Good evening 2nd grade crew families,

I hope you have all had a lovely weekend enjoying this beautiful January weather we have had. Another busy week we had together! The students have loved our Alien Inline Skating residency this week and are looking forward to our last session on Tuesday morning at 8:00 am.

Reminder that January 27th Report cards are available to view online on Powerschool and that there is a PD day on January 31st.


One of our focused highlights of learning for this week was in Literacy. Our learning intentions for UFLI are;

Foundational Literacy Skills

  • I can blend sounds to read unfamiliar words.
  • I can use my knowledge of letter-sound patterns to decode words when I am reading.
  • I can break a word into smaller parts (syllables) to help me read it.
  • I can quickly recognize and read sight words I have practiced.
  • I can listen to the sounds in a word and write the letters that match them.

Reading Fluency

  • I can read words and sentences smoothly, without stopping too often.
  • I can change my voice to match the meaning of the text I am reading.
  • I can read a story at a steady pace so that it sounds natural.
  • I can reread a story to help me read it more fluently and understand it better.

Comprehension and Vocabulary

  • I can use clues from the story and words I know to understand what I am reading.
  • I can ask and answer questions about what I read.
  • I can use new words I learn in my reading to help me understand the text.
  • I can describe the main idea of a story and give details that support it.

Writing and Spelling

  • I can listen to a word, say the sounds I hear, and write it down.
  • I can spell words by using what I know about vowel and consonant patterns.
  • I can use my phonics skills to write sentences that match my ideas.
  • I can write neatly and space my letters so others can read my work easily.









   










Have a great night!
Ms. Craik

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Image
Good evening families, I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! Just a reminder that our in class talent show will be this coming Monday in the afternoon. We were super excited to have seen the mural finally come to LIFE in our gymnasium. We know that there was a lot of work that went into this masterpiece with Justin and Mrs. Scarrow (and the teacher committee), we also appreciated that ALL students voices at Andrew Sibbald had an opportunity to contribute to this.  "I am happy he recognized that Justin added the parts we wanted to see in it." Norah "I liked that he added holding hands with each other, and the different colours because we all have different skins." Jill "I liked that he added the book, because we are good learners here at Andrew Sibbald School." Liesel We had a great week together full of some wonderful learning in our classroom. One of our highlights this week was in math, our learning intentions for Data Analysis and Graphing were: I can...
Read more
Image
Good evening families I hope this weekend has been wonderful for you all. Wishing all the Mom's a very happy Mother's day, I hope you found some time this weekend to enjoy some time for you! Thank you again to all the volunteers who were able to join us this week at the Zoo. The students had an amazing day! Our highlights for our week together was our field trip. Our learning intentions for this were: ELAL I can create written messages that align with an intended audience or purpose I can organize sentences in a logical sequence to create written messages I can collect ideas that are inspired by a variety of experiences I can apply creative thinking to create representation of messages I can include adjectives and adverbs to add interest and detail to writing I can use organizational tools to record or categorize information Science I can discuss ways to respect plants and animals while interacting in various environments.  I can explain positive and negative impacts of human b...
Read more
Image
Happy Sunday families, I hope you had a good weekend together, even with the snow that we had on Saturday! We had a busy week in grade 2 this week. Huge thank you again to the parents who were able to join us on our third walking trip to Fish Creek it sure was a beautiful morning. A highlight of our week was Fish Creek, our learning intentions for this were: I can: Discuss ways to respect plants and animals while interacting in various environments. Explain positive and negative impacts of human behaviour on plants and animals.  Represent the life cycles of various plants and animals. Discuss and compare life cycles of various plants and animals. Discuss how humans might interact with land, plants, and animals if they see land, plants, and animals as equals. Identify ways in which people show care for land, plants, and animals through cultural practices.  Signs of Spring! "The ice is melting." "Animal tracks, I think it is a bear waking up from hibernating." "T...
Read more