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DECEMBER NEWS!!

We are collecting food items to put together a Holiday Hamper for the Christmas Cheer Board.  Families may send as many items as they wish from the list

      *Liters of fruit juice (100%)

*Canned Soup  (Lentil, Pea, Vegetable)

*Canned Vegetables

*Packages of Jello

*Macaroni and Cheese

*Rice (Converted or parboiled)

*Oatmeal (non-sweetened)

*Packages of Cookies

 

We will be collecting items from Dec. 1-10^th .  All donations will be gratefully accepted !

NOVEMBER TARGETS

WRITING TARGETS
October and November writing has focused on writing friendly letters and small moments based on our personal experiences.  After reading many books by our favorite authors, we have been asking ourselves,
What Do a Good Writers Do?
Good Writers:
1.  Write for an audience
2.  Reread their writing many times
3.  Get ideas and help from other writers
4.  Make their writing make more sense and sound better by adding detail and using more interesting words.




Building our number sense by practicing our number patterns and number facts on the Learning carpet

Time flies when you're having fun!  In 2J we have fun working, learning and playing together EVERYDAY!  The sunshine and warm breezes have called us outdoors on more than one occasion, making wind observations, sketching Linden Meadows, and collecting data about the community of Linden Woods. The outdoors, as always, makes a magnificent classroom!

 

Here are some of the targets we have been working on.

 

Reading Targets 

*I get started right away, stay in one place, read quietly, read the whole time,

increase my reading stamina, and read a good fit book! 

*I check for understanding

*I cross check...   Does it look right?  Does it sound right?  Does that make sense?

 

Math Targets

*I can count from 0-100 by 2'S, 5'S and 10's forwards and backwards

starting from any multiple of 2, 5, and when counting 10s from any number. 

*I can show a number at least 8 different ways.

*I know my ways to make ten

 

Behavior Targets

*I keep my hands and feet to myself

*I am an active listener

*I am a Bucket Filler

 

Writing Targets

*I can write a 4 STAR sentence:

*I use finger spaces

*I check the spelling of my everyday words (Word Wall)

*I use a beginning capital

*I use ending marks . ! ?

 

WE'RE OFF WITH A HOP!

Welcome to our 2J classroom blog!  We're off to a fabulous start to the new school year.  We have 25 amazing Grade 2 students in our classroom, one enthusiastic first year university teaching candidate, Ms. Andrea Boyd, and one very excited teacher, myself, Ms. Jordan.  What a team!  Our classroom blog is designed to celebrate student learning as well as keeping you informed of targets, important dates, birthdays, etc.,  I will email everyone when there is an update, however, students are invited to visit the blog frequently and check out some of the math and language arts interactive learning games on Ms. Jordan's wiki.  Can't wait to see you and your child at Wednesday's Open House from 5:30-7:30 p.m.  See you then!

Every Child Has a Right to Clean and Safe Drinking Water

TERM 3....READY, STEADY, GO!!!

Welcome back everyone!
Spring break left us all refreshed and
ready to leap back into learning for our last three months
of the school year. 

Here's a snapshot of what we've been up to:

TANGRAM ART BY 2J



 

We solved all 31 puzzles for the TANGRAM CHALLENGE!!!
We are geometric problem solvers!!
Here's how we did it.

We used a different number and arrangement of tans for all our puzzle. 
These are the 7 tans in our sets.
2 large triangles, 1 medium triangle, 2 small triangles, 1 parallelogram, and 1 square

TEACHER CANDIDATE
Our teacher candidate, Mr. Popel is completing the final
portion of his teaching practicum. 
He's been a great addition to our classroom and teaching us
lots of new information in our Water Unit for science
 and 2-D shapes and 3-D objects in our geometry unit. 
We're lucky to have him with us until April 24th!

MATH TARGETS
We are mathematicians using our mental math strategies to solve
2 digit addition and subtraction!
We are brave and daring problem solvers!


                                                                                            

CELEBRATING OUR LEARNING!!

Did you know that we are building our learning stamina in EVERY subject???

We are...

...using our mental math strategies to learn our addition and subtraction facts 1-18 JUST LIKE THAT!!!
...completing our virtual tour of Churchill
...putting on the final touches on our letters to the students at Churchill's Duke of Marlborough School.
...discovering how liquids and gases can change from one form to another!
...building our printing stamina and becoming POWERFUL PRINTERS!
...writing daily to make sure our work LOOKS right, SOUNDS right, and MAKES SENSE!
...becoming VORACIOUS readers with EXTRAORDINARY stamina!
...learning our Kids in the Know safety strategies such as CODE WORD, BUDDY SYSTEM, TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS and WHEN ASKED TO GO AND YOUR PARENTS DON'T KNOW, SHOUT NO!
Yes indeed, we are doing all this and more because that's THE KIND OF LEARNERS we have in 2J.

BE PROUD BOYS AND GIRLS!

 

 

 

FEBRUARY UPDATE!!

We're halfway through the school year!  2J, are you ready for the final stretch?
LET'S HOP TO IT!!!!
February is a happening month.  Let's look at upcoming events:

TRI-CONFERENCES

We are an incredible community of learners and we can't wait to share our learning!

VALENTINE'S PARTY

Friday, February 13th will include a day of Valentine math, writing, reading, and games, followed closely with opening valentines and enjoying party snacks in the afternoon.  Class lists have gone home and we ask that children bring valentines for everyone in the class. 

100 DAY CELEBRATION

The countdown began on the first day of school and we were excited to reach the 100th day of school.  Because of our preparations for tri-conferences we decided to make our official 100th day of school celebration on Tuesday, February 10th.  It's going to be a jam packed day.  We are asking students to bring a 100 collection to school on Tuesday to count and share.  Over the years, many strange and unusual items have found their way into our classroom...shells, marbles, feathers, toy cars, stuffies, pasta, carpet samples, and so on and so on.  Anything goes, so have some fun looking around your house! 

I LOVE TO READ MONTH

 

READING...Happily Ever After

You may have already guessed that this year's theme is Fairy Tales.  The classroom beanstalk reading challenge, finding Cinderella's missing glass slipper in the library, mystery readers and fairy tale riddles are just some of the great activities planned.  On Friday, February 13th students may dress up as their favorite fairy tale character or simply wear red instead.  Don't forget boys and girls, to meet your reading goal of 250 minutes home reading to receive a special reading recognition certificate from the premier of Manitoba!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

 

Welcome to 2015!! I hope everyone enjoyed a wonderful start to the new year. Thank you for your support during the busy month of December! A special thank you to our parent volunteers who helped with super lunch supervision and the preparation of treats for our holiday celebration.
I would also like to take a moment to express my sincerest thanks for your many thoughtful words, wishes, cards and gifts during the month of December. 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 TARGETS

 INCREASING OUR COMPREHENSION

*I ask myself questions while I am reading

*I can predict what I think will happen and then read on to find out whether my prediction is true

*I can make a picture or mental image in my mind while I read or listen

MATH TARGETS

I USE MENTAL MATH STRATEGIES TO HELP WITH SUBTRACTION

 

*1 less

*2 less

*using doubles to take away

*using double plus 1 to take away

*using doubles plus 2 to take away

*fact families

*using addition to help with subtraction (7-3, think 3+?=7)

BEHAVIOR TARGETS

 

*I am an independent learner!

*I co-operate, participate and work with my partners to get the job done!