September 25 - 29, 2023
Terry Fox Walk Thursday, Sept. 28th:
Our school will be holding our annual Terry Fox Walk fundraiser to commemorate Terry Fox’s inspirational Marathon of Hope on Thursday, September 28th, 2023 (Grade 2/3 will leave school at 9:30 a.m.). Students will be walking on the path around the Beaverpond and then back to school. If you haven't already done so, please sign the permission form sent home last week so that your child can participate in the walk. Please email me or send me a note in your child's agenda if you would like to volunteer to accompany our class on our walk on Thursday.
In order to show our support for cancer research, we invite each student/family to make a donation of $1.00 or $2.00 to the Terry Fox Foundation. You can make this donation in the following ways (please do not send your child to school with cash):
Thank you in advance for your support.
Truth and Reconciliation Week Sept. 25 - 30: The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day fall on Saturday, September 30. Since it's on the weekend, schools will commemorate the day in school on Friday, September 29th. On Friday, staff and students are invited to wear an orange shirt to participate in the day. National Day for Truth and Reconciliation provides an opportunity for each of us to recognize and commemorate the legacy of residential schools. This includes quiet reflection and participation in school and class activities. Orange Shirt Day is an initiative “to commemorate the residential school experience, to witness and honour the healing journey of the survivors and their families, and to commit to the ongoing process of reconciliation.”
The origin of Orange Shirt Day is based on Phyllis Webstad’s story of having her new orange shirt, that her grandmother bought her, taken away on her first day at Residential School. It was replaced by the school uniform. (Phyllis’ Story).
Your child will be learning about the Indian Residential School system in Canada and about reconciliation through participating in this week's stories and activities. The Residential School System was an attempt to assimilate Indigenous children into Euro-Canadian society and to educate them in an environment that removed them from their families and their culture. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission defines reconciliation as “an ongoing process of establishing and maintaining respectful relationships.” First Nations educator Pamela Toulouse says, “Truth and reconciliation are even more necessary in a world that is challenged and for our children and youth who have inherited it.”
For further information about Orange Shirt Day, you can check out this website: http://www.orangeshirtday.org/.
Topics of Learning and Curriculum:
In Math, we continue our study of patterning. This week, our focus will be on growing (increasing) patterns. In Grade 2, the learning for students is to identify, extend, and describe growing number patterns and represent them in different ways. In Grade 3, students are practising finding, describing, representing, and creating growing number patterns using charts, number lines, and pictures.
Link to Grade 2 Increasing Patterns Parent Summary Letter#1 here Link to Grade 2 Increasing Patterns Parent Summary Letter #2 here
Link to Grade 3 Increasing Patterns Parent Summary Letter #1 here Link to Grade 3 Increasing Patterns Parent Summary Letter #2 here
The Grade 2 and 3 skip counting units we recently completed provide your child with the basics they will need to help them with the patterning unit. You can support your Grade 3 child at home by encouraging them to practise counting forward and backward by 2's, 5's, 10's, 20's, 25's, 50's,100's, and 200's to 1000. Also, they must be able to skip count starting with a variety of numbers on the 100-chart (for example, start at 27 and count by 2's - 27, 29, 31, 33, 35 ... etc.). Grade 2 students should practise counting forward by 1's, 2's, 5's, 10's, 25's, 20's, and 50's to 200. They should also practise counting backwards by 1's, 2's, 5's, 10's, and 25's from 200.
In Language, we continue to learn how to write a proper paragraph. We also have started to focus on determining important ideas to share with others orally and while writing complete sentences (with a beginning uppercase letter and ending with proper punctuation).
Our Grade 3 Science unit for the next few weeks will be soils. We look forward to sharing what we already know and dig deeper into the components of soil. In Grade 2 Science, we will explore air and water in the environment.
In Visual Arts, we have been learning about the primary and secondary colours and the colour wheel.
Important Dates: September 27 - First Popcorn snack day
September 28 - Terry Fox walk (Grades 1-3 begins at 9:30 a.m.)
September 29 - School will commemorate Orange Shirt Day / National Day for Truth and Reconciliation September 30 - Real National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
October 4 - Deadline to order Pizza lunch
October 6 - PD Day
October 9 - Thanksgiving Day
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