Bright Sunshiny Day in 2A

2A took a look at the artist Heather Galler and her artwork recently and noticed all of her patterns and bright colour. We then did our own hot chocolate art that was inspired by her. We talked about cylinders, parallel lines and patterns. Once we had our outline of our hotel chocolate done, we used oil pastels and water colours (they repel and created some cool effects on their artwork).  Here are our finished projects (with a couple still needing to be finished up)!

Just a reminder that tomorrow, Friday, January 31st will be Pajama Day.  All donations will go to Special Olympics. Thank you for your continued support!!

Just a reminder that Friday, January 31 will be Pajama Day at Glen Stewart Primary.  All donations collected will be for Special Olympics.  Thank you for your continued support!

Spelling: We have been working with digraphs in our Fundations block, so that is our focus on homework words this week. A digraph is two consonants that only makes one sound as in /sh/. Digraphs are /wh/, /ch/, /sh/, /th/, and /ck/. Students have been taught to underline the digraph they see in the word, so when going over homework words, please ask students to underline the digraphs. 1. ch eese 2. th ank 3. wh en 4. fi sh 5. blo ck

A reminder that the used book sale in support of Family Literacy Day will be held Tuesday. The books are 50 cents each. Please include the message in your blogs. Exact change is encouraged! I believe if you have any donations Mrs. St. Jean is still accepting gently used books for the sale.

Spelling: We are continuing review this week as we are starting our Fundations program. Review this week is long o . o_e, oa, ow 1. mole 2. coat 3. goat 4. tote 5. note Math We are continuing to practice our mental math addition strategies to 18 as part of our morning math routine. Students are working hard on explaining their thinking to me as they work through their problems.  Next steps for mental math strategies will be to discover how the addition strategies can help us with subtraction strategies!  Over the next month we will also be focusing on place value, where we will be discussing and exploring the position of a digit.  Understanding the concept that ten ones is the same as one ten and  “When students understand place value they are able to think of a number, such as 37, not only as 3 tens and 7 ones, but also 2 tens and 17 ones.” (Grade 2 PEI Math Curriculum). 

We are continuing review this week! 1. shell 2. trick 3. crack 4. trot 5. luck

Happy New Year! Our spelling words this week are review words: 1. because 2. favourite 3. shook 4. house 5. float Upcoming event: Jan 31: School Spirit Day- PJ Day