Thursday

Today was a good day. The children went and finished giving presentations to the other classrooms about the MS Read-A-Thon. Remember to start keeping track of your minutes of reading starting tomorrow until March 1! Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling (dictation tomorrow) - science fair sheet 1 due signed tomorrow (picking project topic and supply list) Have a great night!

Wednesday

Today was the best work block day we have had in quite some time. All of the children were very focused on the work that they were doing and got a lot accomplished. This was also the first time our whole class has been here since December. It was nice to have everyone healthy back in the classroom! I had a chance to meet with all of the children today to discuss their Science Fair Projects. Many of them still need to make sure that they have their parent sign the first sheet and have it handed in signed to me by Friday. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - spelling sheet due tomorrow - math 4p. 134 #1-8, 5p. 137 #1-6, 6p. 151 #1-9 - library tomorrow - penny drive school goal is $600. For every $25 we raise it brings clean water for life to one person Have a wonderful evening!

Tuesday

Today the Fine arts group looked at the composer Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel. They were surprised to find that she was not able to write and be published because she was a woman. The children also practiced their presentations that they are going to be giving this week as our class is organizing the MS read-a-thon for the school. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - math 4p. 130 #1-10, 5p. 133 #1-6, 6p. 148 #1-10 - WITW if not complete Have a good night!

Monday

We had an amazing morning at Edith Lake this morning ice fishing. The children really loved it. We never caught anything, but still had a great time. We also had a presentation this afternoon from a parent from Mrs. Steenson's class. He came and shared pictures and stories from a 6 month world trip that he had taken with his son. Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - WITW due tomorrow Have a nice night.

Friday

It was a very interesting day in the classroom today with so many characters in here. :) It was a lot of fun seeing everyone's costumes. Please don't forget that we are going ice fishing on Monday and will be outside for 2.5 hours. Make sure that you dress for the weather! Homework this weekend: - home reading (read out loud to an adult at least once) - math 5. 129 #1-8 - WITW packages are due Tuesday - penny drive starts Monday - inside shoes! Have a great weekend!

Thursday

The year 4 students wrote their online numeracy portion of the FSA this morning. They will write the online reading portion tomorrow. Homework tonight: - home reading - spelling dictation tomorrow - yr 6 math p. 145#1-2 - hot dog day tomorrow - dress up as your favorite literary character tomorrow! - year 5 and 6 French quiz tomorrow Have a great night!

Wednesday

We had a lot of fun this afternoon looking at electricity and safe/unsafe situations. The students have a copy of the activity to challenge their parents to see if they can find all of the situations. Good luck! Homework tonight: - home reading - study spelling - science questions 1-4 - math 4p. 126 #1-9, 5p. 127 #1-2, 6p. 141 #1-10 - return field trip forms - library day tomorrow Have a wonderful evening. Good luck to the tier 3 girls basketball in their first game today!