March Break approaching!

Whew! February has been a very busy month, what with speeches, Valentine's Day and Day 1oo! I think we are all ready for a break.
Homeroom
~ You may want to come in and check our "Lost and Found" tubs, i
f your child is missing any items of clothing.
~ We have birthday greetings for Isaac Sampson, who has a birthday on February 28th and to Brooke-Lynne Mullen who is celebrating on February 29th, our Leap Year baby.
~ Bookorders went home today but I won't send them in until after the break, probably March 11th or thereabouts.

Grade Two
~ Only spelling words and two sheets of homework this week.
~ Please do keep reading nightly. You are doing a fantastic job grade two. Almost half of our class has read over a hundred books (each of you). Very impressive!
~ Tell your families about the Free Verse poetry we are working on. Write a poem for them, it really is fun. Write about anything!

Have a great March Break! See you all after the Break! M Cronk

February already!

This is my third attempt at writing this so I will be brief.
Grade Two Homework
~Weekly duotangs due Friday
~Spelling-ten words (see agenda)
~Nightly reading/bring blue log books on Friday

Homeroom class
~Book orders are going home this week for Feb./ due Feb. 15th
~Day 100 coming up in 9 more days (be thinking about projects)
~Valentines Day/ class list will be on back of Day 100 information sheet


Public Speaking Finals were held tonight. Super Evening. CONGRATULATIONS to all who participated and your speeches were all great!
Enjoy this wonderful winter weather. M.Cronk

Public Speaking Time Again

January 30th/2008

K-2 Happenings
~ K-2 Assembly, Great Hall, Friday at 9:oo
~ Friday, Feb. 1st. 7:00 pm. "The Bee Movie"
~ K-5 students are encouraged to dress in black and yellow on Friday
~ Feb. 4th - Public Speaking-Grade Level Trials K-2, 9:00 am. Great Hall, ( Gr.3-5 - 1:00 pm. )
~ Feb. 6th - Wed. Public Speaking finals , 6:00 pm.

Grade Two- no SPELLING this week. Hopefully, you have all been working hard on your speeches. Homework is due on Friday, (or sooner). I am so pleased with those of you who are reading every night. You are becoming very good readers. You are also choosing some interesting books from the library. Keep up the good work! M. Cronk.

Cold Monday Morning!

Another week begins.

Grade Two Homework-
~ weekly duotang due Friday
~16 spelling words for Friday's test
~please be sure to take a book home every night, or have one on the "go"(chapter book). Make sure you are recording your title and date yourselves, students
~speeches are coming up right away, (Jan. 31st, please be working on them)
~only 20 more school days until "Day 1oo", that is hard to believe

Drama is on Wednesday for cast members only.

* Please give your child an opportunity to count change. It is a wonderful activity to help your child with " number sense". Counting by "tens", starting from numbers other than 0 or 10 is a bit more challenging and an important skill. Have a good week. M. Cronk

Happy New Year !

Hello to everyone and all the best in this new year. Everyone seems happy to be back at school. We have a regular amount of homework this week. Ten spelling words with related work sheets and some word problems in math. There are also some exercises on "wh" words and some work on antonyms and synonyms.
Please see that your child is reading to you each night. He /she should have a book from school, perhaps a chapter book, and he/she should be reading a chapter or a short book aloud. Please ask your child questions about the story and make sure the book that he/she chooses is not too difficult nor too easy. If they happen to forget a book, it is fine to read one from home.
Nothing else new for now, enjoy your week. The days are getting longer. M. Cronk

Merry Christmas!

I just want to take this opportunity to wish you all a very happy and safe Christmas. I don't know where the time has gone, but it has certainly flown by. I hope you are able to relax and enjoy yourselves during what usually seems to be a very busy time. As they say, don't sweat the small stuff. I am thoroughly enjoying your children, each and everyone of them. Merry Christmas ! Mrs. Cronk

Christmas is coming.

Wednesday already!

Grade Two

- Last week's homework is due Fri. 14th along with our weekly spelling test

- Nightly reading

- Guided Reading has begun this week so your child may have a Cornerstones Reader in his/her bookbag. There is only one story to read and it may be recorded in the little blue half scribbler.



Homeroom K-2

- Please bring in a can of soup (or two) for the Food Bank. The K-2 level has been asked to do this. It is greatly appreciated and needed.



Tonight the K-5 Drama students will be performing in the Cafetoriam at 6:00 pm. The play is called "Things Could always Be Worse", $5.00/person or $10.00 /family.



* There will be a turkey dinner served in the cafeteria on Thursday, check your phone message for the price.

The cafeteria will not be operating after the 17th.

*Our Christmas concert is Tuesday Dec. 18th.

Have a good week and do try to stay healthy. M. Cronk