Important dates in February:

Alien in-line      31st Jan. 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 6th February

Feb. 8th    Folklofolie    Dance and musical instruments and wooden spoons, highlighting French culture.

Feb. 13th   Ash making. 

Teachers Convention     16th and 17th  No school for kids

Feb. 20th    Family Day    No school for kids

Feb. 22nd    Ash Wednesday   Liturgy at 10am

Feb. 23rd    Pizza lunch    Multicultural Spirit Day

Feb. 24th    Mardi Gras   Family Night

What we are doing in February:

French:   Reading Comprehension.   Literacy Centres: Students read a book in a group, present what happens in the beginning, middle and end, present main characters and reflect on new French words and expressions. This is an invaluable tool in building confidence in the child. The children will soon be introduced to story writing with an interesting beginning and end.

English:  We have completed our novel study of Lost In The North and we will begin another novel by the same author. Vocabulary words using Phonics will be ongoing. The children will soon be writing an interesting story using Picture Prompts. 

Math:  We are working on the addition and subtraction of three digit numbers. The children first practice reading the number in French, place them in ascending order and then represent the number in three different ways: drawing the number using hundreds, tens and units, using French words, centaine, dizaine, unite and breaking up the three digit number. 

Problem solving will be ongoing. Please do encourage your child to practice Zorbit's Math at home.

Science:  We are winding up our Hot and Cold Unit. We will continue to practice reading temperatures in a thermometer. We are continuing to learn how animals, birds and insects keep warm in winter.

Art:   February is Black History Month. We will explore both Indigenous and Black History Art this month

Social Studies:   The Economic Resources, goods and services in the three communities of Iqaluit, Saskatoon and Meteghan and a comparison with Alberta.

Health:  We have started our Unit on Nutrition. We are exploring the four food groups in French in the Canada Food Guide. We will make posters with slogans about healthy eating.

 Important dates in January:

16th January    New Year Liturgy 

19th January       Report cards go home

26th January     Parent/Teacher Interviews    4 - 7:30pm

27th January     Parent/Teacher Interviews    9 - 11:30am     1-3pm

31st January      Alien -in-line speed skating begins

French:    Reading comprehension will be ongoing. The students will be introduced to story writing with a beginning, middle and end. They will be introduced to interesting adjectives and similes.

E.L.A.   Vocabulary and reflection questions of the novel study Lost In The North will be ongoing. The children will be given a picture prompt to write a short story with a beginning, middle and end. We will complete the booklet with adjectives and story endings this week. We have started our Phonics Unit yesterday and it helps kids who cannot read, to sound out letters and then build a word family. 

Math:  We are continuing with patterning and yesterday the kids got the chance to identify patterns that have illustrations, numbers and vocabulary words. It was a great test of their critical thinking skills. Adding and subtracting without regrouping is ongoing. Reading three digit numbers and demonstrating with manipulatives is ongoing.

Science:   The Hot and Cold Unit will continue till the end of the month. We might have an exciting culminating activity. I shall keep you posted. The children will learn how the thermos keeps liquids hot or cold. They will also learn about the insulation used in buildings and how animals and birds stay warm in winter.

Art:  We are integrating the Art project with our Science Unit. 

Social Studies: We will be looking at the natural resources, jobs as well as goods and services of Iqaluit, Meteghan and Saskatoon.

 Important dates in November:

November 1st     Faith Day    No school for the kids

November 2nd    Wellness Day

Week of 7th  -  10th     Scholastic Book  Fair

Nov. 9th    Remembrance Day Liturgy   10am

Nov. 9th    Parent/Teacher  Interviews   4pm  -  7: 30pm

Nov. 10th    Parent/Teacher Interviews   9am - 3pm

What we are doing this month:

Science:  We will continue with our Magnet Unit for another two weeks after which I will give the children a test.  I always discuss the test in detail with the kids so that they are comfortable and ready to write it. 

French:  We are doing reading comprehension and the children are learning how to answer in complete sentences. We will be completing our Halloween activities this week. 

English:  We have started our novel study of Charlotte's Web. The children are learning new vocabulary, making predictions and focussing on reflection questions. The kids are also working on a booklet adding interesting adjectives phrases.

Social Studies: We are continuing to learn about the language and culture of the three communities of Iqaluit, Saskatoon and Meteghan. 

Math:  We will start adding and subtracting with two digit numbers. Problem solving is ongoing. We are also working on the new curriculum called Mathologie. The kids are enjoying estimating and counting in different ways by skip counting by 2's, 5's and 10's. Once the Zorbit Math website is up and running on Google Classroom, I will keep you informed.

Art: The kids have learned Zentangle Patterns and they are busy drawing and colouring a Remembrance Day Poem, "In Flanders Fields." Some children have started the good copy of the Pumpkin Seed Autumn Project. Once they have finished painting it, I will send you pictures.

Health:  The kids will be working on Wellness Day activities that Mme Wozny has shared in the St. Luke Weekly. 

Please continue to read with your child everyday and practice basic facts in Math with addition and subtraction.

 Important Dates in October

7th October     Thanksgiving Liturgy at 1pm

10th    October   Thanksgiving     No school

What we are doing this month:

French:   Vocabulary, Making sentences,  Reading comprehension about Thanksgiving

Art:     Thanksgiving Art

Math:    Skip counting by 2's, 5's and 10's continues.  Addition and subtraction till 100.  Mental Math strategies for doubles, doubles plus one and minus one.  Math vocabulary.  Problem solving.

Science:  We will soon be winding up the Spider Unit and starting the Unit on Magnets.

Social Studies:  The people, language and culture of the three communities in Canada, Iqaluit, Saskatoon and Meteghan.

Health:  We are learning to appreciate the healthy benefits of nutritional snacks and physical activity.

English:  We have started learning about word families and descriptive adjectives.

Music:  The kids have been practicing a variety of songs. We will soon focus on beat with Djembe drums.

 Important dates for the month of September:

Monday the 5th: Labour Day     No school

21st Sept.  Opening Mass at St. Luke Church at 10am

23rd  Sept.: Parent-Teacher Conferences

30th Sept.   National Day for Truth and Reconciliation    No school

What we will be doing this month:

FLA:  We will be reviewing basic phonetic and more complex sounds to improve reading. There will be activities based on new words such as making sentences and word search. We will be reading simple texts in our daily Reading Comprehension activities.

 ELA:  Students will explore interesting adjectives based on picture prompts. They will learn vocabulary and listen to stories and make predictions.

Social Studies: The students will be using simple maps to locate the Acadian, Inuit and Prairie communities. They will be investigating how geography shapes and changes Canadian communities, by comparing the communities. 

Religion:  Our Faith Theme this year is Faith, Hope and Love abide and the greatest of these is Love. The children will work on All About Me and different prayers.

Science: The first Unit will be on Spiders. The children will learn to differentiate between spiders and insects, and they will learn the characteristics of different kinds of spiders.

Maths:  The children will work on Number Concepts and they will learn to recognize and apply numbers to 100. They will work on addition and subtraction, skip counting by 2's, 5's and 10's and problem solving with personal strategies.

Health: The children will learn about making responsible and informed choices to promote safety for themselves and others with a special emphasis on the importance of social distancing and wearing masks.

ART:  The children will learn that Art can be made in different ways using a variety of colours

 Important dates in the month of June

2nd June 1pm       Sacramental Celebration

17th June       Field Trip at Heritage Park

21st June       Indigenous day

23rd      Pizza day

27th Sports Day

28th    Last Day of School

 29th    Organizational Day

French:      Reading Comprehension.   Story writing with an interesting beginning, middle and end, using adjectives, comparisons, punctuation and sentence structure.

English:  We are presently reading  the novel Race Against Time by Delia Dumont. We make predictions, review vocabulary and write our favorite part. Word families are ongoing. Story writing with an interesting beginning, middle and end, using adjectives, comparisons, punctuation and sentence structure.

Math:   We are doing exciting activities with Measurement. The kids learn about the importance of Estimation before Measurement. We will also be introducing fractions. Problem solving will be ongoing.

Science:  We are working on our new Unit about Small Crawling and Flying Animals. Yesterday the kids learned about the Life Cycle of a Butterfly. They also learned about the differences between a Butterfly and a Moth. 

Social Studies:   In preparation for our Field Trip to Heritage Park, we are starting our last Unit on Our Community in the Past and Present.

Health:  We will focus on Healthy Eating and Exercise. We hope that you are working on Frisbee Rob's Wellness Challenge.

Religion:  The Eucharist

 Important dates in the month of May:

Scholastic Book Fair in the Library    2nd - 6th May

Hats On for Mental Health     4th May

Frisbee Rob      4th May

Marian  Liturgy   Friday the 13th May at 1 pm

Professional Growth Day      20th May

Victoria Day      23rd  May

French Language Arts:   We will continue to work on story writing and reading comprehension. Thank you all so much for finding a French poem for your child. We enjoyed the presentations thoroughly. A great website to visit while completing our Story Unit is:

https://www.iletaitunehistoire.com/

Please continue to encourage your child with his/her home reading. Each student should be reading for a minimum of 15 mins in French and in English everyday.

Social Studies:    We are continuing to explore the goods and natural resources in Iqaluit, Meteghan and Saskatoon.. To assist your child in learning about natural resources, please visit the following websites:

Saskatoon

http://content.blackgold .ca/ict/division1/communities2/natural resources saskatoon.htm

The same website works for Iqaluit and Meteghan.

Science:   We will continue our Boats and Buoyancy Unit

English:   We have finished our novel study of Grizzly Cove.  We will continue to write stories with an interesting beginning and end, using adjectives and comparisons.

Math:  We will continue our unit on 2-D and 3-D shapes. The kids have demonstrated a very good understanding of the Unit and they are able to present the 3-D shapes confidently in French. 

Religion:  We are presently working on our Marian Liturgy. 

Music:   We are practicing the songs for our Marian Liturgy.

Art:    We are working on an Art Project for the Marian Liturgy and Mental Health Day.