***Happy Birthday Sophia Horner on Tuesday, May 11.
Scholastic Book Orders due on Wednesday, May 12.

1. Read B. B. pages 10 to 19 in The Giant’s Child Step, and new poems. Read your Magic Tree House Novel. Record all your reading in the back of your agenda on your Reading Record. After you finish your novel, answer questions on your sheet in duotang.

2. Spelling Unit/Week 23.

3. Math Homwork on Monday night. Page 135 in Math book. RETURN YOUR MATH BOOK ON TUESDAY.

4. Spelling Homework on Tuesday.

5.  Recycling on Friday and Fruit Friday.

6. Math Fact Quiz A to T on Thursday.

7. Spelling Unit 23 quiz on Friday, May 14.

For the Rotary Festival on Wednesday, April 28, the children should wear white shirts and dark pants. Childrens’ recess should be in a bag with their names on it. I will have to collect the recess and give it back after the performance.

1. Read B. B. pages 31 to 39 in Take A Giant Step, and new poems. Read your Magic Tree House Novel. Record all your reading in the back of your agenda on your Reading Record. After you finish your novel, answer questions on your sheet in duotang.

2. Spelling Unit/Week 21.

3. Spelling Homework on Tuesday.

4. Recycling on Friday and Fruit Friday.

5. Math Fact Quiz Q & R on Thursday.

6. Spelling Unit 21 quiz on Friday, April 30.

* Grade Two Musical letter and Rotary Festival letter should be returned.
* Pink Volunteer letter should be returned. The dessert tea will be on Thursday, April 22, from 7:00 to 8:00pm. If you have volunteered in anyway, please join us
*Bring a waste free lunch on Thursday for Earth Day.
*Scholastic Book Orders due on Friday,

1. Read B. B. and new poems. Read your Magic Tree House Novel. Record all your reading in the back of your agenda on your Reading Record. After you finish your novel, answer questions on your sheet in duotang.

2. Spelling Unit/Week 20.

3. Spelling Homework on Tuesday.

4. Recycling on Friday and Fruit Friday.

5. Math Fact Quiz A-P on Thursday.

6. Spelling Unit 20 quiz on Friday, April 16.

* Grade Two Musical letter going home.
* Pink Volunteer letter for Thursday, April 22.

1. Read B. B. , new poems, and p. 20 to 31 in The  Giant’s Child. Record all your reading in the back of your agenda on your Reading Record.

2. Spelling Unit/Week 19.

3. Spelling Homework on Tuesday.

4. Recycling on Friday and Fruit Friday.

5. Spelling Unit 19 quiz on Friday, April 16.

** Shave for the Brave on Wednesday, March 31 at 1:30.
Pyjamas day on Thursday.
Class pictures are $3.00.
The Donna and Andy presentation on April 12 is $2.00.
Return all library books.

1. Read B. B. , new poems, and anything in Take A Giant Step.

2. Math Homework for Monday night page 201 in our math book. Return your math book on Tuesday.

3. Spelling Unit/Week 19 will be for after Easter. Spelling Quiz on Friday, April 16, 2010.

4. Learn Math Facts - O and P. Timed Quiz on Thursday.

Class pictures are $3.00.

1. Read B. B. , new poems, and p. 49 to 57 in Take A Giant Step. We will be writing a letter with this story. Record all your reading in the back of your agenda.

2. Math Homework for Monday night page 77 in our math book. Return your math book on Tuesday.

3. Spelling Unit/Week 18.

4. Spelling Homework on Tuesday.

5. Learn Math Facts - A to N. Timed Quiz on Thursday.

6. Recycling on Friday. Fruit Friday.

7. Spelling Unit 18 quiz on Friday, Mar. 26.

8. Home Journal - An interesting animal due on March 26.

Dismissal @ 11:40 on Thursday, March 18 and No school on Friday, March 19. Our last skating is on Monday, March 22, 2010.

1. Read B. B. , new poems, and read any part in Take A Giant Step. Record all your reading in the back of your agenda.

2. Math Homework for Monday night.

3. Spelling Unit/Week 18.

4. Learn Math Facts - M & N. Timed Quiz on Thursday.

5. Spelling Unit 18 quiz on Friday, Mar. 26.

6. Home Journal - The most interesting animal … due on March 29.

Education Week - Theme: My Place    We will be learning about our province - Newfoundland and Labrador. On Monday, we had our Opening Proclamation. Tuesday “I Can Make a Difference”        Â
Wednesday is “Rainbow Day” - Wear as many different colours as you can to represent our diversity.
Thursday is “Occupation Day” - Dress up as something that you want to be when you grow up.
Friday is Healthy Living Day - Fruit Friday    

1. Read B. B. , new poems, and p. 81 to 95 in Take A Giant Step. Record all your reading in the back of your agenda.

2. Math Homework for Monday night.

3. Spelling Unit/Week 17.

4. Spelling Homework on Tuesday.

5. Learn Math Facts - K & L. Timed Quiz on Thursday.

6. Recycling on Friday.

7. Spelling Unit 17 quiz on Friday, Mar. 12.

8. Home Journal - A Snowy Day due on March 11.

1. Read B. B. , new poems, and p. 81 to 95 in Take A Giant Step. Record all your reading in the back of your agenda.

2. Math Homework for Monday night.

3. Spelling Unit/Week 16.

4. Spelling Homework on Tuesday.

5. Learn Math Facts - I & J. Timed Quiz on Thursday.

6. Recycling on Friday.

7. Spelling Unit 16 quiz on Friday, Mar. 5.

8. Home Journal - A Snowy Day due on March 11.

We are going to the Scholastic Book Fair on Wed., Feb. 24 @ 2:40 and on Fri., Feb. 26 @ 1:10 for viewing and book buying.

1. Read B. B. , new poems, and p. 18 to 24 in Find A Way Back. Record all your reading in the back of your agenda.

2. Math Homework for Monday night.

3. Spelling Unit/Week 15.

4. Spelling Homework on Tuesday.

5. Learn Math Facts - A to H. Timed Quiz on Thursday.

6. Recycling on Friday.

7. Spelling Unit 15 quiz on Friday, Feb. 26.

*** Homework given out on Wednesday, Feb. 10. Due back on next Wed., Feb. 17. Home journal - Child should choose favourite book and tell what they loved about the book.
A big Happy 8th. Birthday to Kaitlin Hoskins on Thursday, February 18.

1. Read B. B. , new poems, and Leap Out. Record all your reading in the back of your agenda.

2. Math Homework for Monday night.

3. Spelling Unit/Week 14.

4. Spelling Homework on Tuesday.

5. Learn Math Facts - G and H. Timed Quiz on Thursday.

6. Recycling on Friday.

7. Spelling Unit 14 quiz on Friday, Feb. 19.

*** Homework given out on Wednesday, Feb. 10. Due back on next Wed., Feb. 17. Home journal - Child should choose favourite book and tell what they loved about the book.

1. Read B. B. , new poems, Pages 112 - 119 in Leap Out. Record all your reading in the back of your agenda.

2. Math Homework for Monday night.

3. Spelling Unit/Week 13.

4. Spelling Homework on Tuesday.

5. Learn Math Facts - A to F Review. Timed Quiz on Thursday.

6. Recycling on Friday.

7. Valentine party on Friday. Bring a drink and a snack.

8. Spelling Unit 13 quiz on Friday, Feb. 12.

1. Read B. B. , new poems, Pages 104 - 111 in Leap Out. Record all your reading in the back of your agenda.

2. Math Homework for Monday night. Use the file cards. Card one has a story problem and picture on it. Card two has the answer with the number sentence and the word sentence.

3. Spelling Unit/Week 12.

4. Spelling Homework on Tuesday.

5. Learn Math Facts - E and F. Timed Quiz on Thursday.

6. Happy Birthday to Jenna Rideout on Thursday.

7. Recycling on Friday.

7. Scholastic book orders due on Friday.

8. Spelling Unit 12 quiz on Friday, Feb. 5.

*** HOME JOURNAL given out on Wednesday, January 27, DUE back on Monday, February 2. Please see the description and the Proofreading Checklist.

 The skating letter went home on Wednesday.

1. Read B. B. , new poems, Pages 82 - 87 in Leap Out and Mr. White’s Friends (handout). Record all your reading in the back of your agenda.

2. Math Homework for Monday night

3. Toonie Tuesday - Wear your Hat for Haiti and bring a Toonie or whatever amount you like.

4. Spelling Homework on Tuesday.

5. Wednesday, January 27 is Family Literacy Day. Bring a Loonie for Literacy. We will be having a guest reader into our class.

5. Learn Math Facts - C and D. Timed Quiz on Thursday.

6.  Recycling on Friday.

7. Spelling Unit 11 quiz on Friday, Jan. 29.

1. Read B. B. , new poems, and Pages 72 - 81in Leap Out. Record all your reading in the back of your agenda.

2. Math Homework for Monday night

3. Spelling Homework on Tuesday.

4. Learn Math Facts - Row A and B. Timed Quiz on Thursday.

4.  Recycling on Friday.

5. Spelling Unit 10 quiz on Friday, Jan. 22.

1. Read B. B. , new poems, and Pages 25 - 40 in Weave A Dream. Record all your reading in the back of your agenda.

2. Math Homework for Monday night

3. Spelling Homework on Tuesday.

4.  Recycling on Friday.

5. Scholastic book orders due on Tuesday, January 12, 2010. Some children forgot their orders and asked to have it extended.

6. Spelling Unit 9 quiz on Friday, Jan. 15.

7. Library on Monday, January 18.

1. Read B. B. , new poems, and Pages 5 - 14 in Weave A Dream. Record all your reading in the back of your agenda.

2. Math Homework for Monday night

3. Recycling on Friday.

4. Library on Thursday.

5. Scholastic book orders due on Monday, January 11, 2010.

6. Spelling Unit 9 will come home on Friday, Jan. 8.

*** Thank you for the beautiful and generous Christmas gifts.

1. Read B. B. , Christmas poems, and Pages 42 - 55 in Leap Out.

2. Spelling review for week 8 will be on Friday, Dec. 11th.

3. Spelling Homework for week 8 on Tuesday night.

4. Math Homework for Monday night

5. Our weekly walk will be on Thursday if the weather is nice.

6. Recycling on Friday.

7. Return library books for library on Tuesday.

8. Field Trip on Thursday. We need volunteers.

9. Painting on Friday. Wear something old.

Monday - Friday Reading       1. Read your BB, Poems, and Anthology pgs. 20-29 in Anthology Reach Out.

2. Spelling review for week 5 will be on Friday, Nov. 20th.

3. Spelling Homework for week 5 on Tuesday night.

4. Math Homework for Monday night

5. Our weekly walk will be on Thursday if the weather is nice.

6. Recycling on Friday.

7. Our Social Studies Interview - Schools In The Past is due on Tuesday, November 17. Please go by the interview on one side of the page. Write the interview answers in complete sentences.

8. Every child needs to bring a clementine wooden box for a Christmas craft. Needed for December 7.

** No school on Wednesday, November 11 in observance of Remembrance Day.
** The book orders will now be due on Tuesday, November 10 because so many children missed school last week.

Monday - Friday Reading 1. Read your BB, Anthology pgs. 20-29 and poems.

2. Spelling review for week 4 will be on Friday, Nov. 13th.

3. Spelling Homework for week 4 on Tuesday night.

4. Math Homework for Monday night

5. Our weekly walk will be on Thursday if the weather is nice.

6. Recycling on Friday.

7. Our Social Studies Interview - Schools In The Past is due on Tuesday, November 17. Please go by the interview on one side of the page. Write the interview answers in complete sentences.

Monday - 1. Read your BB, Anthology pgs. 14-19 and poems.

2. Spelling review for week 3 will be on Friday, Nov. 6th.

3. Spelling Homework for week 3 on Tuesday night.

4. Math Homework for Monday night - Number Patterns.

5. Record your Halloween treats - This is due on Wed., Nov. 4.

6. Sign Math Quiz on Unit 1 and return on Tuesday.

7. Our weekly walk will be on Thursday if the weather is nice.

8. Recycling on Friday.

9. Wear red on Friday to support our Troops and for our Remembrance Day Assembly.

10. Book Orders due on Friday, Nov. 6.

1. Read Baggie Book and Halloween Poems.
2. Spelling Unit 3.
3. Record your Halloween Treats on the sheet in your Homework book. This is due on Wednesday, November 4, 2009.
4. Sign Spelling Quiz.

1. Read Baggie Book and pink Poetry Book. Record in the back of your agenda.
2. Spelling Words - Unit 2 Quiz. Words will be given in sentences.
3. Math doubles plus one.
4. Bring your regular lunch and a party lunch. (Please remember students with allergies when sending in food.) Costumes will be put on after lunch at 1:10 or you may bring your child home for lunch and put on his or her costume. Party is at 2:00. Refer to Orange October newsletter.
5. Bring in any extra one lb. butter tubs. They are for our Art Smarts painting program which begins on Monday.

1. Read Baggie Book and pink Poetry Book. There were new poems given out today. Record in the back of your agenda.
2. Spelling Words - Unit 2.
3. Math doubles plus one.
4. Walk tomorrow if weather permits.

1. Read Baggie Book and pink Poetry Book. Record in the back of your agenda.
2. Spelling Words - Unit 2.
3. Spelling Homework
4. Math doubles plus one.
5. Library tomorrow. Please return your library book.

1. Read Baggie Book and Pink poem book. -  Please record in the back of your agenda.
2. Spelling Unit 2. Spelling Test on Friday, October 30. The words will be put into sentences.
3. Learn Math Patterns on pink paper.
**** No School on Friday or Monday.
Please bring in any extra butter tubs, sour cream etc. 1 lb./454g. size.

1. Read Baggie Book, Pink poem book, and p. 49 - 57 in Take a Giant Step. -  Please record in the back of your agenda.
2. Spelling Unit 1. Spelling Test Tomorrow. The words will be put into sentences.
3. Review repeating and increasing patterns. The attributes that we have studied are size, shape, position, colour, texture, and thickness. We will be doing a review of repeating patterns, elements, attributes of patterns, and the core of a pattern. We will also do some increasing patterns, telling what the pattern rule is.
4. Learn Math Patterns on pink paper.
5. Walk tomorrow if weather permits.
**** Please bring in any extra butter tubs, sour cream etc. 1 lb./454g. size.

1. Read Baggie Book, Pink poem book, and p. 49 - 57 in Take a Giant Step. -  Please record in the back of your agenda.

2. Spelling Unit 1. Spelling Test will be on Thursday. The words will be put into sentences.

3. Spelling Exercise for Unit 1.

4. Learn Math Patterns on pink paper.
**** Please bring in any extra butter tubs, sour cream etc. 1 lb./454g. size.

**** Newsletter gone home today.

1. Read Baggie Book, Pink poem book, and p. 49 - 57 in Take a Giant Step. -  Please record in the back of your agenda.

2. Spelling Unit 1. Spelling Test will be on Thursday. The words will be put into sentences.

3. Learn Math Patterns on pink paper.

4. Complete Math Problem Solving.

5. Gym tomorrow.

1. Read
2. Complete any work not finished in school.
3. Learn Math doubles and patterns.
Have a great weekend. Library - Book exchange on Monday.

1. Read Baggie Book and poems in Pink exercise book. Please record in the back of your agenda.

2. Learn Sight Words on Gold paper - Column 5.

3. Learn Math Patterns on pink paper.

4. Recycling is on Friday.

5. ** Picture Day is Friday @ 2 o’clock.

6. Practise your doubles. ** We have been practising the Math strategy: Doubles Plus One as outlined on your October calendar. Some of the children do not know their doubles. Therefore, this is very difficult. 

1. Read Baggie Book, Pink poem book, and Independent Reader - “I Hate Peas” p. 4-9. Please record in the back of your agenda.

2. Finish The Balancing Girl Sheet. This was started in class.

3. Learn Sight Words on Gold paper - Column 5.

4. Learn Math Patterns on pink paper.

Gym is on Thursday and the walk if the weather permits.

** Picture Day is Friday @ 2 o’clock. Recycling is on Friday.

1. Read Baggie Book, Pink poem book, and Independent Reader - “I Hate Peas” p. 4-9. Please record in the back of your agenda.

2. Learn Sight Words on Gold paper - Column 5.

3. Learn Math Patterns on pink paper.

4. Complete Math Pattern Sheet that we started in class.

Gym is on Thursday and the walk if the weather permits.

** Picture Day is Friday. Recycling is on Friday.