Celebrating our second-place finish in the latest Mathletics contest
St. Anthony This Week
Monday, February 29
Chris Nihmey -author – in for mental health workshop – Juniors
Tuesday, March 1
The Earth Rangers Assembly 2015-2016
10:15-11:15 – Earth Rangers Assembly
12:30-1:15 Class Program #1
Orkidstra today
Wednesday, March 2
Wastefree Wednesday
Discovery Education Read Across America – 1:00 PM
Rosary visit
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, March 3
Recycle Day at St. Anthony Catholic School- PLEASE recycle today – all material to be left inside near the parking lot door
grade 6 School Tours at Notre Dame
Orkidstra today
Friday, March 4
Papa Jack Popcorn
Shepherds of Good Hope Presentation
St. Anthony Superstars
Teacher Notes for the Week
FDK News for February 29-March 4
What a great week in FDK! Thank you for sending in extra socks and mitts for the wet weather. Thank you for sending in cans of vegetables and fruit for our Lenten Outreach for the Shepherds of Good Hope. We will continue to collect cans throughout Lent!
We are figuring out many ways to graph our ideas in Math. We are watching how our “Caught You Caring” graph is growing everyday. We have graphed our favorite foods, shapes, our favorite colour, the letters of our names and our birthdays. Our FDK students are able to interpret the results of the graphs and to find out what is the most popular, what has the most, etc.. Keep up the great work FDK!
On Tuesday, we will have Earth Rangers visit St Anthony this week. We will also have Rosary on Wednesday. Thank you for returning the third page of the report card along with the envelope.
Thank you for your continued support,
The FDK Team
Ms. Myers Grade One Class notes
Congratulations to all students who prepared for morning announcements last week. Super job! The “Wonderful Ones will have more opportunities to volunteer for this job in the coming months. As a final “100 Day” challenge the students worked with a partner to see what they could build using 100 pieces of lego! Come by our hallway and read the descriptions they wrote about their creations! They showed a lot of imagination and cooperation! In math this week we will continue our unit in geometry. On Monday I will send home your child’s user name and password for the Mathletics program. The children have had a chance to use this program on the Chromebooks at school to reinforce various math concepts. You may wish to access this resource at home. The site is www.mathletics.ca . In religion we will build on the story of the Good Shepherd, thinking of the times when we are like the “lost sheep” in need of forgiveness. Thank you for all the generous donations we have received for our school Lenten project! We will continue to collect donations in the coming weeks. Look for a March newsletter and calendar in your child’s agenda on Tuesday! Have a great week….surely spring is around the corner!
Ms. Moga’s Grade Two Notes
It’s hard to believe that February is over and we’re already moving into March! The beginning of a new month means we are beginning new units in some subjects.
In Science, the students began their “lab report” which included a list of materials, a short paragraph explaining how their playground equipment works, and a diagram. If they have not already brought in their equipment, please have your child bring it no later than Tuesday. This week, they will finish up their lab reports and do a short presentation about their playground equipment.
In Art, the students made “Symmetry Robots” using grid paper. We also did a music lesson focusing on timbre. The students learned and discussed that timbre is the unique sound that instruments make. Everyone was quite good at identifying each of the instruments they heard in a few audio clips. Next week, we will continue with music, discussing the different types of timbre.
In Language, the students worked really hard to complete their explanatory paragraphs. Great questions such as: “How Snakes Catch Food”, How Sharks Breathe”, and “Why Tornadoes Spin” were answered! This week we are continuing our focus on nonfiction, but will be looking at sequencing in different texts. This will lead into procedural writing (e.g. recipes, how-to books).
During our Language block, the students have also been taking turns inputting their journal entries on Kidblog. This is a great website that is simple to use and allows the students to share their writing with a wider audience. I will be sending home a note (sometime in the next week or two) on how you can access the site to read your child’s entries.
In Math, it seems the students have conquered telling time using “quarter past” (or quarter after), and “quarter to”. This week, we will continue to practice these concepts, as well as review “o’clock”, and “half past” to ensure deep understanding.
Please send in any canned fruits or vegetables to contribute to our school-wide Lenten Project. These will be donated to the Shepherds of Good Hope!
Have a great week!
Mrs. Manzoli’s Class
Our last week of February ended with a great day on the slopes for our grade four students who went skiing on Wednesday, they had a day of practice has they completed their stations. We look forward to next year. We also had an opportunity to explore the Read and Write program that the students have access to in their google drive. This program allows students to create, refine and develop documents with ease.
This week, will March come in like a lion or lamb? We continue looking at Narrative writing in language and use our Go-Maps to begin writing our own stories using our google drive. We will also be having our word quiz on Friday. In Math, we continue looking at 2-D shapes and will be investigating angles and lines in various quadrilaterals and triangles. In Science, the grade 3’s looked at how friction can be increased and decreased, this week we will wrap up our unit with a quiz on “Forces and Movement.”
We continue with our Lenten Journey, please continue to bring in canned items for our Shepherds of Good Hope. Students continue to receive “I Care” coupons to demonstrate how we can be a caring and kind person to others.
Reminders:
- library book
- homework due Wednesday
- Papa Jack popcorn Friday
Mrs.Rupnik’s Class
This week in the Primary Language Class, we are focusing on following 1, 2, and 3 step directions involving ‘before/after’. We are doing this orally, so part of the exercise involves memory work and the other part involves understanding the difference between the concepts ‘before/after’. To practise this at home with your child, you can start with a one step direction and then work up to three steps.
1. Give me a ‘high five’. (one step)
2. Before you walk around the table, say “I love you, mom ”. (two steps)
3. After you wash your hands, get the dishes, and set them on the table for dinner. (three steps)
March homework calendars arrive home on Monday, February 29, 2016. Please help your child make a plan to work around outside commitments (for example: sports, clubs, etc.). The activities on the monthly homework calendars are short and require about 5-10 minutes to complete. In addition to the homework calendar activities, please read to and with your child every night.
Feb. 29 – March 4
Mrs. Troccoli’s Grade 4/5 Team News
March is upon us – after we take advantage of our extra February day thanks to it being a Leap Year!
The junior students enjoyed a fabulous day of skiing at Mount Pakenham. The snow was falling the temperature was perfect and by the afternoon we had the mountain to ourselves! The staff at Mount Pakenham remarked on how well behaved and polite the students from St. Anthony were. It was so much fun watching the students embracing one of the joys of our Canadian winters. We are very proud of the positive, never give up attitude our students demonstrated. Beautiful!
Many of the students had the opportunity to present their storytelling. It was evident that the students spent much time preparing for their presentation. They were clear, fluent and very entertaining. We look forward to listening to the last of the stories this week. Well done!!
Last week I assigned math homework from Dreambox, a program the students can access from their Chromebook. Some students did a wonderful job spending time completing the activities on multiplication and division to complement the concepts we are learning in class. However, many students did not access the program. The students should be using their Chromebooks as a learning tool. Please ensure that your child is using this wonderful resource to help them complete activities assigned by the teacher or to practice what they are learning. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the expectations of the Chromebook please do not hesitate to contact me at the school.
We continue our Lenten Journey and encourage you to send in donations of cans of fruit or vegetables to help with our Lenten project in support of The Shepherds of Good Hope.
Thank you to those that have already contributed to this wonderful cause.
Have a wonderful week!
Together Everyone Achieves More
M. Girard’s French class notes
Voici le programme pour cette semaine. Thisweekly thing really help me to plan in a better way.
2e Français oral: La météo quotidienne (structures et vocabulaire) à l’aide du site «Environnement Canada»
Français lecture: schéma du récit (Go Map) à partir d’un volume de la collection T’choupi
Français écrit: répondre aux questions Qui ?, Où ?, Quoi ? de la première partie du Go Map
3/4e Français oral: discussion en sous-groupes de thèmes environnementaux ciblés pour notre enquête
Français lecture: textes variés traitant de problèmes environnementaux canadiens
Français écrit: répondre aux questions formulées par la classe la semaine dernière
Études Sociales : processus d’enquête –inquiry «Les activités humaines ont un impact sur notre environnement»
4/5e Immersion Français Oral: les verbes associés à la pluie, le vent et le tonnerre, épisode 2 de la série Mission XY (TFO)
Français lecture: Étude d’une bande dessinée (les personnages)
Français écrit: dictées mars pour les 4e et 5e (présentation) Études sociales : les divinités grecques Éducation Physique : détente par le Yoga
