Monday, October 27

 Main announcements this week:

• Monday, October 27 -  PJ Day
• Tuesday, October 28 - Aren’t You “PLAID” it’s Tuesday?
• Wednesday, October 29 - School Spirit Day
• Thursday, October 30 - Throwback Thursday
• Friday, October 31 - Halloween 

• pumpkins will be decorated in the school this week for a fundraiser on Halloween.  You can buy raffle tickets on SchoolCashOnline if interested.  
• Halloween is coming! As a reminder, no masks, no weapons, no props/accessories.  On that day, we will be having a Halloween Dance.

In Language, we have been working on our Monster Match descriptions.  We will be working on the good copies this week, and will have the "game" this week.  Also, we will have had our first library visit on Wednesday.  Please ensure the children return their books for each Wednesday morning library.

In Math, we are starting to look at representing numbers (place value). 

In Science, the class has been working in groups to present some findings about things that are added to soils (intentionally or not).  They will be presenting as group this week, but we will be following up with a discussion about what Collaboration looks like and how they felt their groups worked.

Monday, October 20

Not a ton of updates today.  I do have next weeks theme days for you though:

• Monday, October 27 -  PJ Day
• Tuesday, October 28 - Aren’t You “PLAID” it’s Tuesday?
• Wednesday, October 29 - School Spirit Day
• Thursday, October 30 - Throwback Thursday
• Friday, October 31 - Halloween 

In Math, we will wrap up our lessons on 3D solids early this week.  The class should know how to tell the difference between a pyramid and a prism, and be able to count their faces, edges and vertices.  We will be moving onto numeration and place value later in the week using base 10 blocks.

In Language, we will be working on our final descriptive writing lesson.  The class will be making Halloween monster figures out of clay this week which they will be writing a paragraph description for a matching game we will be playing next week.

In Science, we will be working in groups to look at some additives to soil (ie. pesticides, fertilizer, herbicides, salt).  The class will be working in groups to review a reading, then present their findings in a group book in Book Creator.

Tuesday, October 14

I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend!  There are a pair of updates and reminders this week:

• please don't forget to go to the parent portal and fill out / sign the four different forms that are there.  One is an off-site permission form that will be important for our upcoming bus trips.
• there will be a Spirit Week at the school during the week of Halloween.  I will provide details when I get them, but there will be a theme each day of that week.

In Language this week, we will be continuing with some sentence writing tasks, and I will be introducing our final descriptive language task where we will be describing a "monster" that they created.  We will be looking at proper sentence form and punctuation.

In Math, we are moving on to 3D solids this week. We will be looking at the differences between pyramids and prisms, and counting all their edges, vertices and faces.

In Science, we will be continuing with our Soils unit.  Specifically, we will be looking about composting.

In Art, we will be looking at how to draw a picture using one-point perspective.  There pictures last week were fantastic!  They drew a tree, but really added some of their colouring lessons to help make them a little more realistic.

Monday, October 6

 Here are some updates for the week:

• this Thursday afternoon is our Terry Fox Run.  If you haven't yet donated, and would like to, here is our school link:  Terry Fox Donation Page
• this Friday is a PD Day, so there is no school.  Also, with Monday being Thanksgiving, you will have a nice 4 day weekend!

This week in Language, we will be doing some descriptive setting writing.  We will be writing complete sentences to describe a scene of their choosing.  We will also be using some of our Language block time to read about Terry Fox.

In Math, we will be starting instruction on 2D shapes.  As we start this new unit, I would recommend all students to continue to practice addition and subtraction questions with regrouping.

In Science, we will be looking at components of soil and how it effects what can be done with the soil and what plants can grow in it.

In Art, we will finish up the amazing trees the class drew last week.  We are adding colour with our pencil crayons using techniques that were taught earlier in the school year.