Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Day 1 - Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Math corrections must be done by the end of the morning tomorrow.

There is a general assembly at 9:45 and at this time there will be the draws for the gingerbread houses.

Kevin is bringing chinese dumplings for the grade 6's to have with their lunch tomorrow. You still must bring lunch as there will only be 2 dumplings for each student.

Tomorrow is early dismissal. The students will be leaving school at 2:20.

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Day 6 - Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Science - 2 hypotheses for the first day back on January 4th - that Science class. Don't forget.

Re-gift exchange will be tomorrow so that we can include Kennedy in the fun since she will not be able to be here on Thursday.

Gingerbread House tickets will be available until the end of tomorrow.

Math - corrections on anything not yet handed in.

Get a good sleep because Christmas Concert day takes a lot of energy.

Monday, December 19, 2011

Day 5 - Monday, December 19, 2011

Math - complete questions 1 to 7 in the Practice on page 94. All corrections on all pages, assignments and hand outs must be in for tomorrow at 8:50.

Science - Alex, catch up when you get back.

Social - explorers work.

Dress Rehearsal tomorrow. Movie sponsored by Viterra tomorrow afternoon.

Friday, December 16, 2011

Day 4 - Friday, December 16, 2011

Math - all corrections in assignments and purple and white hand out sheets on decimals. Divisibility, Factors and Multiples pages must be done for Monday.
Estimating/Rounding decimals - the back of the white "decimals" sheet is to be done for Monday.

Bring your gift for our re-gift exchange by Wednesday, at the latest.
Gingerbread House tickets available until the end of the Christmas Concert on Wednesday afternoon.

Keep Science and Social assignments caught up.

Please let teachers know well ahead of time if you are going to be away so that tests and assignments are not left until we return in January. Think n' Ink books must be used and handed in to the homeroom teacher as soon as you arrive at school.

Have a great weekend.

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Day 3 - Thursday, December 15, 2011

Math - corrections on all pages in Decimals unit.
Social - timeline.
French Test tomorrow on setting the table.

Bring re-gift exchange items.
Gingerbread House tickets are available until Christmas Concert Day.

We had an wonderful lunch today provided by the SCC. Thank you very much to those parents who did all of that work. We enjoyed the meal and the comraderie at the hall.

We also had a really fun Christmas spirit day - dressing in all our Christmas paraphernalia. (Look it up).

Practice your lines for your play grade 6. Tell your grade 3 buddies to practice their lines, too.

Tomorrow is Friday! Only 10 more sleeps until Christmas.

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Day 2 - Wednesday, December 14, 2011

SCC Christmas Dinner tomorrow and also Christmas Spirit Day. So come to school wearing your Christmas clothes, pyjamas or decorations and bring your appetite.

Math assignment that is due for tomorrow is page 91 questions #4, #7 (step by step 1), #8 and #10. You should have the first three pages of your Divisibility, Factors and Multiples worksheets finished. The whole booklet is due on Monday, December 19th.

Science page 82 List of Electricity uses due tomorrow for Science class.

Social - notes and work (Madison) can be caught up tomorrow or Friday Mrs. David said.

French Test on setting the table is on Friday, December 16th.

Gingerbread House tickets are still available.

Bring your grade 6 Christmas re-gift - creatively wrapped - as soon as possible and no later than Tuesday, December 20th.

Monday, December 12, 2011

Monday, December 12, 2011

The Math tests were quite well done. Some students earned some very good marks. We started Unit 3 on Decimals today. Practice in using and understanding the place value of decimals and reading them as a fraction up to the millionths will be required and necessary to do well in this unit. Also, practice multiplying and dividing with decimals.

In Social - finish your timeline of evcents on the pink paper for Wednesday, the 14th.

Science Test tomorrow. Study!

Bring money for Kindergarten gingerbread house tickets. 3 for $0.25 or 12 for $1.00.

The SCC Christmas dinner is on Thursday, December 15th. A "pink" note went home about it.
The newsletter went out today. Please read it and note events that apply to you.

Thursday is also a "Christmas" spirit day. Look for posters explaining what to do.

I will be away tomorrow for a Library Committee meeting at Division Office request. I'll blog later or not until Wednesday.

Mrs. Miller will be giving a Math assignment which will need to be done for Wednesday.

Dress properly for outside even though we don't have snow - it is still cold.

Friday, December 9, 2011

Friday, December 9, 2011 - Day 5

Social - cut apart timeline and number in order.
Science Test on Tuesday, the 13th.

Craft Club is Monday at 3:30.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Day 3 - Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Math test seemed to go well.
Science test on Tuesday, December 13th.

Craft Club money and permissions are due tomorrow with Craft Club being Monday at 3:30 in the Student Success Room.

Library - Thursday.

Mrs. Soloski is away tomorrow, so no blog posting.

Science and Social assignments and homework per Mrs. David's due dates.

See you on Friday.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Day 2 - Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Math Test Wednesday. Study all the concepts on your outline. Do your corrections and practice problem solving by doing the questions in At the Apairy page 84 & 85.

Science Test on Tuesday, December 13th.

Timeline for Social due Wednesday.

Social story from 3 points of view.

Dress for the weather.

Friday, December 2, 2011

Friday, December 2, 2011 - Day 6

Health - 2 food labels for Tuesday's class. The labels must include the ingredients as well as the nutrition information. You need a label from "junk" food and one from "healthy" food.

Math - make sure corrections are up to date and that you have finished questions #1 and 2 in Comparing and Ordering Integers - p. 80 for Monday.

Math Test on Wednesday on Unit 2.

Science test on Monday, December 12th.

Have a good weekend.

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Day 5 - December 1, 2011

Welcome to December!

Health - Dietary Definitions need to be done for Tuesday's Health class. Also, for Tuesday's class bring a food label for "junk" food and one for "healthy" food with the ingredients and nutrition parts intact.

Math - make sure that Exploring Integers corrections are done for tomorrow, along with questions 4, 5 and 9 (step by step8), plus the Integer Q and the Reflect notes for tomorrow's class. We have one more concept to cover on Friday and Monday and then, Tuesday is review and questions on the unit to prepare for the Unit 2 Math Test on Wednesday, December 7th.

Science Unit exam is on Monday, December 12th. Start preparing now.

We will be welcoming a new student to grade 6 on Monday. Her name is Taylor.