Homework

Practice Prodigy math games and Mathletics as much as possible! Collect and train those PRODIGY PETS!

This week's Homework math for Grade 5 is textbook decimeter practice pages 242 and 243 (all).
Grade 4 is practicing times tables and measuring.

No spelling this week.

Don't forget it is our SKATE TIME again...coming up Friday at 10am. We need as many volunteers as possible to tie skates and come skate with us.

Math Tests!

Yippee! Any students who were away sick have now completed our Patterning Math Test...which means the test can now come home for parents to sign.

We still have about 8 students who have lost/not returned the Tests and Quiz duotang from the last time it was sent home. Please look around the house and return it. It is a logbook of your child's main tests, and we are not able to fill them up when they are at home.


Please return the test, signed, by Monday. Thanks!

This week- Skating, Mathletics and Homework OH MY!

This week we have SKATING again on Tuesday morning. Several teachers, including Miss. Sturgeon, are at an all day math workshop, and therefore a supply teacher will be skating with the students. Any parents that can volunteer, please do, as it will help out our guest teacher immensely!

Wednesday is a special treat for Grade 3-6. In our gym we are hosting a MATHLETES day. Students will be doing an entire day of fun math games and challenges...and it also counts for class! Don't miss it!! Our school was lucky to have these Mathlete guests come to our school!

Math tests will be coming home soon. Several students were away sick and were not able to finish their tests. As a result, they cannot come home on Monday as planned, but as soon as the final few students, they will come home. Watch the agenda for the day. Student (so far!) did very well on our big unit Patterning test.

HOMEWORK this week: Try to get more of those Matheltics Awards! Go on www.mathletics.ca every night for homework number practice and fun learning challenges.

In addition to regular Matheletics work, students also should complete:
Grade 4- Measurement practice worksheet cm and mm 
Grade 5- Textbook homework page 240 Read and Estimate bug lengths.Page 241 # 1-11. (cm and mm)

Prodigy!

Our second Math Technology initiative is called Prodigy. Again, it is an incredible online game, meeting all the Ontario Curriculum standards. Please have fun at home using these games as extra homework on evenings and weekends.

PARENT LETTERS ARE COMING HOME to tell about both of our exciting new math programs! You can see them below as well:

Important News: SKATING AND MATHLETICS programs

Hello Parents!
We have some pretty cool new things to start in January. The first is a favourite: our gym program: skating trips. Yes, it counts as part of physical education...not just a fun trip.

Please see the dates and times sent home. The first skate time is next week. There are TWO forms to complete. They are as follows; the signature 'permission' that you are aware they are skating, and the second is information/medical/contacts for emergency. Please complete both. The latter is stapled in the agenda so it won't get lost.

We need to know ahead of time if your child does not have skates or a helmet (bike helmet is fine). This way, we can try to find extras or share.

We are beginning AN AMAZING PROGRAM that we are super excited about. Our school board has paired up with MATHLETICS..and wonderful and fun math site. Some homework will be assigned on Mathletics. Students have their private logins already. We will do some in class, and some at home. If you do not have internet access at home, please let me know so your child can do some extra work in class.

A parent guide is here:
http://www.edubuzz.org/elphinstone/wp-content/blogs.dir/904/files/2014/11/Mathletics-Parent-Guide-1.pdf

PLUS:
The App is free in the App store for your ipad!