NEWSLETTER NO. 29
MON. 1 APR. 2019
Dear Parents,
REMINDERS FOR THIS WEEK & EARLY NEXT WEEK:
Mon. 1 Apr. - day 6: School resumes following the mid-semester break
Tues. 2 Apr. - day 7: World Autism Awareness Day
Wed. 3 Apr. - day 8:
Thurs. 4 Apr. - day 1: G5 Social Change Maker’s Conference - Part 2, from 10:30am-12:30pm. We will have 5 more social change makers presenting to our students. Parents are invited to attend. Here is a list of our presenters:
G5 Social Change Maker’s Conference 2018-2019 Presenters (scroll down to part 2 presenters)
Fri. 5 Apr. - day 2: Diversity Day
INCLUSIVE SCHOOLS WEEK PLANS
From the Inclusive Schools Week Planning Team:
April 1-5, 2019, Inclusive Schools Week. #kaleidoscopeoffriends.
The ISKL Community Schoolwide will celebrate the progress that we have made in providing a supportive and quality education to an increasingly diverse student population. The week will also provide an important opportunity for educators, students and parents to discuss what else needs to be done in order to ensure that ISKL continues to successfully educate all children. Events will be planned to engage the students, teachers, and parents.
April 1, 2019, Coffee Chat & Resource Fair.
To kick off Inclusive Schools Week there will be a Coffee Chat and Resource Fair in the Community Room from 8:15 - 9:45 am. This is a great opportunity for parents to learn about the resources that the Student Resource Team (SRT) offers to support students in their learning and development at ISKL. In addition to learning about speech and language therapy, educational psychology, and counseling available at ISKL, parents will also have the opportunity to learn about additional supports that can be accessed outside of school to support their child and family. Coffee and snacks will be provided. Parents need to RSVP - Click Here.
April 2, 2019, is World Autism Awareness Day
#LightItUpBlue The ISKL ES community is encouraged to support the ‘Autism Speaks - Light it up Blue Campaign’ by wearing blue to increase understanding and acceptance of autism.
April 5, 2019, Diversity Day
As Inclusive Schools Week wraps up, ES students are encouraged to dress in clothes that highlight them as unique individuals. #kaleidoscopeoffriends
CLASS WORK LAST WEEK
Language Arts: Reading, writing, speaking & listening:
In the week prior to the break for reading, the students concluded their reading unit titled, ‘Fantasy Book Clubs’. The students finished their fantasy book club books. For writing, the students also concluded their fantasy writing unit. They finished writing their short fantasy story, their ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ fantasy story using Google slides and they also continued their year-long ‘Free Choice Writing Project’ where they continued the process of writing and publishing their own realistic or fantasy story on their laptops using a Google doc. On Fri. 22 Mar. from 2:00-2:45pm, all G5 students were involved in a fantasy writing share where they shared their fantasy writing with mixed groups of students. I also continued reading a series of short fantasy stories by Paul Jennings from his books, Unreal, Unbelievable, Uncanny and Quirky Tales. The students also continued daily typing practice from 7:50 - 8:10am using the www.typing.com program.
This week the students will begin new reading and writing units. The reading unit it titled, ‘Unit 4: Informational Reading to Guide and Support Research’ and the writing unit is titled, ‘Unit 4: Expository Writing (information and opinion). Both literacy units will be integrated with and support our social studies unit titled, ‘Social Change’.
Math:
In the week prior to the break, the students concluded Unit 5 titled: ‘Multiplying and Dividing Fractions’.
Lessons covered:
Lesson 10: Dividing of whole numbers by fractions
Lesson 11: Dividing of fractions by whole numbers
Review of unit
Students also completed the end-of-unit written assessment.
This week, we will begin our next math unit titled, ‘Unit 6: Order of Operations’.
SOCIAL STUDIES
As I mentioned above, we have started our next social studies unit titled, ‘Social Change’. Here is the Enduring understanding, Essential Questions and Unit Questions for the unit:
Enduring Understandings:
Throughout time, active citizens have been/are a part of a leadership role or government to influence positive change.
Responsible citizens strive to address unfair conditions by using available resources to promote change.
Essential Questions:
Why does social change happen?
What will I do to make a positive social change when I see the need?
Unit Questions:
Who are change makers throughout history?
Why do social issues and conflicts arise?
How can a responsible citizen affect change?
COUNSELING LESSONS
Our G4&5 Counselor - Stephanie Stone - will conduct her usual counseling lesson on Tues. 2 Apr. - the next day 7 - from 8:30-9:00am
UPCOMING MAR. APR. & MAY 2019 CLASS & SCHOOL EVENTS
Fri. 19 Apr: Good Friday. School is in session. Red Hats’ Free Dress Day.
Sat. 20 Apr: Community Recycling Program in the Cell Phone Car Park from 9:30-11:30am.
Mon. 22 Apr: ES Earth Week begins.
Thurs. 25 Apr: ES MAP testing program begins.
Tues. 30 Apr: G5 Night of the Notables Presentation for parents in the Melawati Theatre from 7:00-8:00pm. More details TBA.
Wed. 1 May: Labour Day holiday - no school
Until next week,
Best regards,
David
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