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May Newsletter

May Newsletter Bonjour! I hope you are all doing well and that you've been able to find some balance in your lives!  Thank you for doing a great job with your children via SEESAW and of course with all of the extra things you've been doing. For May, I will continue to post on SEESAW like I have been in March and April and follow the same type of routines. Our main topics will be DRAGONS!  This will be an integrated project with math, FLA and ELA.  I would've been doing my dragon unit at school and many of the children were super excited about doing it so I wanted to go head with it, even if it's done virtually! I will also teach double digit addition with regrouping this month.  This will be a new concept for some students but I believe we can still accomplish this online!  I will be following the same type of format that the students did with the double digit addition without regrouping during the month of April. TEAMS meeting will co...
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April Newsletter

Bonjour! I hope that you are all doing well and even with these times of heightened emotions, challenges and routine changes, you've had times of comfort, love and relaxation. This "April Newsletter" will definitely be different from my others! Since we are using the SEESAW format, I will be continuing to send out an assignment in the mornings and then again in the afternoons Monday to Thursdays (unless the activity takes longer).  Fridays, will be simply an activity suggestion and a day to play "catch up/finish up tasks" .  I will also continue with as much "routine" as virtually possible from what we would be doing in class so that the children can do as much as possible independently.  Of course, these parameters may change as the weeks go on as we follow the province's, superintendents' and administrators' directions. Focuses this month: - Double digit addition to 100.                         ...
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March Newsletter

MARCH NEWSLETTER Bonjour Parents, The shortest, yet very busy month, has come to an end!  We had many class activities during the month that kept us very busy.  The children worked really hard and had a great time with all the festivities.  Thank you to the volunteers who provided snack for our V-day party and helped out with in class activities. Here’s what’s in store for this month… E.L.A. – We will continue with our unit on Indigenous Legends.  We will continue reading legends, talking about the components of a legend and then it’ll be the children’s turn to write a legend on their own.  We will continue with regular class routines. FYI: Report Card reading marks for ELA: Grade 2 English Reading *All levels are Independent Report Card 1 Report Card 2 Report Card 3 4 J/K L M 3 H/I K L 2 F/G I/J ...
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February Newsletter

February Newsletter Hé Ho!   C’est le festival du voyageur!   The month of February is very busy and yet the shortest month of the year!   Here is the list of events that are happening this month: Valentine’s Day Celebration – Feb. 14 pm ( A list of the children’s names is provided below along with who is signed up to bring food for the party.   If your child chooses to give out Valentine’s Day cards, please ensure that there is a card for everyone.   Merci ! ) Festival du Voyageur School Celebrations - Friday, Feb. 14 am Children are invited to dress up as a voyageur for this day! 100 th day of school – Feb. 13 th   (Will do both Feb. 12 th & 13 th ) Français/Sc. Humaines : We’ll be doing activities on the themes above along with continuing to learn about the Cree Nation.   This will include designing a Cree village all together on our large bulletin board as a mural.   The children are sketching a village in ...
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January Newsletter

January Newsletter Bonjour!   Happy New Year!   Welcome back to school.   I hope that everyone had a nice holiday, full of cheer, family, friends and fun.   Here’s what’s happening this month… E.L.A. : We will be studying the author Jan Brett.   She is an author and illustrator with a phenomenal imagination and creative flare.   At the end of the unit, the children will be writing their own stories using Jan Brett as an inspiration!   We will continue regular class routines.        Français :   We will be doing some activities about winter (l’hiver) and working with Mme Beauregard with some ICT activities regarding “l’hiver”. We will start “The Daily Five” in French. We will also continue regular class routines. Sciences Humaines : We will be focusing on the Indigenous people of Manitoba.   We will learn about their ways of life from long ago and compare it to present day Manitoba. Mathé...
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December Newsletter

December Newsletter Bonjour les parents,  December already!  Where did the time go?!   Thank you again for your donations and support toward all the classroom and school charity initiatives.   Your kindness and generosity are much appreciated.   Here’s what’s in store for the month: Mathématiques : We will continue with number sense, meaning mental math skills and strategies in addition and subtraction.  It is essential that the children understand whole number concepts, place value and basic strategies in order to move on to bigger and more complicated mathematical equations and concepts.  A child who grasps “friends that make ten/friendly numbers”, doubles and the meaning of a number will have an easier time transferring that information to bigger numbers and mathematical sentences.  We will also continue with our measurement unit.  Our weekly routines run throughout the whole year which includes...
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November Newsletter

NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER Bonjour Parents, The October rush is over and now we’re into November (how time flies!).   Our spider unit has been going really well and we will be finishing it off shortly (once all the research projects are completed).   The project will stay at school as part of their portfolio but the rest of the unit will be sent home once it’s completed.   We will also be finishing off our “les monstres” unit. Student portfolios will be sent home at the end of term one.    Here’s what’s coming up for this month… Mathématiques : We will be mainly concentrating on measurement.   They will be learning about non-standard and standard units (mm, cm, m).   The children have started number of the day and word problems independently in their math journals.   We will be continuing with regular math routines such as math strategies, calendar, number of the day, math games, number sense, mental math skills, etc.   Françai...
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