Tuesday, Jan. 12

1.  Lunch orders online require money to be sent to office or child will not receive lunch.  Thx.

2.  Science title page- due Wednesday.

3.  Spelling due wednesday.
4.  Extra Math sheet- hand in Friday or Monday.
5.  Grammar test on quotations- most got 14 or more out of 17- good!
6.  Social Studies major unit test on Government of Canada- we studied today and they have a study sheet- test is Tuesday.
7.  Novel, Mystery House or Wynn Dixie- should be on page 25 or more.
8.  Syrian donations- Thanks so far!  Keep them coming if you can!

FSA tests- we all practised the Math tests today.  Grade 5s had a good review of many things they should already know. Grade 5s will not be taking the real tests next week.  Tests are in the afternoons so pls make sure your child has a healthy lunch.

Special Friday- card games plus students are allowed to bring snacks or leftover Christmas treats to eat while playing cards.  Kids can share if OK by you.  No major allergies in this class.

Monday, Jan. 11

1.  Handwriting T and U-due Tuesday.
2.  Spelling assignment-due Wednesday.
3.  Special Friday- Card games, crib, plus allowed to bring leftover Christmas snacks, chocolate to eat while playing-10:45 to 12:00.
4.  Multiplication drill out of 50 home today.  Students should be getting at least 40 to 45 or they need lots of practice for quick recall, not just accurate recall.
5.  Division test from before Christmas as well as from today going home.  Most tests are 100% so that is great.  If not, we keep plugging away, but questions will get tougher and tougher.
6.  FSA test letter fro grade 4 students; practice starts Tuesday afternoon.  Real tests will be administered next week.
7.  Letter re: Syrian refugee family and donations going home today.

Friday, Jan. 8

1.  Kids had fun skating!  Thanks to all drivers!

2.  Scholastic orders- due Monday.

3.  All skate stuff home today please.

4.  Grammar test and Long Division test- Monday- study.

5.  Overdue French Animals assignment

6.  I'll send out a letter about putting a box together for a family(ies) of Syrian refugees in Kamloops.  A couple of the students in the class have ties to the families through other families.  What we do know so far is that there is a 2 year old male, an 8 year old male, a 9 year old female and 2 adults.  What we would like to do is ask the students (and you, too) to check their bedrooms, etc.. for gently used (or new, but not necessary) stuffies, books, comics, toys, clothes, etc.  I have 2 large boxes in the class and we can send the things along as a gesture from our class and a note to say that anything not required can go to the other 4 families soon to arrive!  You can start to send anything anytime!  Thanks!

Thursday, Jan. 7

1.  Skating-driver forms handed out.
2.  Crib Boards or deck of card donations if possible.
3.  French Animals- due Friday.
4.  Scholastic-due Monday.
5.  Spelling test and Capitals/Provinces test friday and Skating friday.
6.  Grammar test on quotations and Parts of Speech- Monday.
7.  Long Division test Monday.  We have been practising daily in class.

Wednesday, Jan. 6

1.  Provinces/Capitals test- Friday- Study sheet.
2.  Quotations and Elements of Speech  Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Pronouns, Adverbs)
test- Monday- Study.
3.  French Animals Assignemnt- Due Friday.
4.  Skating Friday- Drivers list to come Thursday.
5.  Decks of cards and crib game donation to class if possible- Thanks!

Tuesday, Jan. 5

1.  Burn Poster- extension until Monday.
2.  Provinces and Capitals test- use sheet given to study for test Friday.
3.  Handwriting- take keytab home and check that you have practised all letters up to "S".  If not, it is your responsibility to catch up!
4.  Report card envelopes- ASAP!
5.  Sketch of vacation favourite- due Wednesday.
6.  Spelling- due Wednesday. Test Friday.

Please note that skating forms are due Wednesday.  Currently, we only have seats for 13 kids.  We need seats for 29.  If I do not get any more drivers, I'll have to unfortunately cancel.

Also, if any households have a deck of cards or a crib board that could be donated to our class, please send in!  It would be awesome to have enough for our class to play during Math if done and for Special days.

Monday, Jan. 4

1.  Happy New Year!
2.  I hope you enjoyed extra time with your kids.

3.  Burn Poster- due Jan. 8
4.  Paragraphs home and checked if possible- due Thursday.
5.  Skate froms due ASAP- Special Friday is skating from 10:30 to 11:30 this Friday. 
6.  Report card envelopes due ASAP.
7.  Math page- due Tuesday morning.
8.  Sketch about your vacation- due Wednesday.  Optional to color but should if time.