October 2026

 This Month!

Math -  We will be starting the month off looking at comparisons and the concept of ratio.  We will be working on data management, learning the parts of a graph, and how to make graphs from primary data that we collect in a Google Sheet.  We will continue working on skip counting and multiplication.  We will be comparing and ordering numbers and working with angles and polygons.   

 Language Arts - The month of October will find us focusing on our writing and reading comprehension skills. We will be focusing on complete sentences with capitals and punctuation.  A goal for a lot of our students is leaving spaces between their words and positioning letters that drop below the line in their appropriate place.  With reading comprehension, we will be looking at the main idea and identifying the supporting details.  We will continue to work on our word-building skills with our morphology unit.  We will be starting our first class novel of the year with The Magic Tree House - Dinosaurs Before Dark.  We will continue with a few forms of poetry each month as well as starting our cursive handwriting skills.  

Physical Education  - We will be starting our fitness centres and locomotion skills for October.  

Health - In October, we will be focusing on online safety, problem-solving, and calming skills.  

Visual Arts -  We will be colouring some Indigenous-inspired art pieces.  We will be creating paper mache statues and may get to start on some clay projects.

Social Studies - To start off the year, we will be working as a whole class to learn the provinces, territories, and capitals of Canada.  We will identify some major bodies of water as well.  We will be working with a variety of maps of Canada and the Waterloo Region.  We will specifically be looking at land use and job opportunities in these areas.  

Science - In October, we will be exploring Growth and Changes in Plants in grade 3 and Habitats and Communities in grade 4.  This will include growing some plant varieties and learning what make plants grow.  We will be looking at the biomes around the world but focusing on the variety of ecosystems that exist across Canada.  

Homework: Homework consists of a reading log.  We are hoping for 5 nights of 20 minutes per night.  There will usually be a Language Arts activity and a math activity each week.  Homework will be sent home on Thursdays and is to be returned on Tuesdays.