January Newsletter
Dear Parents,
Happy New Year! With the New Year upon us, I have planned some fun new experiences for the students. In February, we will be snowshoeing in Gatineau Park for a field trip. We have a class set of snowshoes at St. Anne, so I am hoping to give the students an opportunity to practice before our adventure in February.
Important Dates: January 24 - PD Day
Math -We are beginning our unit on Data Management. These are the overall expectations for this unit:
-Demonstrate an ability to organize objects into categories, by sorting and classifying objects using two or more attributes simultaneously .
-Collect data by conducting a simple survey about themselves, their environment, issues in their school or community, or content from another subject;
-Collect and organize data and display the data in charts, tables, and graphs (including vertical and horizontal bar graphs), with appropriate titles and labels and with labels ordered appropriately along horizontal axes, as needed, using many-to-one correspondence (e.g., in a pictograph, one car sticker represents 3 cars; on a bar graph, one square represents 2 students)
-Read data presented in charts, tables, and graphs, then describe the data using comparative language, and describe the shape of the data.
-Interpret and draw conclusions from data presented in charts, tables, and graphs;
-Demonstrate an understanding of mode, and identify the mode in a set of data.
In this unit, students will be practicing sorting data using a Venn diagram, conducting surveys with classmates, and reading and interpreting data on bar graphs and pictographs.
Homework - Students are asked to continue reading every night for 20 minutes.
Weekly Spelling Words and homework will continue to come home on Mondays. This is due every Friday.
Language
Writing- We are starting our unit on Persuasive writing. When students write paragraphs, I am looking for an opening sentence, at least three examples, a detail for each example, and a closing sentence. I also ask students to focus on writing conventions (using capital letters, using a personal dictionary or word wall for spelling, making sure sentences make sense). For our Persuasive writing unit, I will continue to focus on these important aspects of a good paragraph and will introduce students to “persuasive” adjectives.
Reading - Our focus for Reading this month will be on finding the Main Idea in a passage as well as Making Inferences in what we read. Students will continue to practice with short EQAO reading passages.
Science - We completed our Forces unit in December. We are now beginning our unit on Strong and Stable Structures.
As always, if you have any questions or concerns about anything in the classroom or in this newsletter, please let me know and I will be happy to discuss with you.
Thank you,
Mrs. Tonon
Dear Parents,
Happy New Year! With the New Year upon us, I have planned some fun new experiences for the students. In February, we will be snowshoeing in Gatineau Park for a field trip. We have a class set of snowshoes at St. Anne, so I am hoping to give the students an opportunity to practice before our adventure in February.
Important Dates: January 24 - PD Day
Math -We are beginning our unit on Data Management. These are the overall expectations for this unit:
-Demonstrate an ability to organize objects into categories, by sorting and classifying objects using two or more attributes simultaneously .
-Collect data by conducting a simple survey about themselves, their environment, issues in their school or community, or content from another subject;
-Collect and organize data and display the data in charts, tables, and graphs (including vertical and horizontal bar graphs), with appropriate titles and labels and with labels ordered appropriately along horizontal axes, as needed, using many-to-one correspondence (e.g., in a pictograph, one car sticker represents 3 cars; on a bar graph, one square represents 2 students)
-Read data presented in charts, tables, and graphs, then describe the data using comparative language, and describe the shape of the data.
-Interpret and draw conclusions from data presented in charts, tables, and graphs;
-Demonstrate an understanding of mode, and identify the mode in a set of data.
In this unit, students will be practicing sorting data using a Venn diagram, conducting surveys with classmates, and reading and interpreting data on bar graphs and pictographs.
Homework - Students are asked to continue reading every night for 20 minutes.
Weekly Spelling Words and homework will continue to come home on Mondays. This is due every Friday.
Language
Writing- We are starting our unit on Persuasive writing. When students write paragraphs, I am looking for an opening sentence, at least three examples, a detail for each example, and a closing sentence. I also ask students to focus on writing conventions (using capital letters, using a personal dictionary or word wall for spelling, making sure sentences make sense). For our Persuasive writing unit, I will continue to focus on these important aspects of a good paragraph and will introduce students to “persuasive” adjectives.
Reading - Our focus for Reading this month will be on finding the Main Idea in a passage as well as Making Inferences in what we read. Students will continue to practice with short EQAO reading passages.
Science - We completed our Forces unit in December. We are now beginning our unit on Strong and Stable Structures.
As always, if you have any questions or concerns about anything in the classroom or in this newsletter, please let me know and I will be happy to discuss with you.
Thank you,
Mrs. Tonon