March Update

If it's one thing we know how to do well in 2J,

it's co-operate, participate

and have fun learning!!

No matter what the ocaasion, solving the Tangram Challenge,

day to day learning,

I Love to Read activities, the WSO field trip, 100 Day festivities or preparing for tri-conferences,

2J always strives to be the best that they can be!

TOGETHER IS BETTER!!

FEBRUARY UPDATE!!

FEBRUARY UPDATE!!

Five months into the year, five months left to have fun learning together! 2J are you ready for the final stretch?
LET'S HOP TO IT!!!

February is a happening month. Let's look at upcoming events:

VALENTINE'S PARTY
*Tuesday, February 14th will include a day of valentine math, writing, reading activities, to be followed with valentine games, snacks and sharing of valentines in the afternoon.
(Please note: This party is a class celebration only.)


100 DAY CELEBRATION
The countdown began on the first day of school and we are now only 5 school days away from this exciting event.  Friday, February 17th is our official 100th day of school and we have a jam packed day planned! Students, remember to bring your 100 collection to school on Friday.  Students may bring any 100 items they choose. Over the years many strange and unusual items have found their way into the classroom with everything from shells, marbles, feathers, toy cars, stuffies, pasta, books, lego pieces, 100 wallpaper samples, and so on and so on.  Anything goes, so use your imagination!

I LOVE TO READ MONTH
FUEL YOUR JETS FOR READING!
Students are building their reading stamina during reading workout and earning one puck for every 30 minutes of reading time.  The reading pucks are placed in the net in the front hall.  Once the net is full, a shoot out will occur during the final Playoff Reading Day- February 29th in the gym at 3:00 pm.  Rumour has it Mrs. Zimmerman and Mr. Scott will be our much anticipated participants!  At home, students are encouraged to read a total of 400 minutes in February for their Boston Pizza prize and to participate in the hockey bingo reading sheet found in their home reading duotang.  In keeping with our theme, every Friday is also a Wear Your Jets Gear day.  Check out our slideshow!
We read! We score! 

FEBRUARY I LOVE TO READ!!!

This free scrapbook design made with Smilebox

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Welcome to 2012!!  I hope that everyone had much family fun over the holiday season and a wonderful start to the new year.  Thank you to our many volunteers who helped us get through the busy month of December with ease!  Your help with preparation and holiday craft making, party planning, super lunch supervision and holiday treats on our last day helped us get the job done.  It was also great having Ms. Hurdell, our student teacher, on board for the past 6 weeks  We look forward to her return in March.
I would also like to take a  moment to express my sincerest thanks for your many thoughtful words, wishes, cards and gifts.  Thank you for the kindness you show each day and your continued support.  It is much appreciated!

So, what's new and exciting in 2J?  Let's have a look!

READING AND WRITING TARGETS
Novel Study

Before Christmas, we read Stanley, Flat Again!  In the first book,the main character, Stanley Lambchop is flattened in his sleep when a large bulletin board over his bed, falls on him!  Luckily, Stanley survives and makes the best of being flat.  No easy thing!   In the second book, he seems to have gone flat AGAIN and finds that being flat can be kind of handy.  2J immediately began imagining themselves flattened in their sleep and before you know it we created our own Flat Classroom.  We laminated our artwork to make it extra durable and began to consider the possibilities of what adventures we could now have.  Stay tuned for further interesting developments!!!

Reading Targets

*Chunking letters and sounds together
*Blending sounds; stretch and reread

Writing Targets

*I use my planning sheet for small moment writing
*I am a writer and can write for 20-30 minutes
*I always reread my work before I begin writing
*I am using some interesting story telling language

MATH TARGETS

I know my addition and subtraction facts (to 18), using mental math strategies
*using a known fact  3 + 4 = 7 so 30 + 40 = 70
*counting on 1, 2, and 3 more    
Begin with your largest quantity and then use your strategies to count on
$20 + $10 + $5 + $3 = 38
20, 30, 35, 38
*ways to make ten review (0 + 10, 1 + 9, 2 + 8, 3 + 7, 4 + 6, 5 + 5)
*doubles

I use my mental math strategies when I play What's My Value?

I can create and solve addition and subtraction problems using my mental math strategies.

BEHAVIOR TARGET  

                   

***TEAMWORK***