A look back at October…….
Language Arts
During the month of October students:
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were introduced to the concept of sentence SWAG:
o S – starts with a capital
o W – written neatly
o A – a space between words
o G – given punctuation
practiced letter sounds and combinations including:
(ch), (th), (ee,ea,e_e, -y), (o, oe, oa, ow), (ie, i_e, y, igh)
learned about adjectives and began incorporating
them into our writing to make it more descriptive
learned about a reading comprehension strategy called “back up and reread.” Students discussed the
importance of checking for understanding while reading. When students don’t understand what they read,
they can back up and reread the text to help them comprehend the text
completed a descriptive jack-o-lantern paragraph, where students were encouraged to begin their sentences in
different ways beyond saying “It has a……..”
Math
During the month of October students:
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learned about growing patterns by: extending, and creating growing
patterns
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Began practicing saying the number sequence 0 to 100 by 2’s, 5’s and
10’s forwards and backwards. Students were introduced to skip
counting by 10’s, using starting points from 1 to 9
have been discussing different ways to show their thinking during Train
your Brain Thursdays. Students have been learning how to use number
lines, equations, math mountains, pictures, and addition to solve
subtraction problems as possible ways to show their thinking.
began describing numbers as even or odd
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Check out these sites for skip counting practice:
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http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/earlymath/BalloonPopSkip.htm
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http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/earlymath/Fruit_shoot_SkipCount.htm
https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-2/skip-counting-sequences
http://www.abcya.com/number_bubble_skip_counting.htm
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http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/earlymath/BalloonPopSkip.htm
Science
In the month of October students:
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identified different kinds of small crawling and flying animals in the environment
learned about what an insect is
discussed the basic needs of small animals and people
identified how insects can be helpful or harmful to people and the environment
learned about different ways insects avoid predators
researched and studied earthworms, spiders and bees
Social Studies
Flat Stanley was sent home. Many of you have likely already chosen a "host family" and await his return. There is no
due date for Stanley's return. Mrs. Kueber will post pictures and letters from his adventures as they arrive. If you
were unable to find a host family, possibly you could have some fun showing Stanley around Camrose or a neighbouring
community.
Students took a first class flight with Air Canada to Halifax, Nova Scotia and then travelled by car to Meteghan.
Students enjoyed an "on flight" cartoon clip, chips, and a juice box.
Students investigated the physical geography Meteghan, Nova Scotia; landforms, bodies of water, and climate.
Students also compared the physical geography of Meteghan with Camrose.
Religion
In the month of October students:
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discussed ways that we can support our families, our family at school, and our parish family. Students also
looked at how these three families support them.
were introduced to the Apostles Creed. Discussion centred around our belief in God as our father and creator.
explored the creation story in Genesis
What's coming next….
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students will be introduced to verbs
students will explore using their 5 senses to add detail to their writing
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students will begin to explore different ways to represent numbers: word form, standard form, expanded form,
and base ten form.
students will learn about ordinal numbers
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students will continue to practice skip counting with the goal of being able to skip count forwards and
backwards by 2’s, 5’s and 10’s to 100 orally.
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we will begin a new science unit called Boats and Buoyancy