Weekly Update - October 7 - 11

Thank you for sending your child in their team colour with such short notice. This is the colour team they will be on throughout their years at St. Patrick Fine Arts. It is a great way to build team spirit across the grades!

Our class will be learning about Thanksgiving and talking about all of the things we are thankful for this week. We will also continue the Fall/Autumn theme.

We continue to work on daily reading stamina and listening to reading. Our writing work has started and we are focusing on word families. For word work we have been working on our spelling words on the white boards, chalk boards, stamping and with our grade four reading buddies.

The first spelling test was a bit stressful because it was the first formal test written by the class. But, I want the students to realize that it is about learning how to spell and read the sight words more than getting a score. Please let me know if your child came home upset and I will gladly let them write the test again in a less stressful setting. I encourage students to share their tests with their families and not compare with each other.

For a fun way to practice the spelling lists, click on the link below. The username and password are both pbeaudina.

http://www.spellingcity.com/pbeaudina/

Our fieldtrip to Helen Schuler is on October 8th. Please send the consent form in if you haven’t already done so.

Dates to Remember:

Oct 8 – Fieldtrip to Helen Schuler – 12:45 – 2:15 p.m.

Oct 10 - Pizza lunch sponsored by 6L

Oct 11 - Thanksgiving Celebration hosted by 3C & 3F @ 12:30

Oct 14 - Thanksgiving Day - School closed

Oct 15 - Professional Development Day - no school for students

Oct 16 - Professional Development Day - no school for students