What a fun and exciting week we have had here in P2! It was Support Staff Appreciation Week here at school, and we had so much fun celebrating our classroom tutor, Ms. Sayme. She is such a great help to us and our neighbor class, P1. To thank her for all of her hard work we each made her a special thank you card.
On Wednesday we had a special assembly with the famous Frank DeLima! He came and talked to us about what it takes to be successful in life. We learned the importance of borrowing books from the library and reading for at least 10 minutes every day. We also learned that it is important to eat lots of fruits and vegetables and drink lots of water to stay healthy. And of course we sang about peanut butter and jelly!
In math we have been learning all about place value and adding two-digit numbers! To help us learn this concept we would build each of the numbers we were adding together...
And then to find the sum sorted them on the bottom.
In Language Arts this week our vocabulary consisted of past, present, future, and century. The students got to read about the pioneers and how 100 years ago schools were one room and had only one teacher. For our "Thinker Thursday" the kids had to write about whether they would want to live in the past, in the present, or in the future.
"Would you rather live in the past or in the present or in the future? I would rather live in the past. I would go on the horses and in the wagon. I would go in tiny class. I had good food. There is a lot of people. That is why I would live in the past."
"Would you rather live in the future? I would live in the future. They might have robot dogs. They might have flying cars. They might have aliens on the moon. Do you like the future?"
As a reminder, we will be celebrating Valentines Day in class on Thursday, February 12th. Our field trip is Friday, February 13th. For Friday all students need to wear tennis shoes and bring a sack lunch. We will be out in the sun all day so please back a couple of drinks with your child and place sunscreen on them before school. We will be departing from school first thing that morning so please have your child there before 8am!
Mahalo!
Mrs. Kawai
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