September 30th is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Our school will participate in different grade-appropriate activities this week. If your child has an orange shirt, please ask them to wear it on Monday.
Just a couple of things to keep in mind...
Our podcast study is very exciting...it's a "serial" podcast that is very suspenseful. I would ask that student not listen ahead at home. Even if your child is away, they don't need to listen at home to catch up (unless they are asked to). We usually listen to a new episode every 3 days...so students can get caught up when they get back to school. Part of the tasks we complete together are predicting what happens next..
Thanks for your support with this!
Many of our students walk, ride or rollerblade to school - and I love it! Many students are stopping at the amazing cookie store and buying snacks en route to school, then enjoying them on the playground before the bell rings. Students aren't permitted to have food or drinks on the playground and these delicious treats aren't peanut free...and our school is a peanut-free zone...so your support with this is greatly appreciated.
Hot lunch has started up again so be sure to sign up online if you are interested in participating.
Our classroom is a nut-free environment to ensure our students with allergies are safe. Please be mindful of this when you are packing your child's lunch and snacks.
This Weeks Learning
Numeracy: Both Grades: we continue to work on our first unit in Numeracy - Number Sense, Place Value, Rounding. I hope to finish up this week so hopefully a final in-class-task early next week.
Language: We started our podcast "Mars Patel". It's an awesome mystery created for students by students! We will complete several comprehension activities, a study of ready comprehension strategies as well as learn about a variety of literary devices. The culminating activity will be the completion of their own podcast!
Phys Ed: It's cross-country season! Students will participate in various conditioning tasks and running to prepare for our big run in October. All students are expected to participate and require proper running shoes for gym. If your child is injured and unable to participate, please send a note in their agenda letting me know. We will also begin working on our Volleyball skills!
S.T.E.M/Coding.: Every other Friday...ask your child to share their experiential learning opportunities! Our Friday challenge was to create Elephant Toothpaste...it was a "blast"! I'll share some pictures through School Messenger...so be sure to join our class.
Religion/Family Life: We continue our first Religion Unit - God Calls Us To Know Him.
Social Studies/Science: We continue our first Social Studies unit on the Government of Canada.
