May 25-29, 2026

Learning Intentions:

• I can name and describe circles, squares, rectangles, and triangles.
• I can count the sides and vertices (corners) of 2D shapes.
• I can find shapes in my classroom, community, and artwork.
• I can find 2D shapes within 3D shapes and build 3D objects.
• I can explain how shapes can help people build shelters and stay warm.

This week in Math, students explored 2D and 3D shapes through conversations, videos, hands-on activities, and independent learning. Students practiced identifying and describing shapes while noticing how shapes are used in the world around us. We also made meaningful connections to Indigenous cultures by learning how shapes are used in art, storytelling, music, and building. Students discovered how star blankets are created by combining many small diamond shapes into one large star, and how the Métis use repeating patterns in their beadwork. We also discussed how the shapes of objects can support their purpose, such as the cone shape of a tipi, the cylinder shape of a drum that helps produce strong sound, and the rectangular shapes used when constructing shelters in northern communities. These discussions helped students see how math connects to culture, creativity, and everyday life.

Learning Intentions:

• I can use details from a story to create pictures in my mind.
• I can illustrate and describe scenes from a text using important details.
• I can use a dictionary to learn the meaning of new words.
• I can use new vocabulary words correctly in sentences.
• I can explain cause and effect in a story using evidence from the text.

Students continued our novel study of Charlotte’s Web by reading Chapters 7-10 together. During our reading, students practiced using visualization by creating mental pictures from descriptive text and illustrating four scenes showing early summer on the farm. We also explored new vocabulary words such as loathed, envy, unremitting and sensible by learning how to use a dictionary, looking up meanings, and practicing using the words correctly in sentences. To strengthen comprehension skills, students answered questions about the chapters and learned about cause and effect, using evidence from the text to explain how events in the story are connected.

Supporting Your Child At Home:

Literacy:

- While reading at home, pause and ask your child to picture the scene in their mind and describe what they “see.” They could also draw a quick picture of the setting or characters using details from the story.

- Choose unfamiliar words for a book or other text and look them up in a dictionary. Try using the word in a new sentence.

 

Math:

- Go on a 2D and 3D shape hunt around your home or community! Ask your child to find and name shapes they see and describe where they found them.

- Challenge them to build a simple structure or picture using household objects, or make drawings using different shapes.

 

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May 19-22, 2026

 Learning Intentions

• I can name the seasons
• I can see how the land changes when the sun gets warm
• I can name animals that sleep all winter
• I can explain what migration means and why animals do it
• I can explain what hibernation is
• I can tell how animals stay warm in the snow

This week in Science, students started their Earth Sciences unit… and Spring was “in the air”. So far in this unit we have learned about Spring and Summer Changes, Hibernation and Winter Survival, and Animal Migration. As we enter the planting season, students considered how the earth “wakes up” after the long winter season. Students were practicing both the months of the year and the four seasons in our math lessons. We also explored First Nations perspectives on the Spring Equinox and learned how they watched animals to know when the seasons changed.

Learning Intentions

• I can skip safely in my own space
• I can skip using a step and hop pattern
• I can skip at different speeds
• I can show coordination and balance while skipping
• I can stop and start skipping with control

This week in Gym, students practiced their skipping skills to prepare for our school-wide Heart and Stroke’s “Jump Rope for Heart”. Skipping is a cost-effective way to get cardio exercise, and we talked about how it is important to include cardio exercise in their lives to improve their overall health. Students learned easy healthy habits and helped raise funds to support lifesaving heart and brain research. Thanks to our TRS families who shared their time and resources for this worthwhile cause.

Supporting Your Child at Home:

• Literacy (Vocabulary): Ask your child to practice naming the months and seasons. You can name a month and ask which month comes before and goes after that month.

• Math: Your child brought home basic facts to practice. Please have them complete the work to build faster recall.

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May 11-15, 2026

Learning Intentions:

• I can listen to a story read aloud
• I can recall key details about a story
• I can make connections between the story and my life
• I can use my senses to provide more detail about a story
• I can make predictions based on prior knowledge

This week, the students continued their novel study on Charlotte's Web. Through reading chapters 1-4, the students have practiced active listening skills. Through conversations and comprehension questions, the students have worked on retelling key events from the story. The students revisited the three types of connections: text to self, text to text and text to world and how they help the reader relate to the story. Finally, they focused on how to describe Wilbur's world through the senses. They answered what the farm looks like, sounds like, tastes like, smells like and feels like from Wilbur's perspective. They are excited to see what happens next in the story!

Learning Intentions:

• I can describe things based on the time of day (morning, noon, afternoon, evening)
• I can use non-standard units of time to describe how time passes
• I can measure how long it takes to complete a task 
• I can understand the sequence of the days of the week
• I can understand the sequence of the months of the year
• I can use a calendar to help understand when important events take place
• I can use my knowledge of time to solve word problems

This week, the Grade 1 and 2 students focused on the concept of time and how we can measure time in different ways. The Grade 1 students spent a lot of "time" learning about different vocabulary to describe different times in the day such as morning and evening. They also focused on describing time by using the seasons and the days of the week. The Grade 2 students focused on measuring time using non-standard units, the months of the year and calendars. They also using their mathematical knowledge to solve word problems around time. The students will continue to explore these concepts within time next week!

Supporting Your Child at Home:

• Literacy: Please continue to read and write with your child at home. We are seeing an increase of confidence in the students and we want to continue to push them to feel good when they are reading or writing. 
• Math: Please continue to practice addition and subtraction basic facts so students can solve these problems quickly and with accuracy. 

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May 4-8, 2026

Learning Intentions 

• I can hold a cricket bat the right way. 
• I can practice hitting a ball from a tee or gentle toss. 
• I can throw a ball toward a target. 
• I can follow simple cricket rules during games. 
• I can show fair play and respect during competition

Students participated in a Cricket Residency this week. The instructors started our sessions off by sharing the fact that cricket was declared Canada’s first national sport in 1867 by Sir John A. MacDonald (lacrosse replaced it 1.5 years later). Skills lessons for cricket included: batting skills, bowling skills, running skills and fielding skills. Your child should be able to explain how to hold the bat, how to hit the ball and how points are scored. This was a great opportunity for students to learn a bit about this popular sport and to try it out for themselves. 

Learning Intentions 

• I can share my ideas through pictures, letters and words.
• I can use sounds I hear, and UFLI lessons, to help me spell words. 
• I can add details to make my writing clear.
• I can write stories, facts and opinions for different purposes.
• I can organize my writing with a beginning, middle and end.
• I can edit my writing for spelling, punctuation and neatness. 

In Literacy this week, students have also been working on their reading and writing skills. Over the past few weeks, students have had opportunities to further develop their ability and creativity as writers. As developing authors, they are practicing applying expressive words – such as adjectives. Whether they had a picture prompt or a word bank, they practiced building engaging stories. Students also created some unique, new ice cream flavour names that featured alliteration. These combined experiences should help them to appreciate the writer, E.B. White, as we read their classic novel: Charlotte’s Web. 

Supporting Your Child at Home: 

Literacy: 
Ask your child to write step-by-step instructions for a simple activity, like brushing your teeth. They should include words such as first, next, then, and finally.  

Math: 
Your child brought home basic facts to practice. Please have them complete the work to build faster recall.

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