January 13 to 17, 2025

Our Learning 

Language:

To help with our reading comprehension skills, we will begin to look at the similarities and differences between fiction and non-fiction texts and identify the important features of non-fiction texts (e.g., provides information about a topic; often includes a table of contents, photographs, captions, diagrams, labels, maps, cut-outs/closeups, glossary, index, bold font, headings, etc.). 

Our next UFLI phonics lesson will consist of a review of the long vowel sounds we have learned so far (long a, long i, long o) as well as the long e vowel sound as in the word eve. The long vowel sound is the same as the vowel's name, e. 

The vowel e says its own name, e, when there is a silent E at the end of a word, like in the words theme, eve, and Pete. The E at the end of the word does not make a sound so we say it is "silent" ("silent E" or "bossy E").

There are no new Heart Words this week. Please have your child practise the heart words we have learned so far in class: the, I, a, said, to, do, of, see, he, be, me, from, you, what, have, look, book, are, was, your, want, go, no, so, goes, says, they, their, were, talk, walk, could, should, would, or, for, who, by, my.

*Please note that you should receive a message regarding Heart Words in your email on Monday. 

Math:

In Grade 2, we are reviewing what we have learned about adding and subtracting numbers to 20, as well as how to solve word problems.

In Grade 3, we will review the strategies for adding and subtracting 2-digit and 3-digit numbers, including using the standard algorithms with and without regrouping.

Link to Grade 3 Adding Larger Numbers Parent Summary letter here

Link to Grade 3 Subtracting Larger Numbers Parent Summary letter here

In both grades, we have also been practising using problem-solving steps and strategies to help us understand and solve addition and subtraction word problems.

The Grade 2s and 3s will both have an assessment task to end our units about addition and subtraction this week. We will then begin our geometry units in both Grade 2 and 3. The focus of our unit in Grade 2 will be on 2-D shapes (polygons). We will explore how to describe 2-D shapes using their geometric properties (e.g., sides, corners/vertices, angles). In Grade 3, the focus is on 3-D solids. We will be exploring how we can describe 3-D solids, including their properties (e.g., faces, edges, vertices, angles). We will also examine the meaning of the term congruent (congruence).

Important Dates:

Jan. 20 - United in Black Day: Wear black

Jan. 31 - P.D. Day: No school