St. Anthony this Week -Catholic Education Week!
Monday, May 2
Scholastic Book Sale all week
Family portraits all week
Tuesday, May 3
Open House for new students coming in September to Language Class – 9:00 am
Grade 6 students going to Notre Dame High School for their first visit
Maker Mobile visit to St. Anthony – gym closed all day
8:30: Grade 4/5 Mrs. Troccoli – 3D Printing
8:30 Grade 1 Mrs. Myers – Beebot Mazerunner
10:15 Grade 2 Mrs. Moga – Beebot Mazerunner
12:30 Grade 4/5 M. Girard (Immersion)Codemaker Programming
14:00 Grade 3 Mrs. Manzoli – Codemaker Programming
Scholastic Book Sale all week
Family portraits all week
Orkidstra today
Catholic Education Week Mass – 7:30 pm
Wednesday, May 4
Open House – Community Breakfast
- gather in gym at 8:30 – coffee and snacks
- showing of St. Anthony film – introduced by creators of the film!
- school council chair to talk to parents
- parents visit the classes and book sale
- Rec Link also attending
Grade 4/5 to Rosemount Library-Sandra, Geraldine – block 2
10:50 songs practice in gym for tomorrow’s Mass
Wastefree Wednesday
Scholastic Book Sale all week
Family portraits all week
Rosary visit
St.Anthony Catholic School
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
Orkidstra today at Cambridge
Thursday, May 5
Education Week Mass at St. Anthony Parish – 9:00 am
Recycle Day at St. Anthony Catholic School- PLEASE recycle today
Scholastic Book Sale all week
Family portraits all week
Ottawa U Science Workshops Gr. 1,3,5
Orkidstra today
Gym closed for construction 2:00PM and all day Friday
Welcome to Kindergarten! – 3:30PM
Friday, May 6
Scholastic Book Sale all week
Grade 5/6 to Rosemount Library
Kindness Project with Lindsey Barr and Mrs. Rupnik’s classes
Family portraits all week
Pizza Day!
Chris Nihmey in for workshops half day – grade 1 and Grade 3/4 classes
St. Anthony Superstars!!
You can see the entire schedule here
Teacher Notes for Education Week
FDK News for May 2 – May 6, 2016!
We had a great week in FDK! We started our week with a great trip to our local fire station. Thank you so much to all of our wonderful parent volunteers! We had an amazing time climbing into all of the fire trucks and rescue boat. It was great to meet the real heroes in our community, our local firefighters!
Bubbles was back this week from Starr Gymnastics. We had so much fun in the gym with all of the special equipment. We are great gymnasts!
We are decorating our classroom doors for our Doors of Mercy. FDK 1’s theme is Comfort the Sick and FDK2 is Give Drink to the Thirsty. FDK2 put these words into action by giving water to each student in the school after their time in the gym. Way to go FDK2!
This will be a very eventful week in FDK! Please check the school website for a summary of the many events taking place during this very important week in Catholic Education! This week we the students had the opportunity to plant sunflowers in soil. We will be watching them grow and then we will transplant them in the school garden. We look forward to seeing you during Catholic Education Week!
Ms. Myers’ Grade One Class
The “Stuffy Sleepover” was a great success! The children loved having their animal friends at school – they introduced their “stuffies,” measured them, read them a bedtime story in the library and tucked them in…only to be very surprised the next morning!! Come by the bulletin board outside our classroom and find out what exactly happens when stuffed animals stay in school overnight….!!! Last Tuesday, Ms. Wilcox gave a great presentation about biking and walking safety. She distributed important information from Ottawa Public Health regarding the importance of wearing helmets when biking and skateboarding. A May newsletter and homework calendar will be going home next week. As we prepare for our trip to the Rosemount Library on Wednesday, May 11th, please ensure you have returned the permission form. There are a variety of activities taking place at St. Anthony next week as we celebrate Catholic Education Week, including our Book Fair (taking place in the library). Check Mr. McGuire’s updates and join in when you are able! Have a great week!
Ms. Moga’s Grade 2 class May 2- 6
Welcome to May! We have two months left in the school year and lots of learning still to come!
Last week I was very fortunate to attend the Connect 2016 Conference. I attended various presentations on current and upcoming technology that I hope to begin using what I learned into the grade 2 class as soon as possible.
This week is Catholic Education Week! Many activities are taking place including: Scholastic Book Fair, Beebot Mazerunner Workshop (students will learn to program by giving directional instructions to the robot and then creating a maze for the bee to follow), Mass, and our monthly Rosary visit.
Curriculum Notes:
Math- we are moving onto multiplication and division. Please see the attached picture for more details and at-home activity suggestions.
Science- we are nearing the end of our unit on Properties of Matter. This week we will discuss floating (buoyancy) and absorbency.
Language- we are continuing with inferring as our reading strategy. This week students will work on explaining their inferences (what clues helped them infer, what background knowledge did they use). In writing, our next unit is narrative (story writing).
Religion- we are discussing how to be more like Jesus and spread the Good News. This is linked to the students’ preparations for First Reconciliation and First Communion.
Please come visit our classroom on Wednesday morning during our Education Week Open House.
Ms. Moga
Mrs. Rupnik’s Class (May 2- May 6)
Welcome to Catholic Education Week! We have many special activities planned this week, starting with our Open House on Tuesday, May 3. This will be a time to welcome the new students who will be joining the Primary Language Class in the fall. We hope you can join us for one of our many school-wide activities such as our community breakfast, Family Portrait day, mass at St. Anthony Church, Book Fair, etc. This week we will continue to use wordless picture books to tell stories. To increase our comprehension, we will also begin to explore the story The Little Red Hen on a deeper level. We will explore different points of view and start to evaluate the story (for example: Did the ending surprise you?; Do you think the Little Red Hen was right in not sharing, or should she have given the other animals some bread?; What do you think will happen the next time Little Red Hen asks her friends to help; What lesson can we learn from this story?; etc.). Please take some time to read our April class newsletter. New May homework calendars will be sent home on Monday, May 2, 2016.
Manzoli Stars…
We ended our week on Friday with our last Starr Gymnastics with “Bubbles”. The students truly enjoyed their time with him and had an opportunity to learn some terrific movements. Please consider checking them out on their website for those students who would like to continue pursuing their talent.
This week we look forward to a week devoted to Education. Beginning with our school wide book fair that will run all week in the learning commons. Students will be able to preview the books on Monday and then will be able to make a purchase on Wednesday. This would be a great chance to fill up your home libraries. On Tuesday the makerspace mobile is coming to St. Anthony’s, the class will be exploring codemaking.
Wednesday begins with our open house with coffee and muffins in the gym followed by a slide presentation. You are also invited to come down and visit your child’s class and have a chance to see some of their wonderful learning. On Thursday we begin with a mass at 9:00 at the St. Anthony church in the afternoon our class will have an opportunity to explore with a workshop offered by Ottawa University’s Engineers. We also will be having a visit from an Ottawa author “Chris Nihmey” who will be reading his new book called “Sally” and discuss some of his techniques in becoming a writer. We end our week on Friday with Pizza day.
For all mothers celebrating Mother’s Day on Sunday. I wish you all a happy day : )
Reminders:
- No library book exchange on Monday
- Homework Calendars are due Monday
M. Girard’s French classes for this week
2e Français oral: Téléfrançais, le calendrier quotidien
Français lecture: recherche d’un symbole pour un timbre commémoratif dans le document «Canada : fêtes et symboles»
Français écrit: justifier par écrit ton choix d’un symbole canadien
Études Sociales : les fêtes au calendrier (1er juillet, la fête de la reine Victoria, la fête du travail etc.)
3/4e
Français oral: Bulletin météo général pour tout le pays et local pour une ville canadienne
Français lecture: pièce de théâtre «Beau temps, mauvais temps»
Études Sociales : contributions de ces communautés qui enrichissent le Canada de 1780 à 1850
4/5e Immersion
Français Oral: 2 rencontres d’impro
Français lecture: choix d’un magazine, les caractéristiques d’un article
Français écrit: présentation des dictées mai, «Quel beau rêve» (4e année) et «Si seulement» (5e année)
Arts: visite au parc du lac Dow pour la leçon «En harmonie avec la nature» (lignes et couleurs)
May 2 – May 6
Mrs. Troccoli’s Grade 4/5 Team News
We get to start the month of May with Education Week!! There are lots of activities taking place this week. Some of the highlights for the Grade 4/5 class are: visiting the Rosemount library on Wednesday, a school mass on Thursday and a book fair in our own learning commons. Please check the school website for all the wonderful things happening this week.
The students did a great job presenting their biography book talk. The confidence and comfort level has improved significantly for many of the students over the previous book talks. Credit goes to the students and all the effort they put into preparing for their presentations. We all learned lots of interesting information about fascinating people. Well Done!!
The students will have the opportunity to share their Biography Digital Posters this week. They will be hanging proudly in the halls of St. Anthony for all to see and enjoy.
The students have also been working on the writing skill of summarizing. Under the guidance of Mr. Moleski we have used the website Teaching Kids News. The students have been reading news articles, finding the main facts while using the read and write app to write a summary of the article. This is an important skill that students will be able to use throughout their academic careers and beyond.
In math, we continue to work with fractions. We will use the inquiry method as well as mathletics to learn about the concepts in this strand of math. I encourage you to talk about fractions in everyday life. We see them involving food sharing, money, things that come in sets and groups of objects. The more the students see the relationship to real life the easier it is to understand the concepts.
Homework duotangs will be sent home on Monday with math activities to reinforce Fraction concepts. They will also be responsible for completing the summary they started last week on an article from Teaching Kids News. They are to put it into their Language Folder on their Chromebooks where I can check their completed paragraph. All work is to be completed by Friday.
Thank you for your continued support!
Have a wonderful week!
Together Everyone Achieves More
Ms. Colaiacovo’s Grade May Newsletter
