asked to complete two assignments: “I Wonder” and a Story Retell. To complete the story retell, students should read any book from home and write about what happened in the...
We Are Number Builders!
There are so many ways to build numbers. Here are a few of the ways we’ve been talking about in Grade 1/2. Draw a picture. Count money. Write a number sentence. Skip count. Draw...
Retelling Stories
We are learning to retell stories out loud and in writing. This week, we will learn to use a graphic organizer that uses a triangle, a square, and a circle to organize the parts...
