Week 5: Oct 1-5

Tomorrow is Orange Shirt Day in the ocsb, because Every Child Matters. During Library time this week, students listened to the story When We Were Alone, by David Alexander Robertson. This story, which is recommended for a K-4 audience, is about a grandmother's memories of her time at a residential school, and about empowerment and strength. We will follow this up with designing our own Orange t-shirts for display in the hallway. You can read about Orange Shirt Day here. Your child is encouraged to wear an orange shirt or t-shirt to school Monday, Oct. 1.

Our Thanksgiving Mass will be held on Wednesday morning, at 9:30 a.m. Some students from the Gr. 4 class have been chosen to read at Mass. Parents are always welcome to join us in the gym.

Thursday will be a very busy day! First block will be our Annual Terry Fox Walk. Thank you to those parents who are able to volunteer to supervise during the walk, and to everyone who raised funds for this very important cause. We have talked about Terry Fox, who he is, and why he ran from Newfoundland to Thunder Bay.  Second block will be our first Faith Buddy block. The Gr. 4 class is partnered with a primary class to participate in "buddy" activities focussed on Community. I will post pictures on Twitter! In the afternoon, with the Gr. 5, Mrs. Burgham and I are planning a STEM challenge to wrap up the week - it should be a lot of fun!

Don't forget: 
- Friday is a P.D. Day; there is no school for students. It is Christian Community Day for teachers. 
-Monday is Thanksgiving - have a great long weekend!
-Tuesday, Oct. 9 is the Cross Country Running Meet - good luck to the team!
-Wednesday, Oct. 10 is Picture Day! Bring your smiles!

In Math, in both groups, we had a short review quiz on Friday, just to check for understanding of place value, including standard form, expanded form and word form , as well as addition with regrouping. Any students experiencing difficulty with these topics will be sitting down 1:1 with either myself or a parent volunteer. We will move on to subtraction and decimals next.

In Language Arts, Grade 4 are finishing up their paragraphs about their "Dream", and Grade 5 students are interviewing each other to write their biographies. These will be presented to the class before they begin researching and writing the biography of a person they admire.