Egg Hunt Pics

Here's hoping everyone had a wonderful, long Easter Weekend!

To recap, last week, students worked on the Easter Story in a unique way by finding hidden plastic eggs around the class each egg containing an important symbol of the Easter Story!  Hopefully, your child shared this special booklet with you explaining this amazing story using the symbols found!  They were very engaged in this dramatic story.

As an end-of-the-day fun activity, I organized a yummier egg hunt (chocolate Easter eggs) for the grade 2/3's to enjoy.  Each student were allowed to find 10 chocolate eggs each!

Also, in language, we worked on specialized language centres to shake things up!  I assume your child showed you their purple Easter folders containing these EGGcellent centres:  Bizarre Bonnet, Home Sweet Home, Hidden Eggs, and a Very Bunny Experience.  We are voting on Tuesday, for the best in each centre, so if you wouldn't mind, returning them for the vote!  Thanks!

Math Test:  Students did extremely well overall on their Multiplication and Division test last week!  Well done by all!  Now we get down to some serious business and learn about money!

HOMEWORK THIS WEEK:  Math homework will be assigned for these next three days.  Be sure to check your child's agenda for which pages to be done.

Reminder:  Friday is a PD day, no school for students!

Coach Wilson

SECRET QUESTION:  How many symbols (Eggs) did we use to retell the events of the Easter Story?

Parents,

       There will be a short math quiz on Division this Thursday.  This unit was part of an old unit I did on Fractions, but I wanted to assess them independently.  We have been working on creating equal groups (division) for a few weeks now, and this week has been focused on strictly division.  I will send their math duo tangs home for review tonight and tomorrow for you to review.

Thanks,

Coach Wilson

SECRET QUESTION:   What is 20 divided by 2?

(If 20 is divided equally into two groups, how many would be in each group?)

Welcome Back!

Parents,
       Here we go, back to the grind, but only for FOUR DAYS, then we enjoy Easter Long Weekend, then a THREE DAY week!  Boy, time is flying, isn't it!?

Here's what to expect next week...

Language:
Reading: Continued small group instruction in guided reading groups with a focus on making inferences / connections / and identifying character traits.
Writing:  Writing paragraphs using a  topic sentence, three or four detail sentences and ending with a closing sentence.
Grammar: We've already learned all about nouns and adjectives, now we move on to verbs and adverbs, the use of quotation marks, commas and contractions.



Math:NSN

1.  Division / Multiplication - 

2.  Money -
Gr. 2 -  estimate, count, and represent (using the ¢ symbol) the value of a collection of coins with a maximum value of one dollar.
Gr. 3 -  estimate, count, and represent (using the $ symbol) the value of a collection of coins and bills with a maximum value of $10.








Science:
Gr. 2 - We continue our unit on Liquids and Solids
Social Studies:
Gr. 3 - Living and Working in Ontario - Students begin their specialized community projects in partners on a specific community in Ontario.



Religion:
We plan to reflect on how we are doing in our Lenten Promises, as Easter approaches.  Also, we will take a closer look at Holy Week and the events leading up to death and resurrection of Jesus.  I have an interactive Easter Egg unit planned that involves searching for eggs at the beginning of each lesson to find and reveal each symbol of the Easter Story that relates to a story in the Bible.


Art:

Visual Art:  We continue to learn how to create illusionary textures in 2D art using specific textures such as tree bark, bricks, fish scales, grass, thatch, and more!
Music - We continue to learn various songs and notes on the recorder.
Drama - Soon we will be beginning a unit in drama and practise and perform a play with special focus on voice control, stage presence, expression, body language and collaboration with group members.




Health:

• Personal Safety and Injury Prevention - describe how to relate positively to others (e.g., cooperate, show respect, smile, manage anger), and describe behaviours that can be harmful in relating to others (e.g., verbal abuse, including name calling, insults, and mocking; deliberately ignoring someone; physical violence, including pushing, kicking, and hitting)
• We will take a specific look at hazardous materials and their symbols and learn about safety regarding the use and handling of these substances.
• Healthy Eating- demonstrate an understanding of the importance of good oral health to overall health, and assess the effect of different food choices on oral health
• Substance Use, Addictions, and Related Behaviours - demonstrate an understanding of different types of legal and illegal substance abuse (e.g., dependency on nicotine in cigarettes or caffeine in coffee, energy drinks, and colas, or sugar and salt in sports drinks, or alcohol in beer, wine, and spirits) and the impacts of abusing these substances on themselves and others

More to come soon, but I don't want to overload you all on the March Break!

Coach Wilson

Secret Questions will resume next week!