November 14, 2022

Parent Teacher Interviews

• Parent Teacher Interviews are Thursday Nov. 17 and Friday Nov. 18.

• An email was sent Friday Oct. 28 to let parents / guardians know of the interview days coming up and to ask for their time preferences.

• Please email Ms. Hall at gwynneth.hall@tdsb.on.ca to book at time to meet. Time slots still available:

• Thursday Nov. 17, 5:45 - 7:30 pm

• Friday Nov. 18, 8:00 - 8:45 am; 9:15 - 11:30 am

Visual Arts

All students - Name plate for front of desk

Grade 3

• Learning Activity 1 - Illusions

Grade 4

• Learning Activity 1 - Natural Sculpture

Numeracy

• Sum It Up - parent information about individual lessons

• Collecting, Organizing and Describing Data (Gr. 3)

  • Sorting Based on Two or More Attributes Sum It Up (link expires Nov. 28)

  • Collecting and Organizing Data Sum It Up

  • Describing Data Using the Mean Sum It Up

  • Changes in Means and Modes Sum It Up

• Describing and Summarizing Data (Gr. 4)

  • Exploring the Median Sum It Up (link expires Nov. 28)

  • The Mean Sum It Up

• Number Sense - Jump Math exercises

  • mental math - strategies

  • Times tables / skip counting - factors of each number 1 - 9

Science & Technology

• Unit lessons are resuming November 21

• Resources - TVO Learn

• Unit

  • Grade 3 - Forces and Motion

  • Grade 4 - Light and Sound

• Completing the STEM project "lawn mower"

Social Studies

• Resources - TVO Learn

Grade 3 - Early Communities in Canada, 1780-1850

• Environmental Challenges

Grade 4 - Early Civilizations

• Connection with the Environment

Extending Learning at Home

• Homework is assigned on Monday and due the following Monday.

• Please refer to the homework handout and the slides presentation for information about homework.

Outline

• Reading

  • Listening to read alouds - either being read to or listening to an audio book; discuss interesting words that are in text with family and / or teacher(s)

  • Currents 4 Kids article - read the article of the week and complete the two quizzes

  • vocabulary book - study the meaning of five words over the week, complete the book

  • read, read, read - read books of interest

  • reading log - share your thoughts about what you are reading this week

• Writing

  • spelling and vocabulary packet

  • writing reading log

  • practice printing / cursive writing, spacing, correct use of upper and lower case letters

• Numeracy

  • Math Up

    • Your Turn Questions (set of exercises at the end of each lesson)

  • Jump Math

    • Mental math exercises - adding and subtracting strategies; factors of each number; 1 - 9

• Technology

  • learning to touch type with Dance Mat Typing

  • student's credentials can be found in a Doc their Google Drive, in the Share with me section

  • practice navigating the Brightspace classroom and your Google Drive

  • practice using assistive technology tools from Read and Write like text to speech or play pause stop (speech to text)

Events

• Parent Teacher Interviews - Thurs. Nov. 17; after school and evening and Fri. Nov. 18; morning

• PA Day - Friday Nov. 18, 2022

• Retake Picture Day - Tuesday Nov. 22, 2022

• Book Exchange at Perth PS library - Tuesday Nov. 22, 2022

• Book Buddies - Tuesday Nov. 29, 2022

• Public Library visit in school - TBA