NMC trip and upcoming info

Our trip last week to the National Music Centre was a huge hit!! If you haven't had the chance to check it out I would highly recommend it! The architecture of the building is incredible and all the music information and memorabilia inside is amazing. The students had a great time testing out different instruments, listening to the huge organ, and doing a scavenger hunt through the exhibits. We learned about the unique inuit game of throat singing and even learned to play the wooden spoons! Before we knew it, our time was up and there was still so much to explore. Check out some of our pictures! A special thanks to all our volunteers who made this trip possible! 

 
 

 
 

 
 

We've also been busy typing our stories. Extra practice with typing at home would be a huge help as our time with the computer carts is limited. I'm currently trying to find some good applications or programs that students can use at home and school to build their keyboarding skills. I'll keep you posted with what I find that may help. Once our stories are complete we are going to create a cool plasticine cover page to show our researched animal in their environment. We have also been reading some funny riddles about different animal adaptations that help that animal survive in its habitat. This week we will be writing our own riddles about the arctic animals that we researched using clues that will help others guess our animal.

Upcoming Info:
Friday May 4- Movie night at Ken Taylor- Peter Rabbit (doors open at 6:15)
Friday May 4- Volunteer Appreciation in combination with Kindergarten assembly 8:30
Friday May 11- Stampede breakfast

Friendship Show + Inuit Learning

What a great week of learning we've had so far! Today we had an incredible performance by the magician Steve Harmer who shared with us some fantastic tips about making and keeping friends! The students loved his magic- he even turned his puppet friend into a real rabbit as well as a picture of a bird into a dove! Ask your child what they remember about the acronym FRIENDS means. The timing of his performance couldn't have been better. We will be working a lot in the upcoming weeks on a variety of friendship skills and problem solving situations.



In the past 2 weeks we have been learning about the landscape and animals of the Northern Arctic region. We have talked about the vocabulary of Permafrost, Ice Floes, Icebergs, and Tundra and discussed how the climate and land are very different from the prairies but also made some connections to the similarities as well. We are writing creative stories about an arctic animal and this week we have used books and websites to learn more about what physical features and adaptations those animals have to help them survive and live in the Arctic. Students have collaborated and shared the resources and information to better understand how these animals live in often very harsh conditions.



I look forward to seeing you at Student Led Conferences Thursday and Friday this week for you to look through some of your child's learning in person. Just a reminder there are no classes on Friday due to conferences.

Next Week:
April 24 + 25- Field Trip to National Music Centre (class is split in half for each day)
April 25+26- Popcorn Days (students going on the Wed. field trip won't be able to get popcorn that                             day as we won't be in the building during sale)
April 27- Fun Lunch (order by this week) and Flex Friday

Field Trip and Upcoming Info

Dear Parents, 

 
Coming home today are field trip forms for our trip to National Music Centre!  

 

Tuesday, April 24, 2018 

Mrs. Krahn's, Mrs. Schrattner's and half of Mrs. Stewart's class

Wednesday, April 25, 2018 

Mrs. Brar's, Mrs. Scherschel's and the other half of Mrs. Stewart's class  

The forms will say which day your child is scheduled to go on the field trip. 

 

 

We are expected to leave the school by 8:40 by bus and return back to the school around 2:20pm.  Students will need to bring a packed lunch. 

 

Please review the forms coming home and include any medical information we should know and send them back to the school. 

 

Closer to the date, we will include a blog post about what the children should bring. This information is also on the back of the letter.  As a reminder, if you have not paid the activity fee, please do so on your my cbe account.  

 

If you wish to volunteer, and have completed your security clearance through the school, please contact your child's teacher. We require 4 volunteers per class. 

 

Thank you for your continued support, 

 

The Grade Two Team 

Also a few students have asked about the swimming forms. Due to the growth of the school we have had to split up the scheduled swimming times. Half of the school (including 3 out of the 5 grade two classes) will go in April and the remaining half will go in June. Mrs. Krahn, Mrs. Brar and Mrs. Scherschel's classes will go April 16-19 and Mrs. Stewart and Mrs. Schrattner's class will go in June. Sorry if this has caused some confusion. 

We have our next round of student led conferences next week! If you haven't already signed up for a time slot to visit the classroom, please head to the conference manager on your -mycbeaccount. It will be the same format as our last conferences. 4 families may be in the room at the same time and students will lead you through some stations to share their learning. If you would like to discuss any concerns more privately, please let me know and we can schedule a separate meeting outside of these conferences.

Welcome Back+ Upcoming Field Trip

I hope you all had a wonderful spring break- despite it not feeling like spring yet!  It's been a great few days of learning so far. We have begun a few new units! In math we have started learning about subtraction- we've started with smaller numbers but students are already realizing how they can use their knowledge of addition strategies to subtract! For example, someone in class mentioned that they used the mental math strategy of "friends of 10" to know that 10-7=3 because 3+7=10.

In Social Studies we have started exploring the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut. Today, students looked through a variety of books and pictures to find out how the Arctic landscape and climate compares to the prairies of Canada. We will begin writing creative stories using the Arctic as our setting and an animal from the north as our characters.

Dear Parents and Guardians,

 

On Tuesday April 24th, and Wednesday, April 25, 2018, our classes will be visiting the National Music Centre for an all day field trip. In order to go, we require 4 parent volunteers! If you have CBE clearance and would like to join us, please email me at ljstewart@cbe.ab.ca. National Music Centre requires us to maintain a 1 adult to 5 students ratio. 

 

Due to National Music Centre program only allowing a capacity of 30 students per program, Mrs. Stewart’s class has been split across the two fieldtrip dates. This allows us to meet the NMC requirements. I will be sending an additional email later informing you which day your child will be attending. 

 

Thank you for your continued support!

 

-       The Grade Two Team