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on October 07, 2019

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Wednesday, September 11

Over the last few days, our students have been exploring friendly numbers. Today they exploded larger numbers into smaller ones. Friendly numbers are important because they help us use numbers effciently and flexibly when we add, subtract, etc. We used blocks to help us build numbers, and then pull out all the 10's, 5's and whatever is leftover. Chose a number such as 45, 14, 27, 12, etc. and ask your child to explode it into friendly numbers. Don't let a 6, 7, 8, or 9 in the ones spot trick you! Today was our first library orientation. We learned about the amazing selection of books from our Learning Commons. Students will be allowed to choose 2 books when they come to the library. One book will remain in the class as their "Read to Self" book, and the other book will come home. We will have a set library time once a month (we will remind students once the schedule is approved). Often students are finised a book before the set library time. In t...

Thursday afternoon Movie

As we finish our read aloud novel, James and the Giant Peach, students will have the opportunity to watch the movie on Thursday afternoon. Using a venn diagram, they have been practicing using compare and contrast words to create sentences. After the movie, we will take time to discuss what we noticed as similarities and differences between the book and the movie. We are allowing students to bring a popcorn snack for themselves if they please while enjoying the movie. Please refrain from sending candy, pop, etc. Ms. Craig and Mr. Sandberg

Welcome Grade 2 Students!

Welcome to Grade 2 😊 Our 2019-2020 school year is about to begin! Please meet at the grade 2 doors (near the gym) at 9:10 a.m on Tuesday, September 3rd. Please ensure that your child has indoor and outdoor shoes, a lunch and a snack. At this time, you should have received a letter from me with some information about myself and our year. Please email with any questions: chacraig@cbe.ab.ca See you on Tuesday!!

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