This is the last week for the blog posting...Students who are on distance learning will receive their work on Monday morning through email.  Zoom meeting will take place on Monday at 10:00 am (Invites will go out on Friday).
Reminder: 
    Reminder all students can use;
 "Epic" resource for reading!! ( At least 15 to 20 minutes of reading everyday).

Journal writing topics this week are; "What would happen if it really did rain cats and dogs?"-  Topic for journal for the last week; "What are your plans for summer break?" 5 to 7 sentences, add a picture and use at least 4 colors in your picture.
Reminders
Please get the Student Self Assessment completed as soon as possible and drop it off at the school.  This document will be in student's report card.    
 Please hand in your chrome-book (if you borrowed one) by June 19th.

Spelling work, L.Arts, and Math will be emailed Monday morning. 
Remember to check your junk mail for emails from me.
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Last day of school is June 25th-this is a half day and report cards will go out on this day.
You can pick up your child's report card from the school on June 25 to July 2nd.

If you any questions or concerns please email me.  I will be at the school so you can phone the school.
Let's have a good week!
Thank you for your support!

     This week students who are on distance learning will receive their work on Monday morning through email.  Zoom meeting will  take place on Monday (Invites go out Friday or Sunday night). 
     Students who are coming into the school two days a week will get their work at school (these students will not be doing school work at home when not in school).  The zoom meeting will not be taking place for students who are coming to school.

Reminder all students can use;
 "Epic" resource for reading!! ( At least 15 to 20 minutes of reading everyday).

Journal writing topic this week is; "I am proud of myself because__________"- 5 to 6 sentences, add a picture and use at least 4 plus colors in your picture.

​Spelling words will be emailed on Monday morning.  Remember; use the document that tells students what to do each day with the spelling words.  Plus you can do the activities that I email to you.

Math-I will email the times table work sheets on Monday...reminder parents you can quiz your child on the times table. 
Don't forget you also have math prodigy for your child to use.

Remember to check your junk mail for emails from me.

If you any questions or concerns please email me.  I will be at the school so you can phone the school.
Let's have a good week!
Thank you for your support!

    This week all students will receive Spelling, L. Arts, and Math.  Starting on June 1st you can expect online work for students who are doing distance learning also the zoom meeting will  take place on Monday (Invites go out Sunday night). 
     Students who are coming into the school two days a week will get their work at school (these students will not be doing school work at home when not in school).  The zoom meeting will not be taking place for students who are coming to school.

Reminder all students can use;
 "Epic" resource for reading!! ( At least 15 to 20 minutes of reading everyday).

Journal writing topic this week is; "Walking in the rain is…"- 5 to 6 sentences, add a picture and use at least 4 plus colours in your picture.

​Spelling words will be emailed on Monday morning.  Remember; use the document that tells students what to do each day with the spelling words.  Plus you can do the activities that I email to you.

Math-I will email the times table work sheets on Monday...reminder parents you can quiz your child on the times table. 
Don't forget you also have math prodigy for your child to use.

This is the last week I will be sending out the zoom meeting invites on Monday for Tuesday and Wednesday for Thursday.
Remember to check your junk mail for emails from me.

If you any questions or concerns please email me.  I will be at the school so you can phone the school.
Let's have a good week!
Thank you for your support!

     This week students can work on L. Arts, Math, and Spelling.  If you have completed your Family tree please practice your presentation of your family tree.    
Reminders:   No School on Monday!
Use the "Epic" resource for reading!! ( At least 15 to 20 minutes of reading everyday).
L. Arts will be emailed to parents on Tuesday morning.

Journal writing topic this week is; "What would you eat if you were on a deserted island?  How would you catch your food? "- 4 to 6 sentences, add a picture and use at least 5 plus colours in your picture.

​Spelling words will be emailed on Tuesday morning.  Remember; use the document that tells students what to do each day with the spelling words.  Plus you can do the activities that I email to you.

Math-please continue with the times table...I will email the times table work sheets...reminder parents you can quiz your child on the times table. 
Don't forget you also have math prodigy for your child to use.

This week I will be sending out the zoom meeting invite on Wednesday for Thursday zoom session.
Remember to check your junk mail for emails from me.
If you any questions or concerns please email me.  I will be at the school so you can phone the school.
Let's have a good week!
Thank you for your support!!

This week students can work on L. Arts, Math, and Spelling.  If you haven't started your Family tree please start soon.    
Reminders:
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 I know about rabbits is that… "- 4 to 6 sentences, add a picture and use at least 5 plus colours in your picture.

​Spelling words will be emailed on Monday morning.  Remember; use the document that tells students what to do each day with the spelling words.  Plus you can do the activities that I email to you.

Math-please continue with the times table...I will email the times table work sheets...reminder parents you can quiz your child on the times table. 
Don't forget you also have math prodigy for your child to use.

I will be sending out the zoom meeting invite on Monday and Wednesday.
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.
Let's have a good week!
Thank you for your support!!

     This week students can work on L. Arts, Math, and Spelling.  If you haven't started your Family tree please start soon.    
Reminders:
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; "Use descriptive words like amazing, incredible, outrageous, super-fun or mind-blowing while writing about your favorite activity of all time."- 4 to 7 sentences, add a picture and use at least 4 plus colours in your picture.

​Spelling words will be emailed on Monday morning.  Remember; use the document that tells students what to do each day with the spelling words.  Plus you can do the activities that I email to you.

Math-please continue with the times table...I will email the times table work sheets...reminder parents you can quiz your child on the times table. 
Don't forget you also have math prodigy for your child to use.

I will be sending out the zoom meeting invite on Monday and Wednesday.
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.
Let's have a good week!
Thank you for your support!!

     This week will be a short week with April 27th being a Professional Development day.  Students can work on L. Arts, Math, and handwriting.  If you haven't started your Family tree this week would be a good time.    
Reminders:
Use the "Epic" resource for reading!! ( At least 15 to 20 minutes of reading everyday).
L. Arts will be emailed to parents on Tuesday morning.
 
Journal writing topic this week is; "Imagine if cows gave green pop instead of milk!  What would the world look like?"- 5 to 7 sentences, add a picture and use at least 5 plus colours in your picture.

​Spelling words will be emailed on Tuesday morning.  Please use the document that tells students what to do each day with the spelling words.  

Math-please continue with the times table...I will email the times table work sheets...reminder parents you can quiz your child on the times table. 
Don't forget you also have math prodigy for your child to use.

Social Studies- Continue with your family tree.
I will be sending out the zoom meeting invite on Monday and Wednesday.
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.
Let's have a good week!
Thank you for your support!!

     This week students can be working on L. Arts, Math, and handwriting.  The Family tree can be started this week if you have the time.  
Reminders:
Use the "Epic" resource for reading!! ( At least 15 to 20 minutes of reading everyday).
L. Arts will be emailed to parents on Monday.
 
Journal writing topic this week is; "What is your favourite book/movie that inspired you to learn about something new?"- 4 to 6 sentences, add a picture and use at least 5 colours in your picture.

​Spelling words will be emailed please use the document that tells students what to do each day with the spelling words.  

Math-please continue with 3-D objects and then work on the times table...I will email the times table work sheets...reminder parents you can quiz your child on the times table. 
Don't forget you also have math prodigy for your child to use.

Science-Most students have completed the landforms...if you haven't please do so this week.  The project needs 9 different landforms on the plate...don't forget to connect all of the landforms.

Social Studies- Continue with your family tree.
I will be sending out the zoom meeting invite on Monday and Wednesday.
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.
Let's have a good week!
Thank you for your support!!

     This is a short week students can be working on L. Arts, Math, and Science landform booklet (study), and in Social Studies the family tree.  
No school on Monday
Use the "Epic" resource for reading!! ( At least 15 to 20 minutes of reading everyday).
L. Arts will be emailed to parents on Monday.
 
Journal writing topic this week is; "How is your life different today than when your parents were kids? ?"- 4 to 6 sentences, add a picture and use at least 5 colours in your picture.

​Spelling words will be emailed with another document of what to do each day with the spelling words...please use this document for all future spelling words.  

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 on 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.
I will be sending out the zoom meeting invite on Monday and Wednesday.
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.

Thank you for your support!!

      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