It's Been A Few Days...

I apologize for not having written a post lately but I've been marking assessments and writing progress reports and just haven't had time. Christina is working on a very detailed post about our Woodend trip - it should be up sometime tomorrow. Thank you to Mrs. Desilets, Mr and Mrs Snyder, and 'Bob' for coming to support us on our trip. It made my job much easier and I very much enjoyed the company!

Owen will be updating our website as well with new things to celebrate (like those students who joined the Choir) and he will give an update on how the Rugby team did at their tournament.


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On the weekend I will be writing about the Social Media/Bullying discussions we've been having in class (you should have received a social media article yesterday). I will also share a few links I've come across in the past few days.

Thank you for sending back the weekly reports signed. I am looking forward to posting pictures of us learning, and of our work. I have a bunch of pictures from Woodend but there are students from the Gr. 5/6 class in them so I cannot post them on the blog. They will be in our hallway soon!

Students should have come home with their Math duo-tangs today for you to look over their practice work, problem solving, and quizzes from our Patterning unit. Please initial one of the quizzes so that I know you have seen your child's work.

      Level 1 = D (needing a great deal of assistance to meet the curriculum expectations)
      Level 2 = C (needing some assistance to meet the curriculum expectations)
      Level 3 = B (meets the curriculum expectations with minimal assistance)
      Level 4 = A (meets the curriculum expectations with no assistance)

**I explained to the class that their grade for the unit is not determined solely on a test mark, but that it encompasses their answers in class, group work, problem solving, work on the SMART Board, as well as their daily work and quizzes. Overall, I was incredibly pleased with their progress.

We started Place Value review today and will continue that throughout the week. Keep working on those times tables at home, they will come in handy soon.
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Some upcoming dates:

October 18th - Isaac's last day :(         (insert crying Miss Hall)  
                        I am declaring this day Isaac Day and it will be grand! I hope I don't forget my camera.
October 19th - Science quiz (open book)
October 24th - Dawson's birthday
October 25th - Peter Pan money/form due and it's Brennan's 3rd birthday
October 29th - Full moon (yuck!)
October 30th - Progress Reports Go Home
October 31st - Halloween (more info to come)

In November, parent volunteers will be starting (schedule to come next week) our Reading Program with our new pen!! Our In The News unit will continue. We will be learning about lines in Art and we will learn about the last 3 systems of the body in Science before we start our mini-research projects. We will continue to work on persuasive writing, adding in letter writing, and a non-fiction book report. I have an idea for homework/support at home floating around in my head and am hoping to have it ready to start in November.

I feel like I am forgetting something...the kids can tell you that this is pretty common for me lately with so much on my mind. Love those sticky notes! I need a vacation...want to go back to Florida Josh?!

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Today I appreciated Dan who stayed after school to sweep up the mess from our newspaper scavenger hunt. Thank you sir.

If Erika could be more insightful I don't know what I would do with myself. Wait until you read her comment from today's Community Rectangle.