Posted: May 31, 2020
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Good morning boys and girls,
I hope that you have all enjoyed the nice weather last week. We are trying to get our yard ready for the summer season. Perhaps you could help your parents plant some flower boxes or pull weeds out of flowerbeds and gardens to prepare them for the new seeds or plants this year. The leaves on the trees are out in full force and the outdoor temperatures are rising. It is bound to be a terrific summer but we aren't quite there yet. Just two more weeks of lessons and then summer officially begins. I am heading back to school tomorrow to begin writing your report cards for the November- March term. Then I will start to prepare for the fall when you head back to school. I can't wait to see you all in person again. Until then, keep at your lessons.
Last but not least, I would like to wish Bella Curtis a very happy birthday on June 4th. Hope you have a great day, Bella!
Mrs. Vickers
Literacy
Reading
-Grade 2 - 15 minutes per day
-Grade 3 - 20 minutes per day
Word Work
- I would like you to try and make as many words as possible out of the letters in the words "New Brunswick Proud" Remember all of the spelling patterns we have talked about this year.
You can begin with: new wick run ice
Writing
This week try writing a story where you try to convince the reader that playing outside is a very good thing. Try to come up with three reasons why you think outdoor play is important. Discuss each reason in a paragraph. Begin with an introduction and end with a closing. Why not draw a picture of you and your family playing outside for a title page. Use crayons or markers or whatever you have at home. Then give it to your parents. I know they will love it. Make sure you put the year on the back so you can look at it years from now and remember when you made it.
Math
Grade Two Key Math Skills:
-Students will create and solve addition and subtraction word problems to 100.
ie. Mary had 85 cents and she spent 60 cents at a yard sale. How much money does Mary have left?
Students should be able to write an equation ( 85 - 60 = 25 ) Students should be able to answer a word problem in words as well. (Mary has 25 cents left.)
Addition clues Subtraction clues
-how many altogether? - How many left?
-how many in all? - What is the difference between _____ and _____?
-what is the sum? - What is the difference?
- Students must be able to sort shapes using different attributes.
Attributes include such things as color, shape, size, orientation in space.
ie. Students should be able to put 2D shapes into categories such as 4 sided figures or red figures or figures that are large or small.
-Students should be able to count coin money up to $1.
ie. If I placed 2 quarters and 2 dimes and 2 nickels students should be able to to add values to get 80 cents. In order to do this they obviously need to be able to identify the coins and know the value of each and finally add them together. HINT: Begin with the coins of greatest value.
-Students should be able to make a portray a certain amount of money up to $1.
ie. Give students several coins and ask them to show you 40 cents. When they have successfully done this ask them to show you 40 cents another way.
Grade Three
-Students should be able to interpret bar graphs.
ie. If a bar graph show tells you the Ffavorite color of students in Grade 2/3," then students should be able to read the graph and tell you which was the favorite color of the class at a glance.
- Students should be able to read three digit numbers. ie. 276 = Two hundred seventy-six ** Please note** Students will be marked wrong if they say "Two hundred and seventy-six."
-Students should be able to add or subtract 10 from any number to 1000 without counting..
ie. 782 + 10 = 792 654 - 10 = 644 They should add or subtract one group of ten.
-Students should be able to represent any number to 1000 in standard form.
ie. Ask student to write down the number four hundred twenty-three. They should wirte down "423"
-Students should be able to use mental math strategies to add two-digit numbers and be able to explain what they did orally.
ie. 42 + 26 = ? Student could add tens first, then ones. 40 + 20= 60 and 2 + 6 = 8 so 60 + 8 = 68
42 + 26 = ? Students could make a "friendly number" by saying 42 + 6 = 48 so then 48 + 20 (easy to add ending in zero) = 68
42 + 26 = ? Students could add ones first then tens and say 2 + 6 + 8 and 40 +20 = 60 so then 8 +60 = 68
42 + 26 = ? Students could say that 40 + 26 = 66 but you still need to add the extra "2" so 66 + 2 = 68
-Students should be able to use mental math strategies to subtract two-digit numbers and be able to explain what they did orally.
ie. 51 - 35 = ? Students could say 51 - 30 = 21 then 21 - 5 = 16 ( break number apart)
51 - 35 = ? Students could say 50 - 35 = 15 then 15 + 1 = 16 (compensation)
51 - 35 = ? Students could say 50 - 34 = 16 (constant difference) You took 1 from each side so that 50 was friendly.
51 - 35 = ? (Think addition) 35 + _____ = 51
Grade Three Social Studies
- New Brunswick cities: Fredericton (capital of New Brunswick)
Saint John (oldest city in Canada)
Moncton
Miramichi
Bathurst
Campbellton
Edmonston
Modes of Transportation in New Brunswick:
-Trans Canada Highway
-Railroad
-Intern
-International Airports in Fredericton, Saint John, Moncton
-Buses
Cultures: New Brunswick has people from all over the world living here but the largest populations are of European Decent as well as Native Americans. Ask your parents what nationalities are in your family and look up some special music, foods, traditions they embrace.
Privincial Flower: purple violet
Provincial Flag: a lion represents our ties with England, a salmon represents the fisheries and the boat represents our ties to the sea.
Look up our provincial flag.