Grades 2/3
Class News
Ms. S. De Medeiros, Rm 211
October 2015
Curriculum Focus
Reminders
Language
It was a pleasure to meet many of you at our
Open House Night.
Thank you for returning your child’s Everything
Folder on Mondays with signed log.
Thank you for signing your child’s agenda each
day.
Please ensure that your child has an extra pair
of proper indoor shoes for gym and for the
classroom.
Remember to issue a cheque payable to
Scholastic Canada Ltd. when ordering books.
Book orders are due: Friday, October
16 th . Parents you can now make credit card
payments online for your book orders.
Fluency Folder will begin in October. Please see
Fluency Folder log on how to support your
child.
Word Study begins in October; types of
sentences, sentence fluency.
Writing: Ideas, sentence fluency, organization.
Personal narratives, recounts
Reading strategies, sequencing, main idea
Mathematics:
Number Senses and Numeration(cont’d)
Assessment for Representing, Comparing and
Ordering numbers TBA
Gr. 2- practice printing number words to twenty
Gr. 3- practice printing numbers words to one
hundred
Next Unit: Patterning
Gr. 2 – identify, describe, extend and create
repeating (2 attributes), growing and shrinking
patterns.
Gr. 3 – describe, extend and create a variety of
numeric and geometric patterns (3 attributes).
Social Studies: Gr. 2 Heritage, Traditions
Thank you for not including peanut/nut items in
your child’s lunch/snacks as we have students
with severe allergies in our classroom.
Gym is on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Please complete Criminal Reference check if
you wish to volunteer on our trips.
and Celebrations; Gr. 3 Aboriginal Unit
Religion: Empathy, Thanksgiving, Unit 2
Family Life: Families
Virtue of the Month
Empathy – God wants us to care
about everyone’s feelings.
Mark Your Calendars!
October 8 th – Empathy Assembly
October 13 th – Thanksgiving (No
classes)
October 16 th - Crawford Lake Trip
October 31 st - Halloween
Subway Days – begin October 6 th
Pizza Days – begin October 7 th.
Kidssentials – begin October 8th
WEBSITES: www.IXL.com,
Nelson
math, Prodigy.
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