St. Anthony This Week
Monday, April 18
Celebrating Excellence – 4:00 PM St. Paul H.S.
Tuesday, April 19
Orkidstra Today
Wednesday, April 20
Wastefree Wednesday Today
Orkidstra Today at Cambridge
Thursday, April 21
Boys Basketball at St. George School
Recycle Day at St. Anthony Catholic School- PLEASE recycle today – all material to be left inside near the parking lot door
Orkidstra Today
Friday, April 22
Cleaning up the Capital
Schedule and Location for each class:
8:45-9:15- PLC and FDK classes to pick up garbage in the schoolyard
9:15-9:45- Grade 1 and Grade 2 classes to pick up compost materials (leaves and twigs) in the 10:00-10:30- Grade 3/4 class to weed the flowerbeds in the playground and pick up compost materials (leaves and twigs)
10:00-10:30- Grade 4/5 to pick up garbage and compost materials (leaves and twigs) in the parking lot
10:30-11:00- Grade 5/6 to pick up garbage and compost materials (leaves and twigs) around the perimeter of the schoolyard
St. Anthony Superstars today
Teacher Notes for the Week of April 18 – 22
FDK News for April 18-22
Spring is here finally! We had a great week, featuring three excellent sessions with Starr Gymnastics instructor Bubbles! The students loved the trampoline, balancing beams, bars, mats and amazing stations that were all set up in the gym! Bubbles will return next week!
Thank you for returning the signed permission form for our visit to the Preston Street Fire Station #11. We look forward to this field trip on Monday April 25th at 8:45 am!!
We will focus on Earth Day this week by making a structure made out of recyclable materials for the Earth Day Challenge. Students are welcome to bring in any recyclable items they want to add to our structure! We will find out many different ways we can help to make the Earth be a better place! Enjoy the sunshine! The FDK Team!
Ms. Myers’ Grade One Class:
Our tissue paper flowers seem to have encouraged spring to come after all! The improved weather gave us an opportunity to test out our pinwheels! We discovered that the wind is a great source of energy!! Mrs. Mullins, our faithful home reading volunteer, assisted us in planting our scarlet runner bean seeds last week. We look forward to charting the changes we observe as they grow. This week we celebrate Earth Day by participating in our yard clean-up on Friday, April 22. The “Wonderful Ones” worked hard to build a very creative structure using all the recycled materials sent into school. Thank you for your contributions. We are excited about our submission for the Earth Day challenge – and really hope we win the prize of an extra 15-minute recess! As we enjoy the change in weather, please continue to check the forecast and ensure your child is dressed appropriately for the weather….extra socks can come in handy! Have a great week!
Ms. Moga’s Grade 2 class
It looks like spring is here! The students had a great experience with STARR Gymnastics this week. They enjoyed all the stations, which allowed them to run, jump, cartwheel, walk on stilts, and balance.
In Language, students began planning their persuasive letters on a topic of their choice. This week, we will write a letter as a class before students move onto their rough draft. In reading, we continue to read interesting texts that make us think deeply and make inferences.
In Math, we looked at fractions of a whole. This week, we will continue with fractions: students will be learning to regroup fractional parts into wholes, using concrete materials (e.g., combine nine fourths to form two wholes and one-fourth).
In Science, we will pick up our unit on Solids, Liquids, and Gases. We will conduct an experiment to see what factors can change water (a liquid) into a solid, and gas. We will conduct a second experiment to see what happens when a solid is heated.
In Health, we will be discussing standing up for ourselves. We will read the story “Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon” and write about some things that make us special.
Finally, Friday is Earth Day! Each class has been challenged to build a structure out of cardboard. Please send in 1-2 cardboard boxes (e.g. shoe box, toilet paper roll, empty tissue box etc) to help us make our creation!
Have a great week!
Ms. Moga
Mrs. Rupnik’s Class
We will introduce narrative writing this week in the Primary Language Class. Narrative writing gives students the opportunity to be creative and tell/write a story. We will begin this unit by looking at different stories and identifying components of a good narrative (for example: characters, settings, problems, sequence of events, solutions). Take the time this week to tell a story or two to your child about a moment or event that means a lot to you. To mark International Earth Day (April 22), we will participate in the school’s annual “Spring Cleaning the Capital” event and continue working on our class sculpture made out of recycled items.
Grade 3 /4… Ms. Manzoli’s class
Happy Earth Week! I hope everyone had a chance to enjoy the wonderful sunshine this weekend as we look forward to Earth Week. Please encourage your children to explore all the wonders of our beautiful earth. We will be discussing and participating in various activities around earth day which we celebrate on Friday April 22nd. The students worked hard on Friday with the grade 5 / 6
Class creating their structure with recycled material. They will be completing their project to be ready for our school wide challenge that takes place on Friday. We will also be participating in a Discovery Education live streaming event called “ A Deep Dive into the World’s Coral Reefs”. The students will learn a little about biodiversity and explore our ever-changing marine ecosystem.
This week we will be looking at inferring in language and how this strategy helps the reader better understand the text by digging deeper into what the author is writing. We will be using a mentor text called “Fly away Home” by Eve Bunting.
The students will also be having their spelling quiz on Friday. As we wrap up our words for this year our focus will be on reviewing some of those difficult words given this year. In writing we continue with procedural writing. The students have been practicing this writing form in their daily journal writing. On Thursday we continue working with Mr. Moleski on summarizing an article on Nutrition and learn how to highlight the main points in a text using their google docs and read and write application.
You can view the great work the students have been working on by logging into their OSCB account.
In math we continue to practice our multiplication facts up to 7. This week will explore basic division and look at how multiplication plays a role in this.
Reminders:
- Book report due tomorrow
- Library book due tomorrow
- Pizza day Friday
Have a great week!
M. Girard’s French classes
2e Français oral: une vidéo sur les ours polaires
Français lecture: volume Arrimage p.93-94 «Trois ours canadiens»
Français écrit: brouillon de la recherche sur un ours canadien de ton choix
Études Sociales : identifier des symboles canadiens ( la feuille d’érable, le castor)
3/4e
Français oral: Bulletin météo général pour tout le pays
Français lecture: présentation de ta poésie à toute la classe et évaluation
Français écrit: les différences entre un poème et un texte (format, usage des majuscules, rythme, sens figuré)
Études Sociales : identifier les changements de la carte du Canada entre 1864 et 2016
4/5e Immersion Français Oral: ligue d’impro (4 match), «Génies en herbes» (divinités grecques)
Français lecture: à partir d’une bande dessinée, identifier un évènement ou un gag qui est raconté du début à la fin en une seule page, puis partager
Français écrit: partage de ta poésie et présentation de celle d’un camarade de classe, le «mariage» des adjectifs à leurs noms, exceptions au pluriel (pou, hibou, genou) et la tribu des pronoms (D’après «La grammaire est une chanson douce» par Erik Orsenna)
April 18 – April 22
Mrs. Troccoli’s Grade 4/5 Team News
It seems Spring has finally sprung!!! I hope everyone enjoyed the wonderful weekend weather. The St. Anthony Students enjoyed being active with Star Gymnastics last week! The fun physical activity continues next week. Ask your child what new moves they learned and what new ways they can move their bodies.
The grade 4/5 students have been working hard on their biographies in preparation for their oral presentations next Monday. They have also been given the task to create a Digital Poster about their chosen person. The poster must include a well-written paragraph that highlights the key information and interesting facts they have learned during their biography research.
The students work folder will be going home Monday with some of the work and test they have completed during our math unit on Multiplication and Division. Students should share this work with you and make any corrections before returning the folder and work to school. Students must continue to practice these important skills regularly.
We will be observing Earth Week as we create a structure using recycled material. Please send in toilet paper rolls to be used in the creation of our structure.
The students’ homework this week will be to practice their oral biography presentation. Please have them share their presentation with you prior to having to present to the class. It is also a good idea for the students to practice in front of the mirror. The rubric for the oral presentation has been sent to each student where they can easily access it on their Chromebooks. The students will also be responsible for completing the tasks in Mathletics under Multiplication and Division. I will assign the online test early next week as another assessment of their learning in this strand.
Thank you for ongoing support.
Have a wonderful week!
Together Everyone Achieves More
Ms. Colaiacovo’s grade 5/6 class
Students in the grade 5/6 passed another busy week, which included special guest visits and wonderfully energetic activities!