2A, 2B, How To Support At Home

How Best To Support at Home

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How Best To Support At Home

Here are a few videos, games, apps and anchor charts to help with supporting your child at home. Remember not all of the items posted are for everyone. We are all on our own learning journey.

Printing:

  • Click on this video to review the correct way to hold a pencil.

Handwriting Without Tears letter and number formation.McKenna, Mrs. / Handwriting Without Tears | Handwriting without tears, Writing without tears, Preschool writing

Letter placement anchor chart.

Writing:

A personal narrative video 1

A personal narrative video 2

A personal narrative video 3

A personal narrative video 4

A personal narrative video 5

Paper to print on.

Summer Reading Challenge

If your child lost their form here is another you can print.

Science:

Read science books on Epic. Code (tzu6283) Sorry but this option is only available for free during school hours.

Watch homework videos about the different categories of animals and one on adaptations.

Math:

Extra support for Math below if needed:

  • Click on this video to see various addition strategies introduced in class.
  • Click on this video to see how to add double digits with regrouping.
  • Click on this video to see various subtraction strategies introduced in class. I have not used Touch Math.
  • Click on this video to see how to subtract double digits.
  • Click on this video to see what the students have learned about place value.
  • Use IXL to practise various skills. Remember to use starred items. Listening to this video will help you use IXL as it was intended.

Social Studies:

Inquiry based questions, learn more about them by watching this video.

World map and activity.

 

2A, 2B, Reminders

Friendly Reminder

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Please bring in any of the items before Monday, June 10th, listed on the poster below.

 

Paper towels, instant coffee, canned salmon, canned tuna, canned vegetables, crackers. These items are what the Food Bank needs the most.

                            Thank-you for your support!

French Studies

A school where fun never ends!

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Salut les parents!

The school is buzzing right now! There has been so much activity lately at the school, and students are shining. Kids enjoyed spending a morning with their grandparents doing fun activities in all three languages, and they proudly showed them their work. In French they did a questionnaire about Israel. For Mother’s Day, they made beautiful cards with French wishes. They love practicing their reading and writing skills through reading buddies and playing games so that they can review all the new and old vocabulary.  We are currently working on reading comprehension. They read in class out loud a text and then we answer the questions all together. Next week we are starting a unit about Ma Ville. They will learn all the necessary vocabulary so that they can describe their own cities and present them to  grade 3. the end of the school year is getting closer, I insist on them reading the Je lis books daily so they can finish Grade 2 positively and successfully. Have a peek into our classroom and enjoy your  kids! In some videos there are more than 2 kids participating.






 

 

 

 

2A, 2B, General Studies

In The Know

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Generations Day was a huge success. Our students did an excellent job reciting their class poems about the IDF and creating notes of support for the soldiers in Israel. Our full Generations Day program can be located here. These notes went directly to the soldiers.  A big thank-you to the Gonen family for delivering them. Generations Day was also Tzvi’s  last day at the OJCS as he and his family will be returning to Israel. Tzvi you will be missed by your teachers and friends.

Language Arts:

Writing-These past months the focus of our writing blocks were on exploring and creating various styles of poetry (lists, cinquain, acrostic) and narratives. Our goal for our narratives is that they are rich in detail, have an introductory  sentence, sequential order to the events and a closing sentence.  

Library-Just before our move to KBI, Ms. Brigitte had finished reading The Hoboken Chicken Emergency by Daniel Pinkwater. The students had a great time completing a choice board where they choose two follow-up activities to demonstrate both their understanding of the novel and their ability to create an alternative ending to the story.

 

 

Science:

Innovation Day marked the end of our unit on Liquid, Solids and Gases. Here are a few picks and a video from that fun day.

 

    

We are presently working on our final unit, The Growth and Changes in Animals. We have examined the characteristics of mammals, reptiles and amphibians. This week we will explore  the characteristics of fish. Our students have become very good at comparing the different categories of animals using Venn Diagrams.

   

 

Social Studies:

This last project will help our students have a better understanding of the big beautiful world they are a part of. They will work together in pairs to understand and share that how close or far from the equator their country is will affect the types of homes they live in, the wildlife that lives there, etc… Can’t wait to see their finished projects. Photos will be added soon.

French Studies

le printemps EST ici! Or maybe not?

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The last two weeks have been full of meaningful learning at the OJCS. We talked about some animals and we learnt where they live and what they eat. The kids wrote down all this information and turned it into a game. They had so much fun playing together. Since they have learnt so many verbs, they love using them to create longer sentences and texts. We also learnt the opposites, that was also interesting  because they had to come up with different examples to describe things that are small,long,dry,cold,empty(petit,long,sec,froid,vide) etc. They worked in groups and played different games to practice the vocabulary. Finally we learnt the parts of the body making booklets and monsters. Every Friday we do reading buddies with grade 4 and 5. They read together, learn 3 new words  and play Blooket revising the vocabulary.

Hebrew

“הַבֵּיצָה שֶׁהִתְחַפְּשָׂה”

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Dear Parents,
Inspired by the story “The Egg That Didn’t Want to Be an Egg,” or as it’s known in Hebrew, “הביצה שהתחפשה,” our students embarked on a journey of creativity and imagination.
In this charming tale, the egg decides to “dress up” as a balloon, a clock, or even a ping-pong ball.
After reading the story together, each child was given the opportunity to create their own egg character. The results were nothing but magical!