Mrs. Janisse Grade 2!

Oct. 31, 2025 Happy Halloween! It is great to be back and see the kids again! It was a long 3.5 weeks for sure. We are trying to jump right back in where we left off! Looking back Language arts  Reviewed the “bossy e” rule (we will continue this next week Did some fun creative writing about a haunted house that we drew Math Continued our talk about quantity and counted various objects from our classroom Did a fun skeleton place value write the room game   Social Studies Began our unit on Time and Place. We talked about relative directions and used words like near, far, on top of, below, beside, etc..  Looking ahead Please return all library books to exchange on Tuesday! Upcoming Dates November 4                 PICTURE DAY!!! November 10-12          Fall Break - NO SCHOOL November 25               Confluence Historic Site Field Trip - Penford, Janisse & Massy's Classes ...

  Oct. 3, 2025 Hi parents! Just wanted to take a quick second to let you know much we appreciate all the support we have received over the last few weeks. I was feeling pretty emotional this morning not knowing when we will be back to school. I feel like we were just getting into the groove of things! Hopefully we will be back sooner than later. Please know I will not have access to email while we are out. Take care and hope to see you all soon. Looking back Language Arts Reviewed digraphs ph, wh, nk, ng Did a sharing circle and some writing about our long weekend Practiced writing sentences to answer a question Math Began exploring quantities to 1000.  We walked around the school to count the number of doors in our school. It was tricky! Social Studies Had a great discussion about where our families our from and looked at those places on a map. Looking ahead October 8                    Picture Day (New Date to Be Determined) ...

  Sept 26, 2025 Looking back Language Arts Reviewed digraphs th, sh, ch, ck Practiced writing different types of sentences (statements, exclamatory, questions) and used our editing checklist Had our very first spelling test! Math Finished our pattern unit with a fun hundreds chart activity Showed all the things that we learned about  patterns in a math test Science Learned that certain materials are used for different purposes Had a science test to show the things we learned about materials Other fun things! Talked about the autumn equinox on Monday and worked on some fall art Had an amazing 3 Left Feet Dance performance! Talked about the meaning of Orange Shirt Day and did a page in our visual journals about how we should feel at school Looking ahead Words for the week: he, was, for, on, are, as, with, his, they, I MONDAY                     Non-Instructional Day - NO SCHOOL TUESDAY             ...

  Sept 19, 2025 Looking back Language Arts Focused on the ‘floss’ rule (when flsz comes at the end of a word after a short vowel you double the letter) and the -oll/-ull/-all sounds. Talked about the sight words, your, want, no, go, so  Learned about how to read back our sentences to make sure they have everything they need Talked about pronouns and how to use them to connect 2 sentences Math Talked about increasing and decreasing patterns Learned about patterns on a hundreds chart Science Continued our talk about materials and how indigenous people use natural materials to make tipis. We created our own tipis in our visual journals and labelled each material. Talked about a sharing circle and how indigenous people use a sharing stick to take turns. We created a class sharing stick using natural and produced materials to use for future sharing circles Sorted pictures cut out of magazines into natural and processed materials Other fun things! ...

  Looking back Langauge Arts Focused on reviewing short vowel sounds  Learned that every sentence has a subject and predicate (something about the subject). We practiced writing our own sentences complete with a capital letter at the beginning and a period at the end. Talked about the word “courage” and how Terry Fox had courage to run a marathon a day. We drew a picture and wrote about a time that we had courage Math Continued our talk and practice about repeating patterns with more than one attribute Science  Talked about different types of materials and discovered different materials around the classroom Made our own creations using a variety of materials (wood, metal, plastic, playdough) Talked about properties of materials (length, weight, transparency, reflection, malleability, absorbancy) Explored centres that related to each property that we learned about  We also finished up our self portraits and made a class promise about how we are going to treat each oth...