This week students can be working on L. Arts (reading, writing), Spelling unit, Math, and Science landform project, and in Social Studies the family tree.  
Use the "Epic" resource for reading!! ( At least 15 to 20 minutes of reading everyday).
L. Arts will be emailed to parents on Monday morning.  
Journal writing topic this week is; " What type of instrument would you like to learn to play? Why?"- 4 to 6 sentences, add a picture and use at least 4 colours in your picture.

​Spelling unit on this link;   https://madamemclean.blogspot.com/p/mr-dhaliwal.html

Math-please continue with 3-D objects and then work on the times table...parents you can quiz your child on every times table (for example from 2x1= up to 2x12= and then move to 3times table and so on).  Don't forget you also have math prodigy for your child to use.

Science-Continue studying the landform booklet and working on the salt dough project having 9 different landforms on the plate...don't forget to connect all of the landforms.

Social Studies- Continue with your family tree.
Remember no school on Friday (Good Friday) 
I will be sending out the zoom meeting invite on Monday for Tuesday meeting time.
Remember to check your junk mail for emails from me. If you any questions or concerns please email me.  I will not be at the school so don't phone the school.

     In order to keep in touch I have a number of strategies that will allow your child to continue learning through this difficult time.  
March 30th to April 3rd-picking up your child's school supplies and items in the orange folder...please take items from the orange folder and leave the folder behind.
      I will be using the blog on the Arthur Stevenson website so you can follow along week to week.
   A schedule to have Zoom online meetings each week is being finalized.  I can only accommodate 4-8 students at a time through Zoom.  Your child’s specific day could be on one of these days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.  Once you receive the schedule and if the scheduled day assigned to your child doesn’t work for you, we can set up a different day (email me which days work for you). 
      I will also schedule phone calls to connect with students.   
This week I am giving you a guide of what students could be doing on their own.  Also, please check out the Arthur Stevenson’ s website as there could be links for math practice.  (Don’t forget to check out the “D-News” blog if you need to refer back to what the weekly guided work is.) 
  Please remember you don't have to do all subjects all at once in one week!  Pick any combination of subjects and do the work up to 1 hour each day!  For example you can pick reading (15 minutes), Math (20 minutes), and P.E. (25 minutes) which is 60 minutes.  
If you have any questions or concerns please don’t hesitate to contact me.    My email is adhaliwal@sd73.bc.ca
 
Please remember students only need to do about 1 hour of school work a day!
 
            This week:
Monday, March 30-April 3

Language Arts,
Journal writing-Topic- “What would you do if you were in the middle of the lake and your boat springs a leak? ”
Criteria:
Students can write 4-6 sentences and include drawing a picture of what they wrote...also include the date.  Take a picture of their work and sent it to me through via email. 
(Each Week the Journal topic will be changed). I have a journal checklist in the orange folder that you can use as a guide. 
 
Math-Please have students work on the last booklet in their math book. They are working on 2-D/3-D shapes. 
  The next math task is to know your times tables...start at the 1 times table and work your way up to the 10 times table or beyond!  If you are able to mark it great! I am available to have a look at their work through Zoom meetings as well.  If students have difficulties with a concept, we can discuss it through Zoom meetings, email or phone calls.
Students should only work on Math for about 20 to 30 minutes.
 
P.E.-do an activity that will have movement for 30 mins a day if possible.
 
Science-Students are to study their land form booklet.  I will be handing out a quiz on landforms at a later date. 
 
The project that students will be doing is using salt dough (a mixture of salt & all-purpose flour, and water) and recreating landforms on a (blue) plate.  Unfortunately, you will have to make the salt dough and I will provide the blue plate and recipe (you have to scale it down to make a smaller amount of salt dough).  The project will need drying time after students create their landforms: it will get hard and then students can paint the project to make it as real as possible.     The due date is flexible!    
 
Handwriting booklet-we just started this - the students could work in the booklet as something fun to do.
 
Social Studies-We are moving towards creating family trees
Homework Project Outline
Grade 2/3
My Family Tree

• When completed you can create a short video or take a picture of your child’s presentation and send it to me through email if your child is not able to attend Zoom meetings. The students have been learning about Shuswap families and now is a great opportunity for students to discover the history of their family!

 
Your child’s instructions:

1. This will be a fun, easy project that your whole family can get involved with!

 
     2. Using the ideas from the following websites, you are to construct your own Family Tree. 
http://kids.familytreemagazine.com/kids/FamilyTreeForm.asp
http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/animatedfilms/tiggermovie/familytree.html
http://www.ehow.com/way_5304600_apple-family-tree-projectskids.html
http://www.kidsturncentral.com/clipart/genbears/familytree3.gif
http://www.kidsturncentral.com/clipart/genbears.htm
Remember these are just ideas to get you thinking! You need to make your own.
 
3. You must have a Family Tree that includes you, your Mum and Dad, brothers and sisters (if you have any), both sets of grandparents and both sets of great grandparents.  You must also include their full names and dates of birth (if you can) on the Family Tree.  Include all the family members you are able to.  

 4. Your Family Tree is unique to YOU, so be creative in the way you present it!
 When we have a Zoom meeting, you can present your family tree!  Presentation day could start after May 30th.
This is also flexible due date.

                                     Continuity of Education Plan Next Steps
​During the week of March 23, SD73 Staff will be putting a plan in place to reconnect students with their learning by March 30 and reconnect vulnerable students with food programs by April 6. Please do not return to school to pick up resources or personal effects unless contacted by school staff. A schedule will be prepared by each school to allow for the safe pick up of resources and personal belongings. We appreciate your patience and understanding. For more information, please refer to the S.D. 73 website.

    This is the last week before spring break...hard to believe! This week will see our class have a new spelling unit this week.  Please continue practising with times tables
with your child.  In Language Arts we will work on poems and comprehension on short stories.  This week will be busy with wrapping up units and getting projects home.     
      
Please return all library books by Wednesday...library day is Thursday.

This week's schedule:
Monday, Mar. 9-New spelling unit
Tuesday, Mar. 10-P.E. & Fine Arts Day
Wednesday, Mar.11-Fine Arts Day
Thursday, Mar.12-Library Exchange
Friday, Mar. 13-Computers & Spelling Quiz

Let's have a great week!

Please feel free to reach me at adhaliwal@sd73.bc.ca

     I hope you had a wonderful weekend!  It was nice to see some spring-like weather this weekend....nice way to start our month of March. 
In Class this Week...
We will review the times table....and continue with fraction unit in Math...there will be a new spelling unit 15 this week.  In Social Studies students are working on Shuswap people.  In Science...landform unit will continue.  
Please return Report Card Envelopes if you haven't done so.

    Library Day
Library books are due on Thursday every week.

This Week:
Monday, March 2-New Spelling unit 
Tuesday, March 3- Fine Arts & P.E. day
Wednesday, March 4-Fine Arts
Thursday, March 5-Library Day
Friday, March 6-Due:Spelling Unit #15 & Spelling Quiz 

Let's have a great week!
As always, you can contact me at the school or email me at dhaliwal@sd73.bc.ca

   Enough of this snow!  I can't believe that we are going into our last week of February.  This week we will have Spelling unit 14 and please have your child bring in their reading log sheet by Monday, March 2.  In math we are well into our fraction unit.. and we will continue practising our multiplication table....in science we will continue with Landforms unit....hopefully students will complete their landform booklet this week.  In Social Studies we will continue with the Shuswap people unit.   
     We still have a few students who don't bring in their library books on Thursday so please make sure your child has their books in their backpacks so they can return the books and exchange them for new books to read for the week.
   

Highlights for this week
 Monday, Feb 24-New spelling unit #14
Tuesday, Feb 25-Fine Arts & P.E. 
Wednesday, Feb 26-Fine Arts
Thursday, Feb 27-Library Exchange day 
Friday, Feb 28-P.E. day and Spelling unit #14 due & quiz

Let's have a grand week!
If you have any questions or concerns please contact me by email or phone the school to make an appointment.

     A big thank you to parents who came out for our skating field trip...it was nice to see parents helping out with tying skates!  
This is a short week with Family day on Monday (No School). 

     This week there will be no spelling unit and we will continue to work on two items in language arts one is fixing "Run-on" sentences and the second is making complete sentences that make sense.  In math, we will began our fraction unit and we will continue working on our multiplication table.     
     In Social Studies we are learning about the Shuswap culture.  In Science, we are working on our landform booklet...hopefully we can be nearly completed this week.              

Reminder; Indoor shoes needed!
  So students need indoor shoes...reminder to parents that you need to take your boots off at the front mats so we can keep our hallways safe and dry.  Students should use snow pants/boots at recess/lunch because I do see a few students who are returning from recess/lunch completely soaked.  Please send a complete change of clothes (including socks) to school in a plastic bag with your child’s name on it.   Clothes/snow pants can stay in the lockers.

Reminder Library Day is Thursdays.

 Let's take a look at this week:
Monday, Feb.17  - Family Day (No School) 
Tuesday, Feb.18 - No Spelling Unit & Fine Arts/P.E. Day
Wednesday, Feb. 19 - Fine Arts & Popcorn Day
Thursday, Feb.20-Library Day
Friday, Feb. 21-P.E. day

Let's have a good week!
If you have any questions or concerns please email me or phone the school and make an appointment. 

     Well we are going into the middle of February...and I hope everyone enjoyed your weekend!  This week will have new spelling unit. The "cold bug" has hit our school, so I will be reminding students to wash hands even more so...hopefully this will keep our class healthy.  
    In Math, we will continue with Measurement unit.   In Science, we are well into our landform unit.  Social Studies we will be working on our Shuswap Peoples unit.  

Valentine’s Day
We will be having a low key Valentine’s Day in class this year. Students are encouraged to give Valentine’s to each other, but please ensure that your child gives a Valentine to EVERY STUDENT IN THE CLASS. We have 21 students in our class. The class list was sent out on the first spelling unit and should be in your child's agenda.   

Please note there is no school on the following day(s):  
February 17th is Family Day 


Upcoming Event...
Skating date: February 14th

This Week;
Monday, Feb.10-New Spelling unit #13
Tuesday, Feb 11-Fine Arts & P.E. day
Wednesday, Feb 12-Fine Arts
Thursday, Feb 13-Library exchange
Friday, Feb 14-Skating field trip & Spelling Quiz 

Let's have a great week!

    Hard to believe that we are already through the month of January and moving into February!  Well there will not be any spelling this week because of the Professional day on Friday.  In math, we are continuing with the measurement unit and we will have a quiz on parts of the measurement unit that we have covered.     
     Reading logs will be out on Monday for the month of February...please make sure your child has the log sheet filled out.  January reading log sheets are due so please make sure your child hands it in this week.  I would like to thank all parents who came out to tie skates our next skating date is February 14th...remember we do leave the school at 8:35 and start skating at 9 to 10. 
In Science we will continue with the Landform unit...as well as our Matter unit.  
 Show & Tell
     During this month, each student is encouraged to bring ONE "special" item that he/she cherish (whether a item made or a toy/picture of something they did) for Show & Tell time. The Show & Tell schedule is located in the Show and Tell tab above.   

Library Books
     Library books must be returned to our class’ by Wednesday or Thursday morning!  If your child is done with his/her books early, please return them at that time. Let’s work hard to prevent overdue books this year!
 
This Week:
Monday, Feb. 3-No Spelling unit
Tuesday, Feb. 4-P.E. day & Fine Arts
Wednesday, Feb. 5- Fine Arts
Thursday, Feb. 6-Library exchange  
Friday, Feb. 7-Professional Development Day (No School)

As always if you have any concerns or issues please can contact  me at the school or email me at adhaliwal@sd73.bc.ca

     As we continue to steamroll through January it seems as though winter temperatures are changing ever so slowly so this could mean more snow or a meltdown of the snow!  In either case February is just around the corner!  This week we will have new spelling unit and we will continue with landforms in Science.  In Social Studies we will continue with our presentations and completion of our indigenous projects. This week in Math will learn about two items Perimeter and Area as well as graphs.     
    In Language Arts we will be doing some grammar.  Please continue to do the Reading at home and recording what your child is reading in the reading log sheet. I still have a few students who need to bring in their skating permission slips as we are going skating this Friday, January 31st.  We will need help with tying skates so if your available please come out! We plan on leaving at 8:35 am on the bus...we do need parents who can take sticks to the arena...so please let me know if you can do this.   
  
Library Days are Thursdays so please have your child return books on Wednesday or Thursday morning.  
    
This week:
Monday, Jan 27-New Spelling unit 
Tuesday, Jan 28-Fine Art & P.E. day
Wednesday, Jan 29-Fine Arts
Thursday, Jan 30-Library Exchange
Friday, Jan 31-Spelling Quiz & P.E. day

Let's have a great week!

     We are reaching the halfway mark...if you were wondering....we are halfway through the school year at the end of Jan.  Time sure goes by when your having fun!
          
    A reminder that we do have skating on January 31st and February 14th...leaving the school at 8:35 am hopefully we need permission slips in before the skating date!!  If you would like to volunteer to tie skates that would be great. 
    If students need skates I know we have skates here but I am not sure if we would have the right size for your child so if you can get skates that would be good.  
    This week we have Unit 11 spelling words...please check and make sure your son/daughter are bringing the spelling work back by Friday.  Please sign the spelling quiz if your child got a low result (4 or less). Thank you.

This week:
Monday, Jan.20-Spelling Unit #11 & Fine Arts
Tuesday, Jan.21-P.E. & Fine Arts
Wednesday, Jan22-Fine Arts
 Thursday, Jan23-Library Exchange
Friday, Jan. 24-Spelling Quiz

As always, you can reach me anytime at adhaliwal@sd73.bc.ca

     I hope everyone had a great weekend and enjoyed the snow!   This week we will have a new spelling unit...this will be unit 10.  In math we are doing the measurement unit...and we are also trying to master our skip counting that relates to multiplication.  In Science we will continue with landforms....and introduce "Matter" unit in Social Studies we are continuing with our projects on different indigenous  groups....eventually we will learn more about the Shuswap peoples. I would like students to wear indoor shoes at school and boots out at the breaks.  Please make sure your son/daughter are wearing appropriate clothing for the weather!  Our skating field trip permission slip is out so please get them in with the $8.00 fee.  I do need parent volunteers to tie up skates so if you can spare some time that would be great!  
    If you have any questions or concerns about your child progress please either e-mail me(adhaliwal@sd73.bc.ca) or phone the school and we can arrange a time to meet. 
Skating dates; January 31, February 14  
Show & Tell
During this month only, each student is encouraged to bring ONE toy that he/she received for Christmas to show during his/her Show & Tell time.
   Reminder
Spelling is due on Fridays so please make sure your child has completed the work and in the agenda book.  I still have a few students who are not handing in the work on time.

Highlights for this week
Monday, Jan.13-New spelling unit 10 
Tuesday, Jan.14-Fine Arts & P.E. day
Wednesday, Jan.15-Fine Arts day
Thursday, Jan. 16-Library Exchange day
Friday, Jan. 17-P.E day & Spelling quiz

Let's have a great week!   

     We will have no new spelling unit this week.  We will continue with short stories as well as concentrate on our concert song.  In Math, we will work on word problems.  You can still work on skip counting with your child this will help develop an understanding in the times tables.    
     In Science we will be presenting our habitat project to parents on December 19th....this will be the first presentation (8:35 am to 9:25 am) for students so please mark it down on your calendar. Please return the notice of the Celebration of learning so I know how many parents are coming out.  I also need the interim reports signed and returned ASAP.  

Winter Concert-December 18th two performances one at 1 p.m. and an evening performance at 6 p.m.- Students can wear a white shirt/black pants or a nice dress...students can wear a red hat (Christmas). 

A Reminder about Show & Tell
Show & Tell this week students are encouraged to bring one "mystery" item to share. Classmates will attempt to guess what the hidden item is by asking questions. Show and Tell items are encouraged to be "made" things, "science" things, "found" things or things related to the theme being studied at the time (TOYS ARE NOT ALLOWED). Pictures are a great way of sharing an event, family member or a pet (due to allergies NO real pets will be allowed in class). If your child is sick for his Show& Tell day, he/she will get to make up his missed day as soon as he/she returns to school. If your child forgets their Show& Tell day, he/she will be encouraged to share (Tell) about something as part of his turn. Children who forget will not be given the opportunity to "make up" Show & Tell.

Library Day is on Thursdays students will sign out  books.  Please bring library books back to the school so students are able to take out 4 books..

Dates to Remember!
Dec. 18th-Winter Concert (1 p.m. afternoon performance & Evening performance @ 6 p.m.)
Dec. 19th-"Celebration of Learning"-Parents come into the classroom-8:35 am to 9:25 am & P.J day.
Dec. 20th-Last day before the Winter Break-Ugly sweater day.

Monday, Dec. 16-No spelling unit 
Tuesday, Dec. 17-Dress rehearsal-students to dress up 
Wednesday, Dec. 18-Winter Concert at 1 p.m. & 6 p.m.
Thursday, Dec.19-Celebration of Learning & P.J. day
Friday, Dec. 20-Ugly sweater day

Let's have a wonderful  week!

If you have any questions or concerns please contact me through email or phone the school.  

     We will have new spelling unit this week and in Language Arts, we will continue with short stories as well as work out of the Write Trait booklet for the next two weeks.  In Math, we will begin measurement unit and of course you can still work on skip counting with your child this will help develop an understanding in the times tables.    
     In Science we will be presenting our habitat project to parents on December 19th...this will be the first "Celebration of Learning" and all parents are invited to come in...the time will be announced closer to the date.  Reading log sheets are out for December so remember students can read all kinds of books (can be information books as long as they can read it!).  Parents please make sure your child records the readings. 
Please get the interim reports signed and returned back to me ASAP.  

Winter-Concert-December-18th Students are to dress up in nice clothes(White shirt/black pants)...winter concert time will be 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. please bring your child to the classroom before the evening performance begins ( I will be in the classroom at 5:30).

A Reminder about Show & Tell
Show & Tell this week students are encouraged to bring one "mystery" item to share. Classmates will attempt to guess what the hidden item is by asking questions. Show and Tell items are encouraged to be "made" things, "science" things, "found" things or things related to the theme being studied at the time (TOYS ARE NOT ALLOWED). Pictures are a great way of sharing an event, family member or a pet (due to allergies NO real pets will be allowed in class). If your child is sick for his Show& Tell day, he/she will get to make up his missed day as soon as he/she returns to school. If your child forgets their Show& Tell day, he/she will be encouraged to share (Tell) about something as part of his turn. Children who forget will not be given the opportunity to "make up" Show & Tell.

Library Day is on Thursdays so bring in library books by Wednesday or Thursday morning!  Once again please make sure your child has indoor shoes to wear in the classroom.  Boots are not allowed in the classroom.

Dates to Remember!
Dec. 18th-Winter Concert (1 p.m. afternoon performance & Evening performance @ 6 p.m.)
Dec. 19th-"Celebration of Learning"-Parents come into the classroom-time will be announced when day gets closer.
Dec.20th-PJ day for students-no stuffy
Dec. 20th-Last day before the Winter Break

Monday, Dec. 9-New spelling unit #8 
Tuesday, Dec. 10-P.E. day & Fine Arts 
Wednesday, Dec. 11-Fine Arts 
Thursday, Dec.12-Library exchange day
Friday, Dec. 13-Due: Spelling unit #8 & Spelling Quiz

Let's have a great week!
If you have any questions or concerns please email me or phone the school and we can set up an appointment.