Agendas

It is an endless frustration that many parents do not check agendas at night. Please initial the agenda every night so home and school are in touch. Many notes are going unsigned, and extra unfinished classwork that is sent home to be finished is left undone. Grade 4 students should be responsible enough to remember to show mom or dad every night and get a signature on extra notes written in the agenda. Thank you.

HALLOWEEN FUN

We are having a small Halloween Party in class on Friday October 30th, last block of the day. Please feel free to send in any treats, goodies, cupcakes, cookies for that day. Monty will be providing juices and cups. Until further notice, the school policy of wearing Orange and Black as Halloween Spirit colours is still in place. Do not wear a costume to school. Wigs are acceptable as long as they are not shared. Thanks! It will be fun!!

Math Tests

Math Tests are being returned to students on Monday October 26th in a special black TEST DUOTANG. Please ensure you sign the test, keep it in the duotang and have your child do all the corrections on the matching pages fastened in with the test. Notes at the top of the test will show areas of review that are needed or concepts that were not mastered.

Commercials

Our commercials are coming along very well. We should be wrapping up filming by next week and sending home any props that students brought in. We are filming one group a day, weather permitting. Let's hope for more sun!

---Monty

Field Trip

We are planning on a field trip this term to a bog, swamp or marsh ecosystem. Please stay tuned for more information. We are also inviting Scientists In Schools into our classroom to dissect real owl pellets. More information will come in the next few weeks. We will be asking for volunteers for both in the upcoming month. Fun!

TV COMMERCIALS!!

Our class is using modern media to help bring non-fiction articles to life! After extensive study of Burn's Bog (located in Vancouver BC), in our class readers, we are making TV commercials to publicise this unique ecosystem. Students are filming their commercials in class over the next two weeks. They need to include tourism information about the bog, in addition to making it entertaining. They are assessed on team work skills, creativity, and inclusion of environmental facts. Your child may be asking to bring props to school for filming. Please note, filming will be done over 2 weeks, and it is essential that props remain at school.

Test Study Guide

A study guide will be coming home this week to allow students to prepare for our Number Sense Unit Math test. The guide will include sample questions, as well as outline the material to be covered on the test. Please review it with your child and encourage quiet studying of this sheet at home. Students are also allowed to bring home their green math notebooks/workbooks, as they write daily math notes and definitions off the board. This book should stay in their schoolbags as it is used daily in class. The test date will be Tuesday, October 13th, just after Thanksgiving, in order to allow for lots of study time.