5/31/2019 0 Comments Weekly Update: May 27th-31st, 2019Hello parents,
Just a quick update this week: -The school wide talent show was a success. The performers from room one did fantastic! -In Math we are working with growing patterns and learning to use charts to track them -In Social studies we have consolidated our Acadian research -In Science we have begun to research small mammals Next week: -We will continue to work with growing patterns and learn how to state pattern rules -In Social we will use computers to write out good copies of our research -We will continue to have options in language arts Hopefully the smoke will clear. Otherwise we will continue to keep the students in at recess and lunch. Have a good weekend! -Dallin
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5/24/2019 0 Comments Weekly Update May 20-24, 2019Hello Parents!
It's was a lovely week with fantastic weather! Here are some highlights from our week: -In Math we have been finishing up our measurement unit by timing each other reciting tongue twisters and subtracting the difference. -Pictured above is potato printing and the shape research that informed it. -In Social Studies we are using technology to write up our Acadian research -The students sang wonderfully at the volunteer tea! Next Week: -School wide talent show is at 1:45pm on Thursday. Parents welcome! -In Science we will start mini research projects on mammals -In Math we will continue to learn about patterns and the rules that govern them -We will continue to use technology for our writing to prepare the students for next year! Have a great weekend! -Dallin 5/17/2019 0 Comments Weekly Look May 13th-17thHello parents, What a week! The students did great at the swimming pool. Here's what else we've been up to: -We completed our third math assessment for the year. This gives me a good overview of where students are at with their mathematical reasoning and computation. -We have been learning about note taking practices in Social Studies as the students collect material for a class book about the Acadians -In Science we began talking about the distinction between mammals and other animals. Next week: -The Gr. 1-2 talent show is on Tuesday the 21st starting at 11:00 am -We will be starting some personal research about small mammals in Science -In Math we will be finishing our measurement unit looking at time (calendars and timers) -We will`be starting student options for literacy (poetry, dioramas, story rocks and puppetry). Don't forget to RSVP for the volunteer tea at 11:00 on Friday. All volunteers are welcome! Have a great weekend! -Dallin 5/10/2019 0 Comments Weeks of April 29-May 10th
4/26/2019 0 Comments Week of April 22-26Hello parents,
This week ended off with exciting Belfasty day activities designed to celebrate Earth Day! Our class in particular played a special role when they sang "This land is your land" during the school wide assembly that kicked off our days events. Also pictured above is some of the stones the students painted as gifts to be dropped off on doorsteps during our community walk. All in all is was awesome to see the students showing so much enthusiasm as they picked up litter in our field and from the streets in our surrounding neighborhood. Here are some other classroom highlights of note: -We have been looking at non-fiction book to find out what kind of features make them unique, such as; table of content, pictures with captions, maps etc. -In Math we continued to work with shapes and have also returned to practicing calculating higher sums using number lines. -To help the student's writing, we have taken the time to look at common spelling patterns, such as "ing","ang" and "ong". Furthermore, we have been testing the rule "Every syllable has a vowel" -In Science, we had our second design session for making tops. The students reflected on what materials work best and what design rules help their top to be successful. Next week: -Swimming forms come home -We are collecting yogurt container lids for more building in Science -We will begin looking at non-standard units of measurement in math -We will continue our work learning about Acadian culture and ways of life. Have a great weekend! -Mr. Ursenbach 4/12/2019 0 Comments Week of April 8-12, 2019Hello parents,
Thank you everyone who came out for our school musical! Our students did such a great job! Also this week: -In Math we have been modelling 3d shapes in order to learn the vocabulary of "Face", "Edge" and "Corner" -For our building unit in Science we have been discussing the qualities of different building materials (soft, hard, flexible etc). -We have been working on using story plans to write short narrative stories for Language Arts. -In Social Studies we have started to learn about the Acadian culture Next Week: -Field Trip Tuesday morning -School dance Wednesday after school (check school website for details). -Student led conferences Thursday (registration is open) -Continue with narrative writing, reviewing our computation strategies and preparing the students for Student Led Conferences on Thursday! Have a good weekend -Dallin Hello parents!
We are happy to get back into the groove of learning after Spring Break. Here are some things we got up to this week: -In Math we are studying 2d and 3d shapes (pictured above) -In Language arts, the students continue to work on their reader's theatre scripts -In Social Studies we have just begun to talk about the Acadian culture and way of life -We also did a book study of Eric Carle and created some "Eric Carle paper" to use for cutting shapes in the coming week Next Week: -Of course a major feature of our coming week is the Div. 1 play! You can watch "Bugz" either Wednesday at 10:00 AM at the dress rehearsal or Thursday night at 6:30PM (kid come at 6:15) -In Science we are introducing some design challenges for our building unit -We will also continue studying the vocabulary of 3d and 2d shapes -By the end of the week some of our reader's theatre plays should be ready to present to other classes! Hope to see you all the play performance and have a great weekend! -Dallin 3/22/2019 0 Comments March 18-22, 2019Week of March 18-22nd
Hello parents, I can't believe we've made it to Spring Break! This week was a flurry of activity: -In our literacy work we have been practicing reader's theatre (with our puppets pictured above). -We have been focused on graphing in math with students creating questions and graphing their classmates answers. -We have finished (so close) our class book: "We're on the way to grandpa's farm" First week back: -We will be rehearsing hard for the "Bugz" show which will take place the week of April 8th-12th -The evening performance of "Bugz" will take place at 6:30PM, Thursday April 11th -We will be start studying shapes and space in Mathematics -And we will start learning about he Acadian culture for our Social Studies Again, have a fantastic Spring Break with your family! -Dallin Hello Parents,
I hope you are enjoying the (slightly) warmer weather- I know we are! Here are some highlights from our week!: -We have started our dance unit and the students have really been getting into it! -In Math we started some simple graphing, as shown in the pictures above where students we asked to organize their information to answer the question: "What colour has the most jellybeans?" - In Social/Language arts, we are halfway through our "Grampa's Farm" book and plan to share it with the kindergartens when completed Next Week: -In Math we will review our jelly bean graphs in order to create a criteria for future graphs as well as continue to work with hundreds chart to help compute numbers to 100. -In Literacy centers we will continue our targeted reading/writing work -The students will begin to practice with the other gr. 2 class for the div.1 musical "Bugs" -Students will begin to plan their own narrative story Hope you all have a great weekend! -Dallin Hello Parents
Thank you to all who were able to make it out for parent teacher interviews! I can't believe it's March already! Here are some highlights from our week: -On Thursday, Evergreen Theatre put on a play for the students in the gym -We fired the clay that we extracted from the front garden (pictured above) -We are getting closer to creating a class book about "Grampa's Farm" and the students are excited to share what they know with the Kindergartens -We have begun representing class opinions using simple pictographs Next week: -Our goal is to finish our class book and share it with the Kindergartens -We will be using hundred grids to help to visualize our subtraction from 100 -Students will have opportunities to create their own pictographs -In Gym we will be starting our dance unit! -Continue to work daily in our classroom literacy centers! Have a great weekend! -Dallin |
-Mr. UrsenbachClassroom teacher of grade two past post
May 2019
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