March 13th
Grade 2 Weekly Update
What a fun and full week we’ve had in Grade 2!
No School Next Friday
Parent-teacher conferences will take place. Please book a time to come celebrate your child’s growth. Every child has strengths, and every child has challenges - both are completely normal! We truly are a team, and it really does take a village. There's also the Book Fair on Thursday night and Friday. Many great books and a great fundraiser for our school library!
During Parent-Teacher Conferences on Thursday, March 19 and Friday, March 20, we invite families to place a colourful push pin on our world map located in our Learning Commons to show where their family comes from. Together, we’ll create a vibrant picture celebrating the diverse backgrounds that make up our school community!
Social Studies
We explored needs and wants and learned about natural resources—a great lead-in to next week’s new topic: levels of government. (New curriculum = new learning for students and teachers!)
We also squeezed in lots of writing and illustrating tied to our social studies work. Busy brains, busy pencils!
Math:
This week was all about review and confidence building. We revisited:
- Fractions
- Basic facts
- Money
- Skip counting
- Number sense and place value
The kids did an EstiMystery, too! An EstiMystery is a fun puzzle where students use clues to estimate the number of objects in a jar—in this case, woven balls. They absolutely loved it and showed wonderful reasoning and math talk.
Our phonics focus was on vowel teams that make the long “O” sound. We practiced with:
- Sound mapping
- Scrambled sentences
- Cloze activities
- Roll & Read
- Direct instruction and dictation
Read-Aloud
We started a new class novel: The Littles, inspired by the book Mouse in the Library that Emmi J shared with us last week. The class is hooked!
Safety Drill
We had a lockdown on Thursday, and the children did wonderfully. Sitting still and silent for 20 minutes is no small feat - even many grown-ups couldn’t do it! They made us proud.
Next Week in Grade 2
Special Visit! Reese’s mom is coming to teach us about what her work as a firefighter is like. She’ll show us her gear and answer questions. We’re so lucky to have real-life experts visit our classroom!
Tuesday: St. Patrick’s Day!
We’ll celebrate with art, limericks, reading, writing, and (sadly!) no leprechaun traps this year. Those clever Grade 1 leprechaun visitors know our Grade 2s are far too smart—they remember what happened last time and aren’t taking any chances!Language Arts Focus:
- Adjectives
- Narrative writing
- Vowel team review
Parent/Teacher Conferences
Parent/Teacher Conferences will take place in person at the school on Thursday, March 19 from 3:30pm - 7:30pm and Friday, March 20 from 8:00am to 12:00pm.
Parents will book conference times through their CBE account. Conference bookings will open on Saturday, March 14 at 8:00am and closes on Thursday, March 19 at 2:00pm.
Kindergarten Conferences will be held at the times above as well as Thursday, March 19 from 8am-12pm. There are no kindergarten classes on either Thursday the 19 or Friday the 20. There is no school for students in grades 1-4 on Friday, March 20 due to conferences.
Pancake Breakfast
On Monday March 30, MTS will be hosting a Pancake Breakfast for all students and staff.
To make this a successful event, we are requesting some Parent Volunteers for the morning.
If you are able to assist, please click on the link below.
Scholastic Book Fair
The Scholastic Book Fair is coming the week of March 16th.
Students will have the opportunity to preview the fair on Tuesday March 17 and will be able to shop during class time on Thursday March 19.
Family Shopping Hours:
- Thursday March19: 3:30pm-7:30pm
- Friday March 20: 8:00am-12:00pm
Don't miss this exciting opportunity to discover new books and support our school.
We can't wait to see you there!
Fun Lunch
The next Fun Lunch will be held on Wednesday March 18.
Fun Lunch is only for grades 1-4 and our EES students.
- Go to healthyhunger.ca
- Log into you existing account or create a new one.
- Add your child’s information in the “add child” box – name, province, city, school, grade and class.
- All Fun Lunches will then populate – select the order now button!
Please make sure to send a morning snack with your child on Fun Lunch Days. Orders must be placed by the Friday before the day.
Food Support
Did you know that the Breakfast Club of Canada has shared research demonstrating that 40% of Alberta’s children experience food insecurity? This means that 4 out of 10 children do not have access to food when they are hungry.
If your family is experiencing challenges with providing food for your children you can find help at Brown Bagging Calgary.
Complete this form for support and they can deliver lunches to McKenzie Towne School for your children. https://go.bb4ck.org/l/858913/2024-01-15/38fdbw You can also find out more information on their website https://bb4ck.org/
Brown Bagging for Calgary's Kids
Year Book Pictures
If you have any pictures from any school events (ie, first day of school, Terry Fox Run, Halloween) that you would like to share with the Yearbook Committee, please click on the link below.
Once you log in, please enter this code. ADD-PICTURES-TO-YEARBOOK-26
More information will be shared on purchasing at a later date.
Upcoming Dates
March 16-20 Book Fair
March 17 Wear Green for St. Patrick's Day
March 18 Fun Lunch - Subway
March 19 & 20 Parent/Teacher Conferences
March 19 NO SCHOOL for Kindergarten
March 20 Parent/Teacher Conferences - NO SCHOOL
March 23-27 Spring Break - NO SCHOOL
March 30 Pancake Breakfast
April 3 Good Friday - NO SCHOOL
April 16 Grade 1 Celebration (More Information to come)
April 22 Grade 1 Field Trip to Confluence Historic Site - Carter/Burch/Larmer
April 23 Grade 1 Field Trip to Confluence Historic Site - Watson/Fell
April 24 Non-Instructional Day - NO SCHOOL
April 29 Fun Lunch - Coco Brooks
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