*Dear Parents - when you read a story with your child. Ask them the 5W questions
Who - who was in the book?
What - what happened?
When - what time of day did the events happen?
Where - where did the story take place?
Why - why did the character _________________?
How - First, then, next and last (happened in the story)
This week's spelling words are:
1. a
2. I
3. she
4. he
5. me Bonus Word HINT: ______
Cat in the ____ Hat
*The bonus word will be added to next week's 5 words too!
Dear Parents,
This is
just to let you know that every Monday your child will bring home 5
new spelling words to practise. However, you should know spelling does not
count towards your child’s Language Arts mark. My spelling program is to
encourage the recognition of words and use of phonics to help assist your
child in becoming active in their reading and writing skills.
To help
your child with their writing please consider the following. Visit this website to
help your child learn the words: http://www.spellingcity.com/ Give your child the
opportunity to write down:
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Shopping / Grocery lists
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Writing stories
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Keeping a journal/diary
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Writing letters and cards for friends and family
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Buying word cards from Dollarama
Are just a few ways
to encourage your child to start writing.
Thank you to all who contributed a donation to the Terry Fox - Cancer
Research Foundation. Monday morning our class will be taking part in the
Terry Fox run at Thorncliffe Park Public School.
Today in class we watched the video below. Maybe you can watch it with
your child or family and discuss the bravery of a young man who
struggled with cancer. Terry Fox created a life-long-memory to remember
those who are sick and need help to find a cure.
"Terry Fox was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and raised in Port
Coquitlam, British Columbia, a community near Vancouver on Canada's west
coast. An active teenager involved in many sports, Terry was only 18
years old when he was diagnosed with osteogenic sarcoma (bone cancer)
and forced to have his right leg amputated 15 centimetres (six inches)
above the knee in 1977.
While in hospital, Terry was so overcome by the suffering of other
cancer patients, many of them young children, that he decided to run
across Canada to raise money for cancer research.
He would call his journey the Marathon of Hope.
It was a journey that Canadians never forgot.
After 18 months and running over 5,000 kilometres (3,107 miles) to
prepare, Terry started his run in St. John’s, Newfoundland on April 12,
1980 with little fanfare. Although it was difficult to garner attention
in the beginning, enthusiasm soon grew, and the money collected along
his route began to mount. He ran close to 42 kilometres (26 miles) a day
through Canada's Atlantic provinces, Quebec and Ontario. However, on
September 1st, after 143 days and 5,373 kilometres (3,339 miles), Terry
was forced to stop running outside of Thunder Bay, Ontario because
cancer had appeared in his lungs. An entire nation was stunned and
saddened. Terry passed away on June 28, 1981 at the age 22.
The heroic Canadian was gone, but his legacy was just beginning.
To date, over $550 million has been raised worldwide for cancer
research in Terry's name through the annual Terry Fox Run, held across
Canada and around the world." - www.terryfox.org/Foundation/
