Week of May 1: Education Week

It's Education Week. I hope you are able to attend some of the activities this week.


Monday
Open House
7:45 - 8:45 am
Coffee and breakfast snacks will be available in the gym. You can also come to our classroom to see what we have been learning.

Tuesday
Young Authors Celebration
8:30 am
Only a few students were selected to be recognized for their writing accomplishments.

Wednesday
Education Week Mass
10:15 am
All are welcomed to join us.

Thursday
Virtue assembly
9:00 am

Friday
Talent Show
12:30 pm

Curriculum Notes

In literacy, our word wall words for this week are:
     by
     now
     than
     time
     of
We will begin to look at the skill of inferring as we read.

In math, we will begin to work with 3D shapes this week.

In science, we are beginning our new unit called "Energy in our Lives." We begin by learning about our most important source of energy - the Sun.

In music, we will begin to look at written music. We will learn about quarter notes, eighth notes and quarter rests.

Week of April 24

Curriculum Notes

In literacy, our word wall words are:
     were
     word
     tell
     more
     new
We will be busy writing this week! We will complete our Young Authors books and work on our final descriptive writing activity: "My Monster".

In math, we continue to work with two dimensional shapes. The students will also work with Tangrams.

In science, we had a great time building our playgrounds. Time permitting, we will start our final science unit called Energy in our Lives. I have booked a second Scientists in Schools workshop to support our Energy unit. It is scheduled for Thursday, May 18.

In drama, we will have a presentation by Rag and Bone Puppet Theatre on Monday, April 24 called "The Dolls' House". This will be followed by a one hour workshop run by the artists on Thursday, April 27. The presentation and workshop is possible with the Adventures in Learning funds, as well as an Ontario Arts Council grant.

A reminder that the Parent Council cake walk is this Friday, April 28.

Week of April 18

Curriculum Notes

In literacy, we will be working on our stories for Young Authors Day (during Education Week). Students will write their own stories following the pattern of Laura Numeroff's books like "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie." Our books will start with "If You Give a First Grader a..."



In math, we are starting a new unit in geometry. We will begin by sorting and classifying two-dimensional shapes.

In science, we will conclude our unit on "Materials, Objects and Structures" by building a playground. If you have any materials, such as paper rolls, small boxes, popsicle sticks, please send them in to school this week.

In religion, we will continue to discuss the Easter story.

There will be an Easter Mass on Wednesday, April 19 at 10:15 am in the school gym.



In drama, we have been honing our acting skills through a variety of charades including expressing emotions, acting like animals and acting out everyday activities.

Finally, we will be integrating Earth Day ideas into our activities this week.

As this is a short, busy week, there will be no homework assigned this week.

School Yearbook

Yearbook Time!

This year, St. Rita School will be sending yearbooks home in June, not September as has been done in the past.

Yearbook orders are due Friday, April 21, 2017.

NO LATE ORDERS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Website for orders: ybpay.lifetouch.ca

School code 4501117

Total $20

Online ordering is preferred. Order forms have been sent home if needed.

Measurement Activities

Week of April 10

Curriculum Notes

In literacy, we will be writing our recount of the month of March this week. We will also continue to work on adjectives and descriptive writing. Our word wall words for this week are:
     ask
     find
     ride
     that
     use

In math, we will be finishing up our unit on measurement by looking at capacity.

In science, we are concluding our unit on materials, objects and structures. Next week we will work on our culminating task. A reminder, if you have any paper rolls or small boxes, please send them in for our "playground" building project.

In religion, we will focus on the important events of Holy Week: Palm Sunday, the Last Supper, Good Friday and Easter. We will be reading the book "Benjamin's Box" to help us learn about the Easter story.

Other Notes

A reminder to students will need to first audition in the classroom for the talent show. I will need to see an idea of their performance by Tuesday, April 11.

There are no classes this Friday, April 14.

Talent Show

The school has started planning for the Talent Show. A few of the students have expressed an interest in participating in the show. If your child is interested, he or she will have to prepare and practise his or her performance at home. I have asked students to let me know by next Tuesday, April 12 if they are interested and to have a bit of the performance prepared to share with the class. If you have any questions, please call me or write a note in the agenda. Thank you.

Prodigy

Some of the students in the class have expressed an interest in the math games website called Prodigy. I have set up accounts for the students in the class. The information including logins and passwords will be sent home today (April 4). You will find the information sheet in the agenda bag. This is an optional activity. It is similar to Dreambox. Students have a character and play math games to earn rewards.



1. Go to www.prodigygame.com/play
2. Enter your username and password then click Login

Week of April 3

Curriculum Notes

In literacy, we will be reviewing the last 20 word wall words and continuing to work on adjectives, nouns and descriptive writing.

In math, we will continue to work on area, mass and capacity in our measurement unit,

In science, we will continue to look at different structures and will review fasteners.

In religion, we are focusing on Lent and the idea of giving, praying and fasting to prepare to be our best for Easter.

We have also started our drama unit. We have started by demonstrating different emotions through body language. We will work on both charades and using our voices to depict various characters or emotions this week.

Other Notes

A reminder that our next virtue assembly is this Thursday, April 6 at 10:15 am.