April 3 - 7

We have a field trip for the whole school to the Round-Up Center on April 6th! Aggie Days was brought to our attention by our fantastic librarian Mrs. Potter. It will give the kids to chance to learn some things and/or show off exisiting knowledge. This is an all day field trip, and students will be carrying their backpacks, so pack light!

On Wednesday three of our classmates will be attending the Calgary Regional Science Fair to present their projects. Congratulations to Payson, Kyron and Randy.

The week at a glance...

LA - Students should have finished their novel study last week. Most students have been very successful with this. We will be focussing on sentences (complex and compound) this week. We hope to increase students' strategies for combining sentences and improving fluency.

Math - Measurement unit test is on Tuesday! A study sheet came home last Thursday so that students could ensure they understood all the concepts covered. If anyone has questions about particular concepts, please make sure you ask me on Monday.

Science - Students have now received their electric car order sheet. Please note that you are NOT required to purchase things from this list. The school has some supplies that students may borrow for the project and return afterwards. You can also get some of these supplies from many retail stores. Cars are NOT to be made at home, but students should be collecting supplies they will need. Cars should be made of recycled or found materials, no car-kits are allowed.

French 4/5 - students have started their new unit on La Famille. Please try to get some photos together this week for students to use in their family tree projects that we will be working on next week.

Any questions? Please let me know. Have a great week!

March 27 - 31

LA - Novel studies are due on Friday, March 31. All students should have read their book and done the assignments for each chapter.

Science - We will be having a quiz on battery and lightbulb parts on Monday. Please study over the weekend. There is a presenter from Enmax coming to talk about electricity on Monday 1:30 - 2:30.

Math - Measurement continues to move ahead. We will be having our unit test on Tuesday, April 4th.

Skating will occur for Division II on March 29th. I will be in a writing workshop on Thursday - it is called "Directed Mini-Lessons for Students in Grades 3-6". It should be very interesting!

March 21 - 24

Our Professional Development Day was yesterday and was very producutive. Staff went over our school education plan and worked on our AISI project as well. We also reviewed our school behaviour plan.

Division Two is skating this week. Students will need to bring skates, a helmet and gloves. This is their PE for the week, so all students are required to participate.

Grade fives started a novel study last week. Each group is reading a different book based on their reading level. Students will be required to finish their novels and all assignments by the end of the month. Assignment requirements are written in the front of each student's literature circle book.

Students are really getting in to their science unit of electricity. A lot of this unit will be hands-on assignments that can only be done in class. We will be building on ideas and concepts daily, so it is very important for students to be here. There will be a final project - the electric car. More information on this will be coming out next week. Cars do not need to be elaborate. Students will be marked on circuits and how well the car moves, not how fancy it looks. They are required to use recycled materials - no car kits allowed.

I will be attending a French workshop on Thursday with Miss. Hart. It is looking at the new french curriculum for division two.

Have a great week!

March 13 - 17

This should be a pretty busy week! Report Cards went home on Friday. Please make sure you sign your child's report card and send it back to school. Book Fair will be going on all week!

Thursday is our student led conferences. We hope to see you there!

LA - student will continue to work on apostrophes, as most are still having difficulties knowing when to use them. We will then move on to sentence structure, as well as complex and compound sentences.

Science - We are having a science presentation for the Grade five Electricity unit on Wednesday afternoon. Students will learn about circuits and have the opportunity to play with equipment. Safety posters are due on Monday.

March 6 - 10

This week we will be traveling to the Philharmonic Orchestra! This is a half-day field trip that will take place on Tuesday morning. We are very excited about adding this to our new experiences. I have a workshop that I am required to attend on Wednesday, and will be in the school, but the students will have a substitute.

LA - Students are learning about capitals, and are moving on to apostrophes. We will be focusing on mechanics of writing over the next month to try and improve this is all the students' stories. There will be a capitals quiz on Tuesday afternoon.

Math - We continue with our measurement unit. Students continue to learn about area, perimeter, and volume.

Science - We have begun our electricity unit. This week we will be focusing on electrical safety!

French - We will be writing about a friend in French and drawing pictures of their characteristics that we will describe.

That's about it for this week. Hope that everyone enjoys themselves.