Wednesday, 29 April 2026

 News for Week of April 28 - May 1, 2026


Our Learning

Language:

This week, in our phonics lessons, we will explore the -or and -ore sounds, as in the words forfork, corn, porchmore, store, story, before.

This week's new heart word:  nothing

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, one, once, use, two, does, many, any, been, into, friend, because, woman, women, both, four, fourth, forty, people, pretty, *nothing.

In Writing, we have completed our persuasive letters. We will complete some more persuasive texts over the next couple of weeks as additional practice. Our next writing unit will focus on procedural writing (writing instructions). We will practise with instructions for how to wash your hands and how to do a fire drill practice. Examples of procedural texts or instructions are recipes, so if you are cooking or baking at home, please take the time to show your child the recipe and talk about how it is laid out (e.g., title, goal or purpose, ingredients/materials, steps, diagrams/pictures, conclusion).

In reading comprehension over the next few weeks, we will explore the parts or elements of fictional narrative stories (make-believe stories). We will work on retelling fictional narrative stories using the Shape Go! Map as an organizer. 


Math

The Grade 2s have completed their unit about multiplication and division. They will begin a short unit about location, movement, and coding, beginning with a focus on how to describe locations on a map. 



The Grade 3s will continue to learn about multiplication and division strategies. 



Reminder - Grade 3 Multiplication: To support your child in this learning, practising the times tables of 2, 5, and 10 (e.g., 2 x ___; 5 x ___; 10 x ___) on a regular basis will help your child's confidence. If your child already has his/her times tables of 2, 5, and 10 memorized, encouraging them to practise times tables for all other numbers to 10 will surely do wonders to prepare for Grade 4. 


Important Dates to Remember:

Friday, May 1st: Library books due
Friday, May 1st: Pizza lunch for Grades 1-3

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