Friday, June 19

One more week to go!  If there are any library books that have not been handed in, they are due now.  Please send an extra bag Thursday for desk cleaning.  Thank you.

"Sports Day will take place next Thursday, June 25th! Students will participate at the following times:

• Morning Kindergarten, Grade 3, and Grade 4: 9:00–10:30 a.m.
• Afternoon Kindergarten, Grade 1, and Grade 2: 1:00–2:15 p.m.

Students are encouraged to show their Canadian spirit by wearing Team Canada colours! We look forward to a fun day filled with activity, teamwork, and school spirit."

Classroom Update

Math -  Review Week - students completed a logic puzzle, perimeter questions, division questions etc.

Language Arts - We continued working on a "literacy choice board".  There are 12 different literacy activities that students can choose from.

Science - Our focus this week continued to be on creatively building hybrid animals/plants.  Students were focused on what adaptations they were most interested in.  We also managed to get outside one afternoon to play predator/prey.

Social Studies -   We continued building our own community.  We had to make choices about what kinds of services were most important and how we wanted the community to be designed.  

Upcoming Events

June 25                               Sports Day - Wear your Red & White for Team Canada!!

June 26                               Last Day of School

Friday, June 12

ALL LIBRARY BOOKS ARE NOW DUE!  PLEASE RETURN THEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU!

Classroom Update

Math -  We continued transforming shapes this week.  We worked on all three - translations, rotations and reflections.  We also continued to solve word problems and work on telling time by the 24 hour clock.

Language Arts - We finished our haikus this week.  We also started working on a "literacy choice board".  There are 12 different literacy activities that students can choose from.

Science - Our focus this week turned to how creative we can be.  Students are designing hybrid animals / plants that have interesting adaptations that help them survive.  We already have some interesting combinations starting to emerge!

Social Studies - This week, we continued to read our story about pioneers.  One of the things they talked about in the book was how they made biscuits.  We made biscuits with our guest Mrs. Reid and were able to enjoy eating them with margarine and jam.  We also started building our own community.  We have to make choices about what kinds of services are most important and how we want the community to be designed.

Upcoming Events

June 8-15                           Grade 3 and 4 - Alien In-Line Skating (see schedule below)

June 17                               Fun Lunch - Coco Brooks

June 25                               Sports Day - Wear your Red & White for Team Canada!!

June 26                               Last Day of School

Friday, June 5

 Classroom Update

Math -  We continued exploring transformations this week.  This week we focused on rotations.   A rotation spins around a rotation point.  We also continued to solve word problems and work on telling time.

Home Practise:   Students can work on multiplication and division facts to increase speed and accuracy.  They are encouraged to quickly review some that they already know and spend more time with facts they find more challenging.  Students should also feel confident with multi-digit subtraction at this point of grade 3.

Language Arts - We continued to work on poetry this week.  This week we focused on a different kind of poem called Haiku.  Haiku's focus on the amount of syllables in each line.  We also started writing a short story this week.  Students chose a picture they were interested in and then decided what kind of a story they could write that went along with the picture.

Science - Our focus continued to be on food chains / food webs.  We continued working on our posters that show a real food chain / web that exists somewhere in the world.  Now we are also working on what adaptations plants and animals have that help them survive and find food or protect themselves from predators (example rabbits have eyes on the sides of their head so they can see 360 degrees and potentially get away from predators)

Social Studies - Students continued to explore the 3 levels of government and what responsibilities each level has.  

Upcoming Events

SUNDAY                            MTS Bottle Drive 1:00pm - 4:00pm

June 8-15                           Grade 3 and 4 - Alien In-Line Skating (see schedule below)

June 17                               Fun Lunch - Coco Brooks

June 25                               Sports Day - Wear your Red & White for Team Canada!!

June 26                               Last Day of School