Lion's Pride -- Don't Forget!!!

BGPS Lion’s Pride

Dear Parents and Guardians,

You may have already noticed the display case in our front foyer. This year, we are using it to present items of “pride” from all of our BGPS students.

On Monday January 21, 2019 students from our class will be sharing their items with the school. Students may choose to bring in an item such as a photograph of place they have travelled, a medal/certificate for an accomplishment, or an artifact to represent their heritage. The cabinet is locked, and all items will be returned in 3 weeks.

Please send what your child would like to put into the display case by

Monday January 21, 2019. As well, please have your child write a paragraph reflecting what he/she is bringing in, and why it is important to him/her.

Students should use the paragraph writing skills they have learned in class (i.e. a topic sentence, relevant and detailed information, and a concluding sentence). Students may choose to use some of the following sentence starters to help them write their paragraph:  

This is my ________________.

I earned it by ________________________.

It is important to me because ________.

Thank you for your support in this school-wide initiative,

Mrs. Marni Longo

Welcome Back!

Welcome Back! I hope you all had a happy and relaxing Winter Break!

We are already back in full swing, and working hard in our classroom!

Curriculum Areas:

Math
- We are currently working in two units -- Patterning and 2-D Geometry
- We have added three new concepts to our to our daily Math Mania - multiplication facts (up to 7x7), measuring to the nearest centimetre, and reading analog clocks. These are all concepts that can be practiced at home.

Literacy

Reading:
- We will be reading books by Chris Van Allsburg and practicing our inferring skills
- We are continuing to read short texts and respond to comprehension questions using information from the text

Writing:
- We are continuing with our unit in Recount Writing
- We are looking at mentor texts to determine if they are strong or weak, and working to improve them
- Our final assignment will be to write our own short recount

Health and Phys Ed.
- Our unit in Healthy Foods is complete and will be coming home this week
- We have begun our unit on Personal Safety and Injury Prevention.
- We are playing badminton in gym 

In other news...
- We are so excited for our grade 2 students who will be going on a field trip to Swan Lake on Wednesday January 30, 2019. There is no cost for this field trip. Students will need to dress appropriately for the weather, as it is outdoors. Students should bring a boomerang lunch and snacks.

- We are continuing to work on our Learning Skills and earn "For the Love of Learning Skills" tickets.

Happy January! :)