October Learning Goals!!!

October Learning Goals

Room 105

Language:

• 1.2 demonstrate an understanding of appropriate listening behaviour by using active listening strategies in a few different situations (e.g., listen without interrupting and wait their turn to speak)

• 1.3 identify a few listening comprehension strategies and use them before, during, and after listening in order to understand and clarify the meaning of oral texts, initially with support and direction
• 1.1 read some different literary texts (e.g., poetry, folktales, fairy tales from diverse cultures, stories, books from home in their first language), graphic texts (e.g., simple maps, charts, diagrams, graphs
• 1.2 generate ideas about a potential topic, using a variety of strategies and resources (e.g., formulate and ask questions such as the five W’s [who, what, when, where, why

Math:

• read and print in words whole numbers to twenty, using meaningful contexts (e.g., storybooks, posters, signs)
• count forward by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s, 10’s, and 25’s to 200, using number lines and hundreds charts, starting from multiples of 1, 2, 5, and 10 (e.g., count by 5’s from 15; count by 25’s from 125);
• create a repeating pattern by combining two attributes (e.g., colour and shape; colour and size)
• identify repeating, growing, and shrinking patterns found in real-life contexts (e.g., a geometric pattern on wallpaper, a rhythm pattern in music, a number pattern when counting dimes);

Social Studies:

• identify continents, significant bodies of water, the equator, poles, and hemispheres, using a globe
• identify cardinal directions on a map (i.e., N, S, E, W), and use these directions when locating selected countries
• demonstrate an understanding that there are a variety of countries, continents, physical features, and bodies of water around the world and that their locations can be represented in different ways (map, digital/interactive maps, globes)

Science:

• 2.2  investigate the properties of liquids (e.g., conduct experiments to compare the rate at which different liquids flow) and solids (e.g., conduct experiments to find out ways in which solids can be changed)
• 2.3 investigate, through experimentation, interactions that occur as a result of mixing and/or dissolving liquids and solids (e.g., salt and water, sand and water), liquids and liquids (e.g., oil and water), and solids and solids

Welcome Back Everyone!!! Grade 2 is now in session!!!!

Mrs. Asgarali, Room 105

(905) 653- 8055 ext. 105

My Blog: mrsasgarali.blogspot.ca

(Stay Tuned…..)

Information Checklist

⃞ Return all forms

⃞ Pay for Agenda

⃞ Pay for Communication Pouch (only if your child does not have one)

⃞ Bring labelled indoor shoes and labelled water bottle

⃞ Bring a labelled shoe box with an extra pair of clothes and socks

⃞ Label all coats and hats

⃞ Please have your child dress appropriately for the weather

⃞ Students will have an agenda and communication pouch that will be used to communicate between home and school. Please check and return the agenda daily. You can write notes to the teacher in the agenda. The communication pouch will be sent home with letters and student work on a regular basis.

Welcome Back!

My name is Lana Asgarali I have been teaching at Fossil Hill P.S. for 13 years.  I am very proud to be a part of the Fossil Hill family.  My qualifications are in Primary and Junior Grades, with a specialized background in Child Development. I look forward to meeting you and working with you and your child this upcoming school year!  

Communication Pouch

Your child will receive their black communication pouch that will be used to transport any notes, homework, money that need to travel back and forth to school. The pockets will be checked by me on a daily basis. We ask that you look through the pockets for any notes or class work that your child brings home. These communication pockets should come to school daily and will go home everyday. Please take care of them as they can be reused in the years to come.

If our child is new to Fossil Hill, or does not have one, the cost for the communication pocket is $5. 00. Please send this money with your child to school.

Agendas

Your child will be writing daily in his/her agenda to share important information about homework and school activities.  The cost of an agenda is $5.00.  Please send any money in a clearly labelled envelope or plastic baggy.  This will ensure that it arrives to school safely.  Please read and sign your child’s agenda each day.  Thank you in advance for supporting our school-home communication.

Appreciations

Thank you to our Fossil Hill caretakers who worked so hard over the summer to clean our school, perform maintenance and store the extra furniture and supplies.

Thank you to our office staff (Ms. Luchetta and Ms. Flynn) for organizing student registrations over the summer and providing us with all the necessary back to school documents.

Upcoming News!!

Please look forward to further online classroom communication where you will find information about what we are learning, helpful resources, upcoming special events and reminders, and the monthly calendar.

Homework

Reading books and reading logs will start to be sent home in the next couple of weeks. Students are encouraged to read every night for at least 20 minutes. Some excellent websites and resources will be posted on our website for Listening to Reading and Online E-Books. Keep posted for more updates in the first weeks of school!
Our students will also be having access to Raz Kids online reading program for levelled books soon.  

******Monday, September 25th: P.A. Day (No School)

Classroom Supplies
Other than indoor shoes, a water bottle, agenda and communication pouch, students do not need to have classroom supplies purchased for back to school. Pencils, colouring tools, scissors, glue, and notebooks are all provided by the school.

Library

Students will go to the library every week. Your child will be bringing home library books that will be at their reading level and some that are above. Library books often can have rich stories that students are able to discuss and reflect upon. Library books can even be read more than once. Children often enjoy hearing a story again, and even helping to tell the story the second time around.
Library books must be returned weekly in order for your child to get a new book.

Gym

Students will have gym class twice a week, Day 2 and Day 5. They need to have comfortable clothing and running shoes. The focus for gym this month will be on establishing rules, routines, safety procedures and team building games and activities.

Snack & Lunch

Fossil Hill P.S. is a NUT FREE SCHOOL. We have students at our school who are severely allergic to peanuts. Do not send your child with any peanuts or nut products.

If your child has another type of allergy, that the school is not aware of, please let me know as soon as possible.  

Thank you for your cooperation and support in keeping all Fossil Hill P.S. students safe and happy at school.

Getting to Know You and Your Child

I would like to get to know you and your child. Please complete the attached Parent Information Form, and return to school. I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Asgarali