Week 4 (Sept 23-26)

 This week in literacy, we took about knowledge about complete sentences and wrote about some important events.  This week was National Truth & Reconciliation week, so after reading different stories and some classroom discussions, we wrote about that children might have been feeling in residential schools.  We also wrote about who our hero was and why, connecting to our Terry Fox run.  As well, this week, we reviewed the short vowel sounds we learned last year, building words and blending words with short vowel sounds.



In math this week, we continued looking at place value and representing numbers in different ways.  We looked at writing numbers in words and continued with expanded form.  We also worked on some number strings and solved some equations, making them balance.




In Science, we sorted matter.  The grade 2's sorting based on the materials that the object was made from and the grade 3's sorted based on the state of the matter, solid, liquid or gas.  In Social Studies this week, we began looking at what directions are on a compass rose, what a map is vs a globe is and why directions are important.



In gym this week, we enjoyed the warm weather and spend time outside practising our running skills for the Terry Fox run and learning how to move on the playground in different ways, through a series of challenges.  Then on Thursday we completed our Terry Fox run.



Looking Ahead to Next Week:

1. In Literacy, we will continue to review short vowel sounds and write complete sentences.

2. In math, we will continue looking at comparing numbers.

3. In Science, we will continue to look at matter.

4. In Social Studies, we will begin creating our own maps.

Important Reminders & Upcoming Events:

1. Please, NO Toys at school! 

2. Library Exchange on Thursdays

3. No school on Monday, September 30th



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