Ms. Midgley's Blog

Hello families!  Here's our weekly update!  In literacy, we started learning about parts of speech. We learned that nouns are people, places, things, animals and ideas. Maria Montessori designed grammar materials to help teach these concepts. We use the black pyramid or a large black triangle to represent the nouns in a sentence. This shape was chosen because pyramids are a noun that have been around for a very long time! We talked a little bit about the difference between common nouns and proper nouns.    Grade 1 examples   Grade 2 examples We also learned about the magic e! This is sometimes referred to as a Silent E, Magic E or Bossy E. This is when we add an e to the end of a word and it changes the vowel sound (i.e. game, cake, rose, etc.)  Here are our words for next week!  In math, we worked on our April Calendar and continued working on fact families. Students had fun doing another "Esti Mystery" on Tuesday. We also worked on addition with miss...

Hello families!  I'm just sharing a quick update from the week but will keep it short! Thanks to everyone who was able to make it to our assembly on Tuesday! I wanted to share the Stick and Stone read aloud for you to watch at home.  In literacy we have been learning about r-controlled vowels. We looked at the ar and or sound, and began learning that er, ir and ur make the same sound! This can be tricky for students, especially when writing - they are not expected to remember when to use er, ir or ur as this will come with more reading experience.  Here are the words for the week after break:  In social studies this week we began learning about Indigenous groups in Canada and started with the Inuit communities in Canada. We learned a bit about the landscape in northern Canada and stuednts really liked the song in the video we watched so I showed them The Jerry Cans which is a Inuit band!  I can't guarantee that all of their music is appropriate because I've only...

Hello families,  Here's our weekly update!  Gymnastics We're going to be starting gymnastics next week! Please make sure your child:  Has comfortable clothing Has long hair tied back  Has runners, bare feet or sticky socks!  We've been working really hard to get ready for our assembly! We've also been working on some writing to accompany this work and it will also be shared for conferences. I'm still keeping that work on the down-low!  Also in literacy, we've been learning about the "bossy r" and have learned the "ar" and "or" sounds.  Here are the words for next week.. there will not be a quiz on these ones!  In math we continued to work on number bonds and began learning about fact families. We also reviewed different ways to represent addition and worked on our fact fluency.  Fact Family Example In social studies we worked on our mapping skills! We learned about some of the different provinces and territories in Canada and studen...

Hello families,  Here's our weekly update! There are some things I don't want to share too much about because I want to keep it on the down-low for conferences and our upcoming assembly!  The highlight of our week was visiting the Sam Centre! We enjoyed learning about the history of the Calgary Stampede, including the first Pancake Breakfast.        In math, we learned about number bonds and composing/decomposing numbers using number bonds! We played a fun game called "Bonds, Number Bonds" (read in your best James Bond voice). Grade 2 students also learned the stacking strategy for addition.    We've been working with Ms. Adamson's class to learn about understanding others!    We spent the week reviewing digraphs in literacy! And started some writing connected to the work above.  Here are the words for next week: In science we explored light energy and learned about natural and artificial sources of light. In social studies students...