St. Anthony Connects – The Week of December 19 – 23

St. Anthony this week

Monday, December 19

Office Hours Rec Link Mondays 9:00 – 3:00PM – please come in if you would like to register your child for sports in the community

The Grade 5-6 students working at St. Luke's Table

The Grade 5-6 students working at St. Luke’s Table

Tuesday, December 20

Goodlife – Ms Troccoli – 12:50

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Wednesday, December 21

Winter Solstice (Discovery Education)

9:00 am – School Assembly

Agenda:
1.Sports Presentation – highlights from this fall

Boys Volleyball

Girls Volleyball

Girls Gaelic Football

Boys Soccer
2. Wastefree Wednesday Winners

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3. Report of Waste Audit and Google Slide Presentation
4. Grade 6 (extended class) will be performing a (short) original song at the assembly too

Goodlife Gymnastics – Grade 3  – 2:00 PM

Thursday, December 22

Advent Liturgy – 1:00 pm – parents welcome

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Friday, December 23

Goodlife Fitness M Chartrand’s class – 2:20 PM

Last St. Anthony Superstars – 3:00 PM

The beginning of Christmas BreakMerry Christmas Everyone!!

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Teacher Notes for this Week

Kindergarten Blog for December 19-23, 2016
Our last blog post of 2016!  It is hard to believe that we have been in school for 4 months already!  
We hope to enjoy our last week together by creating wonderful Christmas crafts, attending a school-wide assembly on Wednesday and our Fourth Advent Liturgy on Thursday.  We are singing “Take a Walk to Christmas” in our classrooms and hope to sing for other classes too!
Our walk to the mailbox to mail our Santa letters was a huge success.  Santa even made a surprise visit the next day to let us know he got all of our letters!  What a great surprise!  We also took advantage of the great snow and the K1 group went snowshoeing!
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Over the holidays we encourage parents to work on the following skills. Play games for letter and sound recognition, as well as number recognition from 0 to 10 or higher. Count everyday objects to 20 in both English and French. Print their  first name starting with a capital letter followed by lowercase letters. We are pleased to say that all the children are able to recognize their names in print. 
We would like to wish all our families a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! The Kindergarten team feels truly blessed to be working with such wonderful and inquisitive children. 
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Grade One-two Ms Myers’ Class

Congratulations to all those Grade One and Two students who volunteered to say our morning prayer on the announcements last week. They did a super job! Our class will have a chance to prepare the prayer for daily announcements in the New Year. If your child has not yet volunteered, please encourage them to “take a risk” and try it out!  Opportunities such as this help build your child’s confidence.  The amazing snowfall this past week gave us a chance to begin our snowshoeing season in the school yard! The children were determined and proved very capable as they “hiked” around our school yard. Hopefully we will have more opportunities to use our school snowshoes to get fresh air and exercise this winter! In the coming week we will wrap up our math studies of data management as the students gather data from their classmates and share their findings by creating simple bar graphs.  The fourth week of Advent is upon us. We will focus on Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem and the birth of Jesus. Our last school liturgy will be held Thursday, December 22nd at 1:00 p.m. Parents are welcome to attend!  Thank you so much for encouraging your child to participate in our Advent outreach project in support of St. Luke’s table. Your generosity is very much appreciated.  As the holidays approach, kindly ensure that your child returns their homework, library book, and home reading books this week. I’d like to take this opportunity to wish all families a restful and joyous Christmas. Here’s to 2017 and all the learning and promise it holds for us! 

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Ms Moga’s Grade Two-Three Class

It’s a little hard to believe that our last week before Christmas break is here! The students have been working hard, learning, and enjoying their friends in Grade 2/3 the past 4 months. If I don’t see you in the school this week, please know I’m wishing you and your families a safe, peaceful, and very Merry Christmas!

Writing- The students wrapped up their animal reports last week. They turned out really great and they should all be proud of their hard work and the final product! This week we’ll focus on descriptive writing using our five-senses. We will be hard at work brainstorming adjectives to describe Christmas related things.

 Reading- We are continuing to work on our Visualizing skills. This week, we will read various Christmas-themed stories and practice sharing our visualizations. Students are learning to use the words “I’m picturing”, “I’m imagining”, and using their five senses to describe their visualizations.

Math- This week we will focus on subtraction strategies. We will subtract to find out how much is left (e.g. when spending money), as well as finding the difference (e.g. subtraction as comparing). We will continue with this unit in January.

Science- The students enjoyed learning about position of objects and people. They discovered many new adjectives related to position. This week, we will do an experiment to look at how different objects move.

Religion- Welcome to the fourth week of Advent! Last week we learned about the joy that Jesus brings. This week we will read about and discuss Jesus’ birth in the stable.  

Art- We will be making a few ornaments and crafts to take home for Christmas.

Have a great week!

Ms. Moga

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Ms Solymar’s Grade Three Class

With only two weeks till Christmas, the grade 3 students were like little elves helping Santa. We worked really hard this week working on graphing, descriptive writing, exploring what movement is, and so much more. The picture shows a sneak peak of a special treat we have been working on for next week. 
Next week we will be busy with Christmas activities, but I will also be sad to say goodbye to this wonderful group of students. I have learned so much from them and have been proud to call them my students (even only for a short while). Each one of these beautiful children have impacted who I am as a teacher and I will never forget them. 
Coming up this week:
Math – We will be finishing up graphing this week, looking at line graphs, bar graphs, and picture graphs. 
Language – Last week, the students each drew a Christmas picture and wrote a descriptive paragraph about it. We will be finishing these up and work on some letter writing!
Religion – This week represents the last week of Advent. We will review all we have learned about during the Advent season by playing a game called “Journey to Bethlehem”. 
Reminders for this week:
1. Pizza day on Friday
2. Homework calendar due on Friday
3. Come join us for the last liturgy followed by Christmas activities on Thursday afternoon
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Mrs. Rupnik’s Primary Language Class

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A great big thank-you to Ms. Bastien (Tyson’s mom) for being our Guest Reader last week and visiting our class to read us a story.  We really appreciate your time and support. We have another Guest Reader coming on Tuesday for our afternoon class.

Remember to return the December homework calendars signed on Wednesday, December 21, 2016.

 This week, we will deliver our special cards and ornaments to our friends of St. Anthony Catholic School.We will also have Christmas Scavenger Hunt in our school and look for different Advent/Christmas items like (poinsettia, stable, stars, etc.).

 Please take some time this week to read our December class newsletter. It also has a Christmas Scavenger Hunt you can try at home with your child.

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 Home Activities for the Holidays: Here are four little activities you can do with your child to ensure he/she is still learning over the holidays: 

  1. READ with your child every night.  
  1. Have your child WRITE thank-you notes to Santa Claus, grandparents, uncles/aunts, friends, neighbours, etc. for presents received during the holidays.
  1. Take a WALK with your child and look for signs of winter. TALK about what things you see, smell, hear, touch, and taste in the winter!  This will help them prepare for our new theme in January.
  1. PLAY games and have fun! (for example: card games, board games, Simon Says, I Spy, etc.).

On behalf of St. Anthony Catholic School, we wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas.  Classes resume again on Monday, January 9, 2017.

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This week students showed their creative talent in grade 3, 4, 5, and 6!

Grade 3: Many students enjoyed demonstrating their knowledge of the grammatical rules and common phrases introduced to them in class by creating their own comic strips. Students designed and created their own comic characters that engaged in French dialogue. By following a model on the board, students were encouraged to use common phrases they have learned in class or come up with their own following the grammatical rules they have been practicing. Students showed passion for their work and an understanding of how to use French in basic conversation between their characters. Extraordinaire!

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Next week

French Language: Students will continue to finish their comic strips and play in class games to help practice the phonics sounds of o (rose), eau (eau), au (jaune) et on (non).

Grade 4/5: Many students enjoyed demonstrating their knowledge of the grammatical rules and common phrases introduced to them in class by creating their own comic strips. Students designed and created their own comic characters that engaged in French dialogue. By following a model on the board, students were encouraged to use common phrases they have learned in class or come up with their own following the grammatical rules they have been practicing. Students showed passion for their work and an understanding of how to use French in basic conversation between their characters. During social studies, students had fun creating ancient civilization symbols such as the Egyptian pyramids and mummies to help them explore the differences between civilizations in a tangible and visual way. Students also had the chance to work in partners and comment on each other’s work in French. C’est vraiment bien!

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Next Week

French Language: Students will continue to finish their comic strips and play in class games to help practice the phonics sounds of o (rose), eau (eau), au (jaune) et on (non).

Social Studies:  Students will continue to examine significant differences between the ancient civilizations that they have been studying in class.  

Music: Students will continue practicing singing the song “L’oiseau et l’enfant”, and work on the dynamics and pitch of their voice.  

Grade 5/6: Many students enjoyed demonstrating their knowledge of the grammatical rules and common phrases introduced to them in class by creating their own comic strips. Students designed and created their own comic characters that engaged in French dialogue. By following a model on the board, students were encouraged to use common phrases they have learned in class or come up with their own following the grammatical rules they have been practicing. Students showed passion for their work and an understanding of how to use French in basic conversation between their characters. Ça avance bien!

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Next week

French Language: Students will continue to finish their comic strips and play in class games to help practice the phonics sounds of o (rose), eau (eau), au (jaune) et on (non).

Social Studies: Students will continue to work on writing 3 consequences and 3 benefits in their journals about the stories of first encounters between First Nations and Europeans, and explain how these and other stories have helped to shape Canada.   

Music: Students will continue practicing singing the song “L’oiseau et l’enfant”, and work on the dynamics and pitch of their voice.  

Dec. 19 – Dec. 23

Mrs. Troccoli’s Grade 4/5 Team News

You can feel the excitement in the air as we begin our last week of Advent and journey towards the blessed day of Christmas, to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ!  We will continue to focus on the beauty of the season and be reminded that we too can be the “Good News” as is evidenced by all the items that our team has brought in to help those in need who visit St. Luke’s Table. Students can continue to bring items in before they will be delivered at the the end of the week.

 

In Language, the students will continue to research the Christmas customs in other countries and share their findings with their classmates. We will also read Christmas stories that offer reminders of the beauty and true meaning of this special time of the year.

 

In math, the students will write a survey question based on the Advent season and use their question to survey their classmates.  They will be required to organize their results on a bar graph and record conclusions based on the results of their survey. It will be fun to learn more about the preferences of our teammates.

 

The grade 4/5 extended students have been working hard while preparing a short Christmas play in drama to present to other classes in the school. We are looking forward to taking our show on the road.  

 

I will be collecting the chromebooks this week to leave at school over the Christmas break. This will allow the students to disconnect and spend more quality time with family and friends.  I hope this will also give the students an opportunity to enjoy the great outdoors and all the snow that comes with living in this great country of Canada!

I want to wish you and your families a blessed holiday season.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

Have a great week!

Together Everyone Achieves More!

Grade Five-Six Mrs. Colaiacovo’s Class News

He is coming! We celebrate the final week of advent and look forward to the birth of our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Please feel free to join in the final liturgy in the gym on Thursday, December 22 at 1:00.

 

The grade ⅚ class traveled to St. Luke’s kitchen last Wednesday morning to assist in preparations for their Christmas feast. I was so proud of their strong work ethic and the enthusiasm they put into all the tasks that they were assigned. It was especially moving, I thought, when they broke into spontaneous carol-singing as they worked. Well done boys and girls, you truly are Super Stars!!  

 

Our last week of school for the 2016 calendar year will see the grade ⅚ class finishing our data management unit in math. The students will be performing their Christmas-themed reader’s theatre productions on Tuesday morning to a few very special audience members. Our space science unit will continue, with the (volunteer) assistance of Mr. Bannan.

I wish all of you a blessed Christmas and a safe and happy New Year!

He is coming! We celebrate the final week of advent and look forward to the birth of our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Please feel free to join in the final liturgy in the gym on Thursday, December 22 at 1:00.

The grade ⅚ class traveled to St. Luke’s kitchen last Wednesday morning to assist in preparations for their Christmas feast. I was so proud of their strong work ethic and the enthusiasm they put into all the tasks that they were assigned. It was especially moving, I thought, when they broke into spontaneous carol-singing as they worked. Well done boys and girls, you truly are Super Stars!!  

Our last week of school for the 2016 calendar year will see the grade ⅚ class finishing our data management unit in math. The students will be performing their Christmas-themed reader’s theatre productions on Tuesday morning to a few very special audience members. Our space science unit will continue, with the (volunteer) assistance of Mr. Bannan.

I wish all of you a blessed Christmas and a safe and happy New Year!

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St. Anthony Connects – the week of April 4 – 8

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Congratulations to our grade 6 students who were confirmed this past Saturday at St. Anthony Church.  

Thanks especially to Mrs. Colaiacovo for her work in preparing our students

St. Anthony This Week

Monday, April 4

 

Tuesday, April 5

Scientists in the classroom – Grade One

Orkidstra in the learning commons

Wednesday, April 6

Wastefree Wednesday Today

Rosary visit
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Rosary schedule
10:30 to 11:15 JK & FDK Natalie Schlesak
12:15 to 12:40 Grades 2 Shannon Draper

12:45 to 1:05 Grade 1 Meg Myers
12:15-1:30 Grade 4/5 French: Sylvain Girard
1:45-2:15 Grade 3/4: Maria Manzoli
2:20 -3:00 Grade 5/6: Nora Colaiacovo /Denis Chartrand

Dental Screening JK, SK, Gr 2 & 6

Orkidstra at Cambridge School

Thursday, April 7

Recycle Day at St. Anthony Catholic School- PLEASE recycle today – all material to be left inside  near the parking lot door

Orkidstra in the learning commons

Friday, April 9

Pizza Day

Easter Mass – 9:00 AM at St. Anthony Church – all parents welcome

Movie Night at St. Anthony – Movie – Inside Out – 4:30 – 6:30  Come in your PJs!!

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Teacher Notes for the upcoming week

FDK News for the upcoming week

April is here!  We had a great time on April Fool’s Day.  Ask your child about some of the fun tricks the teachers played on Friday.  We walked through our neighbourhood in search of our bear cave.  We were going to wake up our hibernating bears however when we finally reached the cave we were all surprised to find out that the bears were gone!!  The FDK students searched everywhere in the school yard!  When we arrived back in class we found all of our bears in the classroom!  We had lots of laughs!
We have many events this week, a rosary visit by Ms. Lucy on Wednesday, along with Dental Screening by our dental hygienist.  On Friday we will celebrate our Easter Mass at 9:00am at St Anthony Church, please join us!  It is also Pizza Day this Friday!  All families are invited at 4:30 pm for our Movie Night!!  We will be showing Inside Out on a big screen in the gym!  Come in your pajamas!
We continue to discuss the changing seasons and look for signs of Spring, we will read many books about Spring and have many opportunities to get outside and explore.  We are focusing on Measurement in Math and students are beginning to use many different non-standard measuring devices to measure length such as hands, feet, books and string.  We are using measurement terms like shorter and longer.  We will prepare for our Easter Mass by completing our Alleluia crosses and discussing what the Easter season brings to us!
Have a great week!  The FDK Team!

Ms. Myers Grade One Class:

Easter continues! The children enjoyed a special “egg hunt” where they had to read the clues the Easter Bunny left for each of them in order to find their egg!  On Friday, April 8th, we will attend our school Easter Mass. A representative from the Shepherd’s of Good Hope will pick up our Lenten food drive donations at that time. Thanks to all of you who showed such generosity!  The children had a great time investigating mini-circuits with our school “Little Bits” kits. This week we look forward to our visit from the Scientists in Schools program. Wendy Decker, our scientist, will guide us through five learning centers where the students will explore different aspects of energy in our lives. April newsletters and homework calendars went home on April 1st. As mentioned in the newsletter, our class word wall is full!  The children will no longer be bringing home 5 words each Monday. We will work with our existing words, focusing on how they can help us read and spell new words. In math, we will finish up our work on telling time to the hour and half hour and move on to exploring coins and their value. To reinforce money concepts at home, provide your child with opportunities to count the change in your wallet, or perhaps a piggy bank…real-life experiences are so helpful!!  The “Wonderful Ones” will be leading the Morning Announcements this week. If your child has been asked to say a prayer, please have them practice reading it aloud to you in preparation. Have a great week!

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Ms. Moga’s Grade Two Class:

Welcome April! Hopefully warmer days are headed our way; however, in the meantime please ensure your child is dressed accordingly for outside.

In Math, we will continue to discuss area and perimeter. We will do some more hands-on activities to help us grasp these two concepts.

In Language, we are shifting our focus to inferring (when readers think about and search the text, and sometimes use personal knowledge to construct meaning beyond what is literally stated). We will also begin a unit on persuasive writing.

In Science, we will examine solids that dissolve in water and those that don’t. We will also investigate the three states of water and what conditions make it change states.

In gym, we continue to build our fitness through running games. We will also begin some gymnastics stations (e.g. rolling, jumping and landing in different ways).

I continue to share our learning via Twitter. You can follow me @MogaOttawa to see the grade 2 class in action!

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Mrs. Rupnik’s Primary Language Class 

Through phonics and spelling lessons (for example: rhymes, chants, word patterns, songs, etc.), the children will be introduced to five new words that will be added to our word wall this week.  In order to read and write independently, children must learn to automatically recognize and spell high-frequency words that occur in almost everything they read and write.  Help your child cut out the five new word wall cards and place them in his/her zip-lock bag provided.  Practise saying the words aloud with your child for a few minutes each evening and encourage him/her to print them out neatly in the word wall homework notebook.  Then, if time permits, try a bonus activity or two with your child.  (The bonus activity sheet is stapled on the inside cover of the word wall homework notebook.)  On Friday, the children will be assessed on the new word wall words (oral and spelling tests). 

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M. Girard’s French Classes:

2e Français oral: Écouter pour apprendre et écouter pour interagir (différencier)

Français lecture:  volume Arrimage p.79 à 92 «L’album de famille»

Français écrit: «Mon ours préféré» ( courte communication écrite)

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Français oral: audition de 8 poèmes sur la température

Français lecture: repérer dans un poème diverses images utilisées pour décrire un phénomène météo (ex. «La pluie marche tristement dans la forêt.»)  

Français écrit: création d’une toile à mots à partir d’un des phénomènes météo suivants : la neige, la pluie, le vent, le brouillard ou l’orage

4/5e Immersion   Français Oral: ligue d’impro, répondre à des questions de style «génies en herbes» (divinités grecques)

Français lecture: première étape d’un shéma du récit (Go Map) à partir d’une bande dessinée

Français écrit: révision et correction du texte de présentation d’une divinité grecque, dictée avril 4e année : texte incluant des verbes en -er au présent , dictée 5e : Les trois sages font du ménage.

                     April News From                    

Mrs. Manzoli’s Class

Special Events and Celebrations:          

·         Easter Mass April 8th at St. Anthony Catholic Church

·         Movie Night April 8th at 4:30

·         Star Gymnastics begins April 12th

·         Earth Day Clean the Capital and recycle challenge April 22

Learning goals:

Religion and Family Life

We are focusing our Religion lessons with the Events leading up to 50 days of Easter and celebrating New Life.

Language

In reading we will begin learning how determining important ideas and inferring helps us in becoming a better reader.  We practice by knowing the main ideas of a text and what the author considers important.  In writing we are beginning to look at procedural texts and working on the elements of what good writing looks like.

A big focus for the next two months will be preparing for our EQAO testing that takes place at the end of May.  You can support by reviewing the best practices when answering multiple choice questions and writing responses to comprehension questions from what they read.  

Mathematics

We will begin on working on multiplication and division.  We also continue to practice daily our number sense through mad minutes and problem-solving questions.  Please review the basic addition, subtraction and multiplication facts regularly at home.

Science  

The grade 3 will begin looking at structures and mechanism and the grade 4 are learning about rocks and minerals with Mr. Chartrand.

Homework :    Homework continues to provide students with extra practice for the concepts that are covered in class.  It also involves practice for the grade 3 EQAO testing.  Please take the time to look and review homework with your children. In order to reduce paper consumption homework will continue to be in a monthly calendar format.

Agendas:  Please continue to check your child’s agenda for important information and notes.  Have your child show you their end of the week learning goals at the end of each week.   

Thank you for your continued support in your child’s Education .

M. M. Chartrand Classes

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En français, we are working on the sound “ai/ei/et/è/ê”. We are reading the comptine “Filaine, Rodet

et Neige”. They are reading two books “Le Printemps” which focusses on Spring and “La Vie à l’étang”

which focusses on life cycle in the pond. In writing, we doing procedural writing such as the life cycle

of butterflies, frogs, apples, etc… .

Oral: Décris moi le cycle de vie d’un papillon.

Student: Premièrement, le papillon pond des oeufs.

Deuxième, les chenilles sortent des oeufs.

Troisième, les chenilles font des chrysalide.

Dernièrement, les papillons sortent des chrysalide.

In social studies they will continue to work on people and places in their neighbourhood and on the

needs of living things.

Here are the Word Wall Words for this month.

GRADE 1 WORD WALL WORDS

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Semaine 1 printemps (spring) papillon (butterfly) soleil (sun) chenille (caterpillar)

(avril 4 – avril 8)

Semaine 2 par (by) tout (all) premier (first) dernier (last)

(avril 11 ­15)

Semaine 3 ciel (sky) beaucoup (a lot) besoin (need) oeuf (egg)

 

Semaine 4 araignée (spider) baleine (whale) arbre (tree) perroquet (parrot)

 

NO MORE WORD WALL WORDS for this year. May and June will be review and testing.

4ième/5ièmeannée (Immersion)

En Science, they are beginning a unit on “L’économie d’énergie”. We have a workshop April 21

are thus preparing for the unit. This week are are focussing on what are the main types of energy

and on sources of renewable and non-renewable energy. At the end, they will design a house that

uses only renewable sources of energy depending on the location given.

4/5th grade (Math)

Our focus in the upcoming months will be measurement. Links to Nelson Math 4 and 5 are on-line at

mathK8.nelson.com. Students will learn how to estimate, measure, and record quantities, using the

metric measurement system. They will determine the relationships among units and measurable

attributes including the area of a different buildings (e.g. Parallelogram shape, area of triangles and

volume of a lake) in a city they will create on Minecraft.

5/6ième année

In French, we are beginning a unit on Superheros. Students have chosen a book and during the month

the students book report will include a “Schéma du récit” which they will present to the class. In

Social Studies, we are finishing our formative test on “La Mondialisation et le Canada dans une

économie globale”. Students have learned about the United Nations and Canada’s role and future

role. They have learned about Canada’s trading partners and multinational companies such as major

banks, Microsoft, Toyota. They have completed a mini-project on the company or their choice and

will present this week. In music, we  continue to focus on learning how to read sheet music to

play the piano.

4th/5thGrade Science (English)

In Science, the grade 4 students are completing a unit on “Rocks and Minerals”. Our focus this week

is on the many uses of rocks and minerals in our daily lives. They are designing a house using as many

different rocks and minerals as possible.

The grade 5 students have begun a unit on Understanding Matter and Energy. We are focussing on

Measuring Matter, the Physical and Chemical Changes of matter and their environmental impacts. As

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unit by then.

Thanks,

Monsieur Chartrand

 

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Happy Spring!!!!!! Happy Easter!!!!!

Hello Parents,

Is it April already?  Wow, time sure flies when you’re having fun!  Here is the latest news from our Grade 4/5 class.   

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Math

We will be concluding our formal unit on multiplication & division. The goal has been for students to estimate and calculate the product of two-digit numbers and the quotient of two and three-digit numbers divided by one-digit numbers.  These skills will help your child to solve two-step word problems.  Talk to your child about situations in which you use multiplication and division in your daily life and when you might use mental computations, pencil and paper, or a calculator to find the answer.  Your child may solve questions differently from you.  It is important that your child recognizes that there are several ways of solving the same question.  Students will solve problems involving whole numbers, and describe and explain the variety of strategies used. Your child should continue to practice multiplication and division regularly to help strengthen these concepts and to allow them to apply them confidently when needed in all areas of the curriculum.

 

Our next focus in math is fractions.  I encourage your children to practice using fractions in real life situations (ie. sharing a pizza or chocolate bar, baking or when eating parts of a fruit).  The more your child uses fractions and the language related to it the more comfortable they will feel using it in their everyday lives. We will continue to incorporate the Inquiry based method in mathematics. The students will be presented with open ended problems to solve using their prior knowledge and available materials to come up with solutions.                                                                                                    

 

You may visit mathK8.nelson.com and follow the links to Nelson Mathematics 4 or 5, for more suggestions to help your child learn and practice the concepts that we are working with in class.
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Language Arts:

In Language Arts the students successfully completed their procedural writing. They are proudly hanging in the junior hall for all to learn “How to…”.  During the month of April the students book report will include reading a biography about a famous person of their choice.  They will orally present their information to the class, as well as create a digital poster of their chosen person.  We look forward to learning about a variety of significant people that have made a difference in our world. Our comprehension strategy focus will be predicting.  This requires the reader to anticipate, think ahead, and hypothesize about what might happen, based on personal prior knowledge and clues the author provides. Our writing focus will by narrative.  We will read several Folk Tales and Pourquoi Tales before the students will use their creative minds to write their own Pourquoi tales.  The creative juices will be flowing in April!

 

Religion/ Family Life

 

We had a thoughtful journey throughout Lent exploring the events and bible readings of Jesus’ sacrifice.  We took the time for self-reflection so that we were truly prepared for Easter.  We now bask in the joyous events of his resurrection.

 

In Family Life we will explore the second theme “Living in Relationship.”  God created us to live in relationship with others and to respond to each other with love.  Living in relationship begins in the family, the setting in which people first learn about love.  As children grow up, friendship becomes more and more important to them.  In this theme we will be exploring both important relationships – family and friendship.

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Important Dates:

April 8th – 9:00 am –  Easter Mass at St. Anthony’s Church

April 15th – PD Day – No school for the students

Thank you for your continued support in helping your child take responsibility for his/her learning through attentive listening, strong organizational skills, and task completion.  We also appreciate the healthy snacks and lunches you have been sending to school with your child so that he/she has the proper nourishment to meet the needs of a busy school day.   

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Sincerely,                                                                                                                                                     

Mrs. S. Troccoli                        

Ms. Colaiacovo’s Grade 5/6 News

The grade 5/6 class has sprung into the new season with energy and enthusiasm! We congratulate the nine students who received the Sacrament of Confirmation from Archbishop Prendergast at St. Anthony parish on Saturday, April the 2nd! The students modelled confidence and maturity as they celebrated this very special milestone in their faith journey.

Work in mathematics continues to focus on solving problems using the operations of multiplication and division. Our grade 6 students continue learning about electricity with Miss Parmiss, our student teacher. We continue to work on different “fix-up” strategies to strengthen pieces of writing in language arts, in anticipation, especially, of the forthcoming EQAO testing for the grade 6 students. Our religion focus has been the Lenten season and we will continue to examine the wonder of Jesus’ resurrection during this Easter season. The grade 5/6 students have been learning about the use and misuse and the effects of alcohol and drugs during health lessons and this strand will continue through the month of April.
Our junior division students enjoyed a month of intermural basketball competition and many of the students will continue to practice to represent the school at the Board tournaments later this month.
We will bid a fond farewell to Miss Parmiss, as her practicum assignment winds to an end this week. We hope that she will be able to come back and continue working with students again, and we wish her well on her next year in the Bachelor of Education program and her future endeavours!
The bi-weekly Papa Jack fundraiser for the grade six year-end trip continues to be a success. We thank all parents in the school community for your continued support.