Our first day with in line skating was a great success. Families, if your student has their own helmet, please send this with them EVERY day this week. A personal helmet will be more comfortable.
Also remember that Student Led Conferences are next week. Watch for the pink notice in your student's back pack: Student-Led Conferences are coming soon! The purpose of these conferences is to provide your child the opportunity to share their accomplishments and celebrate all they have learned this year. Please note, we have made some changes to this year’s conference schedule: · On Wednesday, March 18, all students along with their families are invited to come to Rosscarrock School any time between 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Plan on being here with your child for about 30 minutes. · There is no need for you to sign up for a conference time. · Your child will lead you through a series of activities and displays that showcase their learning. If your child’s teacher feels there is a need to formally meet to discuss you child’s learning, they will contact you to schedule a meeting time. These meetings will take place on Thursday, March 19, between 8:00 am to 12:30 pm. You do not need to sign up as the teacher will contact you directly. The Scholastic Book Fair will be taking place in the Library on both of these dates. You are invited to please visit with your child to shop for books. We look forward to seeing everyone on Wednesday evening, March 18, for a night of celebrating our learning!
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Dear Parents and Guardians,
Student-Led Conferences are coming soon! The purpose of these conferences is to provide your child the opportunity to share their accomplishments and celebrate all they have learned this year. Please note, we have made some changes to this year’s conference schedule: · On Wednesday, March 18, all students along with their families are invited to come to Rosscarrock School any time between 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Plan on being here with your child for about 30 minutes. · There is no need for you to sign up for a conference time. · Your child will lead you through a series of activities and displays that showcase their learning. If your child’s teacher feels there is a need to formally meet to discuss you child’s learning, they will contact you to schedule a meeting time. These meetings will take place on Thursday, March 19, between 8:00 am to 12:30 pm. You do not need to sign up as the teacher will contact you directly. The Scholastic Book Fair will be taking place in the Library on both of these dates. You are invited to please visit with your child to shop for books. We look forward to seeing everyone on Wednesday evening, March 18, for a night of celebrating our learning! Sincerely, Ms. Brenna Fraser Principal, Rosscarrock School [email protected] Families, PLEASE watch for your students reflection journal this weekend. I have provided an ORANGE FEEDBACK slip on today's entry for you to write directly on. Students love receiving feedback from their families, please tell them one them you loved about their writing and one thing for them to remember for next week.
Also, don't forget that inline skating starts next week. Please ensure your student wears socks everyday!! After we completed our Thursday Word Scramble during writer's workshop, students moved into science and continued their exploration of Hot vs. Cold. Today, we practiced describing items as either hotter or colder. We reviewed that by adding an "er" to the end of word we are saying "more". Students first practiced sorting items into either the hot or cold categories and then we played "I have, Who has?". Each student had their own item and had to describe it as either hotter or colder than someone else's item...for example "I have an igloo and an igloo is colder than the sun", then it would be the sun's turn! Afterwards, Grade two students were able to "Show What They Know" as a wrap up to our 2D Shapes unit. Students worked to identify the parts of a shape. Grade 1 students practiced counting on from 10 to find "how many more". With the help of a ten frame or hundreds chart, students can find out how many more a number is than 10. Practice with the below: Today was also our final day writing our "Red is Best" pattern books! Tomorrow, student's will review their work against their checklist to ensure they have included all the required pieces in their writing and we will begin practicing reading our books out loud to friends! Students are so looking forward to sharing their work with families during Student Led Conferences on March 18th and 19th.
Ordering numbers can be a bit tricky. What do you do when you get to the end of the line of numbers you're reading? Well, just like reading, we move down and to the left! Have students practice with the below charts: Students are moving along with their book reports on The Land of Stories! The twins just met Froggy and were told about the wishing spell...I wonder what will happen next? Our Red is Best pattern stories are also coming right along! Students are working so hard to get their books reading for Student Led Conferences. Speaking of which, please watch for a notice regarding the schedule for March 18th (after school) and March 19th (all day).
Families, please look in your students' backpack for a notice regarding inline skating next week. This program will run Monday March 9th to Thursday March 12. Please be sure that your student is wearing socks every day and that extra snacks and water are included in their lunches. Students began writing their Red is Best pattern stories today! After lots of planning, students were able to create the first page of their stories! We are so excited to display our creations at Student Led Conferences March 18 and 19th! In math, grade 2s started their 2D shapes unit projects. Each student has been given a shape that they need to make a classroom poster for! Students are following the below criteria: Grade 1s continue to develop their counting strategies! Today we worked on ordering numbers up to 20. Using the reading pattern (left to right) students are able to place numbers in order with and without the assistance of a number chart! You can practice with the below: Finally, students showed what they know about Iqaluit today! Using an interactive game, students answered several questions about the unique way of life in Iqaluit. We focused on the geography, early days, and traditions! It was a great way to wrap up our Iqaluit unit in Social Students.
We started our day off with a word scramble during Writer's Workshop! This was the first time grade 1/2 participated in this activity and it was AMAZING! Students were given only a few letters from the alphabet and, with support from their peers, they had to spell as many words as they could think of using only those letters. Grade 1/2 really blew me away with the words they found such as: heart, teacher, research, taser, and window! See some photos below: In math, grade ones continued creating numbers using tens and ones block. In a two digit number, the first digit represents the tens and the second digit represents the ones. Students love practicing creating numbers. Grade twos learned polygon memory after we explored three new polygons: hexagons, heptagons, and octagons! HEX = 6 HEPT = 7 OCT = 8! Here's some review: We also used our knowledge of the basic parts of a vehicle to create our own Cinderella Carriages today! Students are able to label the parts of their carriage and worked really hard to get their carriages moving...it was so much fun!
I always enjoy putting a focus on kindness in the classroom - the students really brighten up the World with their ideas for how to treat people better! After reading "How Full is Your Bucket?" the students create Pink Shirt Day badges as a pledge against bullying. These were taken home today and the students are very proud of them.
Afterwards, we began studying vehicles in science! After reading Disney's Cinderella, students studied the parts of Cinderella's carriage. Together they brainstormed the parts the carriage needed: wheels, somewhere to sit, and something to hold it all together. They learned that axles are what the carriage sits on and what keeps the wheels in place. We are very excited to build our carriages tomorrow! Grade twos continued exploring polygons today. Remember that ANY shape is considered a polygon if it has straight and closed lines. However, polygons are actually broken up into more groups too. These groups are named based on the number of sides and vertices a shape has: Polygons that have 3 sides and 3 vertices are triangles. Polygons that have 4 sides and 4 vertices are quadrilaterals. Polygons that have 5 sides and 5 vertices are pentagons. TRI = 3 QUAD = 4 PENT = 5 Grade ones learned a quicker way to count past ten: using tens and ones blocks! After laying out 14 cubes on a 100s chart, I showed students a tens block. It means 10 and we can use it to count our first row on our 100s chart. Then, I showed students the ones blocks. We need to cover the remaining squares after 10 to get our total number. Students practiced finding out how many blocks a given number requires such as: 12 = ________ tens block and _______ ones blocks ( 1 and 2) 15 = ________ tens block and _______ ones blocks (1 and 5) 17 = ________ tens block and _______ ones blocks (1 and 7) 19 = ________ tens block and _______ ones blocks (1 and 9) Students started noticing a pattern here too! In a two digit number, the first digit represents the tens and the second digit represents that ones! So: 12 = 1 tens block and 2 ones blocks Ask your student to show their work for the above numbers! Families, please remember that tomorrow is Pink Shirt Day! As a symbol against bullying, students wear pink! Today, we read the book "Fill a Bucket" by Carol McCloud and Katherine Martin. We talked about how choosing kindness is an act against bullying. Then, we worked together to build an acrostic poem about kindness. Grade 2s began identifying polygons today. Now that we're super confident identifying the parts of a shape, polygons are coming easy for us! Polygons are any shape that has closed and straight lines! Here are some examples: The below are NOT polygons: Grade 1s practiced their counting strategies and are able to hear and write numerals to 20. Reading the numerals is important, but writing them ourselves is equally important! Students are able to counting how many objects there are and can count objects out of a group, too.
Students are working on a new digraph this week as well! The "ph" digraph is advanced and the sound it makes is similar to the Ff sound. We have brainstormed many words including phone, graph, and alphabet. Students are also able to explain why the Oo in "phone" says it's long name (hint: it's that magic Ee!!). Families, please be reminded that Pink Shirt Day is on Wednesday, February 26th. Students wear pink to take a stand against bullying. Grade 1/2 is exploring the topic of bullying and today we learned things about our classmates. In the process, we identified that many of us are different but that no matter how many differences we have, we can also identifying at least one similarity. We know that everyone is different, that's what makes us great! Grade 2s continue to study geometry and 2D shapes. Today, we reviewed what we know about squares, rectangles, and triangles. Afterwards, we discussed circles. These shapes have to be closed, consistent of 0 vertices, and are perfectly rounded. Comparing ovals and circles can help a student remember the perfectly rounded rule for circles: Grade 1s continued practicing their counting strategies for numbers beyond 10. With the support of a 100s chart, students can identify various numbers. By circling objects and reciting, they can also ensure the have the correct number required! Students can practicing counting the total number of dots below OR a specified number of dots:
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