Best Gym Ever!

Our Friday afternoon of crazy carpeting was so much fun! A special moment for me was when three different students told me it was the first time they had ever done that and they were smiling from ear to ear!  I was also terrified when they sent me flying down the hill. I envisioned going over a bump and breaking something! I survived and passed on a second turn.

Since we have a short week this week we will not have a spelling list. We have finished with the long vowel sounds and the various spellings of each long vowel sound.  This week we will review and practice using all of these sounds.

The students have really been enjoying the L.A. unit on folk and fairy tales. So far they love the "fractured" tales and are really aghast at the cruelty and violence in some of the traditional tales (think of Hansel and Gretal.) I love that these tales really got the kids thinking, evaluating, comparing and connecting. We will end this unit with a look at some versions of folk and fairy tales from other lands.

The students have made great improvement in their use of strategies for adding basic facts. This week we will work on subtraction. Our goal is to get the kids "thinking and using strategies" not just counting.  In Grade Two students should know the subtraction facts under 10 without having to count up or count backwards. For those students who are not yet able to apply the strategies, I do practice  counting up and counting backwards.

Just a reminder that we have an outdoor field trip on Feb. 5 that your child will need ski mitts/gloves and long socks for.