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!