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