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.

Miss Sturgeon away

Miss. Sturgeon has been away all week sick with a very bad flu. She hopes to be back on Monday and hopes everyone is healthy and handwashing frequently. There was no homework duotang for this past week.

-----Monty

Teacher Tube Videos

Please Note: Last year's Teacher Tube Videos have moved locations. I need to reset them. They are mainly the Math and Science videos. They will be fixed shortly.

----Monty

Focus this week

This week our focus is on Place Value up to 10 000. We are also working on Greater Than >, Less Than <, and comparing and ordering numbers. Homework in the duotang reflects this. Our science is spending time with Habitats and Animal Communities.

Reminder- Send in Milk Orders and any unsigned Office Admin sheets regarding addresses and contact numbers!


-----Monty

BACK TO SCHOOL!

Welcome back to our new 2009-2010 school year!
The first few weeks always features lots of newsletters, milk programs and schedules coming home. Check your child's mailbag often. Homework consists of a dark teal coloured duotang that comes home every Monday night. It is due back by Friday.

Time Capsule projects are due today. Lates will be accepted.

Program night is September 15th at 6:30pm in the gym.