Gr. 2/3 Update

HERE'S an UPDATE:

In language we are continuing to work on answering reading comprehension questions using the APE strategy as well as writing a descriptive paragraph.  

We've moved onto new science units. 

Grade 3 - Structures and Gr. 2 - Air & Water in the Environment. 

We have a field trip planned in June. More information to come in the next few weeks.

Here are the math expectations for the next couple of weeks:

Gr. 2 - Fractions:

• use drawings to represent, solve, and compare the results of fair-share problems that involve sharing up to 10 items among 2, 3, 4, and 6 sharers, including problems that result in whole numbers, mixed numbers, and fractional amounts
• recognize that one third and two sixths of the same whole are equal, in fair-sharing context

Gr. 3 - Fractions:

• use drawings to represent, solve, and compare the results of fair-share problems that involve sharing up to 20 items among 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 10 sharers, including problems that result in whole numbers, mixed numbers, and fractional amounts
• represent and solve fair-share problems that focus on determining and using equivalent fractions, including problems that involve halves, fourths, and eighths; thirds and sixths; and fifths and tenths

Financial Literacy:

Gr. 2

• identify different ways of representing the same amount of money up to Canadian 200¢ using various combinations of coins, and up to $200 using various combinations of $1 and $2 coins and $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100 bills

Gr. 3

• estimate and calculate the change required for various simple cash transactions involving whole-dollar amounts and amounts of less than one dollar

Math/Lang Info

Our focus in math is Place Value and here are our learning goals for this unit:

GRADE 3

I can read, represent, compose, and decompose whole numbers up to and including 1000, using a variety of tools and strategies, and describe various ways they are used in everyday life

I can compare and order whole numbers up to and including 1000

I can round whole numbers to the nearest ten or hundred

I can count to 1000, including by 50s, 100s, and 200s, using a variety of tools and strategies

I can use place value when describing and representing multi-digit numbers in a variety of ways, including with base ten materials

GRADE 2

I can read, represent, compose, and decompose whole numbers up to and including 200, using a variety of tools and strategies, and describe various ways they are used in everyday life

I can compare and order whole numbers up to and including 200

I can estimate the number of objects in collections of up to 200 and verify their estimates by counting

I can count to 200, including by 20s, 25s, and 50s, using a variety of tools and strategies

I can describe even or odd numbers

Try to help your child consolidate this learning at home by having them skip count while waiting for the light to change in the car, while waiting for their sibling to get dressed, and while waiting for commercials to be over.  When shopping and looking at prices, ask your child to round the dollar amounts to the nearest 10.  When a number comes up in a book, on the tv, or in an address, ask them to tell you which digit is in the 100's column, or 10's column, or 1's column and what it's value is. Below are a few online games:

Base Ten Fun

Comparing Number Values

Place Value Hockey

Rounding Numbers        

In language we reviewed common and proper nouns and now are working on sentences. We are learning about proper punctuation, different sentence types and how to join two thoughts together using conjunctions.

PIZZA FUNDRAISER

 School Council Pizza Kit Fundraiser

It’s Pizza! time! Time for you, your friends, and your family to get your Little Caesars Pizza Kits!  Have them on hand for quick dinners, parties or entertaining! Buy several Kits and stock your freezers! 

To order, visit PizzaKit.ca and enter Fundraiser ID 445944. The deadline to order is October 6.

WELCOME TO GR. 2/3

It’s back to school time again and I'm looking forward to a year of learning, fun and adventures! 

Here are a few notes to help the year run smoothly:

School ends at 3:45pm

Lunch - Please send a lunch (no soda pop) that should take no longer than 15 minutes to eat. Please provide your child with 2 small healthy snacks to be eaten during morning and afternoon snack time.

** Reminder: We are a nut free classroom **

Agenda - Please read & initial the agenda every night. Feel free to write any questions or comments you have in this book in the space provided. Important notes will also be sent home using the homework folder and/or agenda.

Headphones - these are used for computers. Please provide your child with a pair. Over the head ones work best and they can be found at most dollar stores.

Indoor Shoes - Please provide your child with a pair of indoor shoes they can keep at school. Make sure they are shoes they can put on independently.

Change in end of day routine - Any changes must be sent to the office in writing (note/email) or a phone call. If possible, please do this by 3:00 as it's very busy at the end of the day in the office. 

In the classroom - I would appreciate any donations of …

• Boxes of tissues for the class

• Large Ziploc Bags

• Disinfectant Wipes (ie: Lysol) as we have NO sink in the class

**Please label ALL school items - school bag, shoes, jackets, hoodies, etc.**   You would be amazed how quickly the lost & found articles pile up. 

“Not Mine” owned everything in last year’s lost & found.

I have this class blog that I update periodically throughout the year. There will be a note in the student agendas letting you know when to look at it. 

Please be sure to check out the St. Bernard School website.      https://ber.ocsb.ca/

Mrs. O'Toole

Grade 2/3

Geometric Reasoning Expectations

Geometric Reasoning (2D & 3D shapes)

Expectations:

I can  sort, construct, and identify cubes, prisms, pyramids, cylinders, and cones by comparing their faces, edges, vertices, and angles

I can compose and decompose various structures, and identify the two-dimensional shapes and three-dimensional objects that these structures contain

I can identify congruent lengths, angles, and faces of three-dimensional objects by mentally and physically matching them, and determine if the objects are congruent

Some online games:

Tangrams

2D Shapes Game

3D shapes game

Data Management Expectations

Data Literacy

We began our Data Literacy Unit on Monday - here are the new learning expectations and some tips on how you can practice at home:

• I can collect data by conducting a simple survey 
• I can collect and organize and display data in charts, tables, and graphs with appropriate titles and labels 
• I can read data presented in charts, tables, and graphs, then describe the data using comparative language 
• I can interpret and draw conclusions from data 
• I can demonstrate an understanding of mode and mean and identify them both in a set of data 

Some ways that you can practice at home:
Sort objects at home (sort fruit & veggies into the fridge after shopping, sort coins in different ways), take surveys at home (who likes chicken more than beef, what type of pizza does everyone like in your family), if you see a graph or table in a book, newspaper, magazine, social media - ask your child to show you the labels, ask which is most popular, which is least popular, what does the graph tell you.

Here are some sites to check out:

http://www.kidsmathgamesonline.com/numbers/mathdata.html

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/51/bar_charts

Place Value Expectations

 

PLACE VALUE

Our current focus in math in math is Place Value! Here are our learning goals for this unit:

• I can count to 1000, including by 50s, 100s and 200s using a variety of tools

• I can read, represent, compose and decompose, compare and order whole numbers up to 1000

• I can round whole numbers to the nearest ten or hundred

• I can use place value when describing and representing multi-digit numbers in a variety of ways, including with base ten materials

Try to help your child consolidate this learning at home by having them skip count while waiting for the light to change in the car, while waiting for their sibling to get dressed, and while waiting for commercials/ads to be over. When shopping and looking at prices, ask your child to round the dollar amounts to the nearest 10. When a number comes up in a book, on the television, or in an address, ask them to tell you which digit is in the 100's column, or 10's column, or 1's column and what it's value is.

Try out these online games to practice your skills:

Base Ten Fun

Comparing Number Values

Place Value Hockey

Rounding Numbers

Halloween Rounding Game

MULTIPLICATION and DIVISION

 

Number Sense - Multiplication & Division 

• I can use the properties of operations, and the relationships between multiplication and division, to solve problems and check calculations

• I can recall and demonstrate multiplication facts of 2, 5, and 10, and related division facts

• I can represent multiplication of numbers up to 10 × 10 and division up to 100 ÷ 10, using a variety of tools and drawings, including arrays

WAYS TO PRACTICE:

Have your child practice their multiplication tables at night before bed, in the car while driving to run errands, or while eating dinner. 

Use flashcards that you can buy from the dollar store or that you can make on cue cards or sticky notes. 

Try some multiplication and division games at Math Playground

Multiplication Math Games

LINEAR MEASUREMENT

 

Linear Measurement Expectations

• I can use appropriate units of length to estimate, measure, and compare the perimeters of polygons and curved shapes, and construct polygons with a given perimeter

• I can explain the relationships between millimetres, centimetres, metres, and kilometres as metric units of length, and use benchmarks for these units to estimate lengths

• I can use various units of different sizes to measure the same attribute of a given item, and demonstrate that even though using different-sized units produces a different count, the size of the attribute remains the same

• I can compare the areas of two-dimensional shapes by matching, covering, or decomposing and recomposing the shapes, and demonstrate that different shapes can have the same area

• I can use appropriate non-standard units to measure area, and explain the effect that gaps and overlaps have on accuracy

• use square centimetres (cm2) and square metres (m2) to estimate, measure, and compare the areas of various two-dimensional shapes, including those with curved sides

• Here are some online games: Measuring Fun , Using a Ruler, Area Game , Perimeter Game , Area Builder

Place Value Expectations

 

PLACE VALUE

Our focus this month in math is Place Value! Here are our learning goals for this unit:

• I can count to 1000, including by 50s, 100s and 200s using a variety of tools

• I can read, represent, compose and decompose, compare and order whole numbers up to 1000

• I can round whole numbers to the nearest ten or hundred

• I can use place value when describing and representing multi-digit numbers in a variety of ways, including with base ten materials

Try to help your child consolidate this learning at home by having them skip count while waiting for the light to change in the car, while waiting for their sibling to get dressed, and while waiting for commercials/ads to be over. When shopping and looking at prices, ask your child to round the dollar amounts to the nearest 10. When a number comes up in a book, on the television, or in an address, ask them to tell you which digit is in the 100's column, or 10's column, or 1's column and what it's value is.

Try out these online games to practice your skills:

Base Ten Fun

Comparing Number Values

Place Value Hockey

Rounding Numbers

Halloween Rounding Game

SCHOLASTIC INFORMATION

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Dear Parents/Guardians,

The October Scholastic book order went home last week. If you’d like me to put the book order in you can send in a cheque made payable to Scholastic Canada or you may send in exact cash in a marked envelope. Orders are due on the 14th.

Online orders can also be made and books get sent to your home directly. 

Please use the class code:   RC216247   when placing your order online.

Place the online order at: scholastic.ca/reading club

Happy Reading!

Mrs. O'Toole

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September News

                            Our focus this month in math is Place Value!  Here are our learning goals for this unit:

• I can count to 1000, including by 50s, 100s and 200s using a variety of tools

• I can read, represent, compose and decompose, compare and order whole numbers up to 1000

• I can round whole numbers to the nearest ten or hundred

• I can use place value when describing and representing multi-digit numbers in a variety of ways, including with base ten materials

Try to help your child consolidate this learning at home by having them skip count while waiting for the light to change in the car, while waiting for their sibling to get dressed, and while waiting for commercials/ads to be over.  When shopping and looking at prices, ask your child to round the dollar amounts to the nearest 10.  When a number comes up in a book, on the tv, or in an address, ask them to tell you which digit is in the 100's column, or 10's column, or 1's column and what it's value is.

Try out these online games to practise your skills:

Base Ten Fun

Comparing Number Values

Place Value Hockey

Rounding Numbers

Halloween Rounding Game

In our Literacy block, we are learning how Fix-Up Strategies help us when we are struggling to decode a word. When reading with your child, remind them to use their strategies to help support their at-school learning.

In Religion, we have been working on our unit on Samaritans on a Digital Road - teaching us all about being safe online (click the link for more information). 

This year we will be participating in Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope and St. Bernard is proud to be continuing the legacy of one of our greatest heroes. Please join us and support this cause by donating at the following link:  The Terry Fox Run online donations

We will be participating in this year's Run on Friday, October 1st at 9:30am.  Please dress appropriately for our outdoor run.

As always, please feel free to contact me with a note in the agenda if you have any questions.  Thank you!