Thursday 30 May 2013

Social Studies Quiz

Good afternoon,

I will be giving the students a quiz in Social Studies on Wednesday on the Fur Trade Cluster.

I sent home a sheet outlining what they need to study as well as their booklets.  The students also put a star on the pages they need to study.

The quiz will cover the Hudson Bay Company and the North West Company, the importance of the beaver, locating different forts on a map and the importance of the forts.

We will do an in class review on Monday.

I will not give any LCM until after the quiz.

Please contact me if you have any questions.

Stephanie

Wednesday 29 May 2013

Track and Field

Good morning,

There is a possibility of Track and Field being cancelled tomorrow due to the weather.  Information will be posted on the divisional website (www.sjsd.net).  The rain date is scheduled for the following week (Thursday June 6th).

In the event that it does not rain, the students should bring a bag lunch, sunscreen and water.

As always, please email me if you have any questions.

Mme C

Monday 27 May 2013

Home Reading Assignment

Good morning,

I will be sending home a reading assignment today called Jimmy Goes Home.  The students are to read the short story and answer the questions with a complete sentence.

The assignment is due on Friday.  If they do complete it before Friday, they will not have to do Home Reading for the rest of the week.

If it is not completed by Friday, I will ask them to stay in during the lunch recess to complete it.

As always, please email me if you have any questions.

Mme C

Tuesday 21 May 2013

Science quiz

Good morning,

I will be giving the students a quiz in Science on Friday.  It will cover experiments we have done as well as videos and notes on the cluster of solid, gas, and liquids.  They will also need to know the name of the changes (eg. liquid to gas = evaporation) and whether or not we add or take heat away.

I have sent a note home as well as their booklet to study.

We will do a review on Thursday.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email me.

Mme C

Thursday 16 May 2013

Poems

Good evening,

Unfortunately I will not be in tomorrow.

The students will instead present the poems on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week.  They will have the long weekend to practice.

As always, please feel free to email me if you have any questions.

Mme C

Monday 13 May 2013

Math quiz

Good evening,

I just wanted to clarify the material that will be covered on the quiz.

We have been adding and subtracting decimal numbers.  That portion will be on Wednesday.

Thursday will cover equivalent fractions (eg. 1/2=3/6), comparing fractions (1/2>1/3) and turning fractions into decimal numbers (eg. 3/4=75/100=0.75).  We have practiced looking at a hundreds chart and seeing how many ways it can be divided.  It can be divided into tens (1/10=10/100=0.1), into fives (1/5=20/100=0.2), into quarters (1/4=25/100=0.25) and into halves (1/2=50/100=0.50)/

Here is a website the students can use to practice equivalent fractions:
http://illuminations.nctm.org/activitydetail.aspx?id=80

They were also playing a game called Tony's pizza game.  If you go on google and type in the name, it will bring up the game.

I will do another review in class tomorrow.

As always, please let me know if you have any questions.
Mme C

Progress Reports

Good morning,

I will be sending home progress reports today.

I do ask that parents discuss them with their child and sign and return it before the end of the week.

As always, please let me know if you have any questions.

Mme C

Friday 10 May 2013

A few notes...

Good morning,

Here are a few notes...

1. We will not be doing TWAS today.  We will continue on next week.

2. They should read their new LCM book as well as practice their poem over the weekend.

3. I will be giving them a Math quiz next week.  It will cover adding and subtracting decimal numbers, equivalent fractions, and turning fractions into decimal numbers.  We have been doing a centres throughout the week in order to prepare.

As always, please let me know if you have any questions.

Mme C

Thursday 9 May 2013

Poems

Good afternoon,

I will be sending 4 poems home with your child tomorrow.  I will be giving them a week to memorize one of the poems.  We will then present them on the following Friday (May 17th) and possibly the following Tuesday (May 21st).  I will give them class time to practice as well.

The criteria is that it's memorized and that they speak clearly and with expression.

As always, please let me know if you have any questions.

Mme C