November News!

I hope everyone had a fantastic Halloween! Thank you for all of the yummy treat donations for our class party! The students had a lot of fun playing games and making slime!

Well done to the students who have completed some provinces as they Read Across Canada for home reading. Keep up the great work!

In Literacy, we have begun our reading workshop rotation whereby I meet with guided reading groups while the other students work at centres or jobs which include a variety of language activities. In writing, students will continue working through the writing process to complete their "Spooky Narratives" this week. We have been editing for "spicy" writing which includes lots of adjectives, and of course for proper sentence structure. Next week, we will begin letter writing and write letters to Canadian soldiers for Remembrance Day.

In Math, we are finishing up our Data Management unit this week. Students have been collecting, organizing, and analyzing data in bar graphs, pictographs, circle graphs and venn diagrams. Our unit test will be coming home this week. Please sign and return it as soon as possible. Our next unit is patterning which includes the following expectations:

• identify, extend and create repeating patterns involving 2 or more attributes
• identify and describe number patterns involving addition, subtraction & multiplication
• identify and extend growing and shrinking patterns
• create patterns from a given pattern rule
• use T-charts to extend patterns / determine pattern rules
• All of the above in problem solving contexts

For extra at-home help, click on the Nelson math link, and then "Try it Out" for Chapter 1.

In Social Studies, we are learning about Ontario! Students will be posing and answering questions about living and working in the different land regions of Ontario (Canadian Shield, Hudson Bay Lowlands, and Great Lakes / St. Lawrence Lowlands).

I look forward to seeing parents again at Parent / Teacher conferences on November 17th and 18th. A confirmation of your conference time will be sent home shortly.

As always, please contact me at the school or by email at ahale@scdsb.on.ca if you have any questions or concerns. Please continue to use the agenda for any time sensitive notes (ie: appointments or a change in home-time routine) as I usually check my email after school.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Hale