Friday

Today we had our final hip hop lesson at the Academy of Dance.  Please ask your child to demonstrate their learning to you.  We did a sunshine activity in the afternoon where we gave compliments to others in the room.  We started writing a story from the point of view of food about the journey through the Digestive System.  Homework this weekend:

 - home reading
 - Digestive Package if not complete
 - Heritage Stamp if not complete
 - Digestive quiz next Friday

Thursday

Today we worked on our Typing Pal.  In math today the year 4's were working on fact families, the 5's were working on long division and the 6's are working with creating angles using a protractor.  In Health we learned about being nice with Kids in the Know.  A reminder that we have our last dance lesson at the Academy of Dance tomorrow morning.  Please make sure you are dressed in clothing that you can move in with hair pulled back.  Homework tonight:

 - home reading
 - word study dictation tomorrow
 - digestion package due tomorrow
 - Heritage Stamp due tomorrow
 - Bake Sale tomorrow all items $1 or $2

Have a good night.

Wednesday

Today was Pink Shirt Day and it was great to see all of the children wearing pink today!  In gym we played Pickleball.  Gymnastics starts next week, if your child has longer hair please make sure that it is pulled back for gymnastics.  We had Clans in the school today where we talked about differences.  We did a puzzle piece activity as a class today and each child created their own puzzle piece about kindness.  Homework tonight:

 - home reading
 - word study (due tomorrow)
 - puzzle piece if not complete
 - Heritage Fair stamp due Friday
 - some students still need to return their signed interim
 - Explorer project due tomorrow if not complete

Have a good night.

Tuesday February 25

Today we had library, please remember to return books from home.  We continued working on Pickleball in gym.  Tomorrow is pink shirt day.  Bake sale on Friday, all items are $1 or $2.  Homework tonight:

 - home reading
 - gym tomorrow
 - word study
 - Explorers
 - Word Study 15 OVERDUE
 - Math yr4's teaching Math Snap, yr 5's p. 102 #1-4, yr 6's page 136 #1-3
 - Heritage Stamp if you want to enter contest due in the morning

Monday Feb. 18

Today we were introduced to our Heritage Stamp Project.  Please be brainstorming for a Canadian idea for this.  We played dodgeball in gym.  The grade 6's created protractors out of paper for their math lesson today.  Homework tonight:

 - home reading
 - word study
 - math yr5 worksheets if not complete
 - return signed interim
 - Scholastic due next Friday
 - gym tomorrow
 - letter for Mr. Deptuck

Have a good night.

Friday

Well today was an exciting Valentine's Day!  We had the first of our two hip hop classes today and the kids did great!  It was a lot of fun!  We also worked on our paintings that we started earlier in the week.  Then this afternoon we had a surprise visit from Uncle Chris the Clown.  A great way to end a fun filled day.  A reminder that Monday is Family Day and there is no school.  On Tuesday don't forget that we have gym and library.  Have a wonderful Family Day weekend!

Thursday

In Health today the children learned the story of St. Valentine.  We worked on our Typing Pal accounts.  The year 6's started a new math unit and were naming angles today.  Homework tonight:

 - home reading
 - dance lesson tomorrow - wear comfortable clothing
 - painting tomorrow
 - movie night tonight Frozen 2

Have a good night.

Tuesday

Today we had our library book exchange.  We started a new Pickle Ball Unit in gym.  The year 5/6 students saw a french presentation by Mr. Hine's class.  The year 4's completed a survey with Mrs. Zryd in the computer lab.  Homework tonight:

 -home reading
 - math 4's p. 100#1-7 and p. 103 #1-2 if not done
 - notice to go home
 - gym tomorrow

Have a good night.

Monday February 10th

Two pillows have been returned to the classroom following our trip to McQueen Lake.  One is in a brown pillow case, the other is in a floral/tree case.  Please check to make sure that these do not belong to you.  Today we had Mr. Michel and Ms. Nielsen in to work with the children on a First Nations art project.  We also carried on working on our Explorers project.  Homework tonight:

 - home reading
 - no word study this week
 - goals due in tomorrow
 - gym tomorrow
 - library tomorrow
 - return McQueen Lake journals

Have a good night.