LA - Persuasive writing is due Friday.
Our Word Study sheet #7 is also due Friday
Students should continue to read every night and record it in their logs. Reading out loud once or twice a week is a great idea, and helps imrpve the fluency / smoothness of their reading.
Math - we've almost finished our second unit! A review sheet is coming home tonight. Students should be able to complete all of the questions, please have it back for Friday or Monday (Halloween tends to get in the way of homework)
Student led conferences will be November 14-15. A note has gone home with available times. Please choose your top 3 so that we can schedule everyone in. The format is quite casual, with the focus on your student showing you his / her work so far. Report cards come out November 27th.
Phys Ed will be outside on Wednesday. Bundle up!
On that note, it's really cold out! Please ensure your student has a coat, hat, and gloves or mitts, as well as warm footwear.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Monday, October 21, 2013
October 21 - 25
LA - Scary stories are due Wednesday
Word work lesson #6 on suffixes has gone out, to be completed by Friday
Continue reading 20 minutes each night, one night aloud (can be to the dog)
Math - please sign and return the unit 1 assessment
Students have a worksheet on rounding numbers that need to be finished for Friday.
Progress reports went home to all students on Friday, please sign and return the bottom portion as soon as possible.
Picture retakes were this Thursday, those students who requested retakes have their picture proofs to bring home Orders are due next Thursday, October 31.
We're hosting a movie night at KVMS on Thursday at 6:15, the show for grades 3-8 will be Hotel Transylvania. Cost is $6 and includes a snack and drink, all proceeds to go the Care for KVMS committee.
Student fees: we still have 8 students who haven't yet paid their student fees. It's $20, and covers materials that students use at school such as art supplies, special paper, as well as helping to offset the costs of special events and field trips. Please get this in as soon as possible if you haven't already. If you would prefer to pay in installments (half now, half in a couple of weeks), please do so!
Word work lesson #6 on suffixes has gone out, to be completed by Friday
Continue reading 20 minutes each night, one night aloud (can be to the dog)
Math - please sign and return the unit 1 assessment
Students have a worksheet on rounding numbers that need to be finished for Friday.
Progress reports went home to all students on Friday, please sign and return the bottom portion as soon as possible.
Picture retakes were this Thursday, those students who requested retakes have their picture proofs to bring home Orders are due next Thursday, October 31.
We're hosting a movie night at KVMS on Thursday at 6:15, the show for grades 3-8 will be Hotel Transylvania. Cost is $6 and includes a snack and drink, all proceeds to go the Care for KVMS committee.
Student fees: we still have 8 students who haven't yet paid their student fees. It's $20, and covers materials that students use at school such as art supplies, special paper, as well as helping to offset the costs of special events and field trips. Please get this in as soon as possible if you haven't already. If you would prefer to pay in installments (half now, half in a couple of weeks), please do so!
Monday, October 14, 2013
October 15 - 18
LA - We'll be presenting our how-to writing on Wednesday this week. This one will be handed in as a finished piece, so should be checked for punctuation, spelling, as well as being sure that the explanation is clear and complete.
We have also been working on scary stories! We'll finish these up by Wednesday, so that we can have a spooky story-a-thon for Halloween.
Math - we've started our new unit on whole numbers to 1 000 000. Students will be responsible to write numbers in different formats - standard: 946 123, expanded: 900 000+40 000+6000+100+20+3, in words: nine hundred forty-six thousand one hundred twenty-three, as well as to draw or use base 10 blocks to model the numbers. We'll also be adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing with large numbers.
Our first Unit Assessment has gone home, please look it over with your child, and then sign and return it to school. A letter explaining the marking has gone home this week as well.
All students are bringing home progress reports on Friday. We're still relatively early in the year, but we want to touch base with everyone since report cards don't officially go home until mid-November. It is a basic overview of math, LA, and classroom behaviours. Please sign and return the bottom portion of the sheet.
We have also been working on scary stories! We'll finish these up by Wednesday, so that we can have a spooky story-a-thon for Halloween.
Math - we've started our new unit on whole numbers to 1 000 000. Students will be responsible to write numbers in different formats - standard: 946 123, expanded: 900 000+40 000+6000+100+20+3, in words: nine hundred forty-six thousand one hundred twenty-three, as well as to draw or use base 10 blocks to model the numbers. We'll also be adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing with large numbers.
Our first Unit Assessment has gone home, please look it over with your child, and then sign and return it to school. A letter explaining the marking has gone home this week as well.
All students are bringing home progress reports on Friday. We're still relatively early in the year, but we want to touch base with everyone since report cards don't officially go home until mid-November. It is a basic overview of math, LA, and classroom behaviours. Please sign and return the bottom portion of the sheet.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
October 7-11
A reminder that this is a short week! Students do not have classes Thursday or Friday. Enjoy your long weekend, and have a great turkey day!
LA - Everyone is due to present their book commericals on Tuesday. We've had lots of time to do these in class - each student is responsible to tell us about their book - who is in it, when and where it takes place, what it's about, 2-3 main events from the beginning and 2-3 from the middle. With that, they'll make it sound interesting enough that other students will want to read the book as well. They'll also read a short part of the book (around one minute) to the class, which shows what a great book it is.
Next week, we'll present our how-to writing. Students can (but do not have to) bring in items to help explain what they are doing / making. They will (hopefully) have access to the smartboard as well.
LA - Everyone is due to present their book commericals on Tuesday. We've had lots of time to do these in class - each student is responsible to tell us about their book - who is in it, when and where it takes place, what it's about, 2-3 main events from the beginning and 2-3 from the middle. With that, they'll make it sound interesting enough that other students will want to read the book as well. They'll also read a short part of the book (around one minute) to the class, which shows what a great book it is.
Next week, we'll present our how-to writing. Students can (but do not have to) bring in items to help explain what they are doing / making. They will (hopefully) have access to the smartboard as well.
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
September 1 - October 4
LA - Our book commercials will be presented starting next Tuesday, October 8. Please practice reading your presentation and the part of the story you'll be sharing with us.
All students will do a reading assessment with me on Monday to check for fluency. Please practice reading aloud this weekend!
The October book orders have gone home. I'll send them in on Oct 15th (a Tuesday) so please have them in before then. Cheques (made out to Scholastic) are ideal, but exact change will work as well.
Math - We'll have our first quiz on Thursday. It covers all of unit 1, on patterns in numbers.
Harvey's has let us know that retakes will be October 24 (Thursday).
Next Thursday and Friday (October 10-11) are teacher Professional Development days, so there will be no class for students. The following Monday is Thanksgiving!
A reminder that the elementary cross country meet is this Friday in Nackawic. Make sure to have your permission slips in, and dress for cool weather in the morning but warmer in the afternoon.
All students will do a reading assessment with me on Monday to check for fluency. Please practice reading aloud this weekend!
The October book orders have gone home. I'll send them in on Oct 15th (a Tuesday) so please have them in before then. Cheques (made out to Scholastic) are ideal, but exact change will work as well.
Math - We'll have our first quiz on Thursday. It covers all of unit 1, on patterns in numbers.
Harvey's has let us know that retakes will be October 24 (Thursday).
Next Thursday and Friday (October 10-11) are teacher Professional Development days, so there will be no class for students. The following Monday is Thanksgiving!
A reminder that the elementary cross country meet is this Friday in Nackawic. Make sure to have your permission slips in, and dress for cool weather in the morning but warmer in the afternoon.
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