Good afternoon Grade 2 Families,
Friendly reminder that tomorrow is a Dress Down Day! We encourage students to bring in a loonie or toonie to support the Terry Fox Foundation.
Thank you!
Category: Reminders
Back to School Night
Hi Grade 2 Parents,
This is a friendly reminder that our Virtual Back to School Night is tonight! The Grade 2 Teachers will be hosting a Google Meet from 8:00-8:30pm.
If you are unable to attend, you can access recordings of our sessions below. There is also a blog post with videos from Miss Brigitte about how the Library will be working this year.
General Studies – Morah Lianna
Morah Batya – Hebrew
Madame Sophie – French
Maccabiah Games 2020
Hello Grade 2 Students and Parents!
We are so excited for this year’s #OJCSonline Virtual Maccabiah Games on Friday, June 5th from 9AM until 3PM!
Here is what you need to know:
The day will be a mixture of team meetings on Google Meet (links will be on our regular class schedule) and a series of missions on the app GooseChase. This is an event for the whole family! Parents and siblings can all play together! Please let Morah Lianna know if your child is NOT going to be playing with a parent or older sibling so we can team them up with an older student or teacher.
General Studies Homework – Week of March 9
Happy Monday!
Now that Innovation day is behind us, we are getting back on track with the homework routine. New homework tasks are going home today and are due on Monday, March 16.
Here is a reminder of the themes for our Ruach Week!
*Grade 2 is “going on vacation” for Wednesday’s class theme day.
Innovation Day!
Hello Grade 2 Parents!
We are so excited for Innovation Day (formerly known as STEAM Fair) on Thursday, March 5th!
You are all invited to join us on Thursday from 8:45am-9:25am in the Grade 2 classrooms.
You will be able to see the finished projects that the Grade 2 students have built for our Marble Movement Challenge!
We are looking forward to sharing our work with you!
Student Blogfolios
Hello Grade 2 Parents,
The day has come….we are ready for a soft launch into student blogfolios! In your child’s note tote, there should be a letter explaining student blogfolios and all the different options of privacy. In case it gets lost on the way home, here is a digital version. (blog post continues after the embedded document)
The student blogfolio will follow your child through their years at OJCS. Their blogfolios will develop into so much more than just a digital portfolio. The students will be learning to communicate online, reflect on their work, and develop their digital citizenship skills (including online safety).
If you are curious about the various privacy options, here are some live examples:
Public Blogfolio – This student has been blogging since Kindergarten. It’s wonderful to see how her learning has grown and developed over time.
Public Avatar Blogfolio – This student has just begun her blogging journey and has chosen to keep her name and identity private. We are still able to see her growth and interact with her on her journey. Notice how students have learned to respect her privacy by using the alias in the comments as well.
Password Protected Blogfolio – This student has shared her name and is open to leaving some posts public, however when she shares pictures or videos, she has password protected the post. Only those who have been approved by her or her parents are allowed to know the password.
Private Blogfolio – This blog is completely private. Unless you have an Edublogs account and have been granted access to this blog, you will not be able to see the content.
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please reach out so we can discuss. Please remember to fill out and sign the blogfolio permission form and return it to school by Friday, March 6.
Shabbat Shalom!
Welcome Back!
We hope you had a lovely February break!
Just a few notes and reminders for this week…
- General Studies homework this week will be focused on preparing for Innovation Day (formerly known as STEAM fair). More information on this will come tomorrow… today was just about building excitement!
- Mark your calendars to join us on March 5th for first period to see our projects. I will share out more information next week.
- This Wednesday (Feb. 26) we will be having a special Parsha and Pancakes for Kindergarten to Grade 2 at 8:00am in the Maker Space! We will have Rabbi Kenter as a special guest parent teaching the Parsha. Please sign up here.
Just some reminders…
Good afternoon Grade 2 parents and students!
Just a few reminders (and 1 exciting update)…
- Tomorrow is our library day. If you have a book at home that is ready to be returned, please make sure it comes to school tomorrow!
- New scholastic order forms went home today for 2A and will go home with 2B tomorrow. There is a neat STEAM issue!
- You can stay up to date on our class by following our grade 2 class twitter accounts! @2Bojcs @2Aojcs
- Exciting update... we have new pen pals!! We received our first batch of letters from our new pen pals.. all the way in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. We are excited to connect with them through letter writing and Flip Grid!
- Lastly, Morah Lianna will be away tomorrow (January 15th). She is visiting another private school in Ottawa to observe a few different math teachers and learn more about personalized learning… stay tuned for more information on how we will be personalizing math later this year!
Scholastic Book Fair
Hello parents!
The book fair is coming up next week. This is a great opportunity to encourage a love of reading, while also receiving new books for our OJCS classrooms and library. Here are a few notes about this year’s fair…
1) We are going to the book fair as a class on Wednesday, December 4th. Please send your child with money that day if you would like him/her to purchase something at the fair.
2) Parents can pop into the book fair before and after school. It opens at 8:00AM AND this year it will be open during P/T Conferences in the evening.
3) Parents can send a note with their child if they have any instructions for the money; i.e. wanting money specifically spent entirely on books, if at least one book must be purchased, using the change towards buying book from the teacher wishlist etc.
Please let us know if you have questions.
Reminder: Dress Down Day
Tomorrow is Dress Down Day. This month, our school will be supporting a charity that was near and dear to Dr. Elianna Saidenberg, an OJCS parent who sadly passed away last week. We thank you in advance for donating.
