Science: The Season of Fall

In science we have been working on what the season of fall is all about. We got to go on a leaf hunt, sort through our leaves, learn about why leaves lose their colour and make colourful fall leaves in art!



This is what Fall reminds us of:

• leaves fall
• close to winter
• leaves change colours
• starts to get gold
• Halloween
• Birthday
• flowers die
• rake leaves/ have fun in leaves
• drink hot drinks

We did an experiment on why leaves change colour where we took 2 foam cups filled with soil. We poked a few holes in the bottom and we put one cup in the freezer and the other cup in room temperature. The next day, we added a few drops of blue food colouring to water and poured water through both cups. What do you think happened to the water in the frozen cup? What about the room temperature cup?

• Manjit: Leaves can't be cold
• Tyson: different seasons, leaves change
• Alexa: leaves need healthy roots to live. In the fall, the temperatures become cold and the roots die
• Madison L/ Noah F.: Water, food, temperature needed for the leaf live
• Evey L: Health soil, healthy tree

We know that leaves lose their moisture and eventually they die off!

Well... after a few comments and some ideas stirring in the pot, here were our conclusions to why leaves change colours and eventually lose their colours.

Look at our fun jobs for the Season of Fall:

Spelling Begins!

Starting September 30, your child will be coming home with spelling words to practice. I will be sending home a homework checklist (found at the beginning of your purple spelling folder) of when to practice your spelling words. Words will be distributed on Monday's (or Tuesday if there is no school on Monday). Every Friday, the children will be doing spelling tests. Please prepare your child ahead of time for the test. Your child will get a reward sticker if they get 8/10 or more. It is expected that they complete their homework every week. All spelling booklets must stay in the purple folder.

Below is an attached picture of how Rainbow Spelling works:

1) Selected spelling word goes under "word"

2) Practice writing the "word" in pencil

3) Practice writing the "word" in any colour marker

4) Practice writing the "word" in pen

IMPORTANT NOTE: Please make sure all homework is done in pencil except Rainbow Spelling

Terry Fox Walk

On September 26, our school took part in the Terry Fox walk in remembrance of Terry Fox and to help raise awareness for cancer. All  money proceeds that we collected went to the Terry Fox Foundation and food proceeds went towards the food bank. Here is a picture of our fun adventure:

Science Homework/ IXL

Hi Parents,

I am sending home a sheet of paper that has to do with home schedule. We had some trouble figuring out what time we wake up and what time we go to bed. Please help us fill it in and return to school by Wednesday September 25.


IXL note with username and password will be going home today. Please find it in your child's black bag. Because they request the new teacher of each grade to change the password, do not use your password that Mrs. Patek provided you.

Feel free to email me should you have any questions.

ATTENTION At-home Volunteers

Thank you so much for being able to do some volunteer hours at home. This is what the final product should look like for the flash card sight words.

Mid-Autumn Festival

Yesterday we celebrated Mid-Autumn Festival (also known as moon festival) for the Chinese culture. As part of our Social Studies curriculum, we will be celebrating different cultural festivities. The children learned about moon cakes, different legends of the moon and made lanterns. Here is a few pictures of our fish lantern that we made.

Volunteer Forms

Volunteer forms are slowly trickling in to me! I will take a glance at them over the weekend. When I have received most of the forms, I will email you to let you know about your volunteer days! I hope to begin having helpers by October!