Welcome
to
division
21!
We
are
so
excited
to
begin
a
fun
and
busy
year
of
growth
with
your
children.
Each
month,
in
our
class,
we
will
have
a
monthly
learning
focus
for
Language
Arts
and
MathemaAcs.
Themes
We
will
also
be
focusing
on
a
few
cross-‐curricular
themes,
which
may
include
elements
of
character
educaAon,
health,
social
studies
and
science.
Our
All
About
Me
newsleDers,
as
well
as
our
classroom
focus
wall,
will
help
keep
you
informed
of
what
we
are
learning
each
month.
Our
monthly
calendar
will
be
found
on
Feelings
the
reverse
side
and
will
help
keep
you
informed
of
upcoming
events,
special
days
and
deadlines,
non-‐ Autumn
instrucAonal,
early
dismissal
days,
and
anything
else
that
comes
our
way
throughout
the
year.
Be
sure
to
read
through
it
thoroughly
to
avoid
surprises.
Language
Arts
MathemaAcs
We
will
begin
the
month
by
focusing
on
In
September,
we
introduce
the
students
learning
all
about
our
names.
Students
will
to
our
calendar
rouAne.
Each
day
we
take
learn
the
correct
leDer
formaAon,
as
well
as
a
look
at
the
present
month
and
keep
the
leDer
sounds.
While
prinAng
their
name,
track
of
the
special
days
we
are
looking
we
will
remind
students
to
begin
with
an
forward
to.
We
count
up
to
the
current
uppercase
leDer
followed
by
lowercase.
date,
learn
how
to
idenAfy
the
days
of
the
This
month
we
will
also
be
learning
about
‘3
week
and
month
of
the
year
and
the
Star
Colouring’.
Students
will
be
encouraged
number
symbols.
Each
day,
we
will
also
be
to
1)
use
colours
that
make
sense,
2)
stay
in
keeping
rack
of
the
weather
and
will
use
a
the
lines
and
3)
fill
in
the
white
spaces.
bar
graph
to
help
collect
and
analyze
our
Our
final
focus
for
the
month,
that
will
data.
conAnue
into
October,
is
on
the
concepts
of
Our
second
focus
will
be
on
colours,
print.
This
refers
to
understanding
of
the
learning
to
idenAfy
and
experiment
with
purpose
of
print
and
how
it
is
organized
and
the
different
colors
in
our
world.
used.
As
children
are
exposed
to
literature,
it
Finally
we
will
begin
learning
about
is
important
that
they
learn
to
recognize
the
number
sense,
focusing
first
on
the
difference
between
leDers,
words
and
numbers
1-‐5.
We
will
be
working
on
sentences,
print
direcAonality
and
how
print
counAng
sequence,
wriAng
numerals,
and
is
connected
to
oral
language.
one-‐to-‐one
correspondence.