November 10 to 14, 2025
We Remember
Remembrance Day
This week, we will learn about the meaning of Remembrance Day, including why it is important for us to remember those who have come before us, as well as those who continue to serve in Canada in order that our country remain a peaceful and safe nation.
On Tuesday, November 11th, we will honour Remembrance Day with a school ceremony in the school gym beginning at 10:45 a.m.
Help Please:
The weather has certainly turned colder and wetter (snowy!) over the last few days and the forecast is calling for some very cold days this week. Your child should arrive at school in warm clothing such as a winter jacket, warm hat, mittens/gloves, and splash pants or snowpants for the wetter and snowy weather. Please send your child with extra mittens/gloves and socks and label your child's boots, jackets, mittens/gloves, etc., with their name to avoid confusion. Many children's rainboots and winter boots look the same, so labels inside the boots are very helpful.
Our Learning This Week
Math:
This week, the Grade Two students in our class will have an assessment of their learning about about the place value and representing numbers unit which we completed last week.
We will then continue our number unit about Estimating and Comparing Whole Numbers. In Grade Two, we will be learning about several strategies to compare numbers less than 100, including how to locate numbers on partial number lines. We will also learn how to use place-value to order and compare 2-digit numbers.
Grade 2 Parent Summary Letter Locating Numbers on a Number Line link here
Grade 2 Parent Summary Letter Comparing and Ordering Numbers Using Place Value link here
In Grade 3, we will continue to learn how to round numbers to the nearest tens and hundreds. We will also learn how to build a number line using a scale.
Grade 3 Parent Summary Letter Building a Number Line Using Scale link here
Grade 3 Parent Summary Letter Comparing Three-Digit Numbers Using Benchmarks link here
Language:
In Reading over the next few weeks, we will begin to work on strengthening our reading comprehension skills by discussing how making connections helps us understand what we are reading. We will practise using what we already know (our schema) to understand what we read. Sometimes the words or pictures in a text remind us of the things we already know, which help us understand a text and make predictions.
In phonics, last week we learned about the long a vowel sound but ran out of time to learn about the long i vowel sound. This week, we will learn about the long i vowel sound as in the words ice, bike, side, ride, five, and kite. The long vowel sound is the same as the vowel's name, I. The vowel i says its own name, I, when there is a silent E at the end of a word. Reminder: The E does not make a sound so we say it is "silent" ("silent E" or "bossy E").
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.
Spelling Check-In:
Please note that there will not be a Spelling check-in this week. We will postpone it until next week.
Health and Physical Education:
We are finishing up our soccer lead-up skills unit and will begin to practise underhand and overhand ball manipulation skills in Physical Education. During our Health lessons, we will learn about the importance of healthy eating.
Next Steps from Progress Report Cards: How Parents Can Help At Home
Song about doubles addition facts
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