This week, October 28th to November 1st

Here is your weekly update Div 3 students and families,

Calendar Notes:

October 31st - Pumpkin Contest, Assembly and Sock Hop (Dance) in the gym
November 1st - Broomhill Park Field Trip
November 8th - Remembrance Day Ceremony (Div 3 is MC'ing)
November 12th - Victoria Field Trip - permission forms coming home this week

Funwork this week:

Math: We will continue to work on operating with numbers with a focus on subtraction this week. Students will be working through stations that feature game play, time with the teacher, pencil and paper practice and IXL tech practice.

Writing: We are continuing to construct biographies with a goal to finish by November 1st. There will be a Point of Progress posted to Freshgrade on this multi-faceted project.

Reading: Students will be reading and responding to some Halloween themed stories as well as doing CAFE. Here is a link to what CAFE entails.

Science: Speaking of scary, we will be observing the results of our Science experiment and completing our lab write ups.

Halloween themed French and Art lessons will be run this week.

Here's to a spooktacular week.

Yours, Ms Powers and Ms Bridal

This week in Division 3, October 21st to Oct 25th

Calendar Notes this week:

October 21st Federal Election (Take your kid with you to see how it works in "real life"; student's conducted their vote on Friday and results are TOP SECRET until all the election results are in on Monday)
October 24th Halloween Dance at Poirier (Tickets are $2 at the door; food and drink plus glow sticks will be on sale; students must be with a parent as this is a PAC event and run by other parents)
October 25th Pro D and In-servicing for Staff (Students get the day off)
October 25th The last day to express an interest and put down a deposit for the Vancouver trip June 18 to 19th

Funwork this week:

Math: Students will complete assessments and reflections for our first Point of Progress that will be posted to Freshgrade on Tuesday, October 22nd. We are continuing to work with number concepts as we practice with addition and subtraction. Students in the class are still developing their understanding of the value of numbers which is quite abstract when you move into bigger values.

Language Arts: Students wrote a rough draft of their "Introducing X" biography paragraph. This week they will write the neat copy for their bio lap book and start to assemble the other parts of the project. We are hoping to have this project completed by Tuesday, October 29th and posted to Freshgrade by October 30th. Students continue to develop their CAFE strategies for reading. We encourage students to practice these strategies at home while reading.

Wonder Hour: We will be launching wonder hour this week. This inquiry block falls under Science and Social Studies; it is a project based approach that gets kids to get curious about the things that interest them (which is a lot at this age!).

And we will be doing a lot more funwork this week.

If you have any questions, ideas, suggestions, or concerns, please feel free to contact us. Here's to another great week with your terrific kids.

October 15th to 18th

Calendar Notes this week:

• October 18th STUDENT Vote 
• October 18th $40 VANCOUVER DEPOSIT DUE along with signed notices of intent and preferred payment method 

Funwork this week:

Math: We are working on increasing and decreasing number values through addition and subtraction. Grade 4 targets numbers up to 10 000 and Grade 5 numbers up to 1 000 000, but students are expected to work to a level that stretches their capabilities. You can expect a Math Point of Progress on place value, adding and subtracting to be posted to your child's Freshgrade account by October 21st.

Language Arts: Students will begin working with stretchy sentences to explore parts of speech and language. Those sentence writing skills will be put to work as we put together the biography projects. Students are reading Raven Tales to practice CAFE strategies that are being modeled in class and conferencing with Ms Powers and Ms Bridal. Remember, reading, any kind of reading, helps to reinforce and build those reading skills as well as thinking skills that are useful across all areas.

Social Studies: Students will learn about Canada's main political parties, their leaders and their logos. We will learn about the vote, one of the rights we have as Canadian citizens.

Science: Students will learn about the scientific method. We will conduct a simple experiment to explore how it works.

And much more will be going on in Division 3 this short week, October 15th to 18th.

October 7th to 11th

October 7th to 11th, 2019

Calendar notes this week:

Tuesday is photo day (comb your hair day)

Wednesday we are having a WITS assembly

NEXT Monday is a holiday, Happy Thanksgiving!

Funwork:

Math: We are working on number sense including place value. Students will be using their understanding of numbers to add and subtract numbers mentally. If students want to exercise their math skills further, they can access IXL or Khan Academy.

Social Studies: We are ramping up to hold a STUDENT VOTE on October 18th. Students will be learning about democracy and the federal government in preparation. 

Language Arts: Students have been reading and viewing information on their chosen person. This week we will begin to assemble the lap books. Students who want to "extend" the project to include slideshows, skits, or other creative additions are welcome to exercise that creativity. Students are also doing CAFE lessons to develop a set of strategies to use to understand non-fiction or fiction at school and at home.

Here's to a great week.

Grania and Samantha