October Newsletter

 

Bonjour les parents,

 The first month flew by and it’s been really great!  We’ve had lots of fun!

This month, our theme will be spiders (les araignées).  This project will be done mostly in English but it will also be integrated with French, science, art and math.  Of course, it also goes very well with Halloween! 

 

Here’s what’s in store for the month:

 Mathématiques: We will be concentrating on graphing (concrete graphs, pictographs and bar graphs with legends).  We will continue with identifying characteristics and rules of sorted groups with patterning and shapes.  We will continue working with tens (les dizaines) and ones (les unités) by doing a variety of activities.  There will be a strong emphasis on this last part to allow better understanding of number sense and internalizing more complex concepts as the year continues.  Our weekly routines run throughout the whole year which includes counting, number sense strategies, calendar, estimating, word problems, number of the day, centres, mental math, etc.

 E.L.A.: As mentioned above, we will be concentrating mostly on learning about spiders.  We will be doing a research project about spiders along with a variety of activities about spiders.  It’s a very interesting and fun-filled unit.  We will also do activities about fall, Thanksgiving Day and Halloween.  This month, the children will be starting Home Reading in English. There will be more information to follow.  Regular class routines will continue throughout the year such as journal writing, centres, spelling, message book, poetry, etc.

 Français: During this month, we will be doing activities about spiders (les araignées), Thanksgiving Day and Halloween.  Some new regular class routines will be introduced and existing ones will continue throughout the year such as journal writing, la phrase du jour, les sons (er, é, un, au), poetry, Daily 5 centres, etc.

Sciences de la nature: We will continue with our unit «L’air et l’eau» and will observe and identify evidence of moving air in indoor and outdoor environments. We will also observe and identify examples of water in the environment.

 Sciences Humaines: We will continue with our unit «La citoyenneté active et démocratique» and will discuss rights and responsibilities that students have at home, at school and in the community.

 Below are the meeting reading levels for grade two for September and for June. 

 English: September – level J (17) (K – first Report Card)

             June – level M (20)

 French: September – level 1 (3 – first Report Card)

            June – level 8

(French Home Reading books will start coming home once the children are ready which could be anywhere between November to January)

Have a great month!

 Merci,

Mme. Kovach & Mme Bouchard