November 3 to 7, 2025

Treaties Recognition Week and International Inuit Day:

November 2-8 is Treaties Recognition Week in Ontario.Throughout the week, our school will explore the importance of treaties and increase awareness of treaty rights, obligations, and relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities. Treaties are formal, legally binding agreements (promises) between two separate nations. Treaties between the British Crown (the federal and provincial governments of Canada) and Indigenous peoples were signed and people were promised land reserves, healthcare, schools, and tools, equipment and supplies for hunting, fishing, farming. In return, the government had promises of peace, law, and order. At school, we will learn about the significance of treaty rights, treaty relationships, and their relevance today. We will learn about International Inuit Day, which is on Friday, November 7th. We will continue our learning journey throughout November (and throughout the year), as November is Indigenous Education Month at the Ottawa Catholic School Board. For more information about treaties in Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/page/treaties

Our Learning This Week

Math:

We will soon begin our new number unit, Estimating and Comparing Whole Numbers. In Grade Two, we will learn several strategies to compare numbers less than 100 and learn how to locate numbers on partial number lines. We will also learn how to use place-value to order and compare 2-digit numbers.

Grade 2 Parent Summary Letter Comparing Two-Digit Numbers link here

Grade 2 Parent Summary Letter Locating Numbers on a Number Line link here

In Grade 3, our focus over the next week will be on rounding a two-digit number to the nearest ten using number lines and base ten materials. We will also learn how to build a number line using a scale. 

Grade 3 Parent Summary Letter Rounding to the Nearest Ten link here

Grade 3 Parent Summary Letter Building a Number Line Using a Scale link here

Language:

Our next phonics lessons will focus on long vowel sounds. This week, we will begin by learning about the long a vowel sound, as in ape. The long vowel sound is the same as the vowel's name, A.

The vowel a says its own name, A, when there is a silent E at the end of a word, like in the words made, tape, cake, and same. **Usually, when there is a silent E at the end of a word it makes vowels say their names, or long vowel sounds. The E does not make a sound so we say it is "silent" ("silent E" or "bossy E"). 

After our long a vowel sound, we will learn about the long i vowel sound as in the words ice, bike, side, ride, five, and kite. The long vowel sound is the same as the vowel's name, I. The vowel i says its own name, I, when there is a silent E at the end of a word. Reminder: The E does not make a sound so we say it is "silent" ("silent E" or "bossy E"). 

New heart words: who, by, my

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, *who, *by, *my.

National Veterans Week: November 5-11:

We will take some time later this week and next week to read about and determine important information about Remembrance Day and peace. 

Looking Ahead:

Mon., Nov. 3- Pajama Day at St. Gabriel

November 6 - Library books due

November 7 - International Inuit Day

November 7 -  P.D. Day (no school for students)

November 8 - Indigenous Veterans’ Day

November 10-14: Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week

November 11 - Remembrance Day
November 13: Progress Reports available on Parent Portal

November 20: Parent-teacher interviews