October 20 - 24, 2025

Now that Fall has officially arrived and the mornings are cool, please make certain that your child is dressed in layers and has warm clothes like a coat each day. The weather is often unpredictable and some children have not had adequate clothing at recess. Putting an extra pair of socks in your child's backpack is also a great idea for when little feet get cold and wet.

We Scare Hunger Campaign

From October 20th to October 31st, please consider having your child bring non-perishable food items to school to be donated to the Foodbank. Examples of items to bring: dry pasta, cereals, rice, canned soup, crackers.

Curriculum Update

Language: 

In Writing, the children are learning about the features of recount writing and the students are using these features to write their own personal recounts (for example, their Thanksgiving recounts). We will review how to write a good opening sentence when writing a recount. 

The Grade 2 students are also working on "What is a sentence?", including how to write a complete sentence using capitalization and correct punctuation (e.g., a period, question mark, exclamation mark). In addition to reviewing how to write a complete sentence that makes sense, the Grade 3s are also learning how to write a paragraph.

During our grammar and word work lessons, we will review common nouns and proper nouns and begin our focus on adjectives. 

In phonics, uur next lesson is about the digraph -ng, as in the words king, long, ring, rung, rang, sing, sang, song, sung, hang, thing, wing, bring, swing.

New heart words: or, for

Please have your child practise the heart words we have learned so far in class: the, I, a, said, to, do, of, see, he, be, me, from, you, what, have, look, book, are, was, your, want, go, no, so, goes, says, they, their, were, talk, walk, could, should, would, *or, *for.

Math:

We have completed our Grade 2 and Grade 3 units on patterning (repeating patterns with changing attributes, and increasing and decreasing number patterns). Both grades participated in an assessment of their learning last week. Our next Math unit for both grades is about representing numbers. In Grade 2, students will learn how to read, represent, compose and decompose whole numbers up to and including 200, using a variety of tools and strategies, including base ten materials, and describe ways they are used in everyday life. In Grade 3, students will focus on the same skills but with numbers up to and including 1000. Both grades will also explore what makes a number odd or even.

Link to Grade 2 parent summary letter representing tens here

Link to Grade 3 parent summary letter representing hundreds here

Religion:

We have been learning that we belong to a classroom and school community, our family, and God's family. On Tuesday, we will have a visit from Fr. Kevin from St. Isidore Church who will spend some time with the Grade 2/3 and 1/2 classes and answer questions about the Sacraments.

Looking Ahead:

October 20 - 31: Food drive for Food Cupboard

Monday, Oct. 20: Spelling check-in

Tuesday, Oct. 21: Pizza lunch

Friday, Oct. 25: Library books due

Friday, Oct. 25: School Photo Day