September 22-26, 2025

 Learning Intentions:

• I can tell the steps I use to do an investigation.
• I can explain why we do an investigation (to learn, to test, to discover).
• I can ask questions when I am curious about something.

This week, we started our first unit in Science on the Scientific Method. We learned about the different steps to take when investigating including observations, hypothesis, experiments and conclusions. The students participated in their own investigation where they went to the schoolyard to look for signs of plants changing/wilting. They found many different examples and were able to relate it back to the season of Fall!

Learning Intentions:

• I can listen to stories about other people and their cultures.
• I can reflect on how our history has impacted people’s lives.
• I can explain why the season of Fall is important to Indigenous groups.
• I can tell you about Orange Shirt Day and why it is important to recognize.

In Social Studies this week, the students explored the Fall Equinox and Orange Shirt Day. Throughout their exploration, they learned about what treaty means and how it impacts people living in Canada today. They also made connections to Stone Soup when discussing the importance of the Fall Equinox for many Indigenous groups. The students listened to various stories and participated in many discussions around Orange Shirt Day and how residential schools left an impact and continue to leave an impact on the Indigenous community today. The students took time to reflect on these lessons and created a message of love, healing and support focusing on “Every Child Matters.” The messages will be shared with an Indigenous community center nearby. We also met on Friday with our buddy class and completed a reflective task about what is important to us based on the story "My Suitcase," By Christina Fox. 

 

Supporting Your Students at Home:

• Spelling – Please continue to support your student on their spelling journey! Lists are sent home on Friday after the previous Spelling Test.
• Math – We are wrapping up our Patterns unit shortly, and will be starting Skip-Counting. Please continue to practice counting at home with your child. Counting by 5s and 10s is a great place to start once your child can count to 100 independently.

Sunrise Spelling Group Words

1. close

2. doze

3. June

4. nose

5. pole

6. rode

7. role

8. rose

9. rule

10. tune

11. use

12. woke

Review:

1. frog

2. hum

3. job

4. shut

Challenge: 

1. flute

2. wrote

Sunset Spelling Group Words

1. fit

2. him

3. is

4. it

5. pin

6. sip

Review:

1. an

2. cat

3. nap

4. pan

Challenge:

1. rich

2. spin