Mrs. Janisse Grade 2!

  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...