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.