Brown, L and Nightingale, E: Week of April 19-21

Mrs. Brown and Ms. Nightingale

Week of April 19-21

Hello Parents.

I hope you all had a wonderful long weekend spent with family and friends. We jumped right back into school today and the children were very busy. Ask them about what they did today. If they respond with, "Nothing", let me know!

Here are the events and reminders for this week. Make sure you scroll down for important information about our first cross country meet happening tomorrow.

This Week:

Writing: We will begin poetry this week.

Reading: Novel Study: "Number the Stars". We will be reading chapter 14 to 16 and students will complete a written response for each chapter. Ask your child about the story and what is happening at this point in the novel. Also, get them to predict what they think might happen.

Math: Multiplication drills; *Please help your child learn their multiplication tables.*; Today we started long division. I am putting a lot of importance on following the steps of long division, even if the answer is easy to see. Some children are having difficulty with the steps but we will be practising all week. You can expect some homework on this topic if your child is unable to finish the work at school.

We also started our geometry unit by exploring and sorting quadrilaterals based on multiple attributes (parallel lines, length of sides, etc.). Next week we are going to explore and sort shapes based on their lines of symmetry.

Science: We continue our unit on Simple Machines. This week students will continue to learn about the wheels and axles and how wheels cannot work properly without an axle. Students are in the process of using various materials to create their own wheels and axles and make them roll not slide. Ask your child about their creation and whether they had success with this.

Social Studies - We finished chapter 3 of Fatty Legs and students answered a series of response questions related to the reading. Ask your child about Olemaun's experience at residential school. How does it compare to Brentwood Elementary?

Art: We continue to paint and glaze our clay creatures. They should be coming home soon.

P.E.: Our focus is on volleyball skills and cooperative games.

Reminders:

Bayside Band - Visit Wednesday, April 19th at 2:00pm

Hot Lunch: Wednesday, April 19th

Class Picture Day - Friday, April 21st

Cadence Music Group - Wednesday, April 26th - Parents are invited to attend this awesome performance.

Cross Country - Wednesday, April 19th We have our first meet this week. Just another friendly reminder that parents are responsible for arranging transportation to and from the meet for your child. Once you arrive, please have your child check in by the Brentwood sign and wait nearby for the warm up and instructions. We will talk to the students about expectations for behaviour, but we really appreciate parents helping to keep kids relatively calm (we understand it’s very exciting) and in the area of the Brentwood sign. It’s really important that students are not running over to the finish area before their race has taken place as this can cause delays and congestion at the finish line. They will see kids from other schools doing this, but it is discouraged and at Brentwood we ask that all students remain the the pre-race area until after their race. Once your child’s race is over please make sure they go and sign out with the teacher who is in charge of this (we will let them know ahead of time who this will be).

During the meet you may ask, “Why is this taking so long to start?” Please understand that all of the volunteers are doing their best to get things going as quickly as possible. We are not able to start until all schools have arrived and the marshals are in place. If we do not have enough volunteers to marshals then we have to wait, for safety reasons, until we do. Our school hosts the second meet and we will need parents to volunteer at this meet. Please let Mrs. MacGregor or Mrs. Sinclair-Wise know if you are available. The other thing to keep in mind is that the grade 3 route is shorter than the grade 4 and 5 route. This means that after the grade 3s have run we need time to reset the course and move marshals. The grade 3s have typically run first at the first meet, but run last at both the second and third meet. This is so that the grade 4s and 5s can have the opportunity to run first in front of the larger crowd. If the grade 3s ran in between the 4s and 5s we would need to reset the course twice which would take too long. We truly do appreciate your patience and support. Go Brentwood!

New Gym Floor: In an attempt to keep the gym floor clean, I am insisting the kids wear clean shoes. Please make sure your child has a pair of clean shoes ready for gym.

Refex Math: It has been decided that the PAC will not renew the school subscription for Reflex Math. As a result, students will no longer be able to access their accounts. Instead of Reflex, it is expected that students spend 20 minutes a night working on Prodigy Math. If you have any questions, please email me.

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