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Spirit Week
In the loop: December 17-21
Reminders
Monday December 17th-Friday December 21st is Spirit Week! We are ‘encouraging’ students that want to dress up for any of the days to bring a donation for the food bank. Spirit Squad will come around to collect donations that you bring.
Monday December 17th: Crazy Sock Day
Christmas concert rehearsal in the afternoon.
Tuesday December 18th: Ugly Sweater Day
Wednesday December 19th: no dress up
Bring in your items for the green Christmas sale to the Mother Goose Room.
Christmas concert! The colours for our song are bright! For the concert, we would like the students to wear a solid coloured top. any colour works.
Matinee 1:00pm, Evening show 6:00pm
Thursday December 20th: red and green day
Green Christmas market. Please bring in items on Wednesday December 19th. Wrapping will be limited to 3 items.
Friday December 21st: PJ day
This is our last day before the holidays. Progress reports will be sent home today. Please return the signed brown envelop during our first week back in January.
Language
Students have settled into their Daily 5 routine. They have successfully learned ‘Read to Self’, ‘Work on Writing’, ‘Word Work/Study’, ‘Read to Someone’, and ‘Listen to Reading’. Each day during our Daily 5 time, students choose the order in which they want to practice their literacy. Students generally have time for 3/5 options each day. I am now able to conference individually with students or in small groups each day and set goals for reading and writing.
***If your child does not come home with new word study words at the beginning of the week, it means that they have not completed their weekly word study work in class and will continue with their words from the previous week. Please continue to play the sorting games at home to support your child.
Reading: Students learned about metacognition this week and how we need to be thinking, connecting, predicting, visualizing and inferring while we read. This is what good readers do! We will continue to study connecting through Reading Power in the months to come.
Raz kids online home reading accounts will come home this week. Please take a moment over the holidays to familiarize yourself with your child’s reading account. Encourage your child to spend some time reading online as well as reading books and reading with you!
Writer’s Workshop: Students will be writing a letter to their Pen Pal in a grade 1/2/3 Montessori class in Vancouver. Students will work using the writing process. They will write a draft, edit and write a final copy to mail to their Pen Pal.
Ask your child about GUM!
It stands for: give it a go, underline it, and move on, when it comes to spelling in their writing. This strategy allows students to try spelling the word on their own, recognizing when they might not have it right, and moving on so that they can get their thoughts down on paper. Please try to reinforce this strategy at home.
French Pilot Project: Every Wednesday afternoon. Students are learning basic French language through songs and games.
Library: Tuesdays at 11:10am.
Read Aloud: We are finishing Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone written by J.K. Rowling. We will begin the second book this week!
Math
This week our classroom bank and currency will get up and running. Students will be learning how to handle money, earn money (through classroom jobs, care of materials, being your best tickets), save money and make change in the classroom. Students will be able to purchase for time for work they really enjoy, such as ‘listen to reading’, ‘drawing time’, ‘read to self’, ‘work on writing’, and ‘read to someone’ time.
I recently ordered many new manipulatives for our study of mathematics. I am so excited to teach the students how to use the materials to strengthen their foundational knowledge in math. I am in the process of hopefully getting permission to purchase more math materials for the classroom.
Students have been practicing their numeracy using various manipulatives in the classroom. Students will be learning about place value and practicing their number concepts before moving into static addition.
Science
Salmon Study: We have an alevin in the tank! Students have been very excited about learning about the eyed eggs and this week we will be learning about their next stage in the life cycle: the alevin.
Social Studies
We have started studying ourselves with the hope that understanding ourselves will lead to a greater understanding of the people in our community and the world. This week we will continue to explore our likes and dislikes.
Arts Education
Music: Wednesdays, 8:30am with Mrs. Snider
Gym
Mondays (nature walk through the back woods with myself), Tuesdays (Mrs. Snider), Thursdays (Mr. MacKenzie): 8:30am
In the loop: December 10-14
Reminders
Tuesday December 11th: Young Entrepreneurs’ Sale Day. The grade 6/7s will be having a Sale Day to complete our Business of Our Own project. It will run from 9 – lunch.
Wednesday December 12th: Winter Dance from 1:00-1:45pm. A few activities at the dance will require a few quarters.
- snacks(.25 – 1.00), popcorn (.50), face paint(.25), and glitter tattoos(.50).
Wednesday December 19th:
BVE Christmas concert!
Friday December 21st:
I will be sending written progress reports home on the last day before Christmas holidays.
Language
Students have settled into their Daily 5 routine. They have successfully learned ‘Read to Self’, ‘Work on Writing’, ‘Word Work/Study’, ‘Read to Someone’, and ‘Listen to Reading’. Each day during our Daily 5 time, students choose the order in which they want to practice their literacy. Students generally have time for 3/5 options each day. I am now able to conference individually with students or in small groups each day and set goals for reading and writing.
***If your child does not come home with new word study words at the beginning of the week, it means that they have not completed their weekly word study work in class and will continue with their words from the previous week. Please continue to play the sorting games at home to support your child.
Reading: Students learned about metacognition this week and how we need to be thinking, connecting, predicting, visualizing and inferring while we read. This is what good readers do! We will continue to study connecting through Reading Power in the months to come.
Writer’s Workshop: Students will be writing a letter to their Pen Pal in a grade 1/2/3 Montessori class in Vancouver. Students will work using the writing process. They will write a draft, edit and write a final copy to mail to their Pen Pal.
Ask your child about GUM!
It stands for: give it a go, underline it, and move on, when it comes to spelling in their writing. This strategy allows students to try spelling the word on their own, recognizing when they might not have it right, and moving on so that they can get their thoughts down on paper. Please try to reinforce this strategy at home.
French Pilot Project: Every Wednesday afternoon. Students are learning basic French language through songs and games.
Library: Tuesdays. Book exchange will be at 9:40am due to scheduling for the next 3 weeks.
Read Aloud: We are reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone written by J.K. Rowling.
Math
This week our classroom bank and currency will get up and running. Students will be learning how to handle money, earn money (through classroom jobs, care of materials, being your best tickets), save money and make change in the classroom. Students will be able to purchase for time for work they really enjoy, such as ‘listen to reading’, ‘drawing time’, ‘read to self’, ‘work on writing’, and ‘read to someone’ time.
I recently ordered many new manipulatives for our study of mathematics. I am so excited to teach the students how to use the materials to strengthen their foundational knowledge in math. I am process of hopefully getting permission to purchase more material for the classroom.
Students have been practicing their numeracy using various manipulatives in the classroom. Students will be learning about place value and practicing their number concepts before moving into static addition.
Science
We will be studying the life cycle of salmon this week and learning about the tank that our eggs are living in.
Social Studies
We have started studying ourselves with the hope that understanding ourselves will lead to a greater understanding of the people in our community and the world. This week we will be exploring our likes and dislikes.
Arts Education
Music: Wednesdays, 8:30am with Mrs. Snider
Gym
Mondays (nature walk through the back woods with myself), Tuesdays (Mrs. Snider), Thursdays (Mr. MacKenzie): 8:30am
In the loop: December 3-7
Reminders
Monday December 3rd:
Puppet Making in the Classroom!
School Book Fair.
Tuesday December 4th:
Field Trip to the Revelstoke Museum. Please bring in a $2 donation for our visit.
School Book Fair
Wednesday December 5th:
Avalanche Awareness presentation at BVE
December 19th:
BVE Christmas concert!
Friday December 21st:
I will be sending written progress reports home on the last day before Christmas holidays.
Language
Students have settled into their Daily 5 routine. They have successfully learned ‘Read to Self’, ‘Work on Writing’, ‘Word Work/Study’, ‘Read to Someone’, and ‘Listen to Reading’. Each day during our Daily 5 time, students choose the order in which they want to practice their literacy. Students generally have time for 3/5 options each day. I am now able to conference individually with students or in small groups each day and set goals for reading and writing.
***If your child does not come home with new word study words at the beginning of the week, it means that they have not completed their weekly word study work in class and will continue with their words from the previous week. Please continue to play the sorting games at home to support your child.
Reading: Students learned about metacognition this week and how we need to be thinking, connecting, predicting, visualizing and inferring while we read. This is what good readers do! We will continue to study connecting through Reading Power in the months to come.
Writer’s Workshop: Students will be writing a letter to their Pen Pal in a grade 1/2/3 Montessori class in Vancouver. Students will work using the writing process. They will write a draft, edit and write a final copy to mail to their Pen Pal.
Ask your child about GUM!
It stands for: give it a go, underline it, and move on, when it comes to spelling in their writing. This strategy allows students to try spelling the word on their own, recognizing when they might not have it right, and moving on so that they can get their thoughts down on paper. Please try to reinforce this strategy at home.
French Pilot Project: Every Wednesday afternoon. Students are learning basic French language through songs and games.
Library: Tuesdays. Book exchange will be at 9:40am due to scheduling for the next 3 weeks.
Read Aloud: We are reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone written by J.K. Rowling.
Math
This week our classroom bank and currency will get up and running. Students will be learning how to handle money, earn money (through classroom jobs, care of materials, being your best tickets), save money and make change in the classroom. Students will be able to purchase for time for work they really enjoy, such as ‘listen to reading’, ‘drawing time’, ‘read to self’, ‘work on writing’, and ‘read to someone’ time.
I recently ordered many new manipulatives for our study of mathematics. I am so excited to teach the students how to use the materials to strengthen their foundational knowledge in math. I am process of hopefully getting permission to purchase more material for the classroom.
Students have been practicing their numeracy using various manipulatives in the classroom. Students will be learning about place value and practicing their number concepts before moving into static addition.
Science
The salmon eggs have arrived! Thank you to Hysen’s Dad Conor for coming in to share his knowledge of salmon on the pacific coast. It was a great kick-off to our study!
Social Studies
We have started studying ourselves with the hope that understanding ourselves will lead to a greater understanding of the people in our community and the world. This week we will be looking at our family and what makes it special.
Arts Education
We will finish our puppets on Monday afternoon. Thank you Sharon Mackenzie (Hysen’s Grandmother), Arleigh, Christie, Pat, and Shannon for volunteering your time.
Music: Wednesdays, 8:30am with Mrs. Snider
Gym
Mondays (nature walk through the back woods with myself), Tuesdays (Mrs. Snider), Thursdays (Mr. MacKenzie): 8:30am
In the loop: November 26-30
Reminders
- Friday November 30th, Monday December 3rd: Puppet Making in the Classroom! If you have any tube socks (without patterns) that will fit over a 3 inch styrofoam ball that have lost their mate, can you please donate them for this project? Thank you! Thank you to the few volunteers who will be helping us on Friday afternoon :).
- Tuesday December 4th: Field Trip to the Revelstoke Museum
- Wednesday December 5th: Avalanche Awareness presentation at BVE
Language
Students have settled into their Daily 5 routine. They have successfully learned ‘Read to Self’, ‘Work on Writing’, ‘Word Work/Study’, ‘Read to Someone’, and ‘Listen to Reading’. Each day during our Daily 5 time, students choose the order in which they want to practice their literacy. Students generally have time for 3/5 options each day. I am now able to conference individually with students or in small groups each day and set goals for reading and writing.
***If your child does not come home with new word study words at the beginning of the week, it means that they have not completed their weekly word study work in class and will continue with their words from the previous week. Please continue to play the sorting games at home to support your child.
Reading: Students learned about metacognition this week and how we need to be thinking, connecting, predicting, visualizing and inferring while we read. This is what good readers do! We will continue to study connecting through Reading Power in the months to come.
Writer’s Workshop: Students will be writing a letter to their Pen Pal in a grade 1/2/3 Montessori class in Vancouver. Students will work using the writing process. They will write a draft, edit and write a final copy to mail to their Pen Pal.
Ask your child about GUM!
It stands for: give it a go, underline it, and move on, when it comes to spelling in their writing. This strategy allows students to try spelling the word on their own, recognizing when they might not have it right, and moving on so that they can get their thoughts down on paper. Please try to reinforce this strategy at home.
French Pilot Project: Every Wednesday afternoon. Students are learning basic French language through songs and games.
Library: Tuesdays. Book exchange will be at 9:40am due to scheduling for the next 3 weeks.
Read Aloud: We are reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone written by J.K. Rowling.
Math
This week our classroom bank and currency will get up and running. Students will be learning how to handle money, earn money (through classroom jobs, care of materials, being your best tickets), save money and make change in the classroom. Students will be able to purchase for time for work they really enjoy, such as ‘listen to reading’, ‘drawing time’, ‘read to self’, ‘work on writing’, and ‘read to someone’ time.
I recently ordered many new manipulatives for our study of mathematics. I am so excited to teach the students how to use the materials to strengthen their foundational knowledge in math. Below are a few photos of the material your children will be learning.
The Hundred Board (I ordered 6 of these!): used for understanding numbers in sequence, skip counting, number patterns and counting.
The Stamp Game: used for addition, multiplication, subtraction and division
The Addition Strip Board: used for basic addition
The Subtraction Strip Board: used for basic subtraction
The Decanomial Bead Box: used for understanding quantity, comparing, addition, and most of all multiplication (1-10)
Students have been practicing their numeracy using various manipulatives in the classroom. Students will be learning about place value and practicing their number concepts before moving into static addition.
Science
The salmon eggs have arrived! We will begin our study of salmon this week! We will begin learning about the tank and tank rules and expectations. We will be educating our fellow students outside the classroom about how to take care of our salmon while they are living in our hallway.
Social Studies
We have started studying ourselves with the hope that understanding ourselves will lead to a greater understanding of the people in our community and the world. This week we will be looking at our family and what makes it special.
Arts Education
Puppet Making! We will spend Friday afternoon and Monday morning (December 3rd) to make our puppets. Big thanks to Sharon Mackenzie (Hysen’s Grandmother) for helping us with this project.
Music: Wednesdays, 8:30am with Mrs. Snider
Gym
Mondays (nature walk through the back woods with myself), Tuesdays (Mrs. Snider), Thursdays (Mr. MacKenzie): 8:30am
In the loop: November 19-23
Reminders
Weekend Homework
As seen in the letter enclosed in your child’s agenda:
November 16, 2018
Dear Parents and Guardians,
We have started studying ourselves with the hope that understanding ourselves will lead to a greater understanding of the people in our community and the world. This weekend students in our grade 2 class have homework. Please help your child complete the page attached that is all about their name. Your child may not know anything about why they have the name you gave them. Please send the Name sheet back for Monday November 19th so we can continue our study in class.
Thank you for taking the time to explore your child’s name with them.
Ms. Langille 🙂
- Friday November 23rd: Field Trip to City Hall
- Tuesday December 4th: Field Trip to the Revelstoke Museum
- Wednesday December 5th: Avalanche Awareness presentation at BVE
Language
Students have settled into their Daily 5 routine. They have successfully learned ‘Read to Self’, ‘Work on Writing’, ‘Word Work/Study’, ‘Read to Someone’, and ‘Listen to Reading’. Each day during our Daily 5 time, students choose the order in which they want to practice their literacy. Students generally have time for 3/5 options each day. I am now able to conference individually with students or in small groups each day to set goals for reading and writing.
***If your child does not come home with new word study words at the beginning of the week, it means that they have not completed their weekly word study work in class and will continue with their words from the previous week. Please continue to play the sorting games at home to support your child.
Reading: Students learned about metacognition this week and how we need to be thinking, connecting, predicting, visualizing and inferring while we read. This is what good readers do! We will continue to study connecting through Reading Power in the months to come.
Writer’s Workshop: This week students will be learning about ‘One Scoop’ words and ‘Three Scoop’ words and how to incorporate them into their writing.
Ask your child about GUM!
It stands for: give it a go, underline it, and move on, when it comes to spelling in their writing. This strategy allows students to try spelling the word on their own, recognizing when they might not have it right, and moving on so that they can get their thoughts down on paper. Please try to reinforce this strategy at home.
Library: Tuesdays. Book exchange will be at 9:40am due to scheduling for the next 3 weeks.
Read Aloud: We are reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone written by J.K. Rowling.
Math
I recently ordered many new manipulatives for our study of mathematics. I am so excited to teach the students how to use the materials to strengthen their foundational knowledge in math. Below are a few photos of the material your children will be learning.
The Hundred Board (I ordered 6 of these!): used for understanding numbers in sequence, skip counting, number patterns and counting.
The Stamp Game: used for addition, multiplication, subtraction and division
The Addition Strip Board: used for basic addition
The Subtraction Strip Board: used for basic subtraction
The Decanomial Bead Box: used for understanding quantity, comparing, addition, and most of all multiplication (1-10)
Students have been practicing their numeracy using various manipulatives in the classroom. Students will be learning about place value and practicing their number concepts before moving into static addition.
Social Studies
We have started studying ourselves with the hope that understanding ourselves will lead to a greater understanding of the people in our community and the world. With this week’s homework of the history of our given name, students will begin to understand their unique identity. Later this week we will explore our likes and dislikes.
On Friday, we will be meeting the Mayor of Revelstoke, Gary Schultz, and we will have a tour of City Hall.
Arts Education
Music: Wednesdays, 8:30am with Mrs. Snider
Gym
Mondays (nature walk through the back woods with myself), Tuesdays (Mrs. Snider), Thursdays (Mr. MacKenzie): 8:30am
In the loop: November 12-16
Reminders
- Monday November 12th: Statutory holiday in lieu of Remembrance Day
- Tuesday November 13th: As a relatively new teacher I applied to have a teacher in the district mentor me this year as I implement the Daily 5 in our classroom. Amber Thompson from Arrow Heights will be observing me and our class on Tuesday morning. I will be going to Arrow Heights on Tuesday afternoon to observe her class. That said, there will be a substitute teacher in the classroom on Tuesday afternoon.
- Wednesday November 14th: Picture re-take day. Please let me know if you wish for your child to have the photo re-taken.
- Thursday November 15th: Isaac won the Southside Market pumpkin carving contest for BVE and won our class a pizza party. The pizza party will be on Thursday November 15th. It will only be 1 slice per student so pack extra snacks if you are a big eater!
Language
Students have settled into their Daily 5 routine. They have successfully learned ‘Read to Self’, ‘Work on Writing’, ‘Word Work/Study’, ‘Read to Someone’, and ‘Listen to Reading’. Each day during our Daily 5 time, students choose the order in which they want to practice their literacy. Students generally have time for 3/5 options each day. I am now able to conference individually with students or in small groups each day to set goals for reading and writing.
***If your child does not come home with new word study words at the beginning of the week, it means that they have not completed their weekly word study work in class and will continue with their words from the previous week. Please continue to play the sorting games at home to support your child.
Writer’s Workshop: This week students will be learning about ‘One Scoop’ words and ‘Three Scoop’ words and how to incorporate them into their writing.
Ask your child about GUM!
It stands for: give it a go, underline it, and move on, when it comes to spelling in their writing. This strategy allows students to try spelling the word on their own, recognizing when they might not have it right, and moving on so that they can get their thoughts down on paper. Please try to reinforce this strategy at home.
Library: Tuesdays. Book exchange will be at 9:40am due to scheduling for the next 3 weeks.
Read Aloud: We are reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone written by J.K. Rowling.
Math
I recently ordered many new manipulatives for our study of mathematics. I am so excited to teach the students how to use the materials to strengthen their foundational knowledge in math. Below are a few photos of the material your children will be learning.
The Hundred Board (I ordered 6 of these!): used for understanding numbers in sequence, skip counting, number patterns and counting.
The Stamp Game: used for addition, multiplication, subtraction and division
The Addition Strip Board: used for basic addition
The Subtraction Strip Board: used for basic subtraction
The Decanomial Bead Box: used for understanding quantity, comparing, addition, and most of all multiplication (1-10)
Students have been practicing their numeracy using various manipulatives in the classroom. Students will be learning about place value and practicing their number concepts before moving into static addition.
Arts Education
Music: Wednesdays, 8:30am with Mrs. Snider
Gym
Mondays (nature walk through the back woods with myself), Tuesdays (Mrs. Snider), Thursdays (Mr. MacKenzie): 8:30am
November 5-9
Reminders
- November 6-7: Early dismissal days for parent-teacher conferences.
In order to facilitate productive, honest, and open discussion of your child’s specific needs and learning objectives, your child will not be present. That said, I encourage you to share our conversation as you deem appropriate thereafter.
- November 9th: No school for students, professional development day for teachers
- Adrienne Gear and Carole Fullerton will be in Revelstoke speaking about language and mathematics respectively. I use Adrienne Gear’s Writing Power and Reading Power books to guide part our our language work in the classroom. I am very excited to learn from them on Friday!
Language
Students have settled into their Daily 5 routine. They have successfully learned ‘Read to Self’, ‘Work on Writing’, ‘Word Work/Study’, ‘Read to Someone’, and ‘Listen to Reading’. Each day during our Daily 5 time, students choose the order in which they want to practice their literacy. Students generally have time for 3/5 options each day. I am now able to conference individually with students or in small groups each day to set goals for reading and writing.
***If your child does not come home with new word study words at the beginning of the week, it means that they have not completed their weekly word study work in class and will continue with their words from the previous week. Please continue to play the sorting games at home to support your child.
Writer’s Workshop: This week students will be finishing up their writing about peace. Many students have been successfully adding detail to their writing by using figurative language such as simile. Ask your child how their writing is going!
Ask your child about GUM!
It stands for: give it a go, underline it, and move on, when it comes to spelling in their writing. This strategy allows students to try spelling the word on their own, recognizing when they might not have it right, and moving on so that they can get their thoughts down on paper. Please try to reinforce this strategy at home.
Library: Tuesdays, 11:10-11:50.
Read Aloud: We are reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone written by J.K. Rowling.
Math
I recently ordered many new manipulatives for our study of mathematics. I am so excited to teach the students how to use the materials to strengthen their foundational knowledge in math. Below are a few photos of the material your children will be learning.
The Hundred Board (I ordered 6 of these!): used for understanding numbers in sequence, skip counting, number patterns and counting.
The Stamp Game: used for addition, multiplication, subtraction and division
The Addition Strip Board: used for basic addition
The Subtraction Strip Board: used for basic subtraction
The Decanomial Bead Box: used for understanding quantity, comparing, addition, and most of all multiplication (1-10)
Students have been practicing their numeracy using various manipulatives in the classroom. Students will be learning about place value and practicing their number concepts before moving into static addition.
Arts Education
Music: Wednesdays, 8:30am with Mrs. Snider
Gym
Mondays (nature walk through the back woods with myself), Tuesdays (Mrs. Snider), Thursdays (Mr. MacKenzie): 8:30am
In the loop: October 29-November 2
Reminders
- Wednesday October 31st: Halloween! BVE will have a morning parade to show off costumes and in the afternoon family groups will move through various Halloween themed stations.
- November 6-7: Early dismissal days for parent-teacher conferences.
Language
This week will be the first time students will be able to choose from the 5 options in the Daily 5. They have successfully learned ‘Read to Self’, ‘Work on Writing’, ‘Word Work/Study’, ‘Read to Someone’, and ‘Listen to Reading’. Each day during our Daily 5 time, students choose the order in which they want to practice their literacy. Students generally have time for 3/5 options each day.
***If your child does not come home with new word study words at the beginning of the week, it means that they have not completed their weekly word study work in class and will continue with their words from the previous week. Please continue to play the sorting games at home to support your child.
Writer’s Workshop: This week we will be reading “What does Peace Feel Like?” written by Vladimir Radunsky. Students will be connecting to their own senses and writing about how peace smells, feels, what it sounds like, looks like and what it tastes like.
Ask your child about GUM!
It stands for: give it a go, underline it, and move on, when it comes to spelling in their writing. This strategy allows students to try spelling the word on their own, recognizing when they might not have it right, and moving on so that they can get their thoughts down on paper. Please try to reinforce this strategy at home.
Library: Tuesdays, 11:10-11:50.
Read Aloud: We are reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone written by J.K. Rowling.
Math
Students have been practicing their numeracy using various manipulatives in the classroom. Students will be learning about place value and practicing their number concepts before moving into static addition.
Arts Education
This week we will be creating an illustration using various media to accompany our peace writing.
Music: Wednesdays, 8:30am with Mrs. Snider
Gym
Mondays (nature walk through the back woods with myself), Tuesdays (Mrs. Snider), Thursdays (Mr. MacKenzie): 8:30am