Grade 1/2
News!
Grade
2 News!
November 2014
October 2012
November News!
What a great month October was! The students have been working so hard and have been showing
a lot of excitement for all of the new learning. I have seen a lot of growth in the students these past
two months and they are really starting to show their great personalities. I can’t wait to see what
this month brings.
Check out the newsletter to see what is happening in our classroom. As always if you have any
questions or concerns please don’t hesitate to write a note in the agendas or call me at the school.
Have a great month!
Sincerely, Miss. Miller
Language
This month we will be learning how to infer as
we read. We will be working on being good
detectives and solve different mysteries given.
Different types of mysteries that the students
will be given are: infer how the person is feeling,
infer what will happen next and infer the season
of this story. Even though we have finished our
retell unit, it is still important that students
continue to practise retelling as they read
independently and also out loud at home.
We will also be learning how to write letters to
other people. The grade 1/2s will also start
adding more details into their writing to explain
all of their ideas.
Calendar Updates
Reminders:
After seeing the first snow on
Saturday, I think it is safe to say our
days are going to be getting colder.
As many of you know our school
yard can get very windy and cold. I
recommend sending/leaving extra
hats and mitts in backpacks for
colder mornings/days. Morning
recesses have been very chilly so
extra warm items in backpacks
would be great!
Social Studies
There will be a November calendar sent home tomorrow
with upcoming school and classroom events. Until then
here are a few important dates to keep in mind:
The Grade Ones are continuing to learn about roles,
responsibilities and relationships and how they can
change.
Remembrance Day Assembly: November 6th, 2014
Spelling Tests: Every Friday
Library Day: Every Day 2
Parent-Teacher Interviews: November 13 th and 14th
The Grade Twos are continuing to learn about how
different traditions started and learn about different
celebrations/holidays. Examples: Halloween,
Remembrance Day and Hanukah
Grade 1/2 News!
November 2014
Reading Program and Raz Kids
Way to go grade 1/2s and dedicated helpers at home. This has been such a successful month of reading. I am so
pleased to announce that almost the whole class has reached our reading goal! As a result, we have earned our
free activity time and will receive it at some point this week.
I have seen such an excitement in the students with their nightly reading! They are so excited to show me all of
the books they have read! We will continue on with our next monthly challenge. I will be discussing with the
students this week what they want to set as their activity for the month of November.
I encourage the students to try reading their nightly books on Raz-Kids. This program is amazing for all reading
levels. It provides students with an endless list of books that are at their reading level to practise with. By reading
books at their own reading levels, students can practise their reading fluency, accuracy and their
comprehension/understanding of what they read.
Grade One Math
Grade Two Math
We have just finished our patterning unit in Grade One.
The students have learned how to make different
repeating patterns by using one attribute (colour, size,
shape etc). They have also learned how to find the
missing pieces in a pattern, how to extend patterns and
how to show patterns in different ways.
We are currently finishing up our patterning unit. The
students have learned how to make repeating patterns using
two attributes (size, shape, colour etc), show repeating
patterns in different ways, make and recognize growing and
shrinking patterns and use all of this knowledge to problem
solve.
We are now moving into data management. We will be
learning how to sort objects into categories, collect and
organize data onto graphs, describe what we see on a
graph and pose and answer questions about graphs we
see or make. Ideas for at home practice: graph the
different meals they eat in a month and see which one
they eat most often or graph the daily weather or
temperatures.
We are now moving into data management. We will be
making different types of graphs, analysing them and
understanding the importance of the different features on a
graph.
Ideas for at home practice: graph the different meals they eat
in a month and see which one they eat most often, graph the
daily weather or temperatures or graph to the snacks they eat
in a week to see which one they eat most often in a week.