Tuesday

Tomorrow we will have some more class time available to work on our Heritage Fair projects. Please make sure that you child is coming with work to do. I have booked the computer lab for one block of time tomorrow. There is a family dance taking place at the school on April 10th, an email went home with an attachment about this today. Homework tonight: - home reading - heritage fair - notice - family dance - library books returned Have a good night.

Monday

Wow did today go by quickly!! The children worked hard today. A reminder that we will be using some class time to work on their Heritage Fair projects tomorrow and Wednesday so they need to come to class prepared to do this. If they would like my help with editing rough copies I would like to see these no later than Wednesday. Homework tonight: - home reading - heritage fair - grade 5 math quiz next Tuesday - gymnastics starts tomorrow, bring your gym strip Have a good night.

Friday

Wow what a busy day! We had our science quiz this morning to finish off our unit on renewable and non-renewable resources. We then read the story Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi to talk about how tomorrow is Pi Day (3.14). Then we made some butter tarts, the children really seemed to enjoy them (as did the staff, yummy!). We finished off the day helping our little buddies celebrate 100 days of school. I hope that everyone has a wonderful break. See you all on March 30th!!

Butter Tart Recipe

1/2 butter 2 eggs 1 cup brown sugar 1/2 coconut 1 cup raisins (I usually soak them first to plump them up, pour boiling water over and let sit) 1 tsp salt 1 tsp vanilla Mix together and fill tart shells 2/3 full. Bake in oven for 450 for 10 minutes then drop the temperature to 425 for 10 minutes.

Thursday

We had a wonderful time on our field trip to the public library today. Many of the children have books that they have taken out and they should also have a slip of paper telling their due date. These can be returned to the public library or to the library return box on the top floor of Aberdeen Mall. Homework tonight: - home reading - heritage fair - cooking tomorrow, long hair needs to be pulled back - gym strip should be at home - lost in found will be donated so please take a minute to go through it - spirit day tomorrow - green for Aberdeen or spirit wear! Have a great night.

Wednesday

It was a wonderful work block day in the classroom today. The children were all getting a lot of work completed. It is great to see that many of them have been working on their heritage fair projects at home. Homework tonight: - home reading - heritage fair - math 4p. 163 #1-3, 5p. 153 #1-9 - library field trip tomorrow - bring your library card if you have one Have a great night.

Tuesday

We had a great day today. The grade five students created a metric cube out of newspaper and had a lot of fun with it. We continued to work on our heritage fair projects today and will do so again tomorrow so please make sure that your child is coming prepared and is working on this project at home too. Homework tonight: - home reading - heritage fair - math 4p. 161 #1-9, 5p. 149 #1-9 - popcorn day tomorrow $1 - spirit day/wear green on Friday Have a good day!

Monday

We had a wonderful day in the classroom today. For a writing topic today the children had to tell me about three creative uses for a pen with no ink. We have also decided to do some baking on Friday. Some of the children have been asked to bring in ingredients. Tomorrow and Wednesday the children will be given time to work on their heritage fair topics. Please make sure that they come to school prepared to do this. Homework tonight: - home reading - heritage fair - math 4p. 158 #1-6, 5p. 147 #1-5 - writing if not complete - science quiz Friday Have a great evening.

Wednesday

There is a very important field trip from coming home today. Next Thursday we will be visiting the public library and I need to have the library card sheets filled in and returned ASAP. Even if your child already has their own library card we have been asked to have these sheets returned. We will be having a tour of the library and then will have a chance to look for some books for our heritage research projects. Homework tonight: - home reading - heritage fair - newspaper - return library slips asap - WITW/Canadian Reader if not complete Have a good night.

Tuesday March 3

Sorry for no post last night. Over the last couple of days I have had a chance to meet with the children regarding their Heritage Fair projects. If you have not yet signed your child's form could you please do so now. Many of the topics are very exciting and it is wonderful to see the children so excited about them. We will be having time on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in class to work on these projects so please make sure that your child has what they need to work at school on these days. Many of the children brought in flash drives today which was wonderful. Please make sure that you have shown your child how to use and safely remove these so that they know what to do. It is hard for me to teach them when I am trying to help others gather research. Also, we will have no spelling over the next couple of weeks so that we can devote more class time to our projects. Homework tonight: - home reading - math 4p. 154 #1-7, 5p. 143 #1-8 - 5/6 french if not complete - WITW and Canadian Reader due tomorrow Have a good night!