Thursday, December 6th, 2012 (66th Day of School)

REMINDER: Due to the school closure today because of water being shut off, there will not be hot lunch tomorrow. It has been postponed to Tuesday, December 11th.

Tuesday, December 4, 2012 (64th Day of School)

Grade 1 Word Family:
bag
tag
wag
rag
flag

Grade 2 Spelling Words:
just
most
last
best
must
list
fast
west
past
lost
east
against
forest
breakfast
feast
chest

Tuesday, November 27th, 2012 (59th Day of School)

Grade 1 Word Family:
jam
ham
dam
ram
slam

Grade 2 Spelling Words:
bell
add
less
well
egg
doll
smell
off
grass
wall
spill
will
buzz
swell
stuff
grill

Monday, November 19th, 2012 (53rd Day of School)

Grade 1 Word Family:
cat
rat
sat
hat
mat

Grade 2 Spelling Words:
cream
leave
least
season
mean
meat
team
dream
eat
sea
weak
peas

Thursday, November 15, 2012 (51st Day of School)

We have reached the halfway point to the 100th Day of School! Yesterday was the 50th Day of School! Please ensure your child is remembering to fill in their 100 chart each day after school!

Grade 1 Word Family words:
mad
sad
bad
had
dad

Grade 2 Spelling Words:
bee
seed
seem
tree
feel
week
street
feet
queen
sweet
free
meet
screen
speed
cheese
greet

Monday, November 5th, 2012 (44th Day of School)

Grade 1 Word Family:
can
man
pan
fan
ran

Grade 2 Spelling Words:
hard
yard
large
art
sharp
start
barn
target
partner
mark
far
market

Just a reminder that Thursday is early dismissal day. This will also be the day of our Remembrance Day service. It will be at 10:00am. All parents and family members are invited to attend.

Thursday, November 1, 2012 (42nd Day of School)

Sock Hop Pictures - October 31

 

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Monday, October 29th, 2012 (39th Day of School)

Grade 1 Word Families:
map
cap
lap
nap
tap

Grade 2 Spelling Words:
sail
trail
nail
wait
plain
paint
mail
train
snail
brain
rain
paid

IXL Math Outcomes September/October

Below are the following math outcomes we have previously been working on and the outcomes we are covering right now. These are the outcomes aligned with the IXL math program. If your child wishes to practice at home (not required) here are a few of the outcomes they can currently practice on.


Grade 1:
N1, N2, A1, A2, A3, A4, A9, A10, A11, A12

Grade 2:
A1-A8, L1, D1, D2, D3

Monday, October 22, 2012 (34th Day of School)

Grade 1 Sounds (long vowel sounds):
a (ape, cake, rake)
e (he, she, we, me)
i (I, ride, hike, like)
o (go, rope, joke, rose, nose)
u (use, fuse)

Grade 2 Spelling:
wing
king
swing
ring
bring
sting
spring
sing
bang
hang
rang
long
song
strong

Tuesday, October 17th, 2012 (31st Day of School)

Grade 1 Sounds:
wh (whale, whisper, while, when)
th (the, thank, there, thistle, think)
sh (shut, shoulder, ship, shop)
ch (chain, chair, chin, choose)

Grade 2 Spelling Words:
too
pool
moon
boot
choose
fool
tooth
school
spoon
room
loose
noon

Fire Safety Week

Tuesday, October 9, 2012 (25th Day of School)

Welcome back! I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend!
Grade 1 Spelling Blends this week are:
cr (crown, crow, crayon)
dr (draw, dragon)
gr (grandma, grandpa, grey, grab, grand)
fr (frown, freeze)
br (breeze, brown, black)

Grade 2 Spelling words:
hook
took
book
cook
look
brook
shook
good
hood
wood
stood
foot

This week is Fire Safety week. Today we will be taking a tour of the Springside Fire Hall!

Monday, October 1, 2012 (20th Day of School)

The grade 1 students have finished reviewing all their sounds for the last couple weeks. This week we have started working on blend sounds. This week's blends are:
bl (ex- blue, blanket, blocks, black)
sl (ex- sled, slither, slimy, slide, sleep, slippers)
fl (ex- flame, flag, flashlight, fly, flower)
gl (ex- glasses, glove, glue, globe, glass)
cl (ex- clown, cloud, clock, clothes, climb, closet)
pl (ex- plane, plum, plate, plant, play)

Grade 2 Spelling Words are different words ending with y and the different sounds they make:
Y sounding like I
-cry
-by
-shy
-sky
Y sounding like A
-may
-way
-gray
-today
Y sounding like E
-any
-only
-many
-very

Wednesday, September 26, 2012 (17th Day of School)

Today is the Terry Fox run in the afternoon. Check our website and class blog for photos posted shortly!

Today is the 17th day of school. Please remind your child to fill in the number of the school day on their 100 chart each night.

Grade 1 Sounds:
Hh
Nn
Jj
Yy
Vv
Qq
Ee (short vowel sound)
Ii (short vowel sound)

Grade 2 Spelling Words:
hiding
using
roping
naming
ruling
hoping
biking
racing
making
diving
baking
joking

Just a reminder to please listen to your son/daughter read each night and initial their home reading book after they have recorded in it. Students spend lots of time writing their Friday letters each week as well - please take time to write back to them each weekend! Thank you!

Tuesday, September 18th (11th Day of School)

Grade 1 Sounds for the week:
Pp
Ll
Dd
Rr
Kk
Tt
Zz
Oo (short o sound, as in octopus)
Ii (short i sound, as in igloo or itchy)

Grade 2 Spelling Words:
grade
twice
broke
make
these
gave
came
note
date
side
spoke
sunshine

Thursday, September 13, 2012 (8th Day of School)

Here are some photos of things happening in our class this week!

Tuesday, September 11, 2012 (6th Day of School)

Grade 2 Spelling words for the week are:
run
yes
not
up
if
as
has
job
red
it
us
him

Grade 1 Sounds of the week are:
Cc
Aa (short vowel sound as in apple)
Ss
Bb
Gg
Mm
Ff
Ww
ee (squeely e's)

Friday, September 7th (4th Day of School)

 

This is our  first class picture with their bags after making their "Recipe for Success".

Welcome Back to School!

Dear Parents and Guardians,

I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you and your child to the Grade 1 and 2 classroom. I am excited to welcome the Grade 1 students to their new class, as well as the Grade 2 students back for another year! This year, our class is lucky enough to have an intern visiting us from the University of Regina. Her name is Ms. O’Reel. She will be in our classroom until the end of December. 

I am looking forward to a happy and productive school year. This will be a very busy year, and I am eager to work with all of the students in helping them achieve their personal bests in terms of academic achievement, as well as personal and social skills.

Agendas will be sent home daily with a message for you to read. Please initial your child’s agenda every evening, as I will every morning. Please feel free to use this as a communication between home and school. Any important information being returned to school should be placed in the front pouch of the agenda. Plastic bags were provided to keep the agendas in. Please be sure to use these as they will protect the agendas in the event that there is a juice or water spill in their backpacks.

Each student will participate in a home reading program as part of the English Language Arts curriculum. One book will come home with your child every night. Your child should be reading this book to an adult each night and returning it to school the following morning. Your child has been encouraged to read proudly to you, so please make an effort to listen to your child read nightly. The children are eager to share their new reading discoveries, so please take the time to listen, encourage and praise! Your support at home will reinforce reading skills that are taught at school.

Grade One students will also begin the year with an “I Can Read Book”. This book will be used to teach basic sight words. New sight words and sounds will come home on Friday for practice over the weekend. These can also be reviewed throughout the following weeks.

Grade One students will have sound tests for the first four months of school where they will be tested on beginning and ending sounds in words. These sounds will be recorded on the right hand side of the agenda page for that week and will also be posted on our class blog. They will begin spelling words after the Christmas break. Grade Two students will begin spelling this week. Spelling words will be sent home weekly. They will appear on the right hand side of the agenda page for that week and will also be posted on our class blog. Sound and spelling tests will be on Friday, unless notified otherwise in the agenda. Please take time to practice these sounds and words with your child throughout the week.

As part of the Saskatchewan Social Studies curriculum, students are required to be able to write friendly letters. Students will bring home a book each Friday with a new letter they have written for you. Their Friday letters will tell you about what they have been doing at school during the week. I ask that you take the time to read the letter they have written and respond to it as well.  Students should return it to school the following Monday. 

The Grade One and Two students are counting to the 100^th day of school! (The day will land sometime in February.) That is when we will celebrate the 100^th day of school with a party! You can help your child keep track of the days of school by having them fill in a 100 chart after each day of school. Do not include weekends. Please use this chart to practice counting to 100 and recognizing the numbers to 100. Your support at home will re-enforce counting skills, number recognition and the formation of numerals.

As mentioned earlier, our class will have a blog. The students and I will be working to add to our blog throughout the year. It will include any important news or information, such as spelling words, due dates for homework, etc. This will also be a place where you can find out more about what we are learning in school. The students will share what they have discovered at school each day and I will post it on the blog. Please be sure to check it out and use the links provided as tools to encourage student learning at home. The address is: http://springsidegr1-2.blogspot.com/.

Thank you for supporting learning at school by working with your child at home. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me at school (792-2080).

Ms. Holtkamp

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Raz-kids has been added to our blog! This is a great site for students to practice their reading and listening skills, as well as for improving comprehension! The teacher username is kholtkamp.

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Monday, March 5th, 2012

Grade 1 Spelling Words:
bake
rake
lake
make
cake
fake
take
brake
flake
shake
snake
mistake

Grade 2 Spelling Words:
light
might
fight
sight
night
right
tight
bright
fright
height
kite
site
bite

Just a reminder that Thursday, March 8th is an early dismissal day.

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New KidBlog for our Classroom

We have started Kidblog in our classroom. Each student has their own private blog that can only be viewed by themselves, their classmates and myself. We will be using the kidblog to journal with other classmates and comment on journal entries, write math journal entries and other ways to communicate with the class and teacher.
Use the link to view your child's blog as often as you like. The log in page requires you to choose your child's name and enter their password. Their password is spr123.

http://kidblog.org/MsHoltkampsClass/wp-login.php?redirect_to=%2FMsHoltkampsClass%2F

Wednesday February 29th, 2012

Grade 1 Spelling Words:
hope
joke
home
rope
rose
note
rode

Grade 2 Spelling Words:
nickel
pocket
stick
check
trick
kick
block
pick
black
thick
neck
back
sock
rocket
duck
ticket

Thank you to all performers who shared their talents with us at the talent show last night! Everyone did an awesome job! Thanks to everyone who came out to support them as well!

Monday, February 13th, 2012

On Thursday, February 16th, the Grade One and Two students will be having a class spelling bee. A list of the spelling words are coming home today with the grade list for your child. Please have your child practice their spelling words orally over the week for Thursday. Please note that this is just a fun activity and students should not feel pressured or anxious about this.

After the February break we will be starting to work with 2D and 3D shapes in math. Please start collecting 3D objects at home to send to school with your child to make activities more meaningful for them. The shapes we will be working iwth will be cubes, spheres, cones, etc. Some examples of these objects could be cereal boxes, coffee tins, toilet paper rolls, soup cans, balls of various sizes, or any other objects you can find around the house. If you could have these sent to the school by this Friday it would be greatly appreciated.

Grade 1 Spelling Words:
are
went
this
for
they
have
like
come
here
what

Grade 2 Spelling Words:
child
bunch
such
lunch
chop
chin
chair
chew
pinch
chat
reach
chance
beach
each
much
church

Monday, February 6th, 2012 (100th Day of School!)

Today was the 100th Day of School!
After traveling to Yorkton to see a Robert Munsch play this morning, we spent our afternoon sharing 100th Day projects and taking part in some activities that helped with our counting all the way up to 100.
Thank you to all the parents who helped out with the projects! There were so many great ideas!
Here are some photos of the afternoon:

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Grade 1 Spelling Words:
cut
nut
shut
cub
rub
club
plug
dug
rug
bug
tug
mug

Grade 2 Spelling Words:
think
this
thank
them
thing
those
that
than
there
both
bath
with
gather
nothing
other
together

Tuesday, January 30th, 2012 (96th Day of School)

Grade 1 Spelling Words:
mop
top
hop
pop
stop

got
pot
hot
dot
spot

Grade 2 Spelling Words:
wash
shoe
polish
splash
shovel
rush
she
finish
fresh
push
shop
sheet
shake
shove
dash
fish

Math Measurement

Daily 5 Photos

As part of our ELA program, Grade One and Two students incorporate the Daily 5 into their regular ELA routine. The Daily 5 consists of Reading to Self, Reading to Someone, Listening to Reading, Word Work, and Working on Writing.

Reading to Self is independent reading.

Reading to Someone is reading with a partner and discussing the story as they read to demonstrate comprehension and understanding.

Listening to Reading is listening to a book read aloud online through tumblebooks, bookflix, or raz-kids. Students can read along with the highlighted words as they listen to the book being read.

Word Work is a unique way of practicing spelling words, sight words, and other high-frequency practiced words.

Working on Writing is a small guided writing group where the students write creatively or in a structured lesson.

Here are some photos of the class engaged in Daily 5: