Thursday October 31, 2019

There should be a green notice coming home with your child tonight.  Please make sure that you read this as it is important information.  A reminder that tomorrow is a PJ day for those wanting to take part. I hope that everyone has a safe and happy Halloween!

No homework tonight.

Wednesday

We had an Art Starts performance this afternoon and listened and learned about the history of Motown. We played Zombie Tag in gym today and took part in a trick or treat challenge.  A reminder that costumes are tomorrow afternoon only.  Homework tonight:

 - home reading
 - study spelling
 - math quiz on patterning unit

Have a good night.

Tuesday

Today the children had a wild safe presentation.  They learned about the wildlife that is local to this area and what we can do to not attract them to our homes.  They continued to work on their math review page (these will be marked tomorrow) and their peace keeper project.  Homework tonight:

 - home reading
 - word study
 - skating permission slips
 - gym tomorrow
 - Math Show What You Know grade 4 and 6 should be completed to question 6, grade 5's should be completed to question 9
 - math quiz Thursday
 - peace keeper posters to be presented next Friday

The children are welcome to dress up on Thursday afternoon for Halloween.  No weapons or masks please. I will give them some time after lunch to put their costumes on and then we will be participating in a STEM challenge in the afternoon.

Have a wonderful evening.

Monday October 28

Today we carried on working on our prepared microscope slides.  Today is National Library Week so we participated in DEAR (Drop Everything And Read).  We completed a STEM reflection from our buddy activity last week.  Homework tonight:

 - home reading
 - word study
 - library tomorrow
 - gym tomorrow
 - skating permission slips
 - Halloween - costumes in the afternoon only, no weapons, no face masks
 - Friday is PJ Day

Have a good night.

Thursday

 The children worked on their Typing Pal programs and are doing really well at making sure they have the correct posture and are looking at the screen and not their fingers when they are typing.  The 5's and 6's also had to create a monster in French and describe it to a partner to have them draw it.

Homework tonight:

 - No school for students tomorrow (Pro D)
 - home reading
 - Amazon article if not done (5/6)
 - Reading Response if not complete 
 - Virtue paragraph if not complete

Have a wonderful weekend.

Wednesday

All groups finished marking the final page of their patterning unit and will be working on a review over the next couple of days.  There will be a test next week.  We worked on our Peace Keeper research.  In gym today the children finished a volleyball unit.  We completed a STEM project with our little buddies today.  Homework tonight:

 - home reading
 - word study dictation tomorrow
 - no school for students on Friday (ProD)
 - Yr. 6 immunization tomorrow
 - skating permission slips

Have a great evening.

Tuesday

Today, since we all have our microscope licenses, we started a microscope activity.  Please ask your child what they looked at this afternoon.  We also did some drumming and dancing today with an instructor from Ghana.  We went to the book fair as a class today.  This will continue running tomorrow and Thursday until lunch time.  Homework tonight:

 - home reading
 - word study
 - math 4-p. 24 #1-6, 5-p. 27 #1-10, 6-p. 38 #1-4

Have a good night.

Monday October 21

A reminder that Friday is a ProD day and there is no school for the children on Friday.  We started working on our individual Fiction Cards today.  We reviewed how to properly complete a map today.  Homework tonight:

 - home reading
 - word study practice
 - photo retakes tomorrow
 - Yr 6 shots Thursday
 - Microscope quiz for those who did not yet receive their license
 - Book Fair
 - Gym
 - Reading Response if not finished
 - Canada Decides (5/6) if not finished

Have a good evening.

Friday

Today we had our microscope quiz.  We also did our Big 5 weekly math check in.  We completed our class mural in our hallway.  If you come to the book fair next week, please come and check it out!  Homework this weekend:

 - home reading
 - indoor shoes
 - book fair next week (our class purchasing day is Tuesday)

Have a wonderful weekend!

Thursday

Today we worked on Typing Pal, they are getting really good at keeping their fingers on the home row!  In Health they started making posters for inclusiveness.  We are writing letters to students in Germany.  Homework tonight:

 - Microscope quiz tomorrow
 - Art Cards due tomorrow
 - Scholastic due tomorrow

Have a great evening!

Wednesday October 16th

Today we had two safety drills.  We had a lock down drill and a fire drill!  We learned more about microscopes and will have a small microscope quiz on Friday to earn our Microscope License!  The children received articles for What in the World and Canadian Reader on the upcoming election.  They will have the opportunity to take part in a student vote on Friday.  Homework tonight: 

 - home reading
 - word study
 - yr 6 math p. 31 #1-5
 -  art cards due Friday
 - Scholastic orders due Friday

Have a good night.

Friday October 11

Today the Year 4's finished their FSA booklets and will complete their last online FSA on Tuesday for Numeracy.  We went to our buddy classroom this afternoon and completed Turkeys with them.  A reminder that there is no school on Monday.   I hope that you all have a very Happy Thanksgiving and have a wonderful long weekend.

Thursday

The year 5/6 students orally told me the numbers to 20 or 50 (depending on the grade) and the alphabet today in French.  They all did a great job!  In Health we created a wordle with the definition of inclusiveness.  We wrote out our word study dictation sentences today.  If your child has not brought in inside/gym shoes yet could they please do so as soon as possible.  Also, please encourage them to dress for the weather as the mornings are cool when they go out for recess.  Homework tonight:

 - home reading
 - word study
 - inside shoes
 - Scholastic due October 18
 - Reading Response grade 5/6 if not complete
 - Cell Organelle activity if not complete
 - bring batteries

Have a good evening.

Wednesday October 9

Today the students all logged into their Prodigy accounts for the year.  They should be bringing home a sheet to show their parents tonight.  They are able to work on this from home.  We played Garbage Can in gym.  We watched a Bill Nye video on Cells.  

Homework tonight:
 - home reading
 - word study
 - Scholastic Due October 18th
 - 5/6 French oral alphabet and numbers tomorrow
 - Year 6 vaccine consent

Tuesday October 8th

The grade 4 students completed their online reading FSA today.  In gym today the children played a game called hotdog tag.  We had library today.  Homework tonight:

 - home reading
 - word study practice
 - art cards home
 - gym tomorrow
 - 5/6 French oral alphabet and numbers on Thursday
 - yr 6 vaccine consent form return

Have a wonderful evening!

Monday

Today the year 4 students wrote their first FSA.  These will continue throughout the week.  Homework tonight:

 - home reading
 - word study
 - sign Big 5
 - Yr 6 notices to go home

Have a great evening!

Friday

A reminder that Monday is an early dismissal day (12:30) for parent teacher interviews.  If you have not signed up please contact me so we can set up a time or make an alternate arrangement.  School photos are coming home today.  We watched a presentation from the Earth Rangers today.  The year 4 students did a practice FSA log on today.  If your child would like to practice on their own a link can be found on our school website. Homework this weekend:

 - home reading
 - school photos
 - early dismissal Monday 12:30

Have a wonderful weekend.

Thursday

Today we worked on Chromebooks and did the DEWERS survey and started our typing skills.  In Health today we talked more about inclusiveness.  We carried on with our cell activities.  Homework tonight:

 - home reading
 - word study dictation tomorrow
 - inside shoes
 - reading response if not complete
 - word study package if not complete

Have a great evening!

Wednesday October 2

Today we got our new agendas!  We learned more about cells today. The grade 4's talked about paragraph writing and how topic sentences and conclusions are important.  The children had gym today and started volleyball.  Next week the 5/6's will be having an oral French quiz to tell me the alphabet and numbers. Homework tonight:

 - home reading
 - word study
 - 5's Math p. 16 #5-8 if not complete
 - agenda signed
 - sign Big 5

Have a good night.

Tuesday October 1

I can't believe it is October already!  Today we celebrated International Day of Peace with all of the Montessori classes.  Today we also had a special presentation from a student.  Please ask your child to tell you about it.  We also had gym and our library book exchange today.  Homework tonight:

 - home reading
 - study word work
 - math 4p. 12 #3-4, 5p. 15 #1-4, 6p. 17 #1 if not already completed
 - gym

Have a good night.