I hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful weekend.

     Last week we continued to talk about Respect. I read one my favourite books, Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes. Each student was holding a paper heart. Each time Chrysanthemum was teased because of her name, we crumpled up the heart. Every time someone did something nice to her we tried to smooth it out. By the end of the story, the heart was very wrinkled and could not be smoothed. The students got the connection that our own heart feels wrinkled and crumpled sometimes when we don't like what someone says. Words do hurt. We should always stop and think before we speak. It's hard to fix a wrinkled heart!

                                                                        IXL Practice

     Everyone should have received their IXL login information. During the next few weeks we will be focusing on.  Please have your child practice the following on IXL:

Counting and Number Patterns

A1, A2, A3, A4, A4, A5, A13

Data and Graphs

Q2, Q3, Q4, Q5, Q6, Q7, Q8, Q9

    Please also practice counting by 2’s, 5’s and 10’s to 200. Many students know how to count to 100, however, they need practice counting and writing numbers beyond 100.

     Please make sure you are monitoring your child while they are working on IXL. I am noticing that some children have not been attempting the Grade Two Units rather they have been working on the Grade One or Kindergarten Units. If left alone many children will choose the easy route. Please make sure they are using this resource to review what we are working on in the classroom.

Grade 1-3 Cross-Country

Cross-Country begins on Tuesday September 19th. Running is a great way to start the day. I am encouraging all children to take part. I will be there too! The practices will be every Tuesday and Thursday morning at 8:15. Remember to sign the form and send it with your child at the first practice. There will be a bin to put the form in.

First Week Update

The first week of Grade Two was a great success! Hopefully all of you have taken some time to review the detailed letters that were sent home last week. I hope that I was able to address most of the questions you may have about how our classroom works. I have been encouraging the children to bring their parent/caregivers by our classroom to show them around. This can be done before or after school. You will also have an opportunity to visit our classroom at Curriculum Night which is this Thursday September 28, 2017.

This month the Character Trait is Respect! We have been reading several books with themes relating to respect and we also created a classroom chart with our ideas about what Respect looks/sounds like.

This week we also made a list of Classroom Agreements which will help to ensure our classroom is a safe, secure and happy place to learn. Each student signed the Chart of Agreements to show they have agreed to follow our Classroom Agreements.

If your chiId is interested in participating in Cross Country, the first practice will be on Tuesday, September 19th.  Cross Country will be every Tuesday, Thursday at 8:15. Exercise is a great way for your child to start their day!

Thank you for filling in all of those forms that were sent home last week. There are still a couple outstanding. If you have time this week, I would greatly appreciate it if you could take a look at them if you have not done so already and sign and return them as soon as possible.

This week you all received your son/daughter's login information for IXL and RAZ. Hopefully everyone has had a chance to explore these wonderful learning tools. I recommend your child use the programs 2-3 times per week for 15 minutes each time.


We began our Spelling Program this week. The students have written these words in their planner and we will have a spelling test on Friday. Once the words have gone home, your child will be accountable for spelling these words correctly in their daily writing. In a couple of weeks I will also be adding 3-5 "NoExcuse" words to the list each week. These words are from a list of words of high frequency words that your child is expected to know by the end of grade two. Quite often children do very well on the weekly spelling test however the words may still be spelled incorrectly in their daily writing. Your child will be encouraged to use our Word Wall, Word Wiz Dictionaries and Word Cards to ensure these words are spelled correctly in their daily work.

Scholastic book orders are due on September, 18, 2017.

In Social Studies we began discussing Traditions and Celebrations. We have start with birthdays. It has been fun learning about how families celebrate birthdays in different ways. Traditions and Celebrations will be an on-going theme throughout the year.

In Math, we have been working on the hundreds chart and number lines. This month we will begin a unit on Data Management . The students will learn how to make a graphs. Your child will work with a partner and came up with a question with four possible answers. Then they will survey the class and create a graph using the information from their survey.

In Language we will working on answering comprehension questions using complete sentences both orally and in the written form.


We are looking forward to our Terry Fox Walk  at the end of the month. Just a reminder, everyone is welcome to join our walk.