We certainly had an early taste of summer weather on Thursday and Friday.  Students are welcome to have a water bottle on their desk.  Due to the likelihood of sticky spills, I ask that students only bring water to keep at their desk.  Other beverages can be enjoyed at snack and lunch time. 

We filled in all of the dates for special events in June on the class calendar and it looks like we are in for a busy month!  Please check your child’s Communication Bag for notices and read the newsletters closely.  We are still maintaining our regular class schedule as much as possible and learning will continue till the end of the year.  We also want to put forth our best effort on year end assessments.  Please support your child by making sure they are coming to school well rested and ready for the day. 

I am very proud of the positive growth mindsets that I saw during our literacy assessments!  Everyone put their best effort into the assessments and we’re glad to have it behind us.

Literacy:   Please remember to record the title of the book that your child reads each night.  When reading with your child, stop at various points throughout the book and ask them questions about the story or new vocabulary words.   Please continue to use the list of comprehension questions that was sent home. 

We are continuing our learning about animal life cycles and about respecting nature.  I’m happy to report that all of our sunflowers have recovered and are looking healthy!

Math:  This week’s numbers of the day will be 160-164.  At the beginning of May everyone made a prediction about how many school days we would have.  It will be interesting to see what our closest estimation was!

We continue to work on selecting appropriate strategies for addition and subtraction, with students working with equations at their level. Some students are working with 2 digit equations, some are working with a combination of one and two digits and some students are working with one digit equations. Regular practice of the basic math facts (10 partners, doubles, 1more/less) is beneficial as students are realizing that using mental math is faster than having to calculate the answer.  Please continue to practice counting coins at home.  Practicing word problems is also beneficial. 

Mrs. Burnett gave _____ stickers to the grade 2 class and ____ stickers to the grade ¾ class.  How many stickers did she give out all together? (fill in the blanks with numbers that are appropriate for your child’s level)  You could also ask them which class was given the most stickers and how many more did they get?

We are continuing to work on describing and identifying real world examples of 3D objects (cylinder, sphere, prism, cone, cube, pyramid).  We are also learning about increasing patterns.

Dates to Remember

Monday, June 4:

Tuesday, June 5: Jump Rope for Heart at noon recess

Wednesday, June 6: Library books due back, Creative Clusters

Thursday, June 7: York Care visit with the whole school

Friday, June 8: LHHS clubs

Monday, June 11: Great Canadian Bagel hot lunch (instead of Tuesday)

Have a wonderful week!