28.9.12

One month down... nine to go!!!

I can't believe the first month flew by so fast! The students (and I!!!) are back into the routine of school work, but more than a few are still struggling with the concept of homework. The students get quite a bit of time in class to finish tasks, but there will still be some homework daily. At this level, they should be doing around 45 minutes of work at home. MOST OF THE HOMEWORK ASSIGNED IS DUE THE FOLLOWING DAY.

Due to surpassing our goal for the Terry Fox walk, students get a non-uniform day on Monday. Now that it is fall, summer uniforms are no longer allowed. This means that boys have to wear their navy pants and girls have to wear their skirts or tunics with knee socks or tights.

This week, we are starting our Math Problem of the Week (P.O.W.) together. The students get the problems on Monday and it is due on Friday. We will go through the strategy they are supposed to use at school and then the take home sheet is their assessment. If you need to help them with it, there is a link on our side bar on How To Solve Word Problems.

I will also be sending home their first book report this week. It will be due at the end of the month. Students are expected to read a novel this month, at their level. Please sign the reading log daily to keep track of their 15 minutes of daily reading.

Have a great weekend!!! See you on Monday!

25.9.12

Tues., Sept 25

I hope you enjoyed your long weekend! The staff had a great time in Squamish at the Dominican Sisters' Convent. It was a wonderful time renewing our spiritual health and getting the spend time with each other.

 

Today we had High Touch Science come to our classroom and do some Materials and Properties experiments with them that ties in with our learning outcomes this term. The students had a lot of fun rebuilding bridges ans structures out of straws, marshmallows and toothpicks. 

Get those pledges!!! On Friday, we are going to do a tally of the pledges so far.  Students need to bring in their pledge forms to get a chance to win small prizes.

Reminders:
Terry Fox walk on Thursday. Please send some change to make a change for cancer research!

Homework:
1. Rd 15 mins
2. My Family- Rough draft
3. Spelling WTW, WP
4. Math w/s