Days are lengthening.

This is a busy time in K-2 these next few weeks. As you probably know, there will be school this Friday, Feb.13th. Our "Day 100" projects are starting to arrive and I know some of you are working on your speeches. Oh yes, and we will be exchanging Valentines on Wednesday the 11th.
The grade two spelling words are: club, flag, phone, photo, dolphin, elephant, sphere, alphabet, niece and nephew. Homework is due on or before Friday and please be reading every night.
Last week we had a visitor in grade two. Mr.Wayne Clifford,a published poet, came to talk to us about writing poetry. He wrote a poem especially for us which we hope to illustrate this week. We also started another one together and will invite him back to see the finished product. We all enjoyed his visit and show great promise as poets. Until next week, stay warm and keep reading! M. Cronk

Happy Groundhog Day!

I think I am starting to thaw a little bit. This week our ten spelling words are: this, that, while, wheat, whip, whistle, whiskers, whatever, aunt and uncle. We have five pages of homework and I want to say how pleased I am to see the boys and girls going back and doing their corrections from the previous week. A few things to note: Our Valentine's Day party will be held on Feb. 11th, there is a list of classmate's names on the back of the information sheet that went home today."Day 100" projects are due on Feb. 12th, there is no school for students on Feb. 13th as teachers are going to St. Stephen for inservicing and "Speeches" need to be ready for Feb. 16th. We will be starting in the classroom on the 16th, with grade level trials on the 23rd and finals on the 25th. Book orders will be going home this week and... please check your child's head as, well, you know. Please listen to your child read and let him/her count the change in your pocket. You will be surprised at what these children can do. Have a great week and "keep your stick on the ice". M. Cronk

Deep Chill

Welcome once again. It has been awhile since I have "blogged". We are very busy here at school, heavily into writing,(procedural pieces at the moment) and in math we are working with solid shapes,fractions and addition and subtraction of two-digit numbers with regrouping. Just a reminder to everyone that it is very important for all students to be reading every night. Ideally your child is able to read aloud to you, but sometimes I realize he/she might have to read on his or her own. It is also important for you to ask your child questions about the story, that is the best way to test comprehension.
Our spelling words this week are: remove, cranberries, because, after, then, first, next, finally, another and heat.
Please be thinking about "public speaking" and "Day 100" projects. This will be new to you parents of Kindergarten students, but we will be sending information about this very soon.

Theatre New Brunswick will be performing for us next month so we ask each student to please bring in $2.00.
Have a great week. Please make sure your child is dressed properly for the playground, it is extremely cold out there. Until next week, M. Cronk

Hallowe'en

This will be a busy week. Excitement is mounting with Hallowe'en on Friday. We will be going from room to room in grades K-2 in the afternoon. Each teacher has an activity planned. The boys and girls in Kindergarten will be visiting the Nursing Home Thursday morning, so they will be bringing costumes,( remember permission slips too please). If the Grade One and Two students want to bring a costume for the afternoon, they may.
Book orders should be here this week.
Grade Two- Homework as usual, ten spelling words for grade Two. The words are fairly simple. I encourage the girls and boys to study them on their own and to write them down. It seems to prepare them better for the test on Friday. Please continue with nightly reading. Remember to show your children newspapers, magazines and even the writing on cereal boxes. The more "print" they see , the better. They will surprise you with what they can read.
All for now, have a great week! M.Cronk

Fallish Weather

Fall is indeed here. Please be sure your "little ones" are dressed warmly. The playground can be cold especially if the wind is blowing.
K-2 have forms in their agenda bags to subscribe to Chickadee magazine. If you are not interested please sign the form anyway as we can get free stickers,etc. for the class, thanks.
Grade two : Please, please see that your children are reading every night. I have told them they may not get much of a chance on the weekends and that is fine. I do not want them to think of reading as work, but something they do for enjoyment and knowledge. It is not a contest. I am happy to say that almost everyone is reading every night. Also, don't be alarmed if your child brings home a book at a level lower than what he/she has been reading. Many good books have been overlooked as children move on to higher levels. If you notice however that he/she is always bringing a book that is three or four levels lower, please remind your child to pick something more challenging.
Gr. Two -The spelling words for this week are: hop, fit, grin, buzz, cross, less, miss, go, no, and fuss. Great job having homework in on Friday or before! Thankyou, have a good week. Mrs. Cronk

Thanksgiving weekend approaches

Welcome everyone to K-2 Cronk. It has taken a little while to get up and running, but here we are. The weather is certainly changing and our days are shorter. We are in full swing here in K-2 and things are busy, as you well know.
This week your children are bringing home a magazine catalogue for you to peruse. As the note states, if you or a family member wish to order something,just follow the instructions on the envelope and return the order form and money to me. The children at this grade level are not allowed to go door to door canvassing.
Grade Two- Our spelling words for this week are as follows: ox,run from, will,bell,doll,skull,there,they and windmill. The boys and girls are working hard and doing well with homework and nightly reading. Keep up the good work! This Friday, I will be testing the children on their "Doubles" and "Magic Numbers". Please be going over them until they know them well. Have a great week. Mrs.Cronk

Short week.

It has been a while since I've blogged. We really have been plodding along with our work and making good headway. I hope everyone had an enjoyable weekend and is now ready to settle down to a three day week.
Homeroom K-2 - nothing new to report here.
Please remember that our "Library Day" is Wednesday. Your child may have a book that is over due. It would be a good idea to check with him or her.

Grade Two-
We will begin our Literacy Assessment this Thursday, May 22nd. Please try to keep healthy and well rested. We will finish up May 30th.
There will be no written homework this week. Please continue to read though. M. Cronk