Friday, April 17th, 2026

Upcoming Dates

April 22                                     Grade 1 Field Trip to Confluence Historic Site - Carter/Burch/Larmer

April 23                                     Grade 1 Field Trip to Confluence Historic Site - Watson/Fell

April 23                                     Grade 2 & 3 Spring Concert

April 24                                     Non-Instructional Day - NO SCHOOL

April 29                                     Fun Lunch - Coco Brooks

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***The recommended areas to focus on with your child at home have been moved to the bottom of the page. 

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Literacy:

- We have continued reading the Wild Robot, and each day we focus on 2 new vocabulary words from the story and complete tasks in our novel study journals. These tasks allow us to identify definitions of the words used in different contexts, and identify synonyms and antonyms of the new vocabulary words.  

- On Monday, we practiced editing skills by reading another students story and editing their work using red and green pencil crayons. The red was used for identifying punctuation, adding missed punctuation, and correcting spelling. The green was used for identifying capital letters in correct spots, and circling letters that were either lowercase and needed to be a capital, or a capital that did not belong. The following day, students began revising their work by using a new piece of paper to rewrite their stories onto. While they rewrote their stories, they had to revise their work by including the corrections made by their peers. Once they completed their revisions, they could move onto publishing their work by typing it onto the computer. We will continue to type out our stories next week. 

- We practiced opinion writing by judging a baby fashion show. There were 2 pictures of babies wearing pizza themed outfits, and each student had to write about which baby should win, and provide 3 reasons why they should win. 

- We completed our Friday Letters this week, and they are always excited to read the notes that parents write to them!

- We have been completing Word Ladder riddles to improve our comprehension, vocabulary, and spelling skills. 

Math:

- We continued our Measurement unit and focused on the different types of units used in metric and imperial systems, calculating perimeter and including the units in our answers, roughly measuring items in our classroom using referent measurements (ex. the width of their finger is roughly 1 cm, and they measured things with their fingers). We also learned about different types of lines and identified them in different scenarios (ex. parallel lines, intersecting lines, perpendicular lines). 

- We completed perimeter equations for our warm ups this week. 

Science/Social:

- We spent an afternoon learning how to use google docs in preparation for typing out our stories. I have never met anyone as excited to use google docs as some of the kids in this class, and hopefully they carry that joy with them as they begin to use it more in school! I taught them how to format their page, change the font, colour, and size of their writing, add photos, and navigate different features of google docs. 

- We began our Living Systems unit in Science and read one of my favourite books: Don't Trust Fish, then learned some important vocabulary for the unit. 

- We continued our Social studies unit, which focused on the different government systems that are in charge of our Provincial and Municipal services and resources. 

Art:

- We made flower artwork that will be used to decorate the hallway next week during the Spring Concert. 

Buddies: 

- We went on the computers with our buddies again and used Google Earth to go on a scavenger hunt around the world! Some groups completed their journey around the world and got to start a second scavenger hunt around Canada. 

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Recommended areas to focus on at home to help your child:

- Reading every night:

• focusing on fluency (can they read without stopping to sound out each word),  
• expression (changing their tone of voice to match the punctuation and dialogue of characters), and 
• comprehension (ask your child questions about the story while they read or after they finish). 
• Have them answer inferencing questions that make them think about how the character feels or how their actions impact others to help them expand their understanding. 

- Math

• addition and subtraction, both with and without regrouping (this could be practiced using worksheets or card games like addition or subtraction war)
• skip counting by 2s, 5s, 10s, and 25s (a great activity to practice this is by counting coins)
• Reading time on an analog clock. 
• Place Value: expanded form, written form, standard form, and block form 
• 3 digit Addition and Subtraction with regrouping 
• 10 more, 10 less, 100 more, 100 less: Write down a set of numbers and have your child calculate what the number would be if you were to have 10 more, 10 less, 100 more, or 100 less. 
• Skip counting by 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, 6s, 7s, 8s, 9s, 10s, and 25s
• Counting money (especially coins) is a great way to practice skip counting. 
• Adding and Subtracting decimals
• using money to pay for items, whether in a store or pretending at home is a great way for kids to practice adding and subtracting decimals in a hands on, practical way. 
• Multiplication and Division facts 

- Writing:

• spelling (you could also practice this skill playing games like 'Horse' using a basketball, net, and choosing different words to spell). 
• printing mechanics (are the letters legible, is their a clear size difference with capital and lowercase letters, are their spaces between the words)
• punctuation and capitalization 
• Using nouns, adjectives, and verbs within their writing
• Opinion writing: have your child tell you their opinions on things either in verbal or written form, but have them give at least 3 reasons why they have that opinion, and have them further explain each reason as well. 
• Persuasive writing: have your child write about something they want, and ask them to give at least three reasons why they should get it, and have them add lots of detail to their writing. 
• Writing letters, focusing on formatting and expanding ideas.