Class Update - October 25th

Hola familias:

This week we did collaborative art project about Da de los Muertos with all the grade 5s. It was great to see them working together as a group.

The Week Ahead:

• Math: We are reviewing the multiplication tables up to 9x9. Today we played Bingo!
• Social Studies: Students are writing postcards from across Canada to learn about the significant role that bodies of water and climate play in the life of people living in these regions.
• Spanish: We are reviewing adjectives with "Día de los Muertos" activities, including a song.
• ELAL: We will start looking at the theme of the novel Amal Unbound and the theme for students' personal narrative.
• Science: We learned about the water cycle and precipitation and we will review the first part of the Weather unit until the end of the week.
• Art: Students are learning print making designing "catrinas" or skulls, outlining with glue and wrapping it up with foil paper.

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).

*Please, do not bring food to share on October 31st or November 1st. Thank you!

IMPORTANT DATES:

October 28 - PD Day, No School

October 31 - Halloween Parade