In the loop: January 23-27

Work Charts:

Grade 2: January23-27_Grade2workchart.docx (1)

Reminders:

Arts Umbrella field trip forms: Please remember to bring in your field trip forms by Wednesday January 25th.

January 27th, Division 5 is going to the HSBC Arts Umbrella Workshop at their Granville Island location. Your child received a field trip consent form today and should have brought it home this afternoon. The students will be participating in a theatre arts workshop, a visual arts workshop and a media arts workshop. Please ensure that your child has lunch and water in a backpack that they can carry, and appropriate clothing and shoes for the weather.

Cost: $12.00 (the cost of the bus ride)

** we need 3 parent volunteers to accompany us

Here are the guidelines outlined by the Arts Umbrella staff:

“A parent who will be able to let the students express themselves and to create their own artwork without judgement.”
“We ask that it is just one parent in the room and that their own child isn’t in that workshop.”

“Thanks for your understanding with these requests.” – The Arts Umbrella Staff

Please email me at hlangille@vsb.bc.ca if you are able and willing to volunteer for this field trip.

Math

Grade 1: Students are practicing building large numbers using the golden bead material. Next week, they will be learning how to do large number addition using the golden bead materials. They will also be introduced to 3-D solids by older students in the classroom

Grade 2: Students are practicing large number multiplication using the golden bead material and the stamp game. They will be reviewing 3-D solids so that they can teach the grade 1 students.

Grade 3: Students are practicing their large number multiplication using the checkerboard. Grade 3 students are also practicing large number addition using no materials.

Golden bead work.

The checkerboard.

Language

Grade 1: Students will be learning about the silent (or ‘magic’) ‘e’. They will also be introduced to verbs and the Montessori symbol and colour that is assigned to this part of speech.

Grade 2: Students will be learning about prepositions and practicing their knowledge using the grammar boxes. Next week is also the first week of our new Literature Circle! We will be reading “Abby” written by Wolfram Hanel.

Grade 3: Next week is the first week of our new Literature circle! We will be reading the “Lemonade Crime” by Jacqueline Davies. This is the second book in her series of Lemonade books.

Awesome Animals! Students read and respond to practice their comprehension.

Culture

We have just about wrapped up our study of the layers of the Earth with a few experiments. Next week we will learn about the rock cycle and the 3 different kinds of rocks. This will set us up for our mapping project that will begin the first week of February!