Monday

This will be the last blog post until I come back to the school. I will be checking my email periodically but not daily. If you need to speak to Mr. Saunderson please contact him through the school. We had a busy day today, setting due dates and making sure we are organized as we start our second term. We continued to talk about family names in French today. We also did more of our Worry Work. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - UN activity if not complete - good copy of writing if not complete - Worry Work if not complete - reading response if not complete - skating permission slip Have a great night. I will pop in to the school for a visit once I am feeling a bit better. :)

Friday

It was a busy but fun day in the classroom today. We finished our class read aloud Matilda today. We also held our class mock election today where the children had to vote for the character of their choice. Homework this weekend: - home reading (once aloud) - Matilda due Monday - Math 4p. 57 #1-9, 5p. 62 #1-14, 6p. 72 #1-12 - UN activity due Monday - good copy of writing due Monday - French if not complete (5/6 only) - school pictures sent home Have a good weekend.

Wednesday

We reviewed the purpose of an adjective and the symbol that represents it today. We also made War Time Chocolate Cake (the recipe is posted in another blog post). Homework tonight: - reading response if not complete - adjective if not complete - home reading - no spelling this week as it is a short week - email went home - math if not complete - food orders due tomorrow - poinsettia orders due tomorrow Have a good night.

War Time Chocolate Cake

During wartime, the people back home didn’t always have the cooking supplies they would have liked. Recipes with little or no sugar, eggs, and milk were used so there would be more for the soldiers overseas. Some supplies were "rationed"—only so much per family. A family might have shared its sugar ration to make this No-Milk-No-Egg chocolate cake—mixed and baked in the same pan. Ask an adult to pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees F. In a 20 cm (8-inch) square pan put: 375 ml (1 ½ cups) all purpose flour 5 ml (1 teaspoon) of baking powder 250 ml (1 cup) of granulated sugar 2.5 ml (½ teaspoon) of cinnamon 5 ml (1 teaspoon) of baking soda 2.5 ml (½ teaspoon) of salt 45 ml (3 tablespoons) of cocoa powder (not instant cocoa drink mix) Add to the pan: 5 ml (1 teaspoon) of vanilla extract 15 ml (1 tablespoon) of white vinegar 75 ml (5 tablespoons) of vegetable oil 250 ml (1 cup) of lukewarm water Mix everything together with a fork and bake for 30 minutes or until done.

Thursday

Tomorrow we will be attending the school Remembrance Day Assembly. The children will each be given a poppy to wear. We ask that you please send a donation to provide for the poppies. Tomorrow is also the final day of the school book fair. It will run until 3pm tomorrow. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - spelling sheet if not complete - world book activity if not complete - reading response if not complete - WITW Canadian Reader due tomorrow - maps due tomorrow - Scholastic due tomorrow Have a good night.

Wednesday

Today we did another chapter in our Worry Books. We talked about how worries can make us feel different things and that not everyone will have the same symptoms when they are worried. We also went to the book fair this afternoon. They had a wonderful time looking at the books and trying to figure out the quiz. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - maps (due Friday) - reading response - worry work - WITW/Canadian Reader (due Friday) - math 4p. 50 #1-4, 5p. 54 #1-12 - classroom scholastic orders due Friday - hot lunch orders home Have a good night.

Tuesday

The children did an activity today where they have reviewed/learned about pronouns. They also continued to work on summarizing skills using the novel Matilda. A reminder that our class will be visiting the school book fair tomorrow and that I recommend buying (if you are planning on it) during this time as it will only be the children in our class in the library and then have a much easier time looking at the book selections available. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - study French quiz tomorrow for year 5/6 students - book fair tomorrow Have a good night.

Monday

Today seemed to go so fast!!! The children have a spelling review list this week so that is 40/50 words depending on their level. We went to the library in the afternoon and watched a couple of book trailers of books that will be available at the book fair. A reminder that the book fair takes place from Wednesday-Friday in the library this week. Our class will be going to look/buy on Wednesday. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - math 4p. 47 #1-9, 5p. 51 #1-13, 6p. 61 #1-15 - common/proper noun activity if not complete - fundraising forms Have a good night.

Friday

Happy Halloween! The children worked very hard today so that they would not have any homework on Halloween weekend. They should only have homework this weekend if they were behind on getting an assignment completed. The Book Fair takes place next week in the library so our library day has been switched to Monday for our book exchange. Wednesday we will still go down but it will be to look at the book fair. Have a wonderful and safe weekend!

Thursday

We had a busy day today! We spent some time with our buddies and helped them with some Halloween activities. We learned prepositions in French. Please ask your child to sing the Preposition Song to you so that they can practice! We also made some beautiful charcoal and painted tree art. I know that tomorrow is Halloween but it will be a regular day in the classroom. We may have some time in the afternoon for some games (I will provide these) but I ask that we have no costumes please. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling (dictation tomorrow) - math if not complete - salmon art if not complete Have a good night.

Wednesday

We have had a few problems in the classroom lately at lunch time. It seems as though any time I am not in the classroom to supervise the children there is fooling around. Please reinforce with your child the expectation at lunch time to sit and eat quietly and to leave the goofing around and playing for outside time. Tomorrow we will be working with charcoal in fine arts so please make sure that your child is not wearing their best clothes and avoiding white would probably be a good idea. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - math 4p. 44 #1-7, 5p. 45 #1-17 - reading response if not complete - spelling sheet if not complete - pizza day for those who ordered tomorrow Have a good night.

Tuesday

We had a busy work block day in the classroom today. We did a bit of writing in the morning where I gave the children the start of a story (Pumpkin Surprise) and they had to write the ending. We also talked about ice core drilling in extreme environments and tried (some worked better than others) to simulate this in class using layered sand. A reminder that individual pictures are tomorrow. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - math 6p. 52 #1-11 Have a great night!

Monday

Today we reviewed using a subject and predicate in a sentence. We also participated in a school wide DEAR (Drop Everything And Read) Day today. It was the best silent reading this group has had to date. We started using the program today What To Do When You Worry Too Much. We will be working through this book writing about our worries and what we can do to help tame them. Today we talked about how worries can grow quickly when we tend to them, just like if we were tending to a tomato plant. It may start as something as small as a seed but can grow to something much bigger if given attention. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - reading response if not complete - L'halloween if not complete - subject predicate sheet if not complete - something that you have helped to grow if not complete A reminder that Wednesday is photo day and Thursday is pizza day for those who ordered it. Have a good night.

Thursday

Just a reminder that tomorrow is a pro d day so there is no school. Today we read the 5th Great Lesson - the story of numbers. We had some fun writing with Roman Numerals. In DPA today we did some dancing. Homework this weekend: - home reading - math 4p. 39 #1-12, 5p. 41 #1-10, 6p.52 #1-11 - Needs of Man sheet if not complete - French haunted house directed drawing due Monday - Hieroglyphics if not complete Have a great weekend!

Wednesday

Just a reminder that tomorrow is also a half day. The children will be dismissed at 12:30 for parent teacher interviews. Friday is a ProD day so there is no school for the children. We had a work block day in the classroom today and the children got a lot of work completed. Homework tonight: - home reading - spelling dictation tomorrow - spelling sheet if not complete - math if not complete 4p. 36 #1-16, 5p. 38 #1-7, 6p. 48 #1-15 - PAC newsletter coming home - gym strip for tomorrow Have a good night.

Monday

Today we reviewed that sentences need to have two parts a naming part and an action part. Many of the children have been writing sentence fragments lately and hopefully this will help them to stop that. We also talked about the history of writing and then they got to create their own hieroglyphics. All grades have a math test tomorrow. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - study math - sentence activity if not complete - pizza order due Wednesday morning Have a good night!

Friday

We had a great presentation in the gym this morning. The Earth Rangers came with 4 different animals and talked to the children about the importance of saving animals and their habitat. Information on school pictures is coming home today as well. Homework this weekend: - home reading (one night aloud) - reading response if not complete - pizza orders - math quiz Tuesday for all grades Have a great weekend!

Thursday

Today we wrote our school wide write. Our topic this time is What I'd Like You To Know About Me. We also had fine arts again this afternoon and carried on working on our seasonal salmon pictures. Homework tonight: - home reading - spelling dictation tomorrow - spelling sheet if not complete - math 5p. 30 #1-10 - all grades have a math quiz Tuesday - pizza form - Scholastic due tomorrow - Extremophile due tomorrow Have a good night.

Wednesday

Today we started brainstorming for our school wide write that is taking place this week. Over the next two days the children will work on writing and editing their work. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling (sheet due tomorrow) - WITW/Canadian Reader if not complete - math 4p. 28 #1-8, 6p. 38 #1-5 - Scholastic orders due Friday - sign up for interviews next week Have a good night.

Monday

We had a good day today. The children worked very hard and got a lot accomplished. We reviewed the four types of sentences (declarative, interrogative, exclamatory and imperative) today. Mr. Michel also came in and talked to the children about his experience working to help with the clean up after the Mount Polley Mine disaster this summer. Some of the students had been making connections and asking questions after they had to read an article this month about the pros and cons of the Northern Gateway pipeline. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - math 5p. 27 #1-10, 6p. 35 #1-5 - WITW and Canadian Reader articles due tomorrow Have a good night!

Friday

What an amazing day of work we had in the classroom today! The children all worked really hard to make sure that they didn't have any homework for the long weekend. The grade 5/6 students helped to weed the school garden today to get it all ready for winter. They did such a great job it looks wonderful! The year 4's started to get their time capsule cylinder ready. We were also recognized today as the class with the highest percentage of children who walked to school this week. Congratulations! Homework this weekend: - home reading - salmon journal - thankful journal if not done - reading response if not done Have a wonderful weekend and a reminder that there is no school on Monday. See you Tuesday!

Thursday

We went to the library for the first time today. Each of the children will be coming home with this years home reading list. Please initial the bottom of the page so that I know you have seen the list. Tomorrow we will be doing some work in the school garden so I ask that children do not wear their best clothes. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - math 4p. 27 #1-3, 5p. 24 #1-9, 6p. 31 #1-5 - signed home reading form - reading response if not complete - salmon activity book if not complete Have a good night.

Tuesday

We went to the computer lab for the first time today. The grade fours learned how to sign in and how to access World Book Online. This is the site I would like them using when researching. They have a password written in the front of their agendas so they can use it at home as well. Salmon run is tomorrow. This is an all day field trip. Please make sure that your child is dressed for the weather, layers are a good idea. They also tend to get really hungry so please make sure that they have enough to eat and a water bottle for the day. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - salmon run tomorrow - math 4p. 24 #1-7, 5p. 22 #1-7, 6p. 26 #1-10 Have a good night!

Monday

We had a good day today. We have done more French review and today looked at colours, days of the week and months of the year. We started looking at our science unit Extreme Environments today and the children are each creating an Extremophile (a living thing that exists in extreme environments). Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - math 4p. 20 #1-9, 5p. 19 #1-2, 6p. 22 #1-6 - reading response if not complete - I Walk to School Week. If you don't live close please try to drop your child a block or so away from the school so that they can walk. - gym tomorrow Have a good night.

Friday

It was a fun busy day today! We had our first spelling dictation and it went well with each group respecting the quiet needed for the other groups. We had our second fire drill today and did well with that. We also did our first practical life activity, making apple bread muffins. It is an apple bread recipe and we cooked them in muffin tins. The children really liked them. The recipe is posted in a separate blog post. Homework this weekend: - home reading (one night aloud) - salmon run form due Monday - math if not complete 4p. 16 #1-4, 5p. 15 #1-8, 6 p. 17 #1 - reading response if not complete Next week is I Walk to School Week. We are encouraging all children to walk next week. If you are not in the neighborhood I would encourage you to drop your child off a block or so away so that they can walk part of the way.

Apple Bread (we put in muffin cups)

1 1/2 cups flour 1 tsp ground cinnamon 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 1/4 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp nutmeg 1 beaten egg 1 cup sugar 1 cup finely shredded apple 1/4 cup cooking oil Grease the bottom and 1/2 inch up sides of a 8x4x2 loaf pan; set aside. In a medium bowl combine the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, baking powder and nutmeg. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture; set aside. In another medium bowl combine egg, sugar, apple and oil. Add apple mixture all at once to flour mixture. Stir until just moistened (batter should be lumpy). Spoon batter into prepared pan. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 50-55 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove from pan. Cool completely on a wire rack. Wrap and store overnight before slicing.

Thursday

We had our first French lesson today. We reviewed letters and numbers today. Please ask your child (if they are in grades five and six) to count to ten or spell their name using the French letter sounds. Please make sure that your child has returned their permission slip for the salmon run next week. We will be cooking tomorrow so if your child has long hair they will need to have it pulled back tomorrow. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling (dictation tomorrow) - French number sheet if not complete - math if not complete - 4 p. 12 #1-4, 5p. 11 #1-6, 6p. 14 #1-6 Have a great night!

Wednesday

Today we had our first fire drill. We were in buddies at the time and the students did a wonderful job of helping their little buddy exit the school quietly and safely. We also did a start of the year reading assessment this morning. This will help me to decide where to start lessons in reading and comprehension. I read with all of the 5/6's today (4's will read with me tomorrow) and one thing I have noticed is that most would benefit from some reading aloud at home. Homework tonight: - home reading (reading aloud) - study spelling (sheet due tomorrow) - reading response - notice, fundraiser and permission slip coming home tonight Have a good evening.

Tuesday

We had a good day in the classroom today. We are reviewing the Five Great Lessons that were taught in primary and today discussed the Clock of Eras and compared each of the eras to time on a clock. We also created a title page for our new science unit we will be starting Extreme Environments. Today was also the first gym class for the students. If they don't have gym strip yet this is a requirement. Gym classes will be Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Starting next week we will also have library book exchanges on Wednesdays too. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - math if not complete grade 4 p.8 #1-7, 5 p.8 #1-7, 6 p.8 #1-10 - gym strip - school fees and forms returned Have a good night!

Monday September 29, 2014

Sorry this post is late getting up, we were having computer difficulty at the end of the day. It was a good day today. The children should each be bringing home a copy of this weeks spelling words in their agenda. We also signed out our Math text books today and started our first lesson. Homework tonight: - 2 notices - home reading - study spelling - please write an email in your child's agenda that I can reach you at for classroom information - gym strip required for gym tomorrow - Reading Response if not complete - Math if not complete - 4's p. 8 #1, 5's p. 8 #1-3, 6's p. 8 #1-5 Have a great night!

September 26, 2014

We got to meet our little kindergarten buddies today. The children all enjoyed meeting their new buddy, especially the grade fours who got to experience being a big buddy for the first time. It was a great first week and a wonderful class. I am so excited for the year! Homework tonight: - home reading (30 minutes) - parent forms - math about me (if not complete) - reading response (if not complete) Have a great weekend!

Welcome Back!

What a wonderful first full day in the classroom today was! Today the grade 5/6 students received their first WITW package and the grade 4's had a lesson on Canadian Reader articles. We wrote a newspaper style writing assignment about saying goodbye to summer. In the afternoon we had a little bit of time in the gym. School supply fees can be paid to the office at any time and the amount owing is $65 (this includes the agenda fee as well as the Arts Starts performances). There is no homework tonight other than reading and getting a good night sleep. Have a wonderful night!

Wednesday

Today the students did some practical life activities. We made chocolate cake from a war time recipe and talked about rationing and what they would have had to do just to bake a cake. We also made home made ice cream the old fashioned way using a hand crank ice cream maker. The students helped with the parent appreciation tea at the school today as well. We ended the day watching the movie UP as it has intergenerational ties back to our time at KSV. Tomorrow we need to return all of our library books to the school so if your child has any library books or text books at home can you please make sure that you bring them in tomorrow. Tomorrow is also the science test on the digestive, respiratory and circulatory systems. If your child missed the test on Monday they will also write the skeletal and muscle test. Homework tonight: - home reading - study science - return library books Year 4 Social Studies models and all novel study memory boxes will also be sent home tomorrow. Have a good night!

War Time Chocolate Cake

During wartime, the people back home didn’t always have the cooking supplies they would have liked. Recipes with little or no sugar, eggs, and milk were used so there would be more for the soldiers overseas. Some supplies were "rationed"—only so much per family. A family might have shared its sugar ration to make this No-Milk-No-Egg chocolate cake—mixed and baked in the same pan. Ask an adult to pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees F. In a 20 cm (8-inch) square pan put: 375 ml (1 ½ cups) all purpose flour 5 ml (1 teaspoon) of baking powder 250 ml (1 cup) of granulated sugar 2.5 ml (½ teaspoon) of cinnamon 5 ml (1 teaspoon) of baking soda 2.5 ml (½ teaspoon) of salt 45 ml (3 tablespoons) of cocoa powder (not instant cocoa drink mix) Add to the pan: 5 ml (1 teaspoon) of vanilla extract 15 ml (1 tablespoon) of white vinegar 75 ml (5 tablespoons) of vegetable oil 250 ml (1 cup) of lukewarm water Mix everything together with a fork and bake for 30 minutes or until done.

Tuesday

We had another good day today. This morning in fine arts we worked on an oil pastel drawing of a tiger in tall grass. We worked on creating a full size body cut out and included some of the organs that we have been studying this term. We went down to our kindergarten buddy room and interviewed them about their favorite things from being in Kindergarten this year. The children carried on with their spool knitting and had gym in the afternoon. Homework tonight: - home reading - study for Thursday Science test on digestive, respiratory and circulatory systems - novel study and yr 4 SS project if not done Have a good night.

Monday

We had a very quiet day today. This morning we looked back at our spelling through the year and worked with the words we found troublesome. We also had some work block time and wrote our science test. We spent some time with our spool knitting as well. Homework tonight: - home reading - yr 4 SS if not complete Have a great night!

Friday

Thank you to those who were able to attend this morning to watch our Shakespeare performances. The students really enjoyed working on them and were excited to show them for you. We also talked in class today about it being the 70th anniversary today of D Day and what that means. Homework this weekend: - all novel studies must now be completed - Yr 4 SS projects MUST be handed in by Tuesday - main idea/inference packages if not complete - science tests on Monday (skeletal/muscle) and Thursday (Digestive/Respiratory/Circulatory) Have a good weekend.

Tuesday

It is so nice to be back! For those who were not aware I have had a very bad case of laryngitis over the last week and a half which is why I have been away. Not a lot of fun, but it was so great to be back working with the children today! Letters went home yesterday informing parents that the Eagle Bay trip has been cancelled. Please make sure you make sure that your child has given you BOTH letters as one came home from the teachers and another from the administration. As I have been away and we did not get as much classroom time at KSV as I originally had planned I am being somewhat flexible with the due dates in the classroom. The novel studies should be complete at this time and I will give the children until Friday to hand those in. The grade 4 students were supposed to have their SS projects in by Friday but I will give until Tuesday next week for those. Much of the time this week will be spent on work block times in the classroom. Homework tonight: - home reading - novel studies if not complete - ss projects - science quizzes next week Monday - skeletal and muscle quiz Thursday - digestive, circulatory and respiratory quiz Have a great night!

Thursday

It was a really fun day today. We had Eureka come into the classroom between recess and lunch and did some great experiments with the children about flight. We got to make paper airplanes and shoot off a rocket! Homework tonight: - home reading - spelling dictation - spelling if not complete - WITW if not complete - novel study due tomorrow - yr 4 bring supplies to work on creating your SS models tomorrow - tomorrow is the last day to bring in your photo orders to the office Have a great night!

Friday - KSV Final Day!

We had a great end to our time at Kamloops Seniors Village. We had a pizza party with the residents today and had our biggest turn out yet with 14 residents joining us! We had a few more come and join us for a picture and goodbyes. I have heard repeatedly over the past two weeks how wonderful and polite the children were. As we were leaving the building today we had many residents saying good bye in the hallway and I heard a few asking the kids to come back next year! Homework this weekend: - home reading - unfinished work: WITW and novel study - science respiratory package if not complete Have a wonderful weekend!!!

Thursday - KSV Day 7

Another wonderful day today. We had a great walk down to KSV this morning, it really is a great way to start the morning with the children. Once we arrived we had some time to work in the classroom. After recess we set up for a gym class outside and had relay races such as egg and spoon, balancing beanbags, crab walk and a water transfer from bucket to bucket. The children had a great time cheering each other on and we had a few residents watching us. After that we went back into the classroom and made some invitations for tomorrow. Tomorrow we plan on showing the movie Mary Poppins and have invited the seniors to join us as a fun culminating activity. KSV will be providing each child with a slice of pizza but they will still require their own lunch as well. I have told the children that they are also allowed to wear their PJ's tomorrow if they would like as a fun way to end our last day at the Village. Please keep in mind that we are still hoping to walk down to KSV in the morning (weather permitting) so if they choose to wear pyjamas that they are ones that they are able to walk in. Thank you again to all of the families for supporting this project. I know I have heard from a lot of the children who are sad that it is over and are already talking about how much they will miss them over the summer. Homework tonight: - home reading - unfinished work - district permission slips (for those going) Have a great night!

Wednesday - KSV - Day 6

We had a fantastic day down at KSV today. We were able to leave the school right away this morning so we got a lot of time for a work block when we arrived. After recess the children broke off into three groups. One group did water colour painting, one made spring ribbon hats and one worked in the classroom and did some service activities. After lunch we went on the patio and read some more from The War With Grandpa. A reminder to please make sure that your child is wearing sunscreen and has a water bottle with them. Homework tonight: - home reading - unfinished WITW - unfinished maps - unfinished novel study to G - unfinished science packages Have a good night!

Tuesday - KSV Day 5

Another amazing day down at KSV today. It was a smaller class today with 11 of the children taking part in the zone track meet. Congratulations to all of those students! Those of us left at the school had a great day. We walked down to KSV (a 2.1 km walk by my count). After a small break for a snack we headed outside and helped do some weeding in the back flower beds. We then packed up and headed to Albert McGowan Park for a picnic with some residents. We had 8 join us for lunch today. After lunch and play time we headed down to the pond and did some bird watching and sketching. Thank you to those parents who drove today and made this outing possible for us all. Homework tonight: - home reading - unfinished work such as novel study to part G, WITW, science packages and maps. Have a great night!

Thursday - KSV Day 4

What a wonderful end to our first week! We had a beautiful walk down to KSV this morning, I love watching the children pointing out the signs of nature they see during our walk. Once we arrived we worked in the classroom. One group then went up to the Bistro to receive a lesson on Maple Syrup from one of the residents while I took a group out for recess. We then switched groups. Both groups then got together and we discussed the tartan and its history (as the resident was from Nova Scotia and was wearing her tartan today). The children then had to design their own tartan explaining the meaning of the colours they picked. It was another wonderful lunch hour filled with bubbles, colouring and running races. After lunch we continued working on our tartans and went onto the patio and read more from "The War With Grandpa." We had a resident join us for our reading today! The bus back to the school today was a lot of fun as the driver stopped right in front of the school and let us off instead of walking from the bus stop. Homework tonight: - home reading - WITW if not complete - novel study part G if not complete A reminder that tomorrow is a Pro D day and Monday is Victoria Day. Have a great long weekend!

Wednesday

Another wonderful day today! Today we worked in the classroom, but we also had two tenants doing activities with the children. Some of the children worked in the Bistro doing Model Magic creations while others were on the patio doing water colour paintings. It is so nice to see more of the residents taking an interest in the children and the children waving and talking more and more. Homework tonight: - home reading - science package - WITW - journal Have a good night!

Tuesday - KSV Day 2

We stayed at the school for a portion of the morning this morning so that we could still have our band and fine arts switches. We decided that because the grade 6's were bringing their instruments down with them this morning that we would take the bus down. Once we arrived the grade 6's students played a few songs for the residents in the Bistro. We then had a work block in the classroom with some students at a time being pulled to bake sugar cookies with the residents in the Multipurpose Room. Most of the students had a chance to do this today. Those who didn't will be chosen first for resident activities tomorrow. After lunch we again went out to the back lawn area and had fun playing tag and again more bubble play. After our play time some students went to help with some service jobs around the Village and we read again from "The War with Grandpa" and then packed up to take the bus home. It was nice to see some new faces joining us for our activities this morning at the Village. Homework tonight: - home reading - novel study - science package - WITW map Have a great night!

Monday - KSV Day 1

We had a wonderful first day at KSV today. We walked down to the Village and it was a beautiful way to start the day. Once there we did a science lesson looking at how the enzymes in your saliva break down food. We were then invited to watch a choir. Once that was finished we helped put the tables and chairs back in their proper places in the dining room. We then headed outside to work on some sketching. Some of us got a little damp as they decided at that moment to check the sprinkler system ;) During lunch we had fun with bubbles and skipping ropes as well as other games. Some of the tenants came out to talk to us on our lunch hour which was nice. After lunch some of the children helped to tidy the patio and then we read from our read aloud "The War With Grandpa." Then we finished tidying up and headed over to catch the city bus back to the school. The children are getting much more comfortable there and were seen making conversation with many of the tenants. Homework tonight: - home reading - reflection journal if not complete - newspapers for fine arts Have a great night!

Friday

It was a super fun day today at the Track Meet. All of the children seemed to have a wonderful day. We head to KSV on Monday so please make sure that your child has any novel study or SS project work that they may need to work on. I wish all of the moms a Happy Mother's Day on Sunday too!

Thursday

Tomorrow is the track meet please make sure that your child is dressed for the weather. The PAC will be running a concession during this time as well. Homework tonight: - home reading - novel study part F due tomorrow - water bottle - sunscreen and a hat - umbrella Have a great night!

Wednesday

We had a very busy day today. We took part in the school wide write today where each child was asked to write about their favourite place. We got to see the ducklings again today as they spent part of the day in our room. We also watched the video about puberty and the changes that will start to happen to us. Mr. Orr took the boys and the girls stayed here. Please talk to your child about what they learned today and check in to see if they have any questions. Homework tonight: - home reading - human growth and development worksheets - novel study - ss projects Have a good night!

Tuesday

It was a very busy day today! We started the morning with a baby duck in our room. The children named him Floppy Shakespeare on account of his weak neck and the fact that he perked up while we were practicing our plays this morning. We also finished planting our school garden today. Homework tonight: - home reading - bring Human Growth and Development book - unfinished work - Eagle Bay final payments - KSV form Have a good night!

Monday

Today was a busy day!! We picked our events for the track meet on Friday this morning. Please make sure that your child dresses for the weather that day and that they have a labeled water bottle with them. We also wrote some limericks and started our Human Growth and Development unit. Today we talked about how everyone will have a different growth rate and that puberty is the third major growth spurt that they will have in their life. As we are busy this week getting ready for our KSV visit and the track meet happening on Friday there will be no spelling this week. Homework tonight: - home reading - no spelling this week - KSV permission slip - math 4p. 211 #1-8, 5p. 224 #1-7 and 6 p. 225 #1-2 - limerick if not complete - Novel study A-C if not complete (F due Friday) Have a good night.

Friday

We talked in FRIENDS today about making a coping plan. We talked about taking a big goal and breaking it down into manageable steps. The children all need to set a goal and make a coping plan for it this weekend for homework. Homework this weekend: - home reading (novel study) - human growth and development starts Monday please bring books to school - hot dog orders due Monday - FRIENDS coping plan - Novel study A-C if not complete Have a great weekend!

Thursday

We had a very fun day today. We worked on a very special project that will come home next week. Then we went down and saw our little buddies as they had chicks hatch in their class this week. We had a chance to hold the chicks and help them with an art project to celebrate their arrival. Homework tonight: - home reading - spelling dictation tomorrow - math 4p. 207 #1-10, 6p. 222 #1-7 - novel study C is due tomorrow (author study) - SS yr 6 due tomorrow - muscle system - hot dog order Have a good night!

Wednesday

We started to put in the school garden today. Thank you to the year sixes for doing the weeding for us. This afternoon we had a presentation in the gym from the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Jump Rope for Heart fundraising is coming home for those interested in taking part. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - math yr 5 quiz tomorrow - spelling sheet due tomorrow - library - gym, must have gym strip!!! - hot dog order form going home Have a great night!

Tuesday

Today we watched a puppeteer in the gym. The children really seemed to enjoy him and the message he sent. Coming home today are two notices. One on the track meet next Friday at the school, the other on the Human Growth and Development lessons that will start next week. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - math 4p. 204 #1-7, 5p. 216 #1-18, 6p. 216 #1-9 - poems if not complete - novel study C due Friday Have a good night.

Spelling Unit 24

Year 4 hardest latest noisier greatest higher busiest craziest nearest strongest earlier dirtiest younger happier safest hungriest littlest closest friendliest sillier tastiest Year 5 limit habit permit profit chocolate basket climate planet estimate calculate opposite favourite frustrate budget variety illustrate decorate definite accurate evaporate Year 6 pregame preview predict pretest prepare preserve prefer foretell forecast foreman postseason postpone prehistoric prejudge premature presume precaution postwar prejudice forehead

Monday

Today we went to our final YPC of the year. It was a dancing troupe from Toronto showing a variety of Chinese dancing. A reminder that we will be drawing for parents on Wednesday evening for Eagle Bay so if you would like your name in the draw please make sure you fill out the form and let me know by Wednesday morning. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - novel study A and B if not complete - yr 5 math quiz on Thursday - muscle package due Friday Have a good night.

Friday

Today was a fairly quiet day in the classroom. The children are all working on projects right now and are working on staying focused on their own work and not distracting others. We enjoyed having Wok Box for lunch today and a big thank you to the parents who organized that for the school. We also voted for our Red Cedar reading today. We are looking forward to finding out the award winners in May. Homework this weekend: - home reading (novel study) - math 4p. 201 #1-12, 6p. 211 #1-9 - any unfinished spelling - novel study A and B if not complete Have a great weekend!

Green Pea Vichyssoise

Portion size 8 Ingredients 2 tbsp (30 mL) butter 2 onions, chopped 1-1/2 cups (375 mL) chicken stock or vegetable stock 2 cups (500 mL) cubed peeled potatoes, (2 potatoes) 2 cups (500 mL) shelled fresh peas, (1-1/2 lb/750 g unshelled) 1 cup (250 mL) 10% cream or milk 1/2 tsp (2 mL) salt 1/2 tsp (2 mL) pepper Garnish: 1/2 cup (125 mL) snow peas, thinly sliced 1/2 sweet red pepper, finely chopped Preparation In large saucepan, melt butter over medium-low heat; cook onions, stirring occasionally, until softened, 10 minutes. Add stock, 1 cup (250 mL) water and potatoes; bring to boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Add peas; simmer, covered, until peas are tender, 5 minutes. In batches, transfer to blender or food processor; pur?until smooth. Transfer to bowl. Blend in cream; stir in salt and pepper. Refrigerate until chilled, about 4 hours. (Make-ahead: Place plastic wrap directly on surface; refrigerate for up to 1 day.) Garnish: Ladle into bowls; garnish with snow peas and red pepper.

Thursday

Unfortunately we were unable to go to KSV today. But we did have a lot of fun cooking in the community room! We made a yummy pea soup, I will post the recipe in a following post. I am trying to get a final head count together for Eagle Bay so if you can please let me know if you plan on attending. Final payments must be made in May before we go to the camp. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - scholastic book orders due tomorrow - Red Cedar voting tomorrow - novel study A and B due tomorrow - yr 5 SS assignment due tomorrow Have a good night!

Wednesday

Unfortunately tomorrow due to a lack of drivers we are going to have to cancel our visit to Kamloops Seniors Village. However, we will still be doing some cooking here at the school. I have invited the seniors that were going to come to participate to the school to still join us in our activity here, this will also be a chance for them to see our classroom at the school if they decide to join us here. Today each one of the children received a new novel study package. It is a large package and the due dates are broken down over the course of the next month. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - math 4p. 198 #1-8, 5p. 214 #1-13 - novel study A and B due on Friday - spelling sentences due tomorrow - yr 5 SS due on Friday Have a good night!

Tuesday

We are in need of drivers for our visit to KSV on Thursday. I am also looking for a couple of parents to help us do some food preparation there that day. If I do not receive any drivers or volunteers tomorrow I will have to cancel our visit. Homework tonight: - home reading (voting on Red Cedar Books on Friday) - study spelling - spelling sentences (20 for 4/5 40 for 6) due Thursday - library tomorrow - ABC poetry if not complete - math 4p. 196 #1-7, 5p. 208 #1-13, 6p. 207 #1-8 - Eagle Bay parent volunteer form - Scholastic due Friday If your child is not planning on joining us at Eagle Bay could you please let me know as this will effect how many parent volunteers we will require. Thank you. Have a good night.

Spelling Unit 23

Year 4 losing racing worries dancing hiding flies promised bored staying becoming carried living refused proving wasting supposed caused practicing inviting included Year 5 active relative expensive engine imagine machine bargain certain survive captain curtain native negative massive creative detective sensitive positive villain medicine Year 6 conduct desert wind change sentence tear wound bow rebel object refuse content contest diamond insult invalid entrance racket suspect project

Wednesday

We had a lot of fun today. We had an Easter Egg hunt for our little buddies. We also had a clan activity this afternoon where we talked about filling peoples buckets. Please ask you child to tell you about this. Homework this weekend: - home reading - science if not complete - any uncompleted work - KSV permission slip A reminder that tomorrow is a ProD day and that there is no school on Friday or Monday for the Easter weekend. Have a great weekend!

Tuesday

A reminder that tomorrow is the last day to bring in food donations for the food bank. The band concert is tonight in the gym at 7. Math night is in the library tonight from 6-7. Homework tonight: - home reading - math 5p. 202 #1-9, 4's fraction worksheet - FRIENDS - French Quiz tomorrow - library tomorrow Have a good night.

Monday

A reminder that this is a short week this week. Thursday is a ProD Day and Friday is a holiday. Quite a few assignments have been handed in lately with no names or late. As we progress into third term it is very important that your child get his/her work done on time with their name on the page. There is no spelling this week due to the short week. Homework tonight: - home reading - Ungifted writing if not complete - food donation for the food bank (these must be in by Wednesday) - band concert tomorrow at 1 and at 7 - Family Math night happens tomorrow night in the library from 6-7 - any unfinished work Have a good night.

Thursday

Tonight is the Fun Fair at the school from 5-8. Thank you to the PAC for putting this on for us. Tickets are available in the library and there will be a concession in the Community Room. All children must be with an adult. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - math 4p. 189 #1-3, 5p. 198 #1-9 - fine arts auditions for class plays tomorrow - beanstalk.com if not complete Have a good night.

Wednesday

The grade 5/6 students had to interview each other in french this morning using intonation in their questions. If you are able to donate stuffed animals for the Panda Pitch game or cakes for the Cake Walks tomorrow they would be appreciated. All donations can be dropped off at the office. Congratulations to the children who took part in the Battle of the Books today. It was a nail biting afternoon and the children did very well tying for second and battling to finish in third. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - spelling due tomorrow - gym tomorrow - library tomorrow - math 4p. 187 #1-4, 5p. 195 #1-13 6 quiz tomorrow - fun fair tomorrow from 5-8 - food donation Thank you for the donations to the classroom basket. All of the baskets for the raffle tomorrow look amazing!!!

Spelling Unit 22

Year 4 watching hoped taped stared scared added yelling hopped tapped starred scarred stopped swimming sorted planned controlled wrapping interested knowing finished Year 5 weather whether quiet quite allowed aloud picture pitcher war wore lose loose disprove disapprove rays raise dairy diary recent resent Year 6 wade weighed vein vain bored board moan mown your you're whose who's mare mayor berry bury dense dents idle idol

Tuesday

This morning in Fine Arts the children decided what roles they are going to try out for on Friday. Due to lack of interest certain roles in the plays have already been filled. We are doing a food drive at the school for the Kamloops Food Bank. We ask that each child bring in a non perishable food donation. Homework tonight: - home reading (only 3 weeks left for Red Cedar) - study spelling - math 4p. 184 #1-11, 5p. 193 #1-12 - food donation - cinquain rough copy if not completed Have a good night.

Friday

Today went really fast! A few more children got Red Cedar posts made today. In the afternoon we looked at our chicken bones that we had been soaking in vinegar. They were impressed to see the calcification difference. Homework this weekend: - home reading - math 4p. 181 #1-10, 5p. 189 #1-14 - science title page if not complete - band students work with a partner on your 2 songs from the book to show next week Have a good night!

Thursday

We had a lot of fun today helping our little buddies with some planting and Easter crafts. Congratulations to the children in the class who competed in yesterday's relay fest down at the TCC they all ran amazing races. Homework tonight: - home reading - math 4p. 179 #1-5, 5p.185 #1-13, 6p. 192 #1-11 - spelling dictation and spelling sentences if not complete - getting closer to Red Cedar voting. Make sure you are reading! - sign up for helping at fun fair - basket raffle items - reading response if not completed Have a good night.

Wednesday

We had a good work block today. Some of the children got a lot of work done. Please keep the Fun Fair basket items coming in. Homework tonight: - home reading - spelling definitions and sentences due tomorrow - math 4p. 175 #1-12, 5p. 181 #1-8, 6p. 188 #1-13 - library tomorrow - gym tomorrow - yr 4 European package if not complete Have a good night.

Tuesday

We started planting seedlings today that we will grow in the classroom and then move to the school garden once the weather warms up. There are still plenty of spots that need volunteers for the fun fair please sign up for one if you can. The sign up is outside of the office. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - science page 1-3 if not already completed - young author entries due by tomorrow - hot lunch order - scholastic order due Friday Have a good night.

Monday

A reminder about Fun Fair taking place on April 10th. Our basket raffle items are due into the school the morning of April 8th. Our theme again this year is Healthy Living/Fitness. Some ideas for items for this basket are: hand weights, sports equipment, healthy snacks like granola/power bars, gift cards to sporting store or itunes, skipping rope, kettle bells, drinks, yoga mat, water flavoring, ear buds, healthy snacks, water bottle, pedometer, workout gloves, stretchy bands or a food scale. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - math gr 5 p. 175 #1-3 - gym tomorrow - have gym strip - Purdy's orders are due by April 4th - MS fundraising due tomorrow Have a good night!

Spelling Unit 21 - Whole Class List

Whole Class joint hinge irregular fixed pivot cartilage gliding marrow fracture calcium ligaments moveable partially skeletal calcification spine cervical lumbar sacral thoracic

Friday

We have our computer back in the classroom now. Sorry for not having the blog updated for the last couple of days. On April 10th our school is having our Fun Fair. Please help out if you can by signing up for a shift at a station. The sign up sheets are posted outside of the office. Each class has been asked to provide items for a basket raffle. Our basket theme this year is Healthy Living/Fitness. Please have the items to the school on or before Tuesday April 8th. Homework this weekend: - home reading - year 4 math quiz Monday - grade 4 FSA home - spelling or maps if not complete - date change for the band concert. It is now Tuesday April 15th at 1 and 7 Have a good weekend.

Tuesday

Today was a really fun day. This morning in Fine Arts we started our study of Shakespeare and this afternoon we went to www.shakespearsglobe.com/playground to learn more about the Globe Theatre. We also had a special guest come to our class today to speak with the children. Eryn Bulmer Barrett is a two time Olympian who competed for Canada in diving. She spoke with the children about her experience at the Olympics and about dreaming big. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - maps due tomorrow - band concert April 2 at 7 I am short drivers for our visit to KSV on Thursday. I am looking for rides for 5 students. If you are able to help out please send a note in your child's agenda. Have a good night.

Spelling Unit 20

Year 4 rough enough graph quiet quarter photograph telephone tough laugh quite questions trophy equal autograph equator liquid alphabet elephant require quarrel Year 5 mammal contest topic humour metric highway salad single minus monsters invent rapid fantastic vitamins maximum minimum suffer intended polite expand Year 6 difficulty loyalty honestly cruelty gravity ability reality quality quantity activity electricity community university possibility probability reliability responsibility popularity variety equality

Monday

I hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday. Sorry that this wasn't posted sooner. We are having technical difficulties with the laptop in the classroom right now. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - math 4p. 163 #1-3 and p. 165 #1-4, 5p. 186 #1-10, 6p. 178 #1-11 - maps due Wednesday - Purdys order sent home today - KSV field trip form if not already returned - Report Card Envelope if not returned - Eagle Bay payments if you have not already made them (keeping in mind as long as your child is paid in full I don't mind if you don't stay to the payment schedule) Have a great night!

Friday

We had a super fun afternoon! We decorated sugar cookies and created cell cookies to finish off our cell study. Your child will receive 5 marks for explaining their cookie to you and having a note written in their agenda saying that they have done so. They also have some FRIENDS homework that needs to be completed before coming back on March 24. If you have not returned your child's KSV permission slip please do so. Eagle Bay payments can be made at anytime. New codes are coming home with the grade 4 students today. MS Read-a-thon envelopes are due in after the holiday. Please return your signed report card envelope after the break. Have a wonderful Spring Break! Keep reading your Red Cedar books!!!

Thursday

Again a lot of work got completed in the classroom today. They are trying so hard to make sure that they don't have any extra homework over Spring Break. Tomorrow is the last chance to bring in your Scholastic order, I will be placing this at lunch time. I am still looking for donations of yarn for after the holiday. If you could help with this it would be greatly appreciated. After Spring Break we will be doing a novel project that will require each child to use a shoebox. If you have one please send it in with your child. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - study science - math 4p. 160, #1-9, yr 6 fraction package if not complete Have a good night!

Wednesday

It was a great work block Wednesday today. We are trying to make sure that all of our work is wrapped up so that we don't have homework over the holiday next week. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling (sheets due tomorrow) - library - gym - math 4p. 158 #1-6 - popcorn day tomorrow $1 bag Have a good night.

Tuesday

In Fine Arts today we looked at the history of theater for the last 10000 years. It was really interesting. We are continuing to work on our Red Cedar posts and blogs. Please make sure that your books are here daily. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - study science - math 4p. 154 #1-7 - Scholastic due Friday have a good night.

Spelling Unit 19

Year 4 knew wrote know answer doubt listen wrong often sight climb knock walk thumb whistle wrestle knapsack wrecked wrist ghetto wrinkle Year 5 anyone's parents' Canada's neighbours' someone's character's ocean's nation's nobody's everybodies' wives' daughter's aunt's stomach's tongue's island's community's factories' businesses' country's Year 6 finally mostly nearly simply usually funnily easily friendly clearly fully surely lately magically tragically cleverly generally extremely especially calmly probably

Monday

We got a lot of Red Cedar summary posts done this morning. A reminder that the PAC fundraising coupon book sales are due back tomorrow. Scholastic orders are due on Friday. I am still looking for yarn donations for a spool knitting project that we will be doing after Spring Break. Any donations would be greatly appreciated. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling (sheet due Thursday) - math 4p. 151, 6 fraction package if not complete - science quiz on microscopes and cells on Friday - gym - pants and socks with a plastic bag in case of slipping in a puddle Have a good night!

Friday

We started our drama studies in Fine Arts today. We talked about what we know and want to know about theater. I also showed the students video examples of Kabuki Theater and Chinese Shadow Puppet Theater. Next week we will be having a science quiz on cells on Friday. Homework tonight: - home reading - any unfinished work - study science - math yr6 p. 173#1-13 Have a great weekend!

Thursday

We did a grammar review lesson today of the noun, adjective, verb and adverb. We also did a spinner writing activity. Would you rather...? Ask your child what they wrote about. Homework tonight: - home reading - spelling dictation - math yr 5 quiz tomorrow - yr 4 Black History Month article due - science if not complete - yr 4 FN activity if not complete - cell quiz next Friday Have a good night.

Wednesday

We had an amazing work block today!! All of the children were so focused on their work all day! We read another chapter of our non-fiction Red Cedar The World in Your Lunch Box. It has been very interesting learning the history of the food mentioned in the book. Homework tonight: - home reading - spelling story if not complete - science parts of a cell package due tomorrow - yr. 4 SS due tomorrow - math 4p. 144 #1-8, 5p. 158 #1-15, 6p. 168 #1-11 - gym tomorrow - library tomorrow - Scholastic orders due March 14 Have a great night!

Monday

We had a busy day today. We started taking a closer look at our cell study and learned about the parts of a cell. The grade 5/6's also got some new information to read for Friday on our new Government unit. The 6's have festival tomorrow. Please make sure you are in concert dress clothes and have your permission slips. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - last weeks science if not complete - gym tomorrow Have a good night.

Spelling Unit 18

Year 4 water almost toward cause naughty taught warm drawn crawl because daughter also automatic exhausted reward applaud auction cautious forward laundry Year 5 windows words students groceries players brothers thousands leaves sandwiches roofs videos wives guesses communities systems activities businesses centuries enemies opportunities Year 6 painful cheerful forgetful goodness illness weakness closeness harmless careless useless worthless endless strangeness rudeness lifeless fearless thoughtless pointless forceful successful

Friday

Today we posted our first blog post for Red Cedar. In fine arts we practiced sketching. The grade sixes got a permission slip for band festival. Please have them returned by Monday. Today was pink day at our school. Homework tonight: - home reading - math 4p.134 #1-8,5p.153 #1-9 Have a good weekend!

Thursday

We had a good day today with Ms.Johnson. We heard a bullying presentation about cyber bullying presented by Cst. MacKenzie. The children were assigned to do a journal entry on the presentation they heard. They also were assigned new fiction cards to work on as well. Homework tonight: - home reading - spelling dictation tomorrow - spelling sentences if not complete - Canadian Reader if not complete - Math 4p.130#1-10, 5p.149#1-9 - gr.6 math quiz tomorrow Have a good night!

Wednesday

Today as a part of our Friends program we learned strategies to calm ourselves down. We talked today about bullying and I gave the children each a wristband and they had to move it from hand to hand when they were found using hurtful terms. Homework tonight: - home reading - spelling due tomorrow - Canadian Reader if not completed - math 4p. 126 #1-9, 5p. 147 #1-5 - library tomorrow - gym tomorrow Have a good night.

Tuesday

Today the year 5/6 students watched Les Trois Petits Cochons in French. They were so excited because they were able to follow along and understood quite a lot of the vocabulary as the story was told using the actions we have been learning in AIM. The year 4 students wrote their math tests today. Please make sure that your child is reading a Red Cedar book for their home reading. Some of them need to read these more often to make sure that they are able to vote in April for their favorite book. After working with the year 6's today we have decided to postpone their math test until Friday. Some of the children were still unclear of the concepts of interior angles of a triangle and quadrilateral. They all have a much better understanding now and I want to give them a couple of days to continue working with these concepts before testing. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - math 5p. 143 #1-8 - WITW and Canadian Readers due tomorrow Have a good night!

Spelling Unit 17 - Sorry forgot to post yesterday!

Year 4 allowed mountain thousand however borrow power amount ground clouds flower lower proud fountain boulder shoulder coward announce outrageous surround allowance Year 5 who'll you've they've he'd hadn't they'd we've weren't she'd he'll we'll I'd who's whose we'd weed you're your there's theirs Year 6 remind reply result reverse remain recover remember repeat recycle relax release rely revenge retire resource resist remote remodel reconsider redecorate

Monday

We had a wonderful visit today at Kamloops Seniors Village. The residents had 4 different activities set up for the students including two art stations, a history station and a game station. The children and residents had a wonderful time and we are all looking forward to our half day there next month. We started a mini unit on cells in science today that will take us up to spring break. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - yr 4 math quiz tomorrow, year 6 quiz on Wednesday - WITW/Canadian Reader packages due Wednesday - Podium Pages if not complete - gym tomorrow Have a good night.

Thursday

We had a great day today. The grade 5 students built a cubic meter in math today with the newspapers that were donated. It helps them to create a referent that they can relate to. A reminder that there is no school tomorrow as it is a ProD Day. Homework this weekend: - home reading (read out loud at least once) - unfinished work - grade 4's have a math quiz on Tuesday - KSV on Monday Have a great weekend!

Wednesday

It was a good work block day today. The children also went into different classrooms around the school to give presentations about the MS Read-a-thon. This will run from today until March 24. A reminder that tomorrow is the spaghetti dinner at the school. Tickets are available at the office. There will be a cake walk so if you can donate a cake it would be appreciated. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling (sheet due and dictation tomorrow) - gym - library - scholastic due tomorrow - KSV forms due tomorrow - we are still looking for drivers for 6 students if you can help please write a note in your child's agenda Have a good night!

Tuesday

We had fun practicing our AIM vocabulary in French today. It was nice to see some "Ah ha" moments in french regarding masculine and feminine adjectives. A reminder that tomorrow there will be a small science quiz on classification and microscopes. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - study science - my podium pages - tomorrow is the last day to return your pizza order - KSV and Scholastic due Thursday Have a good night.

Monday

We had a great work block day today. We started a mini unit on using a microscope today. The children will have a quiz on this as well as their classification study on Wednesday. They will earn a microscope license if they pass their microscope quiz. I am looking for any extra newspapers (not the ads just the paper) for a math project with the grade 5 students on Thursday. If you have any that could be donated to the classroom they would be appreciated. We will be starting a spool knitting project after spring break and any yarn that you may have at home that you no longer use and could donate to the classroom would be appreciated. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling (dictation on Thursday due to ProD on Friday) - math 4p. 115 #1-7, 5p. 137 #1-6, 6p. 148 #1-10 - microscope activity sheets if not complete - my podium pages - gym tomorrow - pizza order due Wednesday - KSV form due Thursday - Scholastic order due Thursday Have a good night!

Spelling Unit 16

Year 4 noisy voice pointed destroy joint royal enjoy voyage soil loyal moisture broil appointment enjoyment employment rejoice sirloin employ asteroid poison Year 5 compared earliest exciting healthier noticed worrying buying writing married driving copied leaving recognized buried deciding increasing emptying amazing created annoying Year 6 interrupt interview interact translate transparent transfer midyear midair midnight midday semicircle semifinal international interfere intermission interval transatlantic transform midwinter semiannual

Friday

We had a fun Friday today. We did some heart art this morning with mosaic hearts or circles. We learned more about blogging. We had a fun afternoon with our buddies creating Love Bugs. Homework this weekend: - home reading - unfinished work Have a great weekend!

Thursday

We had a great time this morning with our last skate of the year. Thank you to all of the parents that have helped drive to these three field trips, we couldn't do it without you and we all really appreciate you giving up your time to help us out. Tomorrow is Valentine's Day, we don't do any activity in the room but we will be going down to help our buddies with a craft tomorrow. Tomorrow is also wear red white or pink for Valentine's Day and/or to show support for our Olympic Athletes. Homework tonight: - home reading - my podium pages if not complete - math 4p. 108 #1-9, 5p. 129 #1-8 - SS project due tomorrow Have a great night!

Wednesday

This morning we had a lesson and talked about the MS Read A Thon that our class will be organizing. The children are having to write presentation on MS and talk to the children in the school about the Read A Thon. We also got to go and help our little buddies celebrate 100 days of being in school today. They helped them make a 100 day hat. They should be bringing home a How Am I Doing sheet today. If you could please sign the back and return it to me as soon as possible. We have our last skating tomorrow. The children can bring their own hockey sticks if they like, we will provide pucks for them to use. Homework tonight: - home reading - ss projects Have a good night!

Tuesday

Today we had a very busy day. The children completed a mid year evaluation on themselves and their behaviour in the class/school. I will be sending these home this week for you to look at. On this sheet your child has also set goals that they would like to achieve for themselves for the remainder of the year. Today we also took part in a reading assessment where each of them read with me for a short period. These evaluations take up a large part of the day for the students and because of this, combined with the shortened week and the year 6's being gone for Thursday and Friday there will be no spelling this week. Homework tonight: - home reading - my podium pages - ss projects due this week Have a good night.

Friday

We had a great day today. To kick off our study/discussions of the Olympics and the goal setting that it takes for the athletes to make it there, we watched some of the opening ceremonies live this morning. The children are still required to make sure that they are filling out their Podium Pages booklets every day, this includes weekends! A reminder that Monday is Family Day and there is no school. Homework this weekend: - home reading - My Podium Pages - any unfinished work - SS project due next week Have a great long weekend!

Thursday

Today the students each received a booklet called My Podium Pages. They are required to write a journal entry during each day of the Olympics, including weekends! When they need to find information I have asked them to use the Canadian Olympic website which is www.olympic.ca. We have been working this week on reading aloud with a friend in the classroom to work on fluency and expression while reading. I would also encourage extra practice of times tables as many children still have a slower recall of this. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling dictation tomorrow - Day 1 of My Podium Pages - math 4p. 103 #1-2, 5p. 124 #1-16, 6p. 126 #1-9 - Science packages need to be handed in tomorrow if not already handed in Have a good night.

Tuesday

What a great day today! The children worked VERY hard and were VERY quiet in the room today. The fine arts group started to look at shading today and discovered that it is harder than it looks! Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling, spelling sentences and dictionary words due Thursday - grammar if not complete - math 4p. 96 #1-11, 5 quiz tomorrow, 6p. 127 #1-7 - jazz band for yr 6 at 7:30 tomorrow morning - SS projects due next week Have a wonderful evening!

Monday

We had a great time at the YPC today. The children had a lot of fun and it was very interactive telling the tale of Robin Hood. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - social studies projects due next week - spelling sentences and dictionary definitions due on Thursday Have a great night!

Friday

We had a great day today. The grade 4's wrote their last FSA exam. If your child has missed any of the tests we will make them up next week. We have YPC on Monday. Homework this weekend: - home reading (out loud to work on expression and fluency) - any unfinished work Have a great weekend!

Thursday

The grade 4's wrote their 5th FSA today. They will write their final one tomorrow. It will be a long write so please make sure that they get a good rest tonight. If any children have missed any portion of the FSA's they will make these up next week. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - math 4p. 92#1-10, 6 quiz tomorrow - journal if not complete - WITW package due tomorrow Have a good night!

Wednesday

What a great work block Wednesday today! The children all worked hard and got a lot of work completed. They 4/5 students took place in some cup stacking at lunch today. If anyone wants to order cups they can do so online, information can be found in the school office. Last chance to order is this weekend. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - yr 4 FSA tomorrow after recess - math 4p. 88 #1-10, 5p. 113 #1-2, 6p. 118 #1-15 yr 6 quiz Friday - science package pages 19 and 20 if not complete - library tomorrow - gym tomorrow Have a good night.

Spelling Unit 14

Year 4 share there parents compare scare airport wear near rare spare career square barely airlift farewell fearful sincere repair aeroplane beware Year 5 thick market attic arctic attack traffic packet Atlantic panic plastic picking Pacific fantastic terrific athletic magnetic mechanic heroic Olympics plastic Year 6 import deport support passport airport transport reporter portable press pressured express impress unimportant supportive impressive impression suppress depressed depression oppress

Tuesday

Today we took part in Kids Can Move gymnastics program in the gym. It was great to watch the children using muscle groups that they might not normally work such as their core. I have asked each of them to practice activating their core tonight using an exercise that they learned today. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - math 4p. 84 #1-10, 5p. 110 #1-6 - science - WITW map 2 due tomorrow Have a good night!

Monday

We had a great time down at the Kamloops Seniors Village today. It was great to see much more interaction this time between the students and the residents. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - bring/wear clothing for gymnastics at the school tomorrow morning - yr 6 permission slips for those who have not returned - unplug and play forms until Friday - FRIENDS homework if not complete Have a great night!

Friday

We continue to have problems happening with tag on the playground right now. The weather has turned the fields quite icy and until this changes I have asked the students not to play tag. Homework this weekend: - home reading - unplug and play return on Monday - return principal challenge sheets Monday - family dance in the gym tonight from 5-7pm parents must be with children entry by donation - slippers or inside shoes for Monday visit to Kamloops Senior Village - Friends lesson 2 homework - dice activity - math 5p. 106 #1-10, 6 p.117 #1-2 - year 6 permission slip Have a wonderful weekend!

Thursday

We had a lot of fun with French today. We have been working on learning signs in French with the AIM program. Ask you child to show you the signs for le and la if they are in year 5/6. The year 4's wrote their second FSA today. They wrote the online Reading today and will take part in the online numeracy tomorrow. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling (dictation tomorrow) - Canadian Reader package due tomorrow if not already handed in for year 4 - tomorrow morning is last chance for hot lunch orders, they must be in before lunch - permission slip for KSV if not returned already - family dance at the school tomorrow night from 5-7pm sponsored by PAC Have a good night.

Wednesday

Tomorrow we are continuing on with Reading Week. Tomorrow is POEM in my POCKET Day. Each student in the school has been asked to write a poem down and have it in their pocket ready to share when asked to present. Please make sure that your child has a poem copied down. We will present them to each other tomorrow morning. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling, sheets due tomorrow morning - poem - math 4 worksheet, 5p. 102 #1-14, 6p. 111 #1-8 - library tomorrow - gym tomorrow - Scholastic due tomorrow - permission slips due tomorrow Have a good night, I am looking forward to hearing all the poems in the morning!

Spelling Unit 13

Year 4 early perhaps whether world different purpose learned heard earth curve together circle energy average percent journey disturb concerned modern character Year 5 frighten frozen dozen happens given golden hidden listening entire taken wooden entered citizen oxygen awaken beaten enlarge encounter encourage enclosed Year 6 dishonest discourage impolite impatient non-violent unpopular uneven misunderstanding mislead misplaced independent illegal distracting unusual immoral inactive intolerant unlimited disapprove misbehave

Tuesday

We have had some problems again recently with behaviour in our class line up after recess and lunch. Many of the children are not keeping their hands and feet to themselves. This tends to take up a lot of class time sorting out once we come back into the classroom. Please talk to your child about this and feel free to pass on any information to me that you think I may need to know about. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - math 4 graph package, 5p. 102 #1-2, 6p. 106 #1-13 Please make sure that you get a lot of sleep tonight. The grade 4's will start their FSA's tomorrow. Tomorrow is READ ME day at the school. Please wear clothing that has words on it, making sure that they are school appropriate. Have a good night.

Monday

It was a great day today. A lot of information going home tonight. We are taking part in reading week and an Unplug and Play challenge. The children are bringing home information regarding these tonight. They are also taking home a permission slip for the Kamloops Seniors Village. A reminder that food orders need to be in this week as do Scholastic Orders. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - record minutes read - math 5p. 98 #1-12, 6p. 101 #1-8 - milk jugs (4L) washed with lids for kindergarten class - word for "What's My Word" day Have a good night!

Friday

A fun day today. We had some fun with French and DPA today. We played a couple of games to teach the numbers 1-20 in French as well as left and right (gauche et droite). Homework this weekend: - home reading - science if not complete to page 3 - math 4 quiz Monday, 5p. 94 #1-14 - WITW package due Monday at the end of the day - Canadian Reader Lit. Focus page due at the end of the day Monday Please make sure that your Red Cedar Books come with you every day next week for literacy week. Have a great weekend.

Thursday

I was away for the morning but I hear that skating was a lot of fun. Thank you to those parents who drove us to the rink today. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling (dictation tomorrow) - math 4p. 76 #1-15 (Quiz Monday), 5p. 90 #1-13, 6p. 97 #1-14 - science page 1-3 due tomorrow - WITW map due tomorrow Have a good night!

Wednesday

It was a great work day today, the children got a lot of work done. A reminder that we are skating tomorrow morning. I will also be away for tomorrow morning at a French conference until lunch time. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling (sheets due tomorrow morning) - math 4p. 76 should be done to around question 7/8 they have 2 days to complete the pages, 5p. 86 #1-11, 6p 94 #1-7 - gym tomorrow - library tomorrow, please return books in the morning Have a good night!

Tuesday

We had a good day today. We worked on creating a vanishing point drawing of a street in fine arts today. Mr. Michelle also came in and worked with us today on our First Nations Pouches. Hopefully these will be finished and come home next week. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - math 4p. 74 #1-7, 5p. 82 #1-13, 6p. 90 #1-10 - verb activity sheet if not complete - science Classification package sheets 1-3 due Friday - last chance for yr 6 ski forms they are due tomorrow Have a good night.

Monday

Today the year 4's went with Mr. Orr for their first FSA practice. These will take place starting next week. The noise level in the classroom was a little high today, hopefully it will be better tomorrow. Today was a very wet day on the playground. Please make sure that your child has an extra pair of socks in their backpack in case they end up with wet feet at lunch time. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - math 4p. 71#1-8, 5p. 78 #1-12 if not complete - spelling sheet due Thursday - WITW map due Friday Have a good night.

Spelling Unit 12

Year 4 smart toward north argue course report force anymore order separate short sorry memory factory enormous tornado omnivore history popular similar Year 5 final natural mineral usual general metal global capital material national personal hospital political arrival principal physical actual tropical individual musical Year 6 awake alive aloud asleep along ahead inland income intend insist instead indoors insert inhabit inflate invade intense involve ashamed aground

Friday

We had a great day today. In fine arts we learned how to draw with a vanishing point. The children were really excited to see the depth that it could bring to their drawings. Homework this weekend: - home reading (30 min. a day) - any unfinished work including science title page, doodle art assignment, Winter Celebration for Canadian Reader - math quiz Monday for yr 6 - french quiz Monday for yr 5/6 Have a great weekend!

Thursday

The children had another good day today. We finished our first Friends lesson today. They now have a strategy to help them to relax when they are feeling stressed or anxious. Please ask them about it tonight. Homework tonight: - home reading - spelling dictation tomorrow - spelling if not complete - math 4p. 69 #1-2, 5p. 74 #1-11, 6p. 82 #1-16 - fine arts doodle due tomorrow - Friends homework if not already complete - French quiz Monday for 5/6 - yr 6 math quiz Monday - French lesson 10 if not complete - Classification title page due tomorrow - yr4 Winter Celebration sheet due tomorrow Have a good night.

Wednesday

Today was a work block day. The children got a lot of work finished today. There were some problems with the boys playing a tag game at lunch today. I have talked to them and think we may have it sorted but if you have a boy that was involved could you please talk to them as well. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - spelling sheet due tomorrow - verb sentences if not done - math 4p. 66#1-7 - gym tomorrow - library tomorrow - yr 6 ski forms due January 15 Have a good night.

Spelling Unit 11 - Sorry forgot to post yesterday!

Year 4 achieve weigh receive believe piece either eight height diet their neither chief patience deceive relieved protein efficient eighteen neighbour ceiling Year 5 popular calendar similar circular liar particular solar familiar lunar guitar cougar cedar muscular spectacular burglar grammar molar irregular singular peculiar Year 6 received thief brief weird niece achieved view relief relieved believed eighty fierce mischief deceived seized conceited fiend pierced windshield grieved

Tuesday

Today just flew by!!! We started working with a new program in the classroom today, Friends For Life. We will be working our way though these lessons as a class. The children will have homework that accompany these lessons. This week they are to do homework activities 1a and 1b and read Things to Remember Every Day. These need to be completed by Friday. Please make sure your child has their work book with them on Thursday to finish up the lesson we started today. We also started a sewing project with Mr. Michelle making leather and beaded pouches. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - math 4p. 63 #1-5, 5 Quiz tomorrow, 6p. 80 #1-13 - Friends for Life (Due Friday) - any overdue work - Yr. 4 FSA notice Have a good night.

January 6 - Welcome Back

We had a good first day back today. Please make sure that you have your gym strip for tomorrow. Today we saw a lot of children in the school who were not dressed for the weather. It was very cold out there today (we kept them in at lunch) so please make sure that your child has a hat and gloves/mittens. Homework tonight: - home reading (should have one Red Cedar done or almost done) - spelling - journal if not complete - math 4p. 60 #1-12, 6p. 76 #1-10 Have a great evening!