Class update - October 18

Hola familias:

We are betting busy! The grade 5 will have their first field trip on November 17. We will attend the event "Explorando el Español,¨ at the Central Library! More information will be available soon. 

The Week Ahead:

• Math: We are finishing the unit about estimation of sums and differences. There are some games to practice in Google Classroom. Check them out!
• Social Studies: We are celebrating Latin American Heritage Month with a brief research about remarkable Latin-Canadian people. We just started a new project: Postcards from across Canada. Students we will look at 2 physical features: body of water and climate.
• Spanish: We are finalizing our good copy about our pet or favourite animal in Spanish.
• ELAL: This is our week 3 of the novel Amal Unbound.
• Science: We are learning about the wind, what causes the wind to blow and how to measure wind direction and wind speed.
• Physical Education: We continue our unit about basketball.

School photos retakes were originally scheduled to happen on October 17 & 18 have been rescheduled to November 2 & 3.  If you would like your child to have photo retakes, please email your child's teacher to let them know. Class Photos will also happen on the same days.

Raz-Kids

Students now have access to use Raz-Kids at school and home. This is a great tool that allows students to have access to English and Spanish books at their reading level. We also encourage students to take the reading comprehension quiz that follows the reading. As teachers we can get useful information that sparks a conversation around students' reading comprehension based on what students are reading.

Halloween

With Halloween coming up, students are invited to wear costumes to school on Monday, October 31.  The costumes must be worn the whole day and must be appropriate for school environment meaning no violent or inappropriate content or messaging. Accessories such as swords, guns, knives, weapons etc. should not be brought to school.  As costumes should not impede learning, we ask that no mask even if it’s a half face mask be worn to school.  Those wanting to wear COVID masks are welcome to. Due to dietary restrictions and preferences, no food should be brought to school for sharing purposes.  While well intended, other non-food treats should also be not brought to school (goodie/loot bags).