Friday, May 22nd, 2026

 Upcoming Dates

May 26-28                                Grade 3 and 4 Swimming lessons at YMCA Seton

May 27                                     Fun Lunch - Subway

May 28                                     Grade 1 Field Trip to Calgary Zoo - Watson/Fell

May 29                                     PM Kindergarten Field Trip to Calgary Farmyard

June 3                                      Grade 4 Field Trip to Calgary Zoo

June 5                                      Volunteer Tea (More Information to Come)

June 8-15                                 Grade 3 and 4 - Alien In-Line Skating

June 17                                    Fun Lunch - Coco Brooks

June 19                                    Grade 4 Farewell Assembly - 11:00am

June 24                                    Kindergarten Graduation 

June 25                                    Sports Day - Wear your Red & White for Canada Day!!

June 26                                    Last Day of School

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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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******As the weather continues to warm up, we plan on going on a community walk with Mrs. Coleman's class each week until the end of the school year, to play the food chain game at the pirate/princess park (weather permitting). 

We have been attending swimming lessons this week at the YMCA, and will be continuing our lessons next week. The class has really enjoyed their time at the pool, and the reduced amount of work that we do in class (this is why our blog post is a bit shorter than usual)! 

Literacy:

- We have continued reading the Wild Robot Escapes in small reading groups. They are now reading at their own pace, and answering chapter questions about the book.

- We learned about what myths and legends are, and then explored some Greek Myths that are connected to different constellations in the sky!

- We made our own word searches, and the theme was The Wild Robot. We could chose words that described the book/characters/settings, character names, types of creatures, etc. When we finished making our word search, we could switch with a partner and then solve their word search. 

- We practiced spelling vocabulary words by playing Spelling Battleship, and we worked on our comprehension and spelling through Word Ladders. 

 

Math:

- We began our algebra unit last week, and continued it this week. We have practiced solving algebra equations where you find the value for different symbols, balancing equations, and identifying if an equation is equal or not equal to the value listed. 

Science/Social:

- We finished making our Who Eats Who posters, and worked with a partner from Mrs. Coleman's class to code our food chain on scratch. 

- For Social, we continued working on our community planning project. Students have been creating their budgets and corresponding maps, and some have begun creating their models!

- We went outside with Mrs. Coleman's class and played a variation of Rock Paper Scissors Evolution, where they started out as seeds, if they won they turned into chickens, the next level up was fox, then bear, and finally a human. If they lost a round of rock paper scissors as a human, then they turned back into a seed. 

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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.