This week's sight words were "are" and "his" and our focus letter was R.

We have also started to work with the digraphs (when two letters work together to make one sound) ch, th, and sh as well as ck. We have been practicing identifying these digraphs in words that we see in different texts as well as practicing writing words that begin and end with these sounds.

In Science, we learned about the life cycle of a pumpkin through books and videos and completed a small pumpkin booklet. Next week, we will do a pumpkin investigation and make predictions for how many seeds there are in our pumpkin, whether it will float or sink in a tub of water, and do some measuring of our pumpkin. We also started a pumpkin art piece on Thursday which we will complete on Monday.

In Math, we continue to practice counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s and have started to identify even and odd numbers. Here is a link to a catchy song we listened to all about counting by 2s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMQ89agGfrk Definitely worth a listen! :)

This week, the students also worked at identifying and filling in missing numbers on a variety of number lines up to 20. Many students continue to work at ensuring the correct orientation of their numbers. Numbers 3, 5, and 7 often get reversed. We have also started to use number lines to help us solve addition problems with sums up to 15.

Once a week, we work on an Esti-Mystery as a class. These are fantastic estimation challenges created by a fellow named Steve Wyborney that involve number work, the concepts of greater and less than, patterning, and more. See the photo below for an example.

HALLOWEEN at MTS

Halloween is on Thursday, October 31, students in K-4 can wear their costumes to school.  

A reminder to all participants to please leave any weapons or gory accessories that may go with your costume at home.  Costumes must be non-violent in nature (no guns, swords, fake blood). If a mask is part of their Halloween costume, we ask that students not wear the mask at school as it may be disruptive to student learning.  

Please do not send any treats with your child to share due to allergies and other medical concerns. 

Students will be participating in classroom-based Halloween-themed learning activities that are sure to be fun and engaging. 

Upcoming Dates

FRIDAY                     PD Day - NO SCHOOL

October 30                FUN LUNCH - Little Caesars Pizza

November 7              Remembrance Day Assembly - 10:30am

November 8              Non-Instructional Day - NO SCHOOL

November 11-13       FALL Break - NO SCHOOL

November 19            Picture Re-take Day

November 26            Grade 2 Field Trip to Sam Centre (Pynn/Thomson/Olson)

November 27            Grade 2 Field Trip to Sam Centre (Penford/Klasen) ** Make sure to cancel your FUNLUNCH Order

November 27            FUN LUNCH - SUBWAY

November 28            NO SCHOOL FOR KINDERGARTEN

November 29            NO SCHOOL FOR ALL STUDENTS

November 28 & 29    Parent/Teacher Conferences