What's New Newsletter January 28 - February 1, 2013

What’s New in One and Two?


Week of January 28 – February 1, 2013

*Reminders – PIZZA HOT LUNCH DAY on Friday, February 1

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CHESS CLUB

The grade twos will be bringing home a permission slip this week for Chess Club. Each year, the grade two students learn how to play chess during math class and have I have them join chess club. They need to play a number of games in order to learn the basics. The interested students from grade two and up meet during lunch recess on Mondays in the chapel area to play chess. We meet each week during the months of February and March. We also have a mini-tournament before Spring Break which they can enter if they wish or keep playing for fun and practice. Please sign the permission slip and return it to school before our first chess club day – Monday, February 4. If your child is in grade one and already knows how to play chess (and is interested in joining chess club), please speak to me.

WEST COAST ABORIGINAL PEOPLE

We are continuing our study about the West Coast Aboriginal people of Canada. We have made canoes, totem poles and ceremonial masks. We’ve learned about the importance of the red cedar tree. This week we will be talking about some of the inventions and contributions Canada’s aboriginal people made, which are still used today.

MATH

Both grades began a new math unit last week on Addition and Subtraction. Having your child solve real life word problems and deciding what operation they need to use (either addition or subtraction), would be beneficial practice for your child at home. Example – I have 6 eggs and I need 10 to make a breakfast omelet, how many more eggs do I need? Keep it fun!