What a full and busy week it has been! We had our Worries and Fears Assembly on Tuesday, talking about what it feels like and what we can do to help us through that. And we had our Remembrance Day Assembly today with the whole school. Thanks to any of you that joined us. We’ve enjoying playing outside for gym time, as the gym has been closed for various reasons all week. And reading, reading, reading lots!

Dates to Remember:

Monday, November 11th – Remembrance Day, no school

Wednesday, November 13th – Lockdown Drill

Spelling:

No spelling list this week.

Bible Memory:

Galatians 5:22-23 – “But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control; against such, there is no law.”

Reminders and Other Information:

• read at home – don’t forget to be bringing your home reading books in!
• sight words – practice and return these

What a beautiful and sunshiny week we had! It was so refreshing and crisp! Scholastic Book fair was on this week, I hope you were able to check it out and find some great books 🙂 It was a sweet time of worship during chapel on Tuesday. We have been singing a new song called, ‘Way Maker’ … “way maker, miracle worker, promise keeper, light in the darkness” – it was such a beautiful reminder to hear the children belting out these lyrics, with such a presence of the spirit as they sang. We also had a very high energy fall colour day. A huge thank you to all the parents that signed up and came for parent-teacher interviews. It was great to sit down and meet with you all. If you did not make it, please send me an email and we can set up a time to meet next week. It is important that I connect with each of you.

Dates to Remember/November Dates:

Tuesday, November 5th – Worries and Fears Assembly

Friday, November 8th – Remembrance Day Assembly – 2pm

Monday, November 11th – Remembrance Day, no school

Wednesday, November 13th – Fire Drill

Tuesday, November 19th – Picture Retakes

Wednesday, November 20th

• Western Dress Up Day
• Skating field trip

Thursday, November 21st – November scholastic orders due

Friday, November 22nd – Hot Lunch and Knight Day

Monday, November 25th – Food Drive begins

Friday, November 29th – Pro-D day

Spelling:

List will be introduced on Monday, November 4th, and tested on Friday, November 8th. We are going to do a week of reviewing words that we have already done, check-in and see how we are doing with them. It is important that it isn’t just wrote memorization for a test, but learning. Hopefully it will be an easier week of practicing at home this week 🙂

1. come
2. ask
3. heat
4. about
5. five
6. some
7. alone
8. call
9. belong
10. other

Bible Memory:

Our theme for the month of November is – Holy Spirit

Galatians 5:22-23 – “But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control; against such, there is no law.”

Reminders and Other Information:

• Keep reading at home!
• remember to bring in sight words when you know them all
• Remembrance Day assembly on Friday – you are welcome to join us at 2pm for it

On Friday, November 1st, we will be having Parent/Teacher Interviews from 10:00am-4:00pm. As this interview is in place of a report card, I will need to meet with all families. There is a sign up sheet on my classroom door for you to choose your time. If you cannot make it on Friday, please feel free to email me at trast@highroadacademy.com and we can make an appointment for after school next week.

A short but full week! We packed a lot in to these few days … from picture day, to science experiments where we made slime and ice cream, to buddy reading and some new math games, it has been busy! We used our pumpkin from the pumpkin patch as well. Cut open the top, pulled out the seeds and counted them all!  I hope you all enjoy a restful long weekend.

Dates to Remember:

Tuesday, October 29th – Thursday, October 31st – Scholastic Book Fair

Thursday, October 31st – Fall Colour Day

Friday, November 1st – Parent Teacher Interviews (see details below)

Spelling:

List will be introduced on Monday, October 28th and tested on Monday, November 4th.

1. how
2. yard
3. low
4. other
5. men
6. apple
7. well
8. late
9. that
10. them

Bible Memory:

Matthew 6:9-13 – “Our Father in heaven, hallowed by your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.”

Reminders and Other Information:

• make sure you are practicing reading every night, this is key to learning and growth in Grade 2
• skating permission slips need to be returned if they have not already been
• parent teacher interviews – there is a sign up sheet right by the door of my classroom, please come and sign up for a time-slot if you have not already done so
• scholastic book fair will be open before and after school in the lobby

Good afternoon,

I am sending home (with most students) a sight word practice sheet. On it are some of the sight words that your child does not know. I would like you to practice these at home with your child, and then sign and return it so I can test them on these words. I will send them home with a new list of words, once they have mastered the first list. These are not words they need to be able to spell independently, they are words they need to be able to read independently. Please don’t just practice from the paper I send home, I want them to be able to recognize and read them, not just have them memorized on a piece of paper. If you have any questions about it, let me know.

This is a key year for reading, and we are working on it very hard at school, but support from home makes a huge difference. I will be checking in weekly with your child about this, please take the time to do it. It doesn’t have to be a long, laborious process every day, just a few minutes here and there.

If your child does not come home with a list, then they have mastered all of the sight words we have done up until this point.

Parent Teacher interviews are next week on Friday, November 1st. I will put a sign-up sheet on my door, please come and fill out a time slot that works for you to come and meet with me.

Thanks!

Short week, but still very full. We had an earthquake drill. All of the students did an excellent job, and practiced like it was real, which is what we talk about doing because we know it is important that we know what to do. We have also been spending some time visualizing and creating pictures in our head of what we are reading, working on our sight words and reading, and talking about physical and chemical processes.

Dates to Remember:

Monday, Oct. 21st – October scholastic forms due

Tuesday, Oct. 22nd

• picture day

Friday, Oct. 23rd – Pro-d, No School

Spelling:

List will be introduced on Monday, October 21st and tested on Monday, October 28th.

1. call
2. row
3. salt
4. belong
5. bring
6. bite
7. get
8. send
9. coat
10. tell

Reminders and Other Information:

• skating permission slips went home, please return
• scholastic book fair information went home as well
• Picture Day – For picture day, students need to be in uniform, with a sweater, vest, or navy hoodie – please make sure your child brings along what is needed

It has been a good week in Grade 2. We have been working hard to understand place value in Math, learning about Rights, Rules, and Responsibilities in Socials, and today we read a story that was called ‘My Mouth is a Volcano’, which talks about interrupting others and how that makes them feel. I also have to apologize this week for any confusion that I have caused in our Spelling List. It was brought to my attention this morning that on the blog I had written the word ‘along’ … when in fact the word was ‘alone’, and that is what we had been practicing in class. So if your child was arguing with you about what the word was, or how to spell it, I apologize. That was my typing error! I hope you all have a wonderful long weekend, that you enjoy some time with your families as you celebrate Thanksgiving (I have the special treat of a sleepover with my nephew 🙂 who is 5, this weekend … as my brother lives out of town but are here for Thanksgiving).

Dates to Remember:

Monday, October 14th – Thanksgiving, no school

Thursday, October 17th – Earthquake Drill

Spelling:

No spelling this week due to the short week.

Bible Memory:

Matthew 6:9-13 – “Our Father in heaven, hallowed by your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one.”

Reminders and Other Information:

• skating permission slips went home today
• I also want to encourage you to be reading at home with your child EVERY single night … Grade 2 is a huge year for reading, so please support your child in this way.

Lots was happening this week! We kicked off the week with Orange Shirt day, talking about ‘Every child matters’, had a fire drill, had our Healthy Relationships Assembly, and went to the Apple Barn! The Apple Barn was a lot of fun. Thanks to the parents who came out to join us! So many great things, lots of fun 🙂

Dates to Remember:

Friday, October 11th – Knight Day

Spelling:

List will be introduced on Monday. October 7th and tested on Friday, October 11th. Please note that we write our spelling words in our planners every week, please don’t do it for your child ahead of time.

1. lone
2. along
3. one
4. food
5. five
6. led
7. year
8. house
9. way
10. some

Bible Memory:

Matthew 6:9-13 – “Our Father in heaven, hallowed by your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one.”

Reminder and Other Information:

• FreshGrade – this is a program that I use to send pictures and share what your child is learning and doing each day at school. I post pictures on a semi-regular basis. It can be pictures of playtime, field trips, work that they have been doing … I think it is always great for parents to know what is going on in the classroom as much as possible. It also allows you to comment on the pictures that are shared.  All this being said, I have realized that not everyone received the invitation to join, which means you haven’t been seeing the pictures, and you are missing out 😉 If you have not been getting the emails, can you send me an email so that I can re-invite you and we can figure this out. Thanks!

Just a reminder that tomorrow we have our field trip to the Apple Barn. They may wear play clothes. Please make sure they come dressed appropriately for the weather, we will be outside rain or shine! And also send a lunch that can be easily eaten outside. 🙂 Looking forward to it!