Fable Reading

Unfortunately, our Fables will not be delivered to the school until next week so we will need to postpone our reading until Friday, June 25th @ 8:15 am. If anything changes I will post a new message.

Pioneer Day

We are going to be setting up our own Pioneer Village on Wednesday, June 23, 2010. In the morning we will be hosting other classes who will come through and observe the research we have done on different pioneer jobs over the past few weeks. During the afternoon students will be playing Pioneer games that they created. Students are encouraged to dress in role of the pioneer job that they researched. Parents are welcome to come and stop by before lunch.

Fable Reading

We are hoping to have our Fables arrive at the beginning of next week. If everything is on time our students are going to have an opportunity to read their fables to each other and other classes in our school. We are going to also open things up to give parents a chance to come and see our fables. On Friday, June 18th @ 8:15am we are going to have our student authors host an open house for everyone to come and enjoy.

EQAO

With our EQAO testing behind us I would like to thank all of the parents who generously put together our treats and drinks for the week. It was greatly appreciated.

BBQ Recipe

This is just a reminder that the BBQ recipes need to be brought in no later than Wednesday, May 5th. The recipe book needs to be put together and the basket needs to be complete by Friday. Thank you for your efforts.

May Schedule

The year seems to be flying by as we are now into May. Here is an update as to what we are going to be doing over the next couple of weeks.

Language

• Finish Our Fables- most of the fables have been completed and are ready for publishing. If your child is not complete can you make sure that we get that in as soon as possible.
• Procedural Writing- students will learn to give instructions on how to complete a task. Procedural writing progresses sequentially and organizes information in a logical, step by step order
• Continue to prepare for EQAO

Math

• Fractions- we will be learning about fractions and to describe a figure that is in equal parts.
• Probability- students will be doing experiments and predicting the results of something happening as well as how to determine if a game is fair or unfair.

Social Studies

• Continue with our Pioneer unit

Science

• Continue with our Plants and Soil unit

Math Quiz

The Math Quiz on Tuesday, April 20th will be on Length, Perimeter, and Area. The review package that went home last week is to be brought in on Monday so we can go over the questions.

Math Quiz

We are going to have a Math Quiz on Wednesday. It will include some questions on time, temperature and money. A review package will be coming home on Monday.

March Is Here

With March already upon us I though I would send out an update of what we are going to be doing in the classroom over the month.

Language

* Continuing with our inferencing

* Persuasive Letter Writing

* Begin our Fables

Math

* Money

* Mass and Capacity

Science

* We are finished with our Stability Unit and are now moving on to Plants and Soil

3 Rs

Just to let parents know we are not going to be doing our 3Rs next week. It is a short week as there is a PA day on Friday so we will continue the 3Rs the following week.

Skate Day

We just got back from our Skate Day and all of the kids had a great time. I would like to thank all of the parents who were able to come and help out for the day. I am sure the blisters on our hands would be twice as big if we did not have your help doing up those skates.

Interview Forms

Interview forms were sent home last week for report cards that are going to be sent home on Monday March 1st. Interviews are not being requested for all students, if there is a not on there that an interview is requested please select the times that would work best for you. If an interview is not requested and you would still like to make an appointment please send back the from completed with the best times for you.

Skating Day

Our class is going skating on Monday afternoon. Students were reminded this week that they need to bring in their skates and a helmet if they are planning on skating.

Homework Club

We are going to have a homework club tomorrow morning at 8:30 for anyone who is able to make it in.

Bridgefest 2010

We completed our bridge tests this week with much success. There were many creative, colourful, and well constructed bridges that were put on display. The bridges will be coming home next week as there are other classes that will be coming through to our Bridge open house.

Homework Club

Unfortunately, I have a volleyball tournament that is not at LKS so there will not be homework club after school on Wednesday.

Speed Stacking

The Speed Stacking Club is going to start up on Thursday at lunch. Students who are staying at school to eat their lunch will go to the lunch room from 12:00-12:20 and will come to that Speed Stacking Club for the remainder of the lunch hour.

Math Quiz

We are going to be having a Math Quiz on Thursday morning. The quiz will be on the multiplication and division unit that we have been working on for the last couple of weeks.

Skating

Our class will be going to skate at the outdoor rink on Monday, February 22nd. It is important that students dress appropriately ( winter jacket, mits, hat) and bring a helmet to use. Students who do not have a helmet will not be able to go out on the ice. We are going to skate in the afternoon, starting around 2pm

Lambton Kingsway

There had been a rumor at the end of last week about an intruder at Lambton Kingsway who may have entered the school with a weapon. It was just a rumor that was started while Mr. McLean (VP), Mr. Britton ( Caretaker) and the police were investigating the graffiti that was done on Wednesday evening.

Feburary Update

We have a busy upcoming month. In the classroom we will be focusing on the following areas:

Math
- start our Multiplication and Division unit

Social Studies
- finishing up our good copy for Urban and Rural Community Project
- put together model for Urban or Rural Community
- Urban and Rural Community Presentations

Science
- Scientist in the School
- Bridge Project is due ( Feb 9th )

Reading
- we are finishing up our book talks in class now. On Friday a homework assignment will be coming home. Students will be asked to complete on reading response a week, our focus will be on the 3 R's ( Retelling, Relating, Reflecting). We are going to reuse the Reading Record folders from last term, if your child did not return the folder can you please send them in this week.

Also, there is a Speed Stacking Club that has been started at the school. Most of the students from our class have shown interest in joining the club. Here are some of the videos for them to see of other children involved with Speed Stacking.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNG3sgk02Lc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zds3ypuNYYI

Math Test

There will be a math test on Monday, January 11th. It will be on the geometry unit that we have been working on. A review package will be going home on Friday.

Homework Club

Just to let you know Homework Club will be continuing in the New Year. It will still be on Tuesday morning and Wednesday after school.