Monday

Happy Halloween! We had a fun day today and did some reading in French to create a poster. We also watched James and the Giant Peach this afternoon and are going to compare and contrast the book and movie tomorrow. A reminder that all year 4 students will be presenting their research projects tomorrow. Have a safe and fun evening!

- home reading
- study spelling (review week)
- mathletics we will start practicing tomorrow
- WITW/Canadian Reader due tomorrow
- unfinished French picture

One of our families is hosting a haunted house tonight from 5:30 to 6:30 at 864 Gilmour Place. Have a fun night!

Friday

We made yummy peach muffins today. The recipe is posted in the previous blog post. We also got together with our Kindergarten Buddies and made witches. It was a lot of fun! Homework this weekend:

- home reading
- mathletics (please make sure all assigned work has been completed so we can start practicing for the Canadian Math competition)
- Yr 4 projects that didn't get handed in today need to be in on Monday (presentations Tuesday)
- WITW/Canadian Reader due Tuesday
- Reading Response

Please remember NO costumes on Monday. Have a wonderful weekend!

Peach Muffin Recipe

Ingredients

* 3 cups all-purpose flour
* 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
* 3 eggs, lightly beaten
* 2 cups white sugar
* 2 cups peeled, pitted, and chopped peaches

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease 16 muffin cups.
2. In a large bowl, mix the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt. In a separate bowl, mix the oil, eggs, and sugar. Stir the oil mixture into the flour mixture just until moist. Fold in the peaches. Spoon into the prepared muffin cups.
3. Bake 25 minutes in the preheated oven, until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before turning out onto wire racks to cool completely.

Enjoy!

Thursday

As usual we had a very busy Thursday! We finished our read aloud novel James and the Giant peach today and are looking forward to making peach muffins tomorrow. If you are bringing in ingredients please do not forget them! Homework tonight:

- home reading
- spelling dictation
- mathletics
- ingredients
- popcorn day tomorrow $1
- Yr 4 projects due tomorrow
- WITW/Canadian Reader Maps due tomorrow

Have a wonderful evening!

Wednesday

We had a work block day today. It was nice to see all of the children working on what they needed to be doing, staying focused all day long. Homework tonight:

- home reading
- study spelling
- mathletics
- spelling due tomorrow
- library tomorrow
- popcorn notice

Have a good night!

Tuesday

Today we learned how to ask the time and answer to the hour in French. Quelle heure est-il? Il est ____ heures. Please work with your child on practicing this. Homework tonight:

- home reading
- study spelling
- mathletics
- any unfinished work
- movie notice

Have a good night!

Monday

We went to our first YPC today. Some of us enjoyed it, some of us did not. We are baking for the first time this year on Friday. Some students have been asked to bring in ingredients to help with this. If anyone has an old hand blender or muffin tins at home that they would like to donate to the class they would be appreciated. Notices went home today regarding parent/teacher interviews taking place next week. A sign up sheet is posted outside the classroom door. Homework tonight:

- home reading
- study spelling
- mathletics
- journal (if unfinished)
- photos turned in tomorrow at the latest!

Have a great night!

Thursday

Just a reminder that there is no school tomorrow as it is a Pro D day. Please make sure that your child has returned their permission slip for YPC as we attend our first production on Monday. Homework this weekend:

- home reading
- mathletics (some children have not logged on at all this week!)
- project work
- reading response if not complete

Have a wonderful weekend!

Wednesday

We had an entire day to work on our project work today, with the exception of a little visit from our buddies. We all managed to get a lot of work done during this time. Homework tonight:

- home reading
- mathletics
- project work
- library tomorrow
- fine arts group we are making our pumpkins tomorrow so please don't wear your best clothes

Have a good night.

Tuesday

We got a lot of work done in the class today. I met with all of the year 4 students today individually to discuss breaking down their workload into manageable chunks. Please make sure you let me know if your child still seems to be having a hard time with this. Homework tonight:

- home reading
- mathletics
- any work that they feel they need to be working on
- bring project work tomorrow to work on

Tomorrow we will be spending the day working on all projects and assignments that are on the go. Please make sure that you bring all items you will need to do this.

Monday

The fine arts group started our study of Ted Harrison's art work today. We will be working with different paintings over the next few weeks. As this is another short week (Friday is a professional development day) there will be no spelling this week. Homework tonight:

- home reading
- mathletics
- math - checkerboard colouring and multiplication practice. Also, can you name the parts of a multiplication question?
- science - first nations use of tree drawing
- unfinished reading response

Have a good night!

Friday

We had a fun day today making dryer vent pumpkins with our buddies! We really enjoyed singing with them afterward too! Homework this weekend:

- home reading (one night out loud to an adult)
- mathletics
- reading response if unfinished

Have a wonderful weekend!

Thursday

We had a wonderful day today thanks to a few extra treats from the fire department and Panago. We all enjoyed a pizza lunch and each student received a bag of treats/information from the fire department. Homework tonight:

- home reading
- spelling dictation
- mathletics
- we are painting with our buddies tomorrow using paint that does not wash out as easily. Please do not wear your best clothes.

Have a good night!

Wednesday

We found out exciting news this afternoon. One of our students has been chosen as Fire Chief for the Day tomorrow. We all get a pizza lunch provided for us tomorrow because of this. Homework tonight:

- home reading
- study spelling
- mathletics
- there is no band/fine arts tomorrow
- math quiz tomorrow (addition/subtraction)

A piece of pizza and juice box will be provided for the children tomorrow. Please pack anything extra your child may want to eat. Have a great night!

Tuesday

Please make sure that you talk with your children tonight about "stranger danger." There was someone spotted in the area on Friday last week. This week all children will have the same spelling words. These are words that are often used improperly in daily writing. Homework tonight:

- home reading
- study spelling
- mathletics
- reading response (if not complete)
- online newsletter should have been emailed home

Have a good night!

Friday

It was a catch up day today. Many assignments were due today so we spent the day making sure we are all ready for next week. There will be an addition and subtraction quiz next week as we are now finished these subjects in math. Homework this weekend:

- home reading (one day to an adult)
- mathletics
- any unfinished work

Just a reminder that there is no school Monday due to the holiday. Have a great weekend everyone!

Thursday

We had fun today doing mathletics and giving the hermit crabs a bath. We were quite pleased to see that the one who had dug down the first week of school was still alive and well. Homework tonight:

- home reading (outloud to an adult)
- spelling dictation tomorrow
- mathletics
- any overdue spelling activities
- Yr. 6 and Yr. 4 map activity due tomorrow
- math cards due by the end of the day tomorrow
- Yr. 6 forms due back tomorrow

Have a wonderful evening.

Wednesday

We had a good day today. We all had a lesson in how to make a puzzle map as they are done slightly differently at the upper level. Homework tonight:

- home reading
- study spelling
- mathletics
- library tomorrow
- Canadian Reader (overdue)
- Yr. 6 return forms
- spelling due tomorrow

Have a good night!