St. Anthony This Week

Monday, November 23

School Wide Waste Audit- first one for 2015-2016

Squirmies

Tuesday, November 24

Looking At Pictures Gr. 5/6, Gr. 2, Gr. 1

Orkidstra Today

Table Tennis today!

Wednesday, November 25

Notre Dame visiting St. Anthony – 2:00 PM

Wastefree Wednesday 

Thursday, November 26

Looking At Pictures Gr. 3/4

Recycle Day at St. Anthony Catholic School- PLEASE recycle today!

Orkidstra Today

UGM at Centurion Center at 170 Colonnade Road for OECTA members

School Council – 6:30 PM

Friday, November 27 

Kindness Project- Session One with Mrs. Rupnik and Lindsey Barr

Pizza Day

 

Teacher Notes for this Week

FDK News Week of November 23-27
Mrs. Draper’s Class

The FDK classes will begin to prepare for winter.  We will be hibernating bears this week in our very own bear cave.  Students can bring in a stuffed toy (hopefully, one that they are not to attached to) or one will be provided for them to walk to our bear cave.  We will place our stuffed animals in the cave and we will wait until Springtime to wake up our bears!
We enjoyed measuring, mixing and making muffins last week.  We also found out how to measure our feet and our hands.  Students enjoyed comparing their results and using cubes to show how long their feet and hands are.
We will also prepare for our Advent mass that will take place on Monday November 30, 2015 at 1:30pm in Learning Commons.
The FDK class will prepare a song to sing “Take a Walk to Christmas”.  We will send home the words for you to sing along at home too.
We look forward to preparing for this very special Advent Season!

 

Ms. Myers Grade One Class:

This week we continue our math unit on patterning. The “Wonderful Ones” will have opportunities to create, extend, represent, and record a variety of patterns and see how patterns help us make predictions and solve problems. We will discuss “attributes” of a pattern (things such as colour, shape, size, and design) and the “pattern core” (the part of the pattern that repeats).  In reading we will work on developing our understanding of a story by focusing on specific vocabulary.  At the end of the week, ask your child to tell you about our “WOW” words – those new words they have learned from our story Sheila Rae, The Brave!  On Thursday we will participate in a “Looking at Pictures” presentation. A volunteer from the National Gallery of Canada will lead us on an interactive journey towards greater art appreciation using a number of visual art reproductions.  A reminder that November homework is due this week.

Ms. Moga Grade 2 Class:

We had a great 4 days last week full of learning! We worked on retelling fictional texts (e.g. The Little Red Hen, and A Pocket for Corduroy). Students are learning that there are four parts to a retell: characters, setting, problem, event (told in order), and a solution. This is something they can practice while reading at home.

This week, we will be wrapping up our science reports on various animals and then looking at the human impact on animals, and animal impact on humans. In math, we will be finishing up graphing by conducting surveys, and showing our data using pictographs, bar graphs, and line plots. In religion, we will continue discussing saints and the Beatitudes, which will take us into the beginning of Advent next week. Finally, in art we are wrapping up with symmetry; the students should be finished their patter block plates this week.

I look forward to another great week in grade 2!

Mrs. Rupnik’s Class

We begin the week with showcasing our class certificate and the St. Anthony Superstars trophy. Last week the Primary Language Class received this award for our teamwork and cooperation. Way to go, boys and girls! I am very proud of you. Would you like to read the class a short story? As mentioned at our Parent-Teacher Conferences, consider dropping me a note in the agenda.  The students love having moms/dads visit and read us a story. This week, we will begin to talk about “saying sorry” using stories from our Room 14 Social Language Program. Please remember that the Ottawa Catholic School Board provides students with access to digital resources to use at home. To access the student portal page, please navigate to St. Anthony Catholic School website page (http://san.ocsb.ca/) and access the student portal page from there.  Homework calendars for the month of November on due back to school on Friday, November 27, 2015.

 Ms. Troccoli’s Grade 4/5 Class:

Nov. 23 – Nov. 27

Mrs. Troccoli’s Grade 4/5 Team News

The last full week of November! Wow! Time flies when you are learning lots!

Our class engaged in wonderful discussions on being a good digital citizen.  We watched videos and completed activities related to our discussions.  The students were extremely focused and brought many thoughtful ideas surrounding this important topic.  We will continue with our digital citizenship lessons this week.

Our math test on Addition and Subtraction is scheduled for Tuesday.  The students have completed review lessons in class and online, using the Nelson Math website. They will be able to demonstrate their understanding and the use of these concepts as they apply them on the test.

The students homework book will be coming home today with a unique assignment enclosed.  They will be preparing for a book talk. They are to choose a chapter book of their choice and at their reading level.  They must read the book and prepare a talk about the book that they will present to the class the week of December 7th.  The details and an outline can be found in their homework duotang that they will be bringing home today. I look forward to hearing all about their chosen book.

Please check our class calendar for upcoming events and due dates of class assignments.

Thank you for your ongoing support!

Together Everyone Achieves More

Have a great week!

Ms. Colaiacovo’s Grade 5/6 Class