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
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:
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.