Monday, May 4th

 There are some dates to be aware of:

• tomorrow everyone is welcome to wear Red as it is a day entitled Red Dress Day 
• The Book Fair is coming up next week.  Our class is going to view the book fair on Monday, May 11th, and will be going to shop on Wednesday, May 13th.
• EQAO is coming up.  We will be writing it in class on the week of June 1-4. 
• Our field trip is scheduled for Thursday, June 11th.  A reminder that if you are looking to volunteer that day, you need to make sure you have a Vulnerable Sector Check completed 

In Math, we are currently working on an Algebra unit.  Soon, we will be doing a little on probability and then a little on coding.  Once we are done these areas, we will be spending some time reviewing before the EQAO dates.

In Language, we are beginning our explanatory writing unit.  The class will be making a slideshow of an endangered animal, using some of the text features we have been looking at.

In Science, we have just begun our unit on Plants.  We will be planting seeds soon to watch grow in our classroom.

In Family Life, we will be starting the Created Sexual unit next week.  You should have received a letter from me 2 weeks ago explaining the information that will be shared.

Monday, April 20

Some short announcements for the week:

• next Monday is a PD Day.  So there is no school that day
• Father Rick is in the school on Friday for our mass during 4th block
• I sent home a letter last week to inform you that we will be starting the Created Sexual unit soon.  If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out.

In Math, we are working on counting money and making change.  The website thatquiz.org has some great practice activities for those looking for further practice.  We will be working on these concepts throughout the week.

In Language, we are working a little further with some writing.  I have been asking the class to write 10 sentences with their Working with Words list and we have been working on one more writing task (a letter to the principal about what gym or yard equipment we should have).  Next week, we will be starting some work on explanatory writing, and the class will be working on a short project about an endangered animal.

In Dance, I have linked a fun activity with math (coding) and the class will be working on some choreography at code.org.

In Science, we will be starting a new unit on Plants soon.

Monday, April 13

 Looks like a rainy week ahead!  Please ensure your child is prepared to go outside if it is lightly raining.  Boots can also be helpful as the yard has been fairly muddy in the past week.

Our mass with Father Rick last week was postponed until next week.  Our school will have a short mass hosted by the Grade 2 classes this Wednesday afternoon.

Now for the subjects:

Math - We will be moving on this week to looking at angles on 2-D shapes.  Particularly, we will be using the terms Right Angle, Acute Angle and Obtuse Angle.  After these two lessons, we will be moving onto look at money.

Language - We have another writing task this week.  We are going to write a pretend letter to the principal recommending a piece of yard or gym equipment, and why this would be good for our school.  We will also be doing another EQAO reading through the Wayground website (found on the student portal).

Science - We will be building a paper bridge this week to see how many pennies it can hold.  This is a Mystery Science activity, so there will be hints on what shapes and designs work best.

Dance - For fun, we are going to combine dance with some coding!  There is a fun activity through code.org that will give the students the change to do some choreography through coding.

Tuesday, April 7

I hope everyone had a wonderful and restful Easter weekend.  Hopefully, the warmer weather can get here quickly!

Just some short updates:

Math - We are working on fractions this week.  Using cuisenaire rods, we will be looking at how a "whole" can be different sizes and how we can make equivalent fractions.

Language - We will still have our regular Working with Words lesson.  We will be spending more time with sentence and paragraph writing.  The class will be making sentences from their word list and we will review their superhero power writing.

Religion - Hopefully, the Stations of the Cross mini books made it home last week.  Today, the class will be making Resurrection Wheels for fun.  We also have our mass on Friday with Father Rick.

Science - We have a fun assignment on locating famous world structures this Wednesday.

Dance - We have lesson 3 of 3 from the National School of Dance that will teach us some hip-hop dancing.  This will be on Thursday.

Monday, March 30

 Wow, March really flew by!  Just a few updates for the upcoming week:

Math - we will be moving onto learning about Fractions this week and next week.  

Language - we have been working on sentence and paragraph writing through some EQAO practice tests and writing tasks.  This week, they will be given a new writing task.  They will be ask to write about a superpower they would want and why.

Religion - Lots of lessons about our upcoming Easter and we will be going over the Stations of the Cross.

Science - Short lesson on mad-made vs. natural structures

Dance - We have been learning some hip-hop from some interactive lessons from the Canadian School of Dance.

Monday, March 23

 I hope everyone had a wonderful March Break!  I know I did...just spent a week in Buenos Aires, Argentina!  Quite the opportunity to see that part of the world.

Not a ton of updates right now.  We are continuing with Data Management this week in Math class.  In Language, we will be continuing with some sentence and paragraph writing.  In particular, we will be looking at some of the upcoming EQAO style of questions.  We will be doing this more regularly as we approach EQAO, which will take place in the first week of June. 

Otherwise, limited updates here as we return back to school and we look ahead to the Easter weekend approaching shortly!

Monday, March 9

 Very short post as we head towards March Break!  We are trying to wrap a few things up before the break, so not starting anything too new.

In Math, we have been reviewing Perimeter.  Today, we will review what we did late last week, and try a few of the Magma Math questions.  The rest of the week, I will be introducing data management with particular emphasis on Pictographs and Bar Graphs with scale.

In Language, we have been working on some writing pieces.  Last week, the class worked on a 3 paragraph story about a day they got to be the principal.  We will be reading a few of these this week, and we will also be trying a grade 3 EQAO reading question and how to properly construct a written word answer.  

In Science, we are continuing with structures.  In particular, we are looking at stability.

I hope you all have a wonderful restful March Break!