Monday

We had fun in gym today with students from other classes. We are looking forward to skating tomorrow. We are leaving the school at 9:45 and our rink time is from 10:15 to 11:30 so we should be back to the school by lunch time.
Homework tonight:

- home reading
- mathletics
- study for nervous system quiz
- helmet for skating - must have or not allowed on the ice!

Have a wonderful evening.

Friday

Today as a treat, because the year sixes are skiing and the year fours are done FSA's, we watched Planet Earth. We also noticed today that our classroom fish Poseidon had some colour and we were able to research and find out that it is a female fish! Homework this weekend:

- home reading
- mathletics

Have a wonderful weekend!

Thursday

We had fun helping a primary class prepare for paper mache. Due to the ski trip and our year sixes being gone we had visitors in our class today. We enjoyed having them. :)

Homework tonight:
- home reading
- yr. 5 wear older clothing to help paper mache with the 1 & 2 class tomorrow

Have a wonderful evening.

Wednesday

The grade 4's completed 2 more FSA's today. Only 2 more to go! Homework tonight:

- home reading
- yr 5 & 6 unfinished math
- if WITW not handed in, please make sure they are handed in first thing in the morning
- we hope the Yr. 6's have fun skiing tomorrow. Remember that you are to be at the school in the gym by 7:30 am

Have a good night!

Tuesday

Don't forget that tomorrow is Library so please make sure you return any outstanding books.
Homework tonight:
- home reading
- yr. 4's look up 5 Canadian Explorers (names only)
- math if not finished
- mathletics
- WITW articles are due before you go home tomorrow

Have a good night!

Monday January 24

It was a busy day today: library research, gym, yr. 4 FSA's. . .it went very quickly! Homework tonight:

- home reading
- math (5 p. 129 #1-8, 6 p. 131 #1-5)
- mathletics

Have a good night!

Friday

We had our first buddy class for 2011 today. It was a lot of fun making paper snowmen with our little buddies. Our school did a wonderful job raising money for Haiti with over $1300 being raised. Congratulations Aberdeen!!!!

Homework

- home reading
- math if not finished (4p. 140 1-5, 5p. 124 1-16, 6p. 127 1-6)
- nervous system package (NOT including title page and research project) due Monday

Have a great weekend!!!

Thursday

The grade fours logged on to the practice FSA's today. There is a link on the school website that they can use if they want to continue to practice. Tomorrow is hat day. If you brought coins in for the jar and wear your pin, then you are able to wear a hat all day tomorrow. Tomorrow is also hot dog day for those who ordered. Homework tonight:

- home reading
- novel studies due tomorrow (chapters vary depending on book)
- yr. 4 math p. 137 #1-10 if not complete
- Scholastic orders due tomorrow

Have a good night. :)

Wednesday

The grade 4's played their first basketball game in gym today. Lots of fun! Three of our students won for math problem of the week last week out of six. Can anyone tell me that fraction? Homework tonight:
- home reading (keep track for MS)
- any unfinished math (4. p. 134 #1-8, 5 & 6's have a test tomorrow)
- writing rough draft, to continue editing tomorrow (ask your child if they can name the six traits to good writing)
- scholastic forms due Friday

Have a wonderful night! :)

Tuesday

We looked at home made slides using the microscope today. We looked at a student's cheek cell and algae from the fish tank. We did a writing activity today that we will be using for the rest of the week to work on editing. We also got a research project today for the nervous system. Homework tonight:

- home reading
- math (if not completed. 4p. 130 #1-9 5. p. 290 #1-9, 6. p. 284 #1-8)
- writing activity (if not completed)

Have a good night!

Monday January 17th

Today is the first day of the MS Read-A-Thon! Please encourage your child to keep reading and make sure that they are adding up all the minutes that they are doing so. Homework tonight:

- home reading
- math (4. p.126 #1-9, 5. p. 290 #1-9 (Wednesday), 6. p.284 #1-8 (Wednesday)) Year 5 and 6 students will both do a test on Thursday
- Write Traits Lesson 3 if not completed

Have a good night!

Friday

A busy day to end a busy week! The students went around to all the classes and gave MS presentations today. The Read-A-Thon starts Monday, get your books together to start reading! The only homework this weekend is to do your home reading and make sure any assignments that are outstanding are handed in! Have a great weekend!

Thursday

Today we wrote our presentations for the MS Read-A-Thon. We are looking forward to presenting to all the different classes in the school tomorrow. Homework tonight:
- home reading
- novel study chapter 1(/2) due tomorrow
- WITW written article due tomorrow at 2:30
- Year 4 graphing test tomorrow
- skating forms, ski forms and hot dog orders all due tomorrow
- Math if unfinished (yr 5 p. 282 1-7, yr 6 p. 273 1-10)

Have a good night.

Wednesday

Today we learned a lot about internet safety using the website www.zoeandmolly.ca. We had fun doing art creating Art Cards for a PAC fundraiser. Homework tonight:
- home reading
- year 5 & 6 math if not completed (5 p. 276 1-7. 6 p. 269 1-6)
- mathletics (if not much other homework)
- hot dog orders
- skating forms & ski forms (due Friday)

Have a great night :)

Tuesday

Today we learned a lot about MS. Our class is in charge of the MS Read-A-Thon coming up in our school next week. We will be going around giving presentations to all the classrooms on Friday. We are going to tie in a study of the Nervous System during this time. Homework tonight:
- home reading
- WITW rough copy of article
- skating forms
- yr. 6 skiing forms
- mathletics
- hot dog orders
- band homework (yr. 6)

Have a good night.

Monday, January 10, 2011

Today we went to the YPC and watched Hoja. The performance was really good, it had some funny parts and we all enjoyed it. We continued to work on our basketball skills in gym this afternoon. Homework tonight:

- home reading (novels were given out today)
- mathletics
- hot dog orders
- skating forms
- journals (if not complete - entry about YPC today)

Have a good night!

First Friday of 2011!

We all completed the cell test today and we are looking forward to starting our new unit on the Nervous System next week. Please make sure that skating forms are returned next week, we still need more drivers so if you are able to drive please let me know. Homework this weekend:

- home reading
- mathletics
- please continue to check your child's hair for lice/nits (thank you for continuing to do this!)
- unfinished math
- skating forms
- yr. 6 ski forms
- Eagle Bay money

Have a great weekend!

Thursday

We had a welcome visitor today come into our classroom and look for unwelcome visitors. :) Please make sure you continue to check your child for lice. Homework today:
- home reading
- mathletics
- unfinished math
- unfinished french
- cell test tomorrow
- skating permission slip

Have a good night!

Wednesday

We enjoyed working on our recipe poems this afternoon. Homework tonight:

- home reading
- mathletics
- year six, ski notice due back on the 14th
- please continue to check for lice, if you would like us to have someone check your child, please let us know
- cell test Friday
- unfinished Math from the day
- gym strip

Have a good night.

January 4, 2011

We had a good first day back. It went by really quickly! We started the year with new jobs and choosing our own seats (we will see how long this lasts!). Homework tonight:
- home reading
- mathletics
- math (any unfinished work from today)
- cell quiz Friday - study!
- journal entry - if not finished from today
- notice home
- Eagle Bay money - cheques payable to the school

Have a good night!