Monday October 30th 2017

Highlights

We had a very busy day today. We started with morning challenge and Math. In math, our lesson focused on counting by 5's and 10's using a number line. We created our own number line and used it to skip count. We started at a random number (i.e. 59) and added 5 or 10 each time. We had music and gym this morning. We have new spelling words. The list is in their green folder. Before lunch, we had Daily 5. After lunch we had writing. We're currently focusing on, how to write a proper sentence. We had Social Studies today. We were introduced to the first country we're learning about, India. Today we explored resources on India and discussed interesting facts we read. At the end of the day we finished our Frankenstein art.

Important Information:

We have a Rocks and Minerals presentation from Scientists in School on Nov. 9th. We are in need of 4 parent volunteers. This year, the school has decided to use Sign-Up Genius. Parents whose CBE Volunteer Security Clearance have been approved, will receive an email from Sign-Up Genius. Please email us with any questions regarding this. There will be more opportunities this year to volunteer so please go to the office to fill out the police security clearance forms if you're interested in volunteering this year! It is also a good idea to check with us or the office to see if your name has been cleared or if your clearance has expired. We have a few parents that have expired and a few that have applied, but haven't been cleared just yet. More information about the presentation will be sent home tomorrow! 

Reminders:

• Picture Re-takes: November 14th (Students will receive their proofs sometime this week)
• Colouring Club: Will meet on Wednesdays at 12:15 - There were only 3 spots/class. Priya, Talia and Grace were the students chosen from our class. There will be lots of other clubs to join throughout the year. 
• Healthy Hunger: To register your child for Fun Lunch, please visit www.healthyhunger.ca 
• Our class Library checkout day is every Thursday. Please return library books each week! 
• Tuesday October 31st - Orange and Black Day! No Halloween costumes please. Save them for Trick or Treating. 
• BOOK ORDERS - Due on Wednesday November 15th. You can pay by cheque, cash or online (follow the directions on the book order form) 

Homework:

~ Reading: Read daily for 15-20 minutes. 

~ Math: Work on homework pages that were sent home from Unit 2: Numbers to 1000. So far we have sent home pages for:

• Lesson 1: Read and represent numbers to 1000
• Lesson 2: Explore place value with 3-digit numbers using base 10 blocks.
• Lesson 3: Represent numbers in more than one way using base 10 blocks. 
• Lesson 4: No homework
• Lesson 5: Use place value to compare and order 3-digit numbers.

~ Spelling :

• Monday - country, countires, field, fields, light
• Tuesday - lights, dish, dishes, wishes, hope
• Wednesday - hopes, love, loves, look, looked
• Thursday - Quiz 

Ask Me About:

~ A sentence has two parts? What are they? (subject and predicate)