Hello students & parents!
I hope you are enjoying the warmer weather and sunshine- let's hope it stays! Please take a look at our updates/reminders for the next month.
REMINDERS/UPDATES:
- thank you for sending EXACT CHANGE for pizza, sub orders and trips- it really helps!
- I will be absent this Thursday & Friday, as well as April 22 for workshops.
- Subway lunch is April 11th & Hot Dog lunch is April 25th for those who have put in orders- enjoy!!
- School Mass April 15th at 10:30am, Holy Rosary April 17 at 10:30am and May 2nd Month of Mary Mass.
- please note that Good Friday is April 18th & Easter Monday is April 21st. Please enjoy your Easter long weekend with your family!
- we have 3 trips planned: the Science Centre on Monday April 28 that is FREE thanks to the generosity of CSAC and we are also watching a Passion Play at Don Bosco high school on Monday April 14th in the morning- permission forms will be sent home this week- please look out for them! We will need volunteers for the Science Centre so please indicate on the permission form if you are able volunteer for the day- thanks! The students will also be going to the Black Violin Concert at the Living Arts Centre May 1st in the AM!
- Scientist in the Schools for Electricity May 8th in the PM!
- please continue to check out your child's blogging at http://kidblog.org/MrsMassarosClass-2/ and leave comments!!
- if you haven't done so already, please follow St. Marcellus on Twitter at @MarcellusTCDSB!
- in Math, we are working on Chapter 6- Multiplication! Students have been working on multiplication drills at the start of each lesson. It is SUPER IMPORTANT for students to know their multiplication table up to 12 very well as multiplication is the building block for many upcoming Math chapters! If possible, please test your child on their multiplication tables by verbally asking them questions or using flash cards, which you can get at the Dollar Store. We also hope to cover Chapter 9 & 10- Multiplying & Dividing Decimals this month.
- in Media, the students continue to work on creating their Digital Footprint videos in groups. Please see the previous blog post in March for more details. This project will be due in May.
- Students, if you have read this line, message me privately on Edmodo & tell me one thing I shared in this blog post! :)
- in Language, we have completed working on making predictions & making connections with Black History texts and will be moving on to POETRY and making inferences! Students are also continuing practicing their writing process by completing their persuasive paper on an influential Black History key figure. Soon, students will also be creating their own poetry!
- in Science, we are completing Space & students will have a final test in a few weeks and are working on a project about a Space topic of their choosing, which they will present using Blendspace- an online presentation tool on Thursday April 24. When we visit the Science Centre, students will also be checking out various exhibits that connect to our different Science strands this year.
- in Social Studies, we are beginning our First Nations unit! Much of the work & assessments will be done on Edmodo, so please check your child's Edmodo account often!
- in Health & Fully Alive, we continue to explore our SELF IDENTITY by participating in discussions about our body & mind. I have been meeting with the girls and boys separately so that they are comfortable asking questions and contributing to discussions.
- in Religion, we also continue to explore different virtues each month and at times incorporate drama to demonstrate the virtues. April's virtue is JUSTICE.
- in Art, the students have been taking the lead on Art lessons in pairs each week! I have been very impressed with the artistic talent in our class! In this Project Based Learning, students teach a lesson that has a moral lesson and a follow up Art activity.
As always, thank you for reading!
Mrs Massaro
