Monday December 23rd
T.W.A.S. (This Week at School)
Well, the holidays are upon us! I would like to start off by thanking those of you who gave me a gift - WOW - very generous and kind - greatly appreciated and I am truly humbled!!!
Congratulations to Nash M. and Harrison E. for being recognized for Empathy during our character assembly! January's trait is Honesty.
When we return in January, things are going to get really busy with the following:
- Speeches! Packages went home last week. It is very important that students manage their time well and stick to the timelines given as class presentations will creep up on us quickly! Students are to have their topics chosen by the time they return.
- Students have written their final Procedure rough copies and will peer-edit and publish them during the first week back.
- 15 Chapters of Holes left to go. Once we complete it, we will be watching the movie to compare and contrast it with the novel. Students will also be preparing their "Dig-It" dance skits with their groups.
- Continue with our (lengthy) Measurement unit in math.
- Cross Country Skiing/Snowshoeing at Duntroon Highlands begins! We have four Wednesday dates (Jan. 15, 22, 29, and Feb. 5). Please visit School Cash Online for details, form and payment.
- Moving EDGEucation will be visiting our school to teach dance over two sessions.
- Grade 5s will be looking at Municipal Government while the Grade 4s will continue with Canada's Physical regions in Social Studies.
- Scientists in School will be visiting January 17th to reinforce our Grade 5 Energy and Grade 4 Light and Sound units in science. More on this in the new year.
- Both grades will continue with their Personal Safety and Injury Prevention health units.
Wishing you and your family a very joyous, healthy and safe holiday season. See you in the new year!!!
Monday, December 23, 2019
Sunday, December 1, 2019
Friday Nov. 29, 2019
T.W.A.S. (This Week At School...)
It was truly a pleasure meeting all of you last week during our student-led conferences!
Congratulations to our Zack Rolling for being awarded with the character trait of Courage! December's trait is Empathy.
Well, we are almost half way through reading our Holes Novel and students continue to ask for more, just one more chapter Mr. B! We continue to develop our character profiles and demonstrate our comprehension through a series of quizzes, quick-writes and reading responses. We will have a M/C quiz on the latest five chapters on Monday.
We are also starting our next writing form this week where we will focus on writing Procedures.
In math, we wrote our patterning unit tests last week. They will be going home Monday or Tuesday to be signed. We have been spending some time on using mental math strategies to solve operational (adding/subtracting/multiplying/dividing) problems. We will begin our rather lengthy unit on Measurement later this week or next.
In Gym, we have been doing some work on our fitness. Students completed the beep test, they loved it, just ask them! A few were even able to almost keep up with Mr. B!
We have wrapped up our Healthy Eating unit in Health and will be starting a new unit this week on Personal Safety and Injury Prevention.
We have also wrapped up our two Science units. This week we begin new ones. Grade 4s will be looking at Light and Sound while the Grade 5s will be focusing on the Conservation of Energy.
In Social Studies, the Grade 5s continue with their focus on the Provincial Government while the Grade 4s are looking at physical features of land areas within Canada.
Finally, we had a change to our daily schedule to accommodate some needs within the school. As a result, our gym days are now Day 2 and 3, and students will end each day now with French and Madame Wylie.
***THREE WEEKS TO HOLIDAYS***
Important dates next week:
Wednesday: Poinsettia orders arrive
Friday: gym closes for one week as stage goes up for holiday concert
T.W.A.S. (This Week At School...)
It was truly a pleasure meeting all of you last week during our student-led conferences!
Congratulations to our Zack Rolling for being awarded with the character trait of Courage! December's trait is Empathy.
Well, we are almost half way through reading our Holes Novel and students continue to ask for more, just one more chapter Mr. B! We continue to develop our character profiles and demonstrate our comprehension through a series of quizzes, quick-writes and reading responses. We will have a M/C quiz on the latest five chapters on Monday.
We are also starting our next writing form this week where we will focus on writing Procedures.
In math, we wrote our patterning unit tests last week. They will be going home Monday or Tuesday to be signed. We have been spending some time on using mental math strategies to solve operational (adding/subtracting/multiplying/dividing) problems. We will begin our rather lengthy unit on Measurement later this week or next.
In Gym, we have been doing some work on our fitness. Students completed the beep test, they loved it, just ask them! A few were even able to almost keep up with Mr. B!
We have wrapped up our Healthy Eating unit in Health and will be starting a new unit this week on Personal Safety and Injury Prevention.
We have also wrapped up our two Science units. This week we begin new ones. Grade 4s will be looking at Light and Sound while the Grade 5s will be focusing on the Conservation of Energy.
In Social Studies, the Grade 5s continue with their focus on the Provincial Government while the Grade 4s are looking at physical features of land areas within Canada.
Finally, we had a change to our daily schedule to accommodate some needs within the school. As a result, our gym days are now Day 2 and 3, and students will end each day now with French and Madame Wylie.
***THREE WEEKS TO HOLIDAYS***
Important dates next week:
Wednesday: Poinsettia orders arrive
Friday: gym closes for one week as stage goes up for holiday concert
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