Friday

Wow, what a fun day today. SMARTboard games, a video and Secret Santa. Lots of noise and lots of fun! I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and a very Happy New Year!

- I will try to check in on mathletics over the holidays and assign some tasks to the children.

See you on January 4th!

Thursday

What a wonderful Christmas concert tonight!!! All the students did such an amazing job! So proud of all of them. Get a good sleep tonight. Tomorrow we are having a PJ day, so come and be comfortable. No pillows please, but blankets are okay. We will have games and the movie in the morning and Secret Santa and locker clean outs in the afternoon. Have a great rest of the night!

Wednesday

Today we used the clickers on the SMARTboard for the first time. I have never seen the students enjoy a test so much! Tomorrow is the Christmas Concert. Please make sure that you have everything with you that you will need. Homework tonight:

- home reading
- mathletics
- practise for the concert
- Eagle Bay money

Have a good night!

Tuesday

We had a crazy day today: mathletics, concert practise, getting ready for the holidays...
Homework tonight:

- home reading
- mathletics
- good luck to the band students at their concert tonight at SKSS
- practise for Thursday concert
- Secret Santa - gifts here for Thursday please (to hand out Friday)

Have a good night!

The last Monday of 2010

The year 6's had a lot of fun making snowflakes on the SMARTboard today while the fine arts group was doing Christmas Concert practise. Homework tonight:

- home reading
- mathletics
- concert practise

Have a good night!

Friday December 10

We continued to practise the Thriller dance today, the children are starting to show improvement, although more practise will be needed. The students are excited that there is only one week left of school. Homework:

- home reading
- mathletics (please work on the tasks that have been assigned. I will not assign any new ones for this weekend)
- practise for the Concert on Thursday (notices coming home with the fine arts group)
- year 6 ski notices
- the children chose their Secret Santa today (please bring for Thursday next week)

Have a wonderful weekend!

Thursday

The students really enjoyed watching the primary Christmas concert this afternoon. It was very well choreographed and we all enjoyed the sing along. Homework tonight:

- home reading
- grammar worksheet (if not complete)
- cell title page (if not complete)
- food items (the food drive ends tomorrow)
- mathletics

Have a wonderful evening.

Wednesday

We had fun doing Christmas Mad Libs on the SMARTboard and then singing them! A reminder that poinsettia orders will be available for pickup tomorrow, Thursday December 9th from 2:30-4:30 in the community room. (It may be helpful to bring some plastic bags to cover for protection from the cold). Homework tonight:

- home reading
- practise for concert which is Thursday December 16th at 7pm
- mathletics (I have assigned work, please let me know if it doesn't work, I am still learning this program!)
- food bank items. In past years our school has donated over 1000 pounds of food. Currently we are just over 300 pounds. Please keep the donations coming in!
- return signed report card envelopes

Have a great evening!

Tuesday December 7, 2010

As this week is a short week, filled with concert practise, we will not be doing spelling this week.
Homework tonight:

- home reading
- mathletics (I will assign a lesson for the children to do)
- food drive
- concert practise
- cell activity
- library books

Have a good night.

Friday

Today we watched a great play "A Christmas Carol." The children really enjoyed it (and the adults did too!). Report cards go home today. Homework:

- home reading
- mathletics
- items for food drive

A reminder that there is no school on Monday. Have a wonderful weekend!

Thursday

Today we used our SMARTboard to learn the Thriller dance. It was a lot of fun, black eyes and all! Today is the first school dance of the year, I hope all the students had fun. Homework tonight:

- home reading
- spelling dictation
- tomorrow we go to WCTC's production of A Christmas Carol. Drivers please make sure to be here around 10:10 so we can leave by 10:15. The play starts at 11:00 but we have been asked to arrive 30 minutes before.
- cell activity (if not completed)
- spelling (if not completed)
- winter word web (if not completed)
- food for the food drive

Have a wonderful evening.

Wednesday December 1, 2010

We really enjoyed using the SMARTboard for lessons today! We used it for French, grammar, science and are now doing our agenda while blogging!!!! Homework tonight:

- home reading
- study spelling
- mathletics
- spelling (dictionary words due tomorrow)
- hot dog forms are due tomorrow
- Scholastic forms due Friday
- School dance tomorrow from 2:30 - 4:30. Cost is $2.50 or $2 and food donation
- items for food bank - the school is doing a food drive. Please donate non perishable food items such as tuna/canned meat, noodles, canned fruit/vegetables, peanut butter, rice, oatmeal, soup, mac and cheese, crackers, spaghetti sauce, beans, cereal, toilet paper, baby food, baby formula, etc.

Have a good night!