Monster Making

We are in the middle of reading "The Monster's Ring" and will be participating in various activities around monsters in the next couple of weeks (descriptive writing, ASD, art).  Here are some of the students monster faces/heads they created with their little buddies...

stop drop and read

Participated in the stop, drop and read on Monday, October 21st...

Peterson Creek

It was such an amazing afternoon venturing over to Peterson Creek.  The sun was out, with a warm breeze and the colours were bright at the park.  Students used compasses to find Points of Interest and observed and explored the park.  We found a heart rock, huge leaves, clear stream, multiple trails and bridges.  A great way to spend a fall afternoon.

Upcoming Dates

October 24th- PAC sponsored Halloween Dance in the KSA Gym from 5:30pm-8:00pm

Friday, October 25th - No School! Professional Development Day.

October 28th- Photo Retakes - forms will be sent home

October 31st- Halloween Party (Students have earned their pompoms and we will be celebrating) - bring a snack to share- more details to come

November 2nd- PAC Craft Fair - volunteers needed

November 4th- Nov. 7th- BOOK FAIR in the library

Go out and VOTE!

VOTING DAY!

 Students on Friday participated in the nationwide student vote (www.studentvote.ca)  and have been discussing and learning about government in Canada.  I encourage all of you to vote tomorrow, with your child and watch some of the results tomorrow evening together.  Students results will be posted on the website later this week, along with The National broadcast.

Term 1 overview

Here is the term 1 overview.  These are the topics we will be covering this term.  It is encouraged to have discussions and practice the concepts at home.

Grade ⅘ Mrs. Piroddi’s class

Term 1 Overview

Math

• Time (duration, analog and digital, 24 hour clock)
• Place value, rounding, expanded form, written form
• Financial Literacy (making financial plans and creating a budget, calculations up to $1000, using money to make change)
• Adding and Subtracting strategies

Science

Matter

• Phases (solid, liquid and gas)
• Changes (chemical and physical)
• Properties (mass, volume, shape, density, colour, texture)
• Solutions and mixtures (evaporation, distillation, crystallization, dissolving)

Social Studies

• Government and Election (levels, roles and responsibilities, elected and appointed leaders) 
• Map skills (compass, legends, scales, types)
• Canada and its provinces (physiographic features and natural resources)

Language Arts

• Spelling strategies
• Vocabulary (meaning/definitions, Prefix and suffix, root words)
• Non-fiction reading strategies (main idea, inferring, text features)
• Sentence structure and grammar
• Paragraph structure (opening sentence and details)
• Oral language (telling stories, reading aloud, fluency and expression)
• Journal writing
• Extracting information and note taking

Career Education

• Exploring our strengths and abilities can help identify goals
• Family and community relationships is a source of support and guidance when solving problems and making decisions
• Leadership requires listening to and respecting the ideas of others (communication, support, motivation)

• Problem solving strategies
• Making positive connections in the class

French

 - Francophone cultural  festival and/or celebration

- communities where French is spoken

• Basic greetings and common expressions (bonjour, Comment ca va?)

Photo Retakes

A few students were absent for photo day...

Please make note of PHOTO RETAKES...October 28th.

All students need a photo taken for our records.  No need to order.

Cozy Day

School Wide Spirit Day - Cozy Day

Friday, October 18th

Wear your cozy clothes- Scarves, sweaters, toques, woolly socks   - NO PJ's

Family/Community Tree of Strength

Please take the time to fill in the package that was brought home on Friday.  We are building a Tree of Strength and focusing on who supports us to build confidence and strength.  Please have them completed and returned by Friday, October 11th.

Thank you for your support!

PTS Conferences

Looking forward to Parent Teacher Student Conferences on Thursday, October 11th.  Please make note Early Dismissal at 12:30pm.  Students may bring a snack and lunch or two big snacks.  We will be making some time to eat before dismissal. 

Pajama Day on Friday, October 11th

Library Day

Our Library Day is now back to Wednesday's!!! 
Don't forget your books!