Language: Reading: Making Connections: Text to Self: We are learning how to extend our understanding of texts by connecting the ideas in them to our own knowledge and experience, to other familiar texts, and to the world around us. We are reading and analyzing a variety of texts both fiction and non-fiction in small guided reading groups. Finally, we are identifying the key features of Fiction (Character, Setting Problem and Solution) and Non-Fiction (Facts and information, subtitles, index, glossary, subtitles, photographs, etc).
Writing: We are learning about writing the 4 types of sentences: Statements (Declarative), Commands (Imperative), Questions (Interrogative) and Exclamatory. Also, we have covered nouns both proper and common. Students are expected to be able to identify, write and correctly punctuate each of those types of sentences and use it in their daily writing.
Author's Purpose: Identify a variety of purposes for reading: Easy as PIE: Persuade / Information / Entertainment
- identify and represent the value of a digit in a number according to its position in the number (e.g., use base ten materials to show that the 3 in 324 represents 3 hundreds);
- represent, compare, and order whole numbers to 1000, using a variety of tools (e.g., base ten materials or drawings of them, number lines with increments of 100 or other appropriate amounts);
- compose and decompose three-digit numbers into hundreds, tens, and ones in a variety of ways, using concrete materials (e.g., use base ten materials to decompose 327 into 3 hundreds, 2 tens, and 7 ones, or into 2 hundreds, 12 tens, and 7 ones);
- round two-digit numbers to the nearest ten, in problems arising from real-life situations;
- solve problems involving the addition and subtraction of two and three-digit numbers, using a variety of mental strategies
- add and subtract two and three-digit numbers
- use estimation when solving problems involving addition and subtraction, to help judge the reasonableness of a solution;
Religion: We are learning about the Holy Spirit and developing an understanding of the three parts that make up God; The father, Son and Holy Spirit. Also, we will be learning about the fruits of the Holy Spirit; Love, Joy, Peace, Kindness, Patience, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness and Self-Control and how we can put these fruits into action in our daily lives.
Visual Arts: We are learning about the elements of design:
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line: variety of line (e.g., thick, thin, dotted)
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shape and form: composite shapes; symmetrical and asymmetrical shapes and forms in both the
human-made environment and the natural world
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space: foreground, middle ground, and background to give illusion of depth
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colour: colour for expression (e.g., warm and cool colours); colour to indicate emotion; mixing of
colours with white to make a range of warm and cool tints
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texture: real versus visual or illusory texture
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value: mixing a range of light colours and dark colours
Science: Strong and Stable Structures:
- assess the importance of form, function, strength, and stability in structures through time;
- investigate strong and stable structures to determine how their design and materials enable
them to perform their load-bearing function; - demonstrate an understanding of the concepts of structure, strength, and stability and the factors that affect them.
Health: We will learn about the origins of foods, its nutritional value and environmental impact. Identify foods that are processed and unprocessed and how to make healthy eating choices everyday. We will learn how to use self-awareness and self-monitoring skills to help us understand our strengths and
needs, take responsibility for our actions, recognize sources of stress, and monitor our own progress, as we participate in physical activities, develop movement competence,
and acquire knowledge and skills related to healthy living.
Social Studies: First Nations and Early Settlers: Student will compare ways of life amoung some specific groups in Canada around the beginning of the nineteenth century, and describe some of the changes between that era and the present dayinvestigate some of the major challenges that different groups and communities faced in Canada from around 1780 to 1850, and key measures taken to address these challenges.
I will continue to add new information as we learn it to keep you posted of our daily learning. I hope this helps you initiate some great conversations with your child now that you can ask specific questions about the above learning goals!
Here's to a great Friday! I will be sending home their spelling books for you to sign either today or Monday. Please make sure your child writes out his / her errors 10 each at the BACK of the spelling test booklet. Return promptly Monday. Thank you!
Counsellor Wilson
SECRET QUESTION: What do we call the organization tool we use when comparing the similarities and differences between two things?
