September 30

It was a busy first month! The Terry Fox run, the open house, and Orange Shirt Day were all included along with our regular lessons and activities.

We are finishing up our Socials Studies unit on Canada and the World and are about to start our first Science unit which examines the affects of the motions of the Earth and moon. This will include an investigation of seasons, tides, the phases of the moon, and nocturnal animals. The Grade 3s will complete an additional Science unit on landforms while the Grade 4s participate in the Fundamental Skills Assessments later in October.

Literacy: After focusing on printing, proper capitalization, and practicing proper sentence structure, we will now learn how to compose strong paragraphs. We have started our weekly spelling routine and the students have begun an independent online reading program (Reading A-Z) that will help build reading comprehension skills as well as oral reading fluency. Students are practicing their oral presentation skills by presenting their ‘All About Me’ PowerPoints.

Math: We are wrapping up our pattern and number sense units before moving into multi-digit addition and subtraction. We will continue weekly number sense routines throughout the year. We have completed some basic addition and subtraction drills to build speed and accuracy.

Little Buddies: Our buddy class will be Mrs. Bowley’s kindergarten class. Now that they have had some time to get settled into the school, we are looking forward to doing lots of fun activities together! We will meet on alternating Wednesdays.

Weekly Forest Walk:

Autumn Trees: Warm vs Cool Colours

Pablo Picasso Art Display:

More PowerPoint Presentations:

Listening to ‘The Wild Robot’:

ADST (Applied Design Skills and Technology): Coding Indi Robots

Orange Shirt Day: