November 24 - 28, 2025

Our Learning

Math:

This week, we will complete our study of estimating and comparing numbers. Both grades will have an end of unit assessment task later this week or early next week. 

This week in Grade Two, we will continue to order and compare numbers to 200 using place-value (e.g., base ten blocks), hundreds charts, and number lines. We will then practise estimating a given number of items (up to 200) using known referents (a referent is a known quantity you use to help you estimate another quantity). 

Link to Grade 2 Parent Letter Explaining Lessons About Comparing and Ordering Numbers to 200 

Link to Grade 2 Parent Letter Explaining Lessons About Estimating Quantities

In Grade 3, our focus will be to use a variety of strategies (e.g., base ten block representations, number lines, hundreds charts) to order and compare 3-digit numbers, and we will practise using the greater than and less than symbols. We will then review what we learned about rounding numbers to the nearest ten and the nearest hundred before our assessment task later this week.

Link to Grade 3 Parent Letter Explaining Lessons About Ordering and Comparing 3-Digit Numbers 

Language:

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 we will have our next spelling check-in on Monday, December 1st. It will consist of Heart Words, and long o / silent e and long e / silent e words. 

In Writing, we will begin our exploration of different types of descriptive writing, using adjectives and interesting vocabulary to paint a picture when describing something or someone. In reading comprehension, we will continue to practise making connections. We have been learning about how we can use 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.  

Our next reading comprehension strategy focus will be visualizing to help us comprehend what we read.

Visual Arts:

We will continue our exploration of the element of colour in art works, with a focus on warm and cool colours and the feelings which can portrayed by the use of certain colours when creating works of art. We will also learn about different types of lines and how they can be used when creating art.

Health:

We will continue our discussions about healthy eating and the students will "create" a balanced meal. 

Important Dates:

Friday, Nov. 28- Library books due

Sunday, Nov. 30 - First Sunday of Advent

Tuesday, Dec. 2 - Photo Retakes

Friday, Dec. 5 - P.D. Day