Our field trip to Storybook Theatre was a lot of fun and the students really enjoyed the show. For many of them, it was their first experience going to see a play at a theatre. The acting, singing, and dancing were all very well done and will hopefully have the children excited to see more live theatre in the future.

This week we focused on the "at" and "ap" word families. We will continue to look at other short vowel "a" word families next week. We have been practicing reading many CVC (consonant vowel consonant) words with "a" this week during our daily Shared Reading.

In Math, we practiced representing numbers 1 - 20 using ten frames. The students also had fun doing an "Around the Room" ten frame hunt. They had to find 24 different ten frames and identify the number being represented. Next week, we will be learning how to represent numbers 1-20 on number lines.

Once a week, we do a "Which One Doesn't Belong" Math Talk. Please see this week's in the photo below. You may be interested to ask your child which item they feel does not belong and have them explain their thinking.

We have been working on some special wintry art this week that will get made into art cards for an upcoming fundraiser. The cards can be purchased to be sent at Christmas and/or other Winter holidays. More information will be coming shortly.

The students made monsters out of playdough, googly eyes, and pipe cleaners this week. Afterward, they had to write sentences to describe their monster and to tell about what they liked to eat and do.  You can see some examples below.

We went to our Grade 4 Buddies' classroom today to hear the story Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds. The students then got to create their own Creepy Carrot using Sharpies and paper. Your child should have brought their carrot home today. Mrs. Miller (the Grade 4 teacher) talked to the students about the artistic choices made by the illustrator to depict a spooky atmosphere such as colour choice and shading. We also listened to the illustrator talk about the process of illustrating a book and got to see how many different illustrations he did before the final ones were chosen.

Due to our Field Trip, we had to change our Library day to today. We will go back to our regular Tuesday time next week. Please return Home Reading and Library books on Monday, if you have not done so already.

Important information regarding Halloween at MTS:

Please ensure your child does not wear a mask as part of their Halloween costume while at school. Also, we ask that children do not bring props such as swords and do not have any gore. Please ensure that your child's costume will allow for participation in all learning activities including Gym and that they will be able to go to the washroom independently (no assistance needed for zippers, buttons, etc.). Lastly, please do not send treats with your child to be handed out to other students. Thank you for your cooperation. :)