Mrs. Janisse Grade 2!

  March 13, 2026 Language Arts Reviewed all of the vowel teams we have learned over the past few weeks  Continued to talk about verbs and adverbs and practiced writing some sentences to make a story Learned about the parts of a paragraph and began planning and writing our own paragraphs Math Reviewed some math strategies to get us ready to start 2 digit addition and subtraction Talked about decomposing 100 into groups of tens Learned about the associative property Social Studies Talked about the 3 levels of government (federal, provincial and local) including what items they are responsible for and who is the leader of each level Discussed the importance of voting  Looking ahead During Parent-Teacher Conferences on Thursday, March 19 and Friday, March 20 , we invite families to place a colourful push pin on our world map located in our Learning Commons to show where their family comes from. Together, we’ll create a vibrant picture celebrating the diverse backgrounds that...

  Feb 27, 2026 Language Arts Talked about long ‘o’ vowel teams - oa, oe, ow (when it makes /o/) Revisited nouns, adjectives and verbs and wrote some sentences using adjectives to make them more interesting Read some stories about kindness and did a writing piece to go along with pink shirt day The words for next week are set, put, end, does, another, well, large, must, big, even Math Continued with fractions Comparing fractions and deciding which fraction was bigger and which was smaller Breaking up fractions and piecing them back together to make a whole                                                             Social Studies Talked about what we would see at our Sam Centre field trip next week.  Watched some videos about the history of the Calgary stampede Brainstormed some things we might see at...

  Feb 20, 2026 Language Arts Talked about long ‘e’ vowel teams - ea, ey, ee Next week weekly words will be: boy, follow, came, want, show, also, around, form, three, small Did some writing about the olympics and our weekends Compared and contrasted 2 stories (The Mitten and Deep in the Woods) using a Venn diagram  Math Continued to talk about different math strategies that can make it easier to quickly add numbers Started talking about fractions and how to take something whole and make it into equal parts Other fun things! Made paper lanterns to celebrate Lunar New Year Learned about various olympic sports and did some reading comprehension about a sport we chose  Researched an olympic country with our buddies using computers Looking ahead February 24                              Jump Rope for Heart Assembly - 8:30am February 25                    ...

  Feb 6, 2026 Happy February and yay Olympic time! I’m looking forward to bringing my love for the Olympics into the classroom for the next couple of weeks! Language arts Reviewed /er/ using ‘ir’ ‘ur’ ‘er’ and ‘wor’ Finished our animal research web and put our notes into complete sentences Math Talked about math strategies - doubles, near doubles and friendly 10s and how these addition strategies also help us subtract (a sheet was sent home to practice!) Science Continued our talk about energy by exploring light and shadows - Monday we made paper groundhogs and took them outside to do some shadow play Talked about the words transparent, translucent and opaque. Does your child  remember what these words mean? Looking ahead Valentine’s Day We will be exchanging valentines if your child chooses to bring some in on Wednesday February 11 in the morning. If they are bringing in cards please ensure there is enough for everyone (we have 25 kids in the morning) and they can write t...

  January 30, 2026 Wow what a January it has been. I was off for 3 weeks taking care of my son as he landed himself in the hospital for 13 days. I’ve never been so excited to get back to work! The kids were in good hands with the substitute teachers they had and the transition was smooth getting back into the swing of things. Fingers crossed for healthier days ahead! Looking back Language arts Reviewed ar/or ‘r-controlled’ vowels Did some research on the computer about an animal of our choosing  Practiced writing a topic sentence for our research report Math Began talking about addition and subtraction Talked about fact families and inverse operations to check our work Talked about mental math strategies like doubles and played some games to practice Science Continued the science unit about energy by talking about behaviour of light Did some exploration centres to explore the 4 behaviours of light - Does your child remember what they are? (travels in a straight line, reflectio...