Welcome to Mrs. Hammond’s Grade 2 Class!
I hope you have had an excellent summer and are now ready for an exciting year!
I would like to introduce myself as your child’s teacher this year. My name is Krista Hammond and I love boating, hiking, camping and adventuring with family and friends! Other teachers working with our class this year include: Mr. Morin who will be teaching Music, Ms. Paterson who will be teaching Health and Media, and Mrs. Johnson who will be teaching Science.
Please sign up for Remind 101 as this is an easy way to stay informed of the happenings in
the classroom or last minute reminders. The agenda is the best way to stay informed but this is another helpful tool for communication.
When you do sign up, it will send messages to your phone or email. To sign up, follow the
instructions on the back of this page. As with other years’ teachers, I will also be using the agendas for communication. Please note changes to pick up or bus routines in the agendas. Another way I communicate with families is through the class blog. It is linked to the school website and if you ask to follow the blog it will send you an email update of the newest post. In addition, please feel free to contact me via email at:
In the next few weeks I will be sending home our “At Home Reading” Program.
Until then, please have your child read with you or on their own daily. |
What are we learning in Grade 2?
Language:
In Reading we are going to be reviewing some reading strategies such as “using the pictures”,
“chunking sounds”, etc., as well as, identifying the 5 W’s in texts. During our read alouds we will
be using the reading strategy of Making Connections to understand and remember what we read.
In Writing, we will be looking at Recounts and will be writing Recounts of our summer holidays.
We are focusing on using capitals and periods properly in sentences and will practice putting
things in chronological order in their writing. Next week we will begin our spelling program and
students will have a list of words to learn in their agendas for a spelling test each Friday.
“chunking sounds”, etc., as well as, identifying the 5 W’s in texts. During our read alouds we will
be using the reading strategy of Making Connections to understand and remember what we read.
In Writing, we will be looking at Recounts and will be writing Recounts of our summer holidays.
We are focusing on using capitals and periods properly in sentences and will practice putting
things in chronological order in their writing. Next week we will begin our spelling program and
students will have a list of words to learn in their agendas for a spelling test each Friday.
Math:
For the next few weeks we will be working on representing numbers in different ways such as;
using pictures, numbers, tallies, base-ten blocks and words.
using pictures, numbers, tallies, base-ten blocks and words.
Gym days are Days 1 and 3 and Library Day is to be determined. Picture Day is September
27th and Meet the Teacher Night is September 26th from 5:30-7:00.
27th and Meet the Teacher Night is September 26th from 5:30-7:00.
** Please take the time to fill out the parent survey that will help me get to know your
child and your family a little better.
child and your family a little better.
Thank you for your support,
Mrs. K. Hammond
