June 5th, 2026

Upcoming Dates

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). 

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 have continued to learn about Myths and Legends, and we spent this week planning and writing our own myths! To complete the look of our myths, we turned regular printer paper into old scrolls by gently ripping the edges and painting the paper with multiple layers of coffee. Once we let them dry for a day, we wrote our myths onto the scrolls, rolled them up, and secured them with string. We have been sharing our myths with each other and our buddies, and we look forward to sharing them with you very soon!

- After reading our myths to our buddies, we also read our published stories from a few weeks ago, and played hangman together to practice literacy skills. 

 

Math:

- We have been learning about fractions this week! We reviewed what fractions are, and the different parts to them (numerator and denominator). We spent some time identifying and drawing fractions, playing with fraction wheels, and then we moved onto some interactive projects. We created name fraction posters by writing our first, middle, and last time - then calculated the fraction of each letter in our name. We made delicious brownies on Wednesday to practice identifying fractions in baking and dividing up trays of brownies (I think this was everyones favourite day!). We also made fraction pizza (out of paper, much to their disappointment) and put them in our visual journals.  

Science/Social:

- In science, we have been focusing on the amazing senses that animals use to survive. We learned that some animals have much stronger senses than others, and that compared to many species humans have very weak senses of smelling and hearing! We also began looking at the senses of sunflowers, which turns their flowers towards the sun as it moves throughout the day. We planted seeds in tiny pots this week as well, since we will be spending more time looking at the senses that plants use to survive next week. 

- For Social, we continued working on our community planning project where students have been creating their budgets and corresponding maps. This week, everyone began working on their models and we will (hopefully) finish them next week!

Art:

- On Monday, we did a Van Gogh inspired drawing of flowers, and the kids liked them so much that we decided to make a mini version of them on Wednesday for some mini paper frame folders that I got at a garage sale! We will finish the artwork next week, and they will be able to take them home to show you. 

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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. 
• summarizing stories, recalling specific details about the story, and answering questions directly related to the plot/setting/characters.

- 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 
• Fractions 
• Statistics 

- 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. 
• Writing stories with a beginning, middle, and end.