Hello Parents and Players!

Tonight is interview night!  Please check your child's agenda to see if you have a message from me regarding meeting tonight.  Anyone who WANTS to come in, is welcome to of course!  I will be here until 7:00 pm so feel free to stop by and sign up outside my classroom on the posted class interview sheets.  There are many openings, so you won't have to wait long!

Just saying, you have VERY WONDERFUL children...this morning I started the day with a desk FULL of home made birthday cards and it made my morning! I am very touched at the kind little messages that they wrote!  Great kids, parents, you must be proud!  I can teach them all of the subjects, but YOU are the ones who develop them into kind, thoughtful and loving little people!  I'm truly blessed with this wonderful group of students!

Tonight, your child is coming home with a math test on 3D solids to sign, review and return.  Students did quite well on this section of geometry!  We now begin a new unit in Patterning.

Science Test for Gr. 2 - Moved to Friday  
Please review with your child tonight.  Students should be able to ...

• explain what matter is
• name the 3 states of matter
• describe how matter can change from one state to another and give examples
• describe ways in which we use water in our daily lives
• understand and explain the terms; dissolve, absorb, repel
• describe the shape of solids/liquids/gases
• identify the hazardous material symbols and their meanings
• reflect on the various experiments we did in class and explain what they learned

That's all for now, hope to see many of you tonight!

Coach Wilson

SECRET QUESTION:  How old is Mrs. Wilson?  Hint:  Solve 20 x 2  and then add 5

Good Morning one and all!

This week, we are very busy reviewing and wrapping up a couple of units in Math and Science...so.....there will not be a Reading Response this week.  Instead, please use this time to REVIEW with your child.



SCIENCE:
Gr. 3 - There will be a unit test in Science on Thursday that will be on all four of the forces learned to date; forces in general, muscular force, force of friction, force of gravity and the force of erosion.  Initially, I told the students that I would use the marks from each of their quizzes as their final mark, however, many students did not do very well on them.  So, I am strongly encouraging you the parents to ensure that your child spend at least 20 minutes a night reviewing all of their quizzes and the notes from their Science duo tang in preparation for this unit test.  Typically in the past, students did quite well on the quizzes because all of the information was on the review sheet.  This year, I am finding that students are simply not putting in the time needed to succeed.  Please feel free to assist.  I will average out the results from all four quizzes and the unit test for a final grade in Science.

Gr. 2 - Grade 2s final unit test on Solids and Liquids will be on Thursday as well.  Please review each night from their green Science duo tangs.

MATH:
Our unit test on 3D solids will be on Wednesday. Please go over errors in blue duo tangs tonight and Tuesday.
Gr. 2s should be able to ...

• identify and name all 3D shapes;  cones, cubes, prisms (rectangular, triangular, hexagonal, pentagonal), pyramids (rectangular-based, triangular-based, pentagonal-based, hexagonal-based), cylinder, sphere
• sort 3D solids according to certain attributes (solids that roll, slide, roll and slide, stack, # of vertices, # of edges, # of faces)
• describe differences and similarities between two solids

Gr. 3s should be able to...

• identify and name all 3D shapes;  cones, cubes, prisms (rectangular, triangular, hexagonal, pentagonal), pyramids (rectangular-based, triangular-based, pentagonal-based, hexagonal-based), cylinder, sphere
• sort 3D solids according to certain attributes (solids that roll, slide, roll and slide, stack, # of vertices, # of edges, # of faces, shapes of the faces, congruent faces)
• describe differences and similarities between two solids
• match the net of a solid to the actual solid
• create nets of solids
• describe the shape of faces and whether or not they are congruent

Thursday, February 9th - 4:00pm - 7:00 pm.  I am sending home your child's report card today. Please look it over and if you have any questions or concerns or simply just want to talk in person, please return the white sheet filled out and I will do my best to accommodate your time preference.  You can return the bottom portion of the report card signed as well in the envelope.  Please DO NOT LICK the envelope, as I will use it again for Term 2.  Thank you!  I will then write down our interview time in your child's agenda. Please sign and confirm so that I know you will be coming.

To recap...

1. Cut off, sign and return bottom portion of the report card.  
2. Fill out white interview sheet
3. Place both white interview sheet and bottom portion of report card into envelope but DO NOT LICK shut
4. Wait for confirmation of a meeting time in your child's agenda and initial if time works for you.

I look forward to seeing some of you on Thursday night between 4 pm and 7 pm!

That's all for now!

Coach Wilson

SECRET QUESTION:  I have 1 curved surface and 1 flat surface. I can roll and stack when placed on top.  What am I?

Happy Monday, Parents and Players!

In writing, we are learning about letter writing.  The features of a letter include; date, greeting or salutation, indent, body, closing, signature and PS (optional).  See the anchor chart to the right.  But here is the hands-on exciting part....We are participating in a pen pal writing program with our dear friends at Oak Park Retirement Residence!  I am very excited to have our 2/3s write an anxiously awaiting resident of Oak Park a letter so that they will write back!  Who knows, maybe we will correspond for a while and end off with an actual Meet our PenPal visit!  This is sure to be a big success for both sides!  More to come....

Science:  Students will be coming home with a review sheet for their Quiz on Friction tomorrow.  Please go over and learn key points.

Reading Response (RR):  After correcting the multiple choice portion of their reading responses last week from a while ago, we took up what a level 1, 2, 3 and 4 should look like and why it earns that particular level. We discussed that a level 4 should have specific examples from the text as well as details.  I then had each student level their OWN answers and write that level down beside their answer.  The goal is that this week, they take the necessary steps to bump up their levels by improving what was lacking last time.

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Reading Response (RR):  The grade 2s did a great job of reading and understanding each of the 4 short reading passages!  All marks were between 14/16 and 16/16!  Excellent!  This week, I will be adding a slightly longer reading this week.  Keep up the great work!  Remember to colour in the LETTER for the correct answer.  Do not circle the sentence.

Both Grades 2 and 3 will have a Language Quiz on Friday on identifying nouns both proper and common.  See yellow language duo tang this week for review.

Coach Wilson

SECRET QUESTION:  Love, Sincerely, Your Friend, are examples of what feature of a letter?