Monday, October
songs practice for Thanksgiving Mass in gym gr.1-6 -10:50 am
Tuesday, October 4
Wednesday, October 5
Wastefree Wednesday
songs practice for Thanksgiving Mass in gym gr.1-6 – 9:20 am
Cross Country Meet – Terry Fox
Swim to Survive Grade 3 – 1:00PM
Thursday, October 6
Thanksgiving Mass @ 9:00 am St. Anthony Parish – all parents welcome
Papa Jack popcorn
St. Anthony Superstar award for the week
Friday, October 7
PD Day – no school today – Grade 5-6 swimming cancelled
Teacher Notes for the week
Kindergarten News for October 3-October 6, 2016
We are off to a great new start! We will be welcoming Mrs. P to our KP 1 classroom this week. Mrs. P. is our new Early Childhood Educator. We will be balancing class sizes on Monday and notifying parents of any changes. We are looking forward to having an additional staff member in the Kindergarten Program and we are very excited for our students as they will be using our classrooms in a great new way and making new friendships!
We had a great week participating in the Terry Fox Run! Our students were very engaged during the pep rally and during our walk around the schoolyard. We are proud of the difference they are making and thank you for all your amazing contributions to this great cause.
This week we will be participating in our Thanksgiving Mass on Thursday October 6, 2016 at 9:00 am. We will walk over to St Anthony Church for mass with Father Felix. We look forward to our first celebration at the church with our whole school community. Parents are most welcome to join us! We will be preparing for mass by discussing what we are thankful for and making turkey crafts. We will also be learning a new prayer for Thanksgiving and “Thank you Lord ” song.
In French, we have been learning the words for members of our family
such as maman, papa, frère, and soeur.. Some students also printed
French words on their family trees.
In Math, we are continuing to focus on counting up to 5 and using a
five frame to recognize five as 4 and 1, 2 and 3. Please encourage
your child to count objects as much as possible. Then trick them by
taking some objects away and asking them how many are left.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your families!
There is a PD Day on Friday and we are closed Monday for Thanksgiving!
Enjoy the week,
The Kindergarten Team
We love Writing!
Ms Myers Grade 1-2 class
Our Terry Fox Walk was a great success! Thanks to all families who supported this wonderful endeavour! Our literacy work is well under way as the children work on both independent reading and reading with a partner. Their work with weekly word wall words is already paying off. The children show great pride (and some astonishment!) when they recognize these words in the context of their daily reading tasks. This coming week we welcome Maruca, a visitor from St. Anthony parish. She will visit the first Wednesday of each month and talk about the importance of prayer in our lives, particularly praying the rosary. An October newsletter and homework calendar will be sent home this week. Please check your child’s agenda for these items. A reminder that library books are due every Wednesday. On Thursday, October 6, we will celebrate our Thanksgiving Mass at 9:00 a.m. at St. Anthony Church. You are welcome to attend! As Thanksgiving approaches we will be focusing on how we appreciate the gifts of God’s creation. Happy Thanksgiving to the all “Wonderful Ones and Terrific Twos” and their families!
Ms Moga Grade 2-3 class
Reminders: Friday, October 7– PD Day
Thanksgiving Mass: Thursday, October 6th– 9am
New Homework Calendar- due Oct. 31
Update- beginning this week, your child will bring home 2 levelled readers. Along with their library book, this should provide your child with enough material to read for 20 minutes every night. Look for a new Ziploc bag labelled “Home Reading”- more information will be sent home with the first round of books.
Writing- students will write their own recount of our school Terry Fox walk using the writing process (planning, writing a draft, editing/revising, writing a good copy).
Reading- we will finish discussing Fix-Up Strategies and move onto Making Connections when reading.
Math- we will work on identifying even and odd numbers, and then move onto using concrete materials to represent money amounts to 100¢ (grade 2) and $10 (grade 3).
Science- the students enjoyed learning and discovering about mammals. Next we will identify and describe major physical characteristics of birds.
Religion- Just in time for our first Mass of the school year, our focus this week will be on the parts of the Mass,
Art- we will continue to discuss different lines in art, as well as begin discussing warm and cool colours.
Have a great week!
Ms. Moga
Ms Moga’s Grade three class
Grade 3 News From Mrs. Manzoli’s Class…
Happy October! September feels like a blur, it sure flew by with the starting of the school year and just having the time to settle back in. Well, here we are October, one of the most beautiful months with all the vibrant colours of fall and the celebration of Thanksgiving. A time where we can sit back and enjoy all the beauties that God has given us with family and friends. With that we look forward to a short week of school this week with a PD day for students on Friday and Thanksgiving Day next Monday. This week we also continue with our Friends for Life on Tuesday. Last week we looked at how we can relax our minds by thinking of our happy place and how to focus our thoughts on that place where we can have calm minds. Ask your children where their happy place is. This week we also look forward once again to the lovely ladies who will be coming every first Wednesday of each month to teach the students how to pray the rosary. Wednesday also marks our first swimming day at Plante Bath. Please remember to pack a bag with a swimming suit and towel. On Thursday we will be celebrating our first school Mass at St. Anthony Catholic church beginning at 9:00, please join us as we celebrate the beginning of our school year and giving thanks for Thanksgiving.
Learning goals this week…
Great job for all the students who remembered to complete their homework. This week students will be handed out homework to be completed for October. It is very important to establish homework routines for children in order to prepare them for the future grades. Children should be spending no more than 30 minutes a night on reading, writing and math. Homework should not be considered stressful or hard.
In mathematics this week we will continue with number sense and look at rounding numbers to the nearest ten and hundred. Students have also begun using their mathletics program to reinforce these concepts. Using this program at home is beneficial.
The website is www.mathletics.ca . ( username and passwords were handed out to the students to access their accounts).
In language we will continue with our Daily five stations and focus on writing. We will practice how to write proper sentences. Students will also be given out their first Word Wall Words. They will be written in their agendas to practice at home too. In Reading, we have been focusing on using our fix-up strategies when we come to words we don’t know. We have also explored making connections when we read. Another wonderful web site to use at home for reading is www.razkids.com.
Reminders:
Library books due Wednesday
Book orders due October 11, please order online or send in a cheque
Swimming suit and towel for Wednesday
PapaJack popcorn Sale on Thursday bring in a loonie 1$
PD day on Friday no school for students
Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
M. Chartrand Classes
1re année
En français, we will work on the vowel sounds “e” and “i”. The comptines are “Isabelle Iguane” and “Reno Renard”. I have put 2 additional stories in their French duotangs that focus on those letters sounds. Word wall words for the month will be put in their agendas. Please continue to read the mini-books I send home and practice the word wall words.
En Sciences Sociales, we are finishing the “All About Me” unit this week. Children are learning family members, address, phone number, etc.. in order to introduce themselves and for safety reasons. We are also learning about map concepts.
4ième/5ième année (Immersion)
En Sciences, this week we are continuing to work on food chains. There will be a quiz on Thursday about what they have learned to date. It’ll be multiple choice on “Kahoot”.
There is also 2 great opportunities for your child: Makerspace on Monday during lunch is an excellent chance for them to learn how to code, build and create. I have already brought them during science class. The second is a Coding workshop, also during lunch.
En Sciences Sociales, we are finishing are passports about the different provinces and Territories. We will begin to study Canada’s Naturel Resources in all of the different Physical Regions of Canada.
En Français, we have begun the unit “Au Restaurant”. Word wall words this week will be given to your childMonday for the month. Most words focus on the sounds “in, im, ain, aim, ein”, “ou” and restaurant vocabulary. The unit project has been introduced and the outline is on-line. Groups have begun creating their menus at school.
En Arts, we have studied the lines in Art. We had a quiz about the vocabulary already. We will create one more work of Art this week and move on to Drama and study “Le Petit Prince”.
Au Gym, Gaelic Football will be our focus for 3 weeks. The Ping-Pong club will begin soon and we have gotten a head start on it. Hope to see your child join the club in November.
Merci,
M. Chartrand
Green Club News September 2016
It’s the start of a new school year and our Ontario EcoSchools program is kicking off! Last year we achieved GOLD status. Way to Go, St. Anthony Catholic School. The Ontario Eco-schools’ mission is “to nurture environmental leaders, reduce the ecological impact of schools, and build environmentally responsible school communities.” There are many registered Ontario EcoSchools across the province and St. Anthony Catholic School is excited to be part of this community!
We have already created a Green Club this school year. This club is made up of a team of passionate students and staff! Our first school event was the Fall Tim Hortons Cleaning the Capital Event. On Friday, September 23, 2016, St. Anthony Catholic School participated in this annual event as part of our commitment to the environment and school greening project. Staff and students gathered garbage and composting materials in and around our school grounds. Ask your child about this great event!
Mrs. Rupnik’s Primary Language Class
This week we will talk and write about all the wonderful people and things we are thankful for and create a class bulletin board to show we are ‘filled with thanks’. Consider carrying this conversation over to your home. In our Social Language program, we will focus on starting a conversation with a friend. The October homework calendar starts on Monday, October 3. Please help your child to complete the daily activities.
The morning class will also continue to practise for our Thanksgiving mass scheduled for Thursday, October 6, 2016 at 9:00am. The mass will be held at St. Anthony Parish. Join us if you can!
Remember communication is the key to success! This is particularly true in your child’s situation where two schools are involved. I work closely with the homeschool team (resource teachers and classroom teachers) throughout the school year. If you have any questions or concerns about the Primary Language Class, please do not hesitate to contact me. You can jot a note in your child’s All About My Day duotang/agenda or call St. Anthony Catholic School at 613-235-0340. Wishing you the joy of a happy family and best wishes for a Happy Thanksgiving.
A Note from our Speech-Language Pathologist: Hello St. Anthony’s Language Class students and parents! I am the Speech-Language Pathologist consulting in Mrs. Rupnik’s class this school year. I have visited the class and feel fortunate to have the opportunity to work with such wonderfully curious and hard-working students. I am looking forward to getting to know everyone in the class and help support the students’ learning. Wishing everyone a happy return to the school year! Sincerely, Theresa Patenaude
Sept. 3 – Sept. 7
Mrs. Troccoli’s Grade 4/5 Team News
September went out on a high note! The Grade 4/5 Class along with the 5/6 class took the lead during our 5th Annual Terry Fox Event as we enjoyed a wonderful energetic walk with the entire school to Dow’s Lake on a beautiful fall day. All in the name of Cancer research! It was extra special with a former St. Anthony student, Sam, joining us for this event. He was the inspiration for St. Anthony Catholic to begin our Terry Fox event. Sam was diagnosed with the same type of Cancer as Terry Fox. He is our survivor and has not missed an event! We exceeded our goal of 375 dollars and enjoyed the grade 6 makeover of our good sport principal, Mr. McGuire – it was quite the transformation! The students also enjoyed extra recess. It was an event certainly worth celebrating!
In Math, we continue to look at large numbers. We have been rounding numbers to the nearest 10, 100, 1000, 10 000. We will use rounding to estimate answers to addition and subtraction problems. Students should also continue practicing their multiplication facts up to 5 so that they may recall them easily.
In Language, the students have been involved in several activities during our digital citizenship lessons. Great discussions have taken place and students have demonstrated understanding of how to be a good digital citizen. All the students have chosen a book for their book talk. The focus right now is to read the book. I will return their homework book on Monday so students can use the book talk guide and complete the outline as they read their book. This will help them prepare for the book talk which we will start presenting on October 24th.
It has been a wonderful month of learning and of building a strong “team” environment within our grade 4/5 class. I strongly believe…. Together Everyone Achieves More!
Reminder- Friday is a PD day – no school
Monday, October 11 – Thanksgiving – no school
Wishing you a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends!
Here we come October!
Mrs. S. Troccoli
M Girard’s Classes
2/3e Études Sociales : Qu’est-ce qu’une carte géographique ? Localiser l’Amérique du Nord, le Canada et la province de l’Ontario, communautés agricoles
3e Études Sociales : révision du concept de carte géographique, Les 3 régions physiques ontariennes
5/6e Immersion
Français Oral : une école dans l’île de La Réunion (similitudes et différences), préparer une présentation sur une école dans le monde
Français écrit : présentation des dictées octobre (6e année 58 mots, 5e année 53 mots)
Danse : préparer la tâche finale
Sciences : trois propriétés de l’air
Education Physique : techniques de marathon (Fun 2 Run)
