Nov 26

FINAL DAY to Pre-Order your child’s Student craft!  If you haven’t placed your order, this is your last chance before the Bazaar.  All orders must be in by tomorrow morning(Thursday).  All crafts can be picked up Saturday, Nov 29^th at the Parish Bazaar.

Also, please check the PFG page regarding the gift card program by the Knights of Columbus! We are eligible to win a pizza party for our class!

Homework:
1. Daily Lang Review- Week 7
2. Nature- answer one of your questions (story style)
3. Now and Then clothes
4. Sp Unit 11 due- test tomorrow

Just a reminder that our field trip is on Tuesday next week. All parents who signed up have been "chosen", as there is no maximum number of parents I can bring. The more volunteers we have, the smaller our groups can be. we do have a school policy that volunteers cannot bring younger siblings. 

If you are meeting us there with a younger sibling, please let me know ahead of time. You will have to purchase an admission ticket at the gate. 

Students are encouraged to dress in pioneer style clothing (boys in pants and long sleeve shirts, girls in long skirts or dresses, no jeans). They also have the option of wearing their full uniform.

Nov 24

Please ensure have checked your time for the Three-Way conferences, as the times are very tight. Each student is allotted 10 minutes. I am fully booked for Thursday afternoon and evening. If you need to change your time, please let me know ASAP. I can still slot a few people after 8:22 on Thursday evening or I have times after 10:00 on Friday morning.

Popcorn sale (50 cents) on Wednesday and non-uniform day by donations. The colours are red, yellow and blue, the colours of the Philippine flag.  All proceeds are going to the White Cross orphanage in Manila.

Homework:
1. Math pg 49 & 50 (all)
2. Ramona Ch 5 &6 questions
3. Now & Then- Food management & Harvest (due Wed)

SP Unit 11 -- due Thurs
WTW #1-2
WP #1-3
CH #1,2,5

Nov 19

We are now starting our new term! It's all exciting... and some of the new topics and units may pose more of a challenge now that the units may be new information to them. You can help your child, by going through their homework with them to ensure that they grasp the concepts. If they have questions, please let them know that they can come and see me for clarification.

Homework:
1. Daily Lang. Review-- Week 6
2. Comm Skills (ABC order) Pg 26,27 and 29
3. Math w/s (we are starting double digit addition! practice those math facts!)

Nov 14

Thirty students... thirty projects IN... ON TIME! WOW!!! In all my years of teaching (11 to be exact... I started when I was 16! Haha!) this is the first time that everyone got their projects in on time. THANK YOU to the families who helped make this happen. They are all done so well and each one definitely shows off the student's personalities. I hope you all had fun creating it together.

No school on Monday due to Pro D workshop.

We are doing Unit 10 in spelling next week:
WTW #1-4
WP#1-3
CH #1-3
due Friday

December book orders will be sent home on Tuesday. Due back on Mon. Nov 24. I want to ensure we get them by Christmas break!

Nov 13

Homework:
1. Math w/s
2. Walking Story
3. Plurals w/s

SCI project due tomorrow! 

Nov book orders due tomorrow! Please let me know if it's going to be a present for your child, I can get them to you discreetly!

Nov 12

What a short week we are blessed with! Yesterday, as I watched the Remembrance Day ceremony, we took the time to talk about why we had the day off. It was such a reminder that wars are still going on around us, as we saw young servicemen standing along side the older veterans. How lucky we are to live in a peaceful country.

Please send permission slips and entrance fee for our Burnaby Museum field trip.

Homework:
1. Writing Brain
2. Comm Skills pg 22-23

SCI projects due on Friday

Nov 5

We had a beautiful ceremony today for Remembrance Day. We talked in class about what war means and what the soldiers did for our country and our future. Poppies are still available until Friday. Please send in donations for the Legion if you would like a poppy.

Remembrance Day poster contest is back! It is OPTIONAL. If your child wants to participate, please write a note in their planner and I will send a poster board home with them. THE DUE DATE is on NOV 14 (same day as the science project! Sorry, just worked out that way!)There are two categories black and white and coloured.

Nov Book orders due Nov 14. 

Homework:
1. Saint G.C. (written and coloured)
2. Math w/s --- we have started rounding to tens. We will be doing rounding to the nearest ten thousands. Please practice with your child!
3. Comm Skills pg 20-21 (plurals)
4. SP Unit 9 DUE FRI
5. Alexander sheets due FRI

Nov 4

Congratulations to the Williamson family, who welcomed a baby boy to their family yesterday. Big sister Savannah is very proud!

Don't forget that the Science project is due on Nov 14!

No school on Monday (Pro-D) and Tuesday (Remembrance Day).
We are also going to have the Remembrance Day ceremony tomorrow at 1:30. Please join us!
PLEASE SEND A DONATION FOR THE POPPY SALE.

Homework:
1. Peace is...
2. Math w/s
3. Schools (Now and Then Book)
4. Sp test signed and corrected

Spelling Unit 9 is due on Fri.
WTW-- #1-4
WP-- #1-3
CH-- #1-3