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We would like to wish all of you a wonderful

Thanksgiving weekend with your families. Each class
has created a class book of prayers that showcases
our beautiful artwork and our prayers to God. Each
student has written a prayer telling what they are
thankful for. Class books are being sent home with
students to share with their family.
Please feel free to add a comment about
what you are thankful for on the back of
your childs prayer page. Our other
classroom books are also going to start
circulating home with students.

With the arrival of fall we ask that children come
prepared for all kinds of weather. It is best to dress in
layers eg. a t-shirt, sweater and a jacket to allow for
sudden changes in the weather. Children do go outside
when there is a light drizzle, so warm jackets and
boots are needed. Please ensure all items are labeled
clearly with your childs name so they can be returned
easily if they get lost or mixed up.

Please continue to check and sign the agenda on a
daily basis to keep updated on any school events. Feel
free to contact us if you have any questions or
concerns. Thank you for your continued support.
Mrs. Proulx, Mrs. Phelan, Mrs. Ng, and Mrs. Addison

Important Dates Important Dates Important Dates Important Dates

Friday, Oct. 10 Friday, Oct. 10 Friday, Oct. 10 Friday, Oct. 10
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PD PD PD PD Day, no school Day, no school Day, no school Day, no school
Monday, Monday, Monday, Monday, Oct. 13 Oct. 13 Oct. 13 Oct. 13
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Happy Happy Happy Happy Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Thanksgiving! !! !
Tuesday, Tuesday, Tuesday, Tuesday, Oct. 14 Oct. 14 Oct. 14 Oct. 14
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First First First First Pizza lunch day Pizza lunch day Pizza lunch day Pizza lunch day
Wed Wed Wed Wednesday, Oct. 15 nesday, Oct. 15 nesday, Oct. 15 nesday, Oct. 15
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Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Mass 10:45 a.m. Mass 10:45 a.m. Mass 10:45 a.m. Mass 10:45 a.m.
Thursday, Oct. 16 Thursday, Oct. 16 Thursday, Oct. 16 Thursday, Oct. 16
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Sacrament Sacrament Sacrament Sacrament Meeting, Meeting, Meeting, Meeting,
7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. St. St. St. St. Monica Monica Monica Monica Church Hall Church Hall Church Hall Church Hall
Tues. Oct. 28 Tues. Oct. 28 Tues. Oct. 28 Tues. Oct. 28
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S SS School chool chool chool photo retakes photo retakes photo retakes photo retakes
Friday, Oct. 31 Friday, Oct. 31 Friday, Oct. 31 Friday, Oct. 31
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Dance Dance Dance Dance- -- -a aa a- -- -thon thon thon thon
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Science Science Science Science
We have started our unit on Air and Water in the
Environment (Earth and Space Systems strand). The
students will be focusing on the following concepts:

understanding the ways in which air and water
are used by living things to help them meet their
basic needs;
investigating the characteristics of air and
water and the visible/invisible effects of and
changes to air and/or water in the environment;
looking at the ways in which the actions of
humans have an impact on the quality of air and
water.

Religion/Fully Alive

In Religion we are starting our unit on belonging which
is titled: Lets Come Together. Our Fully Alive unit
focuses on how we are all created unique and special
and all loved by God.

Language

We have been learning that good readers use their
schema (or prior knowledge) to help them make
predictions and connections when they read. You can
help your child practice these reading strategies at
home by asking them to think about the title and
pictures before he or she reads and use what they
know to make predictions about the text before and
during reading. As your child reads, ask them if they
can make any connections to the story.

Text to Text Connections are when you connect
what you have read to another book.
Text to Self Connections are when you connect
what you have read to your own life (a time you
felt the same as the character)
Text to World Connections are how you connect
the reading to events happening in our world.

In writing we are continuing to work at applying the
conventions of capitals and punctuation in our daily
writing. We are also learning to expand our simple
sentences by using linking words (because, and, also,
but) and are beginning to write super sentences
using adjectives, nouns, verbs and some of the 5 Ws
(who, what, where, when, why).


Math

We are working on mental math strategies for adding
and subtracting facts to 20 (making ten, doubles,
doubles plus one). Students are also learning about
place value and breaking down 2-digit numbers into
tens and ones (e.g. 34 can be 3 tens and 4 ones or 2
tens and 14 ones). They are also practicing showing 2-
digit numbers in a variety of ways.

At home, you can encourage your child to look for and
read numbers on houses, signs and billboards or in
store windows. Skip counting by 2s, 5s, 10s and 25s up
to 200 when you are in the car or walking to school will
also benefit your child. Challenge your child by
starting at numbers other than 0 (e.g. count by 2s to
120 starting at 64).