January 26-30, 2026

     

We hope everyone has been keeping warm over this exceptionally cold few days! Next Monday, Feb. 2nd will be Groundhog Day and we all wait in anticipation for the result. Will the groundhog see his shadow or not? If he does not see his shadow it will mean we're getting an early Spring! If he does see his shadow - we will have 6 more weeks of Winter!

Math: We will be finishing up our measurement unit on Monday or Tuesday. We have been calculating the area of a two-dimensional shape, finding the perimeter and measuring with our rulers. Our S.W.Y.K. will be on Mon. or Tues. Our next math unit will be patterning! In patterning, we will be learning about shape patterns with changing attributes and number patterns (both growing and shrinking). 

In language we continue to work on our reading comprehension. We have been learning different strategies to aid us when responding to questions based on a text. Comprehension is being able to reflect and understand the deeper meanings in a story and being able to answer questions about that content without the "answer" always being directly written in the text. It is the ability to infer, and to respond to a question using support from the text to prove/support your answer. Students will bring home a current reading comprehension assignment to share with you on Thurs. Please click the link in red to see how this work has been assessed. Scoring and Exemplars

We are continuing to work on our non-fiction report about animals. We are writing in complete paragraphs which include an opening sentence, three supporting details, and a closing sentence.

New WWW: probably, usually, friendly, especially, really

***Family Literacy Day is Tuesday, January 27th. Please take a few minutes to read with your child/children. Sharing your favourite childhood story, reading by taking turns (you read a paragraph - your child reads the next), reading a recipe and making a meal together; all these activities show your child that reading is a valuable part of your day and encourage your child to be a life-long reader! If you have time, take a picture and send it to school, of you sharing this important and essential skill - READING!

In Science, we will be learning about friction!

***Junglesport - parents have been sent an email from the school that requires you to give permission for your child to participate in Junglesport. Please ensure you sign the form this week so your child is able to join in this very fun and well loved experience!***

Looking Ahead:

Tuesday, Jan. 27th: Family Literacy Day (send Mrs. Smith or your child's teacher a picture of your family reading together!)

Friday, Jan. 30th: PD Day (no school for students)

Monday, Feb. 2nd: Groundhog Day

Feb. 2-6: Junglesport will be set up in the gym at St. Isabel all week.

Thursday, Feb. 13: Report Cards are available on the Parent Portal

Tuesday, Feb. 17th - Lunar New Year (Year of the Horse)

January 19-23, 2026

                        

Monday, Jan. 19 is United in Black Day (raising awareness of the struggles Black and racialized people have faced and continue to face). Please wear a black t-shirt to stand against anti-black racism!

Math: We will continue to work on our measurement unit. We will be calculating the perimeter and area of a two-dimensional shape and finishing up this portion of measurement. Our next math unit will be patterning! 

Language: We ran out of time to begin our non-fiction learning last week. We will begin it this week and then will write non-fiction paragraphs (about an animal) by determining important ideas that we have read or found, via a google search. Next we will put those ideas into our own words (this is very hard) according to topic. We will also be working on our reading comprehension skills. Here is a visual of what we are looking for when students answer questions posed to them after reading a given text!

WWW: about, new, knew, no, know

Science: We are continuing to work on forces. We will be learning about gravity this week! 

Wednesday, January 21st is Bell Let's Talk Day - the focus this year is on Youth Mental Health. Please see this link for more information: Bell Let's Talk Day

Wishing everyone a wonderful week ahead!

Important dates:

Monday, Jan. 19 - United in Black Day (raising awareness of the struggles Black and racialized people have faced and continue to face). Please wear a black t-shirt to stand against anti-black racism! 

Wednesday, Jan. 21 - Bell Let's Talk Day - focus on youth mental health

Friday, Jan. 23 - St. Isabel Family Winter Ball at 6pm

Friday, Jan. 30 - PD Day (no school for students) 

January 12-16, 2026

         

Language: This week we will review the differences between fiction and non-fiction writing. We will be looking for the features that help us know a text is non-fiction (table of contents, photographs, glossary, index, captions, etc.). In the next few weeks we will then be researching, determining important ideas and writing non-fiction report style explanatory paragraphs on an interesting animal. We will also continue to work on showing our understanding of a given text (self read) by answering questions about the text using full sentences and examples (from the text) to support our answer.

Our new WWW for the week are: terrible, everything, trouble, everybody, hidden

Math: We have completed our 3D shapes unit and we have started our measurement unit. We will be learning about millimetres, centimetres, metres, and kilometres and when to use each unit. We will be measuring lines and measuring from zero on the ruler. Towards the end of the unit, we will be determining the area and perimeter of various polygons.

Science: We are continuing to learn about forces. This week we  learn about static electricity.

***Classroom Request - Please bring in tissue/Kleenex for the classroom (our supplies are running low!)*** Some students also need new headphones as theirs have broken.

Looking ahead:

Monday, Jan. 19 - United in Black Day (raising awareness of the struggles Black and racialized people have faced and continue to face). Please wear a black t-shirt to stand against anti-black racism! 

Friday, Jan. 23 - St. Isabel Family Winter Ball at 6pm

Saturday, Jan. 24 - Bell Let's Talk Day - focus on youth mental health

January 5-9, 2026

                                 

Wishing you and your loved ones a very happy, healthy and blessed 2026! 

Sunday, January 4th is the Epiphany of our Lord. We remember the three Wise Men following the star to baby Jesus, bearing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. What gifts will we give to Jesus this year? Will we choose to embrace his light and share it with the world?

Important Dates:
Monday, January 5th - return to school  

Our learning this week:

Language: We are hoping to begin work on the comparison of fiction vs non-fiction, writing features as well as some goal setting. We don't have any new word wall words this week.

Math: We are continuing our study of 3-D solids unit this week. We are learning to sort, construct, and identify cubes, prisms, pyramids, cylinders, and cones by comparing their faces, edges, vertices, and angles.

Science: We are continuing to work on our unit on Forces. We are learning more about magnetic force this week. 

Family Life: We have a new Family Life Program called Blessed and Beloved. Please look for a family note coming home this week about our new unit. With each new unit we will send home an update and post the Faith on the Fridge link (see below) on our blog for you to print out at home!

Faith on the Fridge

We are excited to be back and are looking forward to sharing the learning and discoveries of 2026!