Mme Lockerbie | Gretna Green School

Bienvenue en 2e année!

Wood Carving Project

Posted: April 10, 2014

Last month, students in grades 3-5 Immersion were taught how to create a wood carved end product over a four day period. It was a wonderful learning experience for all! They were lead by professional wood carver, Charles "Woodchuck" Bernard, through a series of wood carving learning sessions.

Posted: March 30, 2014

March 31st,2014- April 4th,2014

We continue to learn about our province. We will talk about natural resources, transportation, and jobs in New Brunswick. They also talked about special things in New Brunswick. In writing, students will complete a narrative a personal narrative writing piece. We continue to review writing and reading strategies on a daily basis.In Math, we continue to review mental math, estimation and addition strategies and adding two and three digit numbers. We are also working on subtracting 2 and 3 digit numbers.

Posted: March 19, 2014

Multiplication facts

Please practice multiplication facts 0,1,2,and 3. There will be a quiz tomorrow. Students will learn their multiplications facts up to 5x5 this year.

Posted: March 14, 2014

March 17th- March 21st

In French Language Arts, we continue to work on our Social Studies unit: My province. Students will review the cities in New Brunswick. We will also discuss ethnic groups and natural resources in NB. Students completed a procedural writing piece and a St. Patrick’s narrative piece. We are now moving on to a descriptive piece about their March Break activities. We continue to do the Daily 5 every day in order to improve their reading and writing skills. In Math, we are working on estimation and addition strategies and adding two and three digit numbers. We are also learning to subtract by using base ten blocks. We will be moving on to a Mesurement unit next week. Just a reminder that report cards go out Monday! I’m so proud of all of my students! I look forward to meeting with you this week! Have a great week!

Procedural Writing: Comment faire un chocolat chaud

Posted: March 11, 2014

100th Day of School Writing Activity: " J'ai 100 ans!"

Posted: February 18, 2014

Posted: February 17, 2014

Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!

Dear Home & School Executive and Members, Thank you for all the contributions and efforts you put forth in support of Staff Appreciation week. Last week was such a treat and it made us feel very appreciated! We are so lucky to work at Gretna Green Elementary School where the children and their families are amazing! You are the best!

Posted: February 17, 2014

FSL Parent Information Night

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Posted: February 10, 2014

February 10th- February 14th, 2014

In Lang. Arts, we continue to work on our Health unit and have begun discussing how to take care of ourselves by eating well, being clean, exercising and resting. We will also learn Valentine Vocabulary. These new words will help the students during oral, writing and reading activities! We will also be working on procedural writing. We will follow a recipe on Valentine's day and make something yummy to eat! Next week, students will independently write a procedural text by writing their own tasty recipe! In Math, we continue to use mental math strategies: doubles, doubles + 1, making 10 and adding 10s. We are also learning to use different estimating strategies to add two digit numbers.

Posted: February 5, 2014

February 3rd- February 7th, 2014

In French Language Arts, we have commenced a health unit. We are looking at the different food groups and what types of food go in each group. We are talking about balanced meals and students will draw a balanced meal and present it to the class. In Math, we keep reviewing our numbers from 0-1000. This week students have reviewed basic math facts and some mental math strategies (doubles, near doubles, making ten). We continue to work on word problems and addition /subtraction with 2 and 3 digit numbers.