What's New Newsletter February 25 - March 1, 2013

What’s New in One and Two?


Week of February 25 – March 1, 2013

*Reminders – NO SCHOOL on Friday, March 1st (Homework is due on Thursday and our spelling tests will be on Thursday as well)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HAPPY BIRTHDAY! NICK FEBRUARY 25

I LOVE TO READ
We had lots of fun last week during “I Love to Read”. This Thursday the whole school will be meeting in the chapel area to share our activities – Our Add-on Story, Our top 5 favourite books, Our mixed-up Fairy tales, and our Character Quilt.

ALL ABOUT OWLS
Last week we learned about what is special about an owl’s eyes and ears. We also learned that there are about 134 different species of owls in the world. Each student will be creating a research project about one specific type of North American Owl.

LOOKING for BOOKS
I am happy to have the students borrow classroom books to read at home. We also need them to be returned so that someone else can borrow them. Please take a look around your home and return any books that your child has finished reading. Thanks.

What's New Newsletter February 18 - 22, 2013

What’s New in One and Two?


Week of February 18 – 22, 2013

*Reminders – NO SCHOOL on Monday, February 18 (Louis Riel Day)

- Pizza Day/Soup Day ORDERS DUE on Wednesday, Feb. 20 (Remember the soup is just a lunch supplement, your child still needs other food items for lunch and snack on this day)

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I LOVE TO READ WEEK
TUESDAY – Wear Words on your clothes
WEDNESDAY – Sports Day – wear sports jerseys, t-shirts or sport clothes
THURSDAY – Storybook Character Day – dress as a character, bring book
FRIDAY – PJ Day – wear your pajamas and bring a stuffy

Other activities this week –
Ring-Read (when the bell rings, everyone drops everything and reads, no matter where they are), Special Guest Readers, Add-on Story (each class adds-on one page to a story that is passed on to each class in the school), vote for the top 5 favourite books. At the end of the week we will meet together and share our “Love to Read” activities. *Don’t forget to use the READING TREE recording log for this month.

OWL UNIT
Last week we started our next science unit – ALL ABOUT OWLS. This unit explores the grade two outcomes from “Growth and Changes in Animals”. I will be starting a read aloud novel called Owls in the Family by Farley Mowat. This story takes place in Saskatchewan and is about a boy with two pet owls named Weeps and Wol.

THANK YOU
Thank you to the parents who provided treats for our Valentine’s Day party.

What's New Newsletter February 11 - 15, 2013

What’s New in One and Two?


Week of February 11 – 15, 2013

*Reminders – Valentine’s Day Party on Thursday, February 14

- Scholastic Book orders due on Friday, February 15

- 100th Day of School on Friday, February 15

- NO SCHOOL on Monday, February 18 (Louis Riel Day)

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VALENTINE’S DAY
Our class party will be on Thursday, February 14, in the afternoon. SNACK PARENTS – Jenna, Josh A, Josh B, Josh S CLASS LIST – Ava, Dawson, Grace, Hadley, Jenna, Josh A, Josh S, Maya, Nick, Noah, Alexis, Annabelle, Chinh, Gabby, Josh B, Kaelan, Mafalda, Nate, Samantha, Ty (20 children)

100 DAY
This Friday, February 15, is the 100th day of school. Please send 100 items to school before Friday in a Ziplock bag, labeled with your child’s name. These items need to be smallish, not breakable and things that you do not want returned. We will be counting and gluing them. (Some ideas – pasta, cereal, toothpicks, paper clips, cotton balls, buttons, etc…) Thanks!

LIVING and LEARNING KITS
We are collecting bars of soap and toothbrushes for the month of February.

I LOVE TO READ WEEK
Next week (February 19 – 22) we are celebrating “I Love to Read” with four different Spirit Days. Monday - has no school due to Louis Riel Day Tuesday – Wearing Words on your shirt (or clothes) Wednesday – Sports Day (wear a team t-shirt or jersey, or sports uniform) Thursday – Storybook Character (dress as a storybook character, bring book) Friday – Pajama Day (bring a stuffy and we’ll watch a movie)

What's New Newsletter February 4 - 8, 2013

What’s New in One and Two?

    Week of February 4 – 8, 2013

*Reminders – LUNCH LADY Hot Lunch on Monday, February 4

                       - Mad Science – first day on Tuesday, February 5

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!           ANNABELLE         FEBRUARY 5

                                         JOSH B.                FEBRUARY 7

FEBRUARY IS I LOVE TO READ MONTH                                                                                                   

I sent home a different kind of home-reading log on Friday (pink).  It has a Reading Tree with hearts to initial and colour.  Please keep this reading log for the entire month and return it at the beginning of March.  If the children meet their reading goal (20 nights of home-reading) they will receive a certificate from the premier of Manitoba.

VALENTINE’S DAY                                                                                                         

Valentine’s Day is coming up!  We will have a party on Thursday, February 14, in the afternoon.  The children may exchange valentine cards if they wish.  We ask that if your child wishes to participate, they please send a card to every child in the classroom.                                                              

Classlist – Ava, Dawson, Grace, Hadley, Jenna, Joshua A., Josh S., Maya, Nick, Noah, Alexis, Annabelle, Chinh, Gabby, Josh B., Kaelan, Mafalda, Nate, Samantha, Ty (20 children)                                                                   

Snack Parents – Jenna, Joshua A., Josh B., Josh S.

THE THREE LITTLE PIGS                                                                                                   

We have been working with the story of The Three Little Pigs over the last few weeks.  We have made story maps, read many different versions, designed and built a new pig house out of paper and masking tape (and used a hair blower wolf to test our houses’ strength).  This week we will be writing our own story versions, “The Three Little ___’s and the Big Bad __”.