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!

Friday

What a fun day today was. I love getting to watch their faces as they open their Secret Santa gifts. I was so pleased to see so many Chapters gift cards until one student informed me that, "Mrs. Elliott you can buy toys and candy at Chapters too!" I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday. Thank you for all of the wonderful cards and gifts today. I was overwhelmed by your generosity. Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. See you all in January!

Thursday

We had a wonderful morning today. We had a lot of fun skating with our little buddies and then making gingerbread houses and men with them. Tomorrow the children have a PJ day as well as they are allowed to bring any board games that they would like to bring. We will do our Secret Santa and then games and then watch the Sound of Music. They are able to bring individual snacks for the movie in the afternoon. Homework tonight: - home reading - band concert 6's at 7:00 - all unfinished work completed Have a great night!

Wednesday

It was a very busy day today. The children are trying to make sure that all of their work is finished before the holidays. I will be sending home notes tomorrow for any outstanding assignments so that the holidays can be spent having fun instead of doing homework. Homework tonight: - home reading - math 4p. 60 #1-12, 5p. 66 #1-13, 6p. 72 #1-12 - science packages if not complete - french posters are due tomorrow - writing good copy if not complete - WITW/Can. Reader that have not been handed in - act of kindness day tomorrow please bring a plastic mug We are going skating first thing tomorrow morning. Please make sure that you have a helmet, skates, gloves and snowpants. If your child does not bring snowpants could you please make sure to pack an extra change of pants for them tomorrow in case they get wet/damp. The band concert is taking place tomorrow with performances at 1:00 and 7:00.

Tuesday

We had a fun day in the classroom working on our persuasive writing and doing a very fun math activity in the afternoon. The children were given a list of children to buy for and using a budget had to try and figure out gifts. Homework tonight: - home reading - rough copy of persuasive writing if not complete - french poster due Thursday(5/6) - math 4p. 57 #1-9 -- science biomes package due tomorrow - please bring secret santa gifts in over the next two days to ensure all have gifts to open on Friday morning Have a good night!

Monday

We had a wonderful time today at Kamloops Seniors Village. The children made name tags for future visits and decorated gingerbread men. This is a very busy week for us. On Thursday we have our skating field trip. It is also the band concert in the afternoon and evening for the grade 6's. Friday is a PJ day and the children are welcome to bring in a board game if they like. We will also watch the Sound of Music in the afternoon. Homework tonight: - home reading - journal - math 5 p. 65 #1-2 - reading response if not completed Have a wonderful evening.