Clarification

I just need to make a clarification, sorry. When I ask each student to bring a toilet paper roll, I meant a full toilet paper roll … not empty ones. Sorry for any confusion this caused. We need this for Thursday. Thanks.

Friday Update

Well, we have been busy this week. And we are also on the countdown for Christmas break … I think everyone is starting to feel ready for a break. Only a couple weeks to go …

Dates to Remember:

Monday, December 11th – Book orders due – last chance to get them in before Christmas

Thursday, December 14th – Christmas Party with our Buddies!

Spelling and Phonograms:

This will be our last list for the year. It will be introduced on Monday, December 11th and tested on Friday, December 15th.

wind
race
perch
saw
left
fill
part
group
place
fudge
force
bank
dust
shape
print
report
pay
band
hope
bill

ough, ui, ei, ea, ph, ou, ci, ng, ch, ck

Bible Memory:

Working on a wisemen poem for the Christmas concert. New memory verse in the new year.

Reminders and Other Information:

Food Drive has started – thanks to those who have already brought in some items to donate. This year we are doing a school goal, aiming to earn 15,000 points as an entire school. If we reach our goal we will earn a 1/2 day with cookies and hot chocolate on the first Friday back (January 12th) after the holidays. Priority items (5 points):
- tuna
- pasta
- canned sou
- peanut butter
- jam
- canned vegetables
- chunky soup
- canned fruit
- canned lunch – i.e. alphagetti, ravioli, etc.
- granola bars
- juice boxes
Reminder to bring in your Home Reading on your assigned day
Please make note that school is ending on Thursday, December 21st instead of the Friday!
Christmas Concert – Grade 2’s are going to be wisemen in the concert. Costume will be school pants with their full dress uniform shirt and an infinity scarf worn off one shoulder. I will provide them with a crown to wear.
As mentioned above, we are having a Christmas party on Thursday with our buddies. For one of the activities with our buddies, I am asking that each child bring in one toilet paper roll.

Pictures from Our Week:

Buddies!

Outside in the beautiful sunshine!

Family Christmas – Museum Field Trip

Friday Update

December is here! And we brought in the Christmas season with a Decorating Party this afternoon, where lots of fun, as well as lots of decorations were created (and are now displayed around the room). So festive! Please feel free to come and check it out!

December Dates:

Friday, December 1st – Food Drive Started

Wednesday, December 6th

Healthy Eating Assembly
Parent Teacher Interviews (if you would like to set up an appointment, contact the office and they will give you a time)

Friday, December 8th

Chilliwack Museum Field Trip
December book orders due – in order to receive them in time for Christmas, orders need to be placed early

Monday, December 18th – Grade 4-12 Christmas concert – 7pm

Wednesday, December 20th – Food Drive Ends

Thursday, December 21st

K-3 Christmas Concert – 1pm
Christmas holidays begin!

Spelling and Phonograms:

List will be introduced on Monday, December 4th, and tested on Friday, December 8th.

side
outside
inside
oil
hard
from
noon
most
hang
cast
line
post
arm
skin
ship
here
sun
age
cover
mine

ed, or, sh, er, gn, ey, eigh, si, wr, oi

Bible Memory:

We will not be learning a new scripture until the new year. Instead we will be working on a poem for the Christmas concert.

Reminders and other information:

A huge thank you to all the parents involved with our Christmas Decorating Party! It was a great afternoon … lots of fun, and a beautifully decorated classroom for Christmas is the end result. We could not have done it without all the parents who came in, as well as those who sent cookies! Many Thanks 🙂
Food Drive has started – thanks to those who have already brought in some items to donate. This year we are doing a school goal, aiming to earn 15,000 points as an entire school. If we reach our goal we will earn a 1/2 day with cookies and hot chocolate on the first Friday back (January 12th) after the holidays. Priority items (5 points):
- tuna
- pasta
- canned sou
- peanut butter
- jam
- canned vegetables
- chunky soup
- canned fruit
- canned lunch – i.e. alphagetti, ravioli, etc.
- granola bars
- juice boxes
Reminder to bring in your Home Reading on your assigned day – although I must admit, I have been getting a little mixed up in my schedule with all the busyness of this week! I will do my best to keep it straight.
Please make note that school is ending on Thursday, December 21st instead of the Friday!
Christmas Concert – Grade 2’s are going to be wisemen in the concert. Costume will be school pants with their full dress uniform shirt and an infinity scarf worn off one shoulder. I will provide them with a crown to wear.
As mentioned above, connect with Kathy at the office if you would like to set up a time to meet with me during Parent-Teacher interviews (3:30-6:30pm)
I sent home a Newsletter about the Zones of Regulation. This is a new program we are implementing in the Primary department and I wanted you to see what it is all about. It has really helped the students be able to identify how they are feeling, but it also helps them to understand how I am feeling. If they come home talking about the zones, I thought it might be helpful for you to have an understanding of what they are referring to 🙂

A Few Pictures:

Crazy Hat Day (Last Week):

Inside Playtime:

So many of them working together and helping each other out!

Decorating Party:

Friday Update

Great week! Crazy Hat’s were awesome! So fun to see all of the creative and unique ideas that come to school. We were told that we had one of the best classes for creative and festive hats!

Dates to Remember:

Wednesday, November 29th – Knight Day

Friday, December 1st

Decorating Party (more details below)
Food Drive begins

Spelling and Phonograms:

List will be introduced on Monday, November 27th and tested on Friday, December 1st.

why
every
proud
happy
son
with
our
same
fine
name
read
word
daddy
girl
never
forget
think
life
under
Lord

oa, oe, ough, ear, au, aw, ui, ti, dge, tch

Bible Memory:

Psalm 138:1-8

“I will give You thanks with all my heart; I will sing praises to You before the gods. I will bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your lovingkindness and Your truth; For You have magnified Your word according to all Your name. When I call, you answer me; you encourage me by giving me strength. All the kings of the earth shall give you thanks, O Lord, for they have heard the words of your mouth. And they will sing of the ways of the Lord, for great is the glory of the Lord. For though the Lord is exalted, yet he regards the lowly. But the haughty he knows from afar. Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you will revive me; you will stretch forth your hand against the wrath of my enemies and your right hand will save me. The Lord will accomplish what concerns me; Your lovingkindness, O Lord, is everlasting; Do not forsake the works of your hands.”

Reminders and Other Information:

Decorating Party! I would like to have a class decorating party on Friday, December 1st in the afternoon. I am looking for a couple of parent volunteers that would be wiling to come in for the afternoon and help us with creating our decorations. I would also like a parent or two who would be willing to make sugar cookies for us to decorate in the afternoon.
December 1st is the beginning of our annual Food Drive. This year we are doing a school goal, working towards a 1/2 day with cookies and hot chocolate on the first Friday back after the holidays. Priority items:
- tuna
- pasta
- canned sou
- peanut butter
- jam
- canned vegetables
- chunky soup
- canned fruit
- canned lunch – i.e. alphagetti, ravioli, etc.
- granola bars
- juice boxes

Crazy Hat Day

Tomorrow is Crazy Hat Day! Have fun and be creative 🙂

Just a reminder … we will be wearing our uniforms and Crazy Hats 🙂

Friday Update

Happy Friday! I hope that you all enjoy some rest and relaxation over the weekend.

Dates to Remember:

Tuesday, November 21st – Crazy Hat Day

Wednesday, November 22nd – 1/2 Day, 12:15 dismissal

Friday, November 24th

Pro-D Day – No School
November book orders due
End of Term 1

Spelling and Phonograms:

Again, due to the short week, we will have no spelling or Phonograms

Bible Memory:

This is the last verse. We will spend a couple weeks working on the last verses and then I will be testing Bible memory.

Psalm 138:1-8

Reminders and Other Information:

Remember to bring in your Home Reading on your assigned day

Pictures from The Last Couple of Weeks:

Chilliwack Museum Guest Visit:

Playtime:

Performing in Chapel

Friday Update

A great week for sure! It started off a little chaotic on Monday with a scheduled Lockdown drill, in which the students all did a great job sitting quietly until we were released, even though we do tend to find it a little unnerving. What was unexpected was the Fire alarm going off almost immediately after we were released from lockdown. With confusion on their faces, they were immediately attentive and listened to instructions, which I was pleased with. As we were waiting outside for the Fire Department to arrive, standing in a line, trying to keep warm, one little comes over to me and says, “I really hope the school isn’t on fire, we haven’t finished our spelling list yet!” This made me chuckle as I thought, if the building is on fire, our spelling list isn’t really a top priority at this moment … oh so sweet!

On Wednesday we had a special guest from the Chilliwack Museum come for a visit. The kids found it very interesting to look at pictures, comparing the past with the present, as well as have some hands on experience with different artifacts from the past. We really enjoyed the time she came and spent teaching us.

And finally, we ended off the week with our Remembrance Day Assembly. It was a beautiful service honouring those who fought for our country. Such a blessing!

Dates to Remember:

Monday, November 13th – School Closed

Spelling and Phonograms:

No Phonograms or spelling list due to the short week. Enjoy a break 🙂

Bible Memory:

Psalm 138:1-7

“I will give You thanks with all my heart; I will sing praises to You before the gods. I will bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your lovingkindness and Your truth; For You have magnified Your word according to all Your name. When I call, you answer me; you encourage me by giving me strength. All the kings of the earth shall give you thanks, O Lord, for they have heard the words of your mouth. And they will sing of the ways of the Lord, for great is the glory of the Lord. For though the Lord is exalted, yet he regards the lowly. But the haughty he knows from afar. Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you will revive me; you will stretch forth your hand against the wrath of my enemies and your right hand will save me. ”

Reminders and Other Information:

Home Reading – bring in your book on your assigned day
Please remember to send your kids dressed appropriately for the cold weather!

Quick Update

A quick update to say that because we have our Remembrance Day assembly on Friday, it is going to be a full dress uniform day. So this week we have two days of full dress – Wednesday and Friday.

One other update in our November schedule is on Nov. 22nd, we will have a half day. Please mark this on your calendars.

Thanks!

Weekly Update

Hello Parents, we are back up and running! I’m sorry for any inconvenience my blog being down caused, but I will once again be communicating in this way. Thank you for your patience.

We have had a busy week in Grade Two, but it has been a good one. We had Fall Dress Up on Tuesday, fun to see the kids all dressed in their fall colour play clothes. We had our Healthy Relationships Assembly on Wednesday, and we have also enjoyed some GoNoodling in the classroom to get our wiggles out and stretch in the classroom a bit, amongst lots of hard work in their also :).

Dates to Remember:

Wednesday, Nov. 8^th – “My Community” presentation special guest – a representative from the Chilliwack Museum is going to come in and share with us about communities.

Friday, November 10^th – Remembrance Day Assembly – 2-3pm

Spelling and Phonograms:

List will be introduced on Monday, and tested on Friday. We are bumping up to 20 words.

bow
letter
soon
very
rich
best
zip
brave
face
far
sold
told
nine
new
spent
block
down
dear
formed
end

oy, oi, ay, ai, wr, ow, ck, ie, oo, th

Bible Memory:

Psalm 138:1-6

Reminders and Other Information:

Thank you to all who remembered to bring in Home Reading on assigned days. If you forgot this week, please try and remember. And to those who bring in home reading on Fridays, I apologize, I completely forgot to read with them. I will read on Monday with them as well as those who usually bring in their books on Monday.
Winter uniform has begun – no more shorts.
Please send your children dressed to school with appropriate clothing to be outside at recess and lunch. If it is cold we still go outside – mittens, tuques, jackets – all will keep them warm outside

Friday Update

The long weekend is here! I hope you all have a restful and family filled Thanksgiving weekend with lots of turkey or other delicious food. We have so much to be thankful for, something we have spent some time talking about this week.

Dates to Remember:

Monday, Oct. 9th – Thanksgiving – School Closed

Tuesday, Oct. 10th – Pro-D Day – School Closed

Wednesday, Oct. 11th – First Day of Full Dress Uniform

Spelling and Phonograms:

No spelling or phonograms this week due to the short week.

Bible Memory:

We will not be adding a new verse this week, but will continue to work on verses 1-4. Please make sure you are practicing with your child at home. It makes a significant difference.

Psalm 138:1-4

Reminders and Other Information:

Thank you to all the parents who came out to our Spell to Write and Read seminar. Support at home is huge and so having an understanding of what your child is doing in class is so beneficial!
Pumpkin patch field trip permission forms have gone home. Please return them as soon as you can.
WITS information page went home yesterday with your child. We use the WITS program to help our students deal with conflict and problems they are having with peers. Ask your child about what WITS stands for and how they use their WITS.
I am just finishing up Individual Reading Assessments with all the students and then I will be setting up my Home Reading program. Please be watching for that.

Pictures from Our Week:

Lunch Buddies!