Week of June 4, 2018

Dear Parents and Guardians,

This week...

Language- we are discussing advertising techniques used in the media
               - we are creating a poster/commercial for the upcoming St. Rita's BBQ event

Math- we are determining all the possible outcomes in a simple probability experience

Reminders:

1. No School on Friday June 8th
2. Return library books

Week of May 28, 2018

Dear Parents and Guardians,

This week...

Language- we are making judgements and drawing conclusions about the ideas in texts
               - we are beginning our Media Literacy unit
               - we are identifying the purpose and audience for some media texts


       Math- we are beginning our Probability unit

Reminders:

1. Track and Field on Friday, June 1st  (Forms are due on May 29th!)

Week of May 22, 2018

Dear Parents and Guardians,

This week...

Language- we are making judgements and drawing conclusions about the ideas in texts

      Math- we are calculating perimeters and areas of polygons

Reminders: 

1. Liturgy on Tuesday, May 22 at 12:30pm

Week of May 14 2018

Dear Parents and Guardians,

This week...

Language- we are making judgements and drawing conclusions about the ideas in texts

        Math- we are calculating perimeter and area of rectangles

Religion- we are continuing the Created Sexual unit

Reminders:

1. Library on Thursday May 17th
2. NO SCHOOL on Friday May 18th and Monday May 21st

Week of May 7, 2018

Dear Parents and Guardians,

This week is Education Week! We have exciting events scheduled every day of this week.

Monday: Scholastic Book Fair

                Open House at 7:45am

                Virtue Assembly at 8:45am

Tuesday: Scholastic Book Fair

                  Jump Rope for Heart (Junior- afternoon)

Wednesday: Scholastic Book Fair (parents invited)

                       Education Week Liturgy at 8:45am, French Skits, OK Clean Water Presentation

                       STREAM (PM)

Thursday: Scholastic Book Fair (parents invited)

                     Talent Show

Friday: Young Authors (1st block)

                Bboyizm- (PM)

This week...

Language- we are revising and editing our narratives

                 - we are publishing our writing

      Math- we are converting metric units using decimals

Religion- we are continuing the Created Sexual unit

Week of April 30, 2018

Dear Parents and Guardians,

This week...

Language- we are using some vivid language (adjectives and adverbs) to add interest to
                  our creative narrative
               - we are using teacher and peer feedback to improve our narrative writing

     Math- we are starting our Measurement unit

Religion- we are continuing the Creative Sexual unit

Reminders:

1. Library on Thursday May 5th
2. Dance-a-Thon on Friday May 6th

Homework:

1. XtraMath
2. Finish writing creative narrative

Week of April 23, 2018

Dear Parents and Guardians,

This week...

Language- we are writing a creative narrative with a clear plot
                  - we are using some vivid (i.e., adjectives and adverbs) language to add
                    interest to our creative narrative

       Math- we are converting fractions to decimals
                - we are reviewing for our unit test on Thursday April 26

 Religion- we are continuing our Creative Sexual unit

Reminders:

1. Earth Day- Monday April 23: wear blue for oceans and seas
                    - Tuesday April 24 wear green for plants and trees
                    - Wednesday April 25 wear brown for earth and soil
                    - Thursday April 26 wear orange/red/yellow for sun

2. Jump Rope for Heart pledges are due on Wednesday April 25

3. PD day on Friday- No school!

Homework:

1. Xtra Math

Week of April 16, 2018

Dear Parents and Guardians,

This week...

Language- we are writing a creative narrative with a clear plot
                - we are learning to use punctuation (commas, question marks, and exclamation
                   marks) appropriately inside quotation marks in direct speech

    Math- we are finishing our unit on decimals and fractions

Religion- we are continuing our Created Sexual unit

Reminders:

1. Library on Thursday

Week of April 9, 2018

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Students are visiting the Parliament and Museum of History on Monday, April 9th. Please make sure that your child brings a lunch for the day. There won't be an opportunity to buy food. Also, please make sure that your child leaves his or her backpack at home.

This week...

Language- we are finishing our biography presentations
                - we are starting our Narrative Writing unit

     
      Math- we are learning to multiply decimals with tenths

 Religion- we are continuing our Created Sexual unit

Homework:

1. AMA (ask me about) how to multiply decimals by tenths

Reminders:

1. Wear a Jersey on Thursday to show support for Humboldt
2. Cake Walk on Friday, April 13th

Week of April 3, 2018

Dear Parents and Guardians,

This week...

Language- we are presenting our biographies
                  - we are starting our Narrative Writing unit

       Math- we are learning about proper and improper fractions, and mixed numbers

 Religion- we are starting our Created Sexual unit

Reminders:

1. Easter Mass on Wednesday April 4 at 10:15am
2. Virtue Assembly on Thursday April 5 at 12:30pm
3. Library on Thursday April 5
4. Parliament Field Trip on Monday April 9 (please return forms and bring in money!)

Homework:

Language-  Prepare for Biography Presentation

       Math- AMA (Ask Me About) How can I estimate the product of 2.39 x 8 (Thursday)

Week of March 26, 2018

Dear Parents and Guardians,

This week is Spirit Week!

Monday- Crazy Hair Day

Tuesday- Wacky Outfit Day

Wednesday- PJ Day

Thursday- Spring Colour Day

Please bring $1 to support OK Clean Water.

Biography Lapbook is due on Wednesday March 28!

List of character traits to describe a person- Character Traits

Language- we are using stated and implied ideas in texts to make inferences

         Math- we are learning the concept of equivalent fractions

   Religion- we are learning about Holy Week

Reminders:

1. Stations of the Cross on Thursday March 29th at 9am
2. Yearbook order due by Friday March 30th
3. NO SCHOOL on Friday and Monday

Week of March 19, 2018

Welcome back! Hope everyone had a wonderful March Break.

Here is what we are working on this week...

Language- we are creating a Biography Lapbook
                 - we are using stated and implied ideas in texts to make inferences

Biography Lapbook is homework due on Wednesday March 28, 2018

Click on the link to get a list of character traits to describe a person. Character Traits


      Math- we are learning the concept of equivalent fractions

Religion- we are continuing to learn about Holy Week


Reminder:

1. Library on Thursday

Week of Mar 12, 2018

Wishing everyone a safe and happy March Break!

This is a reminder that students should complete a draft of their biography paragraphs during this week. The following links include the graphic organizer, exemplar, and success criteria for this assignment.


Graphic Organizer

Exemplar

Success Criteria

Week of March 5, 2018

Dear Parents and Guardians,

This week, we welcome Ms. Julianna Lapelle back to St. Rita. Ms. Lapelle will be working on a reduced schedule and will be sharing the week with me.

Ms. Lapelle will be teaching Language Arts and Math on Mondays and Wednesdays. I will be teaching these subjects on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We will share Fridays.

This week is La Semaine de la Francophonie 2018. There are many exciting events happening.

Monday

Wear Green and White

Tuesday 

Presentation Daniel Richer at 10:10am-11:10am

Wednesday 

OK Clean Water Presentation at 12:45pm

     French Bingo at 2pm

Thursday

 Concours D'Epellation (Spelling Bee) at 10am

Friday

 Door Decorating Contest: Winners Announced

Movie

Language - we are researching information for our biography
                 - we are using a graphic organizer to sort our ideas and information

                  - we are beginning to write a draft of our biographical sketch

        Math- we are learning to represent, compare, and order fractional amounts with like 

                     denominators

 Religion- we are continuing to learn about the importance of friendship as a part of

                     growing up

Homework:

1. Research information for biography
2. Write draft of biography- at least 5 paragraphs, with an introduction and conclusion

Share the draft with me at hien.vu@ocsb.ca

Week of February 26, 2018

Dear Parents and Guardians,

This week...

Wednesday is Pink Shirt Day

Language- we are continuing to do research on Terry Fox
                 - we are writing a biography sketch together
                  - we are learning how to identify the suffix word and explain how it changes
                    the root word

       Math- we are learning to represent, compare, and order decimal numbers from 0.01
                  - we are learning to multiply decimal numbers by 10, 100, 1000, and 10 000, 
                    and divide decimal numbers by 10 and 100

Religion - we are learning about the consequences of different solutions to
                     common friendship difficulties
                  - we recognize that some friendship difficulties are normal part of growing up

Some dates to keep in mind:

1. Virtue Assembly on Friday March 2 at 1:145

Week of February 20, 2018

Dear Parents and Guardians,

This week...

Language- we are reading and choosing reading materials for our biography
               - we are using a graphic organizer to sort our ideas and information
               - we are writing a biography sketch together

      Math- we are learning to represent, compare, and order decimal numbers from 0.01
               - we rounding decimal numbers to the nearest tenth

Religion/Family Life- we are learning about the consequences of different solutions to
                                    common friendship difficulties
                                   - we recognize that some friendship difficulties are normal part of
                                    growing up


Some dates to keep in mind:
1. Library on Thursday February 22

Week of February 12, 2018

Dear Parents and Guardians,

This week is Spirit Week! Please click on the link below to see the event for each day.

Spirit Week

We will be celebrating Valentine's Day on Tuesday February 13th. Students are encouraged to bring in Valentine's cards for their classmates on that day. Please click on the link below to see the class list.

Class List

Language- we are learning about prefixes so that we can predict the meaning of unfamiliar
                   words
               - we are revising and editing our Persuasive Writing piece using teacher and peer
                 feedback
               - we will begin our Biography unit

Math- we are learning to add and subtract decimals to hundredths
        - we are learning to represent, compare, and order decimal numbers from 0.01

Religion/Family Life- we are learning about the qualities that make a good friendship
                                   - we are discussing the importance of Lent

Some dates to keep in mind:

1. Ash Wednesday on February 14th
2. Report Cards go home February 15th
3. Winter Carnival on Thursday February 15
4. Pizza Order due February 19

Week of February 5 2018

Dear Parents and Guardians,

This week...

Language- we are learning to extend our understanding of texts by connecting ideas to
                 our own knowledge, to other familiar texts, and to the world around us

 We read the book, In Those Shoes, by Maribeths Boelts. We created a Padlet to show how we made connections to ourselves, other texts, and the world.

https://padlet.com/hien_vu/makingconnections

        Math- we are starting our unit on Decimals
                 - we are learning to read and represent decimal numbers to hundredths

Religion/Family Life- we are learning about changes in families and how they may
                                   affect our relationships

Dates to keep in mind:
1. Math Test on Monday Febraury 5
2. Library on Friday February 9
3. Family Dance on Friday February 9

Week of January 29, 2018

Dear Parents and Guardians,

This week...

Language- we are continuing our unit on Persuasive Writing
               - we are revising and editing our draft

      Math- we are solving problems involving the relationship between a 12-hour clock
                 and a 24-hour clock

Religion/Family Life- we are learning about the importance of having rules in a family

Some dates to keep in mind:

1. Virtue Assembly on Thursday, February 1st at 9am
2. Popcorn Day on Friday February 2nd

Week of January 22 2018

Dear Parents,

This week...

Our students will be going skiing or participating in WOW on Thursday, January 25th.

A reminder that Friday is a PD day. There is no school!

Language- we are continuing our unit on Persuasive Writing
                - we are learning how to write a strong hook to grab the readers attention

        Math- we are finishing our Geometry Unit
                - we are starting our Elapsed Time Unit


Other important dates:

1. Math Test on Wednesday January 24th, 2018

Week of January 8, 2018

Happy New Year!

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Forms for the Ski Trip are due January 16, 2018. 

Students in Grades 4, 5, 6 will be able to participate in an outdoor activity at Mount Pakenham, Ontario on Thursday, January 25th. Similar to last year, we will be offering the options of Skiing or W.O.W (Winter Outdoor Wonder- including tubing, snowshoeing and orienteering.

Here is the link to the Ski/Wow form: https://tinyurl.com/strittpskiday

Mount Pakenham's website: http://www.mountpakenham.com/index.php

This week...

Language: - we are starting our unit on Persuasive Writing
                  - we are learning about different methods to persuade or convince people

       Math: - we are starting our Geometry unit
                  - we are learning about regular and irregular polygons
                  - we are learning about different types of angles
                  - we are learning about different types of triangles

Reglion/Family Life: - we are learning about the Epiphany
                                    - we are learning about the importance of relationship in our family