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.