Important Days in June

June 2– Booster Juice- Healthy Hunger

June 3 — Track/Play Day (A.M.)

June 6– Teacher PD/Prep – No Classes for Students

June 10– Field Trip a.m. and Spray Park p.m. –We will head to the spray park at 12:42 if the weather cooperates. Please bring a towel and wear bathing suits under clothing if possible.

June 10– Booster Juice- Healthy Hunger

June 21– National Indigenous People’s Day

June 24– Family Picnic Day / Beach Day

June 24– Boston Pizza Healthy Hunger

June 28– Last day of school for students– Progress Reports

Important Dates in May

May 2 – Book Exchange

May 8th –Happy Mother’s Day

May 10 – Book Exchange

May 11th –Healthy Hunger: Boston Pizza Lunch

May 13th — PSSD Prep. Day — No school for students

May 17 – Book Exchange

May 18th –Bike Safety Rodeo (More info to come.)

May 23rd — Holiday (no school)

May 24 – Book Exchange

May 26th — Healthy Hunger Pizza Lunch

May 31 – Hip Hop Hoop Dancer Presentation

May 31 – Book Exchange

New Math Unit: Data Analysis

To Parents and Adults at Home…

Our class began working on a second mathematics unit on data analysis. Data analysis relates to the collection, organization, and interpretation of information.

In this unit, your child will:

  • Collect data to find information or solve a problem.
  • Organize data using tally marks, charts, lists, and line plots.
  • Construct and label line plots and bar graphs.
  • Read and interpret charts, line plots, and bar graphs.

Here are some suggestions for activities you can do with your child.

Have your child collect and organize data at home to help make an important decision. For example, he or she could collect and organize data to decide the flavour of birthday cake to bake for the next family birthday. Your child should write a question to ask family members, collect and organize the results, and decide what flavour of birthday cake to bake.

With your child, look for examples of bar graphs in newspapers, magazines, or on the Internet. Have your child share 3 things that she or he knows by looking at the bar graph.

Upcoming Dates in April

Friday, April 1 – Grades 1-5 Learning Summaries go home

Monday, April 4 – No classes for students

Tuesday, April 5 – Library book exchange

Friday, April 8 – Spelling test

Tuesday, April 12 – Library book exchange

Wednesday, April 13 – Heathy Hunger Pizza Hut lunch

Friday, April 15 – No classes for students/Easter Break begins

Monday, April 25 – Classes resume

Tuesday, April 26 – Library book exchange

Thursday, April 28 – Heathy Hunger Subway lunch

New Math Unit: Geometry

To Parents and Adults at Home…

Your child’s class has started a mathematics unit on geometry. Geometric shapes are all around us, and mathematics can help your child recognize them. Understanding geometric form will help your child appreciate the geometry found in art, design, architecture, and nature.

In this unit, your child will:

  • Identify and name various shapes with 3 or more sides
  • Build, represent, and describe geometric objects
  • Draw and talk about 2-D shapes and 3-D objects

Encourage your child to look for geometric shapes and objects around the home and neighbourhood, and talk about them. Here are some suggestions for activities that you can do at home:

Look for geometric shapes in buildings and street signs. For example, a stop sign is the shape of an octagon, and a yield sign is the shape of a triangle.

Look around the house for geometric shapes. Talk about the shapes you find. As you do, look closely at the corners and sides of the shapes. Count the corners and sides with your child.

Look for 3-D objects around your home, such as a fridge, stove, table legs, and so on. If possible, ask your child to count the number of corners and edges. Talk about how the object’s shape is related to its purpose.

Look through magazines with your child to find as many different 2-D shapes and 3-D objects as you can find.

Reading Comprehension Strategy: Visualizing

The latest comprehension strategy we have been learning is visualizing.

When Readers visualize while reading:

  • they are using words they hear or read in a text to create visual images or “movies in the mind”.
  • they can turn on their brains just as they would turn on their TVs, to enjoy the many images they create.
  • they’re training their brains for when they begin to read books that don’t include pictures with text.
  • they are encouraged to activate their imaginations as they read
  • they combine their own background knowledge with the words of the author to create mental images that enhance understanding of the text and bring reading to life.
  • they are able to activate all their senses to create mental images.
  • it is most likely when reading books about places, weather, or seasons that are filled with rich, descriptive, and vivid language.” Adrienne Gear, Reading Power

Math: Multiplication and Division

Dear Parents,

Your child’s class is starting a mathematics unit on multiplication and division. Multiplication and division are basic computational skills that children must eventually master in order to succeed in higher levels of mathematics. The focus of this unit is on developing an understanding of the processes of multiplication and division in order to develop strategies for multiplying and dividing whole numbers up to 5 x 5. Children will use counters, number lines, and arrays to develop their understanding.

In this unit, your child will:

  • Model multiplication and division up to 5 x 5
  • Find strategies to multiply and divide up to 5 x 5
  • Pose and solve story problems involving multiplication and division.

Encourage your child to share different strategies used to multiply and divide.

We use multiplication and division in many day-to-day situations.
Here are some suggestions for activities you can do at home:

  • Look for things that come in groups of 2, 3, 4, and 5. Create problems. For example: Bikes have 2 tires. How many tires are on 4 bikes?
  • Use a deck of playing cards, using only the 1s (Aces) to 5s. Shuffle the cards. Flip the first card. This represents the number of groups. Flip the second card. This represents the number of objects in each group. Have your child draw a picture to match the cards, and write a multiplication and division sentence to match the picture. Continue until all cards are used up.

Important Days in March

Tuesday, March 1- Library Book Exchange

Friday, March 4 – Bed Head or Wacky Hair Day

Monday, March 7 – No school for students

Tuesday, March 8 – Smokes Poutinerie Healthy Hunger Lunch (If you ordered)

Tuesday, March 8 – Library Book Exchange

Wednesday, March 9 – Smokes Poutinerie Healthy Hunger Lunch (If you ordered)

Tuesday, March 15 – Library Book Exchange

Wednesday, March 16 – Subway Healthy Hunger Lunch (If you ordered)

Thursday, March 17 – St. Patrick’s Day- Wear Green!

Monday, March 21 –Rock your Socks for World Down Syndrome Day

Tuesday, March 22 – Library Book Exchange

Tuesday, March 29 – Library Book Exchange

Thursday, March 31 – Boston Pizza Healthy Hunger Lunch (If you ordered)

 

Here is a copy of the Healthy Hunger letter just in case you missed it in the school email.

Healthy-Hunger-Information-Letter-2021-2022