I'm back!

Now that Gavin and Scott have finished their practicum and are safely back at the U of O, I have once again resumed my position as your fearless leader. Here are some notes for this week and next, our last before the holidays!

I very much enjoyed meeting most of you during the interviews last week. It's a great chance for me to get to know your sons or daughters from a different perspective. I find it really helpful and I hope you did too.

Please remember that we are skating this Friday. You have probably already filled out a permission form and handed in your money.

The book fair is this Wednesday as is Pizza Day. Sub forms will be sent home tonight and are due back on Thursday.

I know how busy I am with the holidays approaching, that I can only guess what home life must be like for everyone else. I also know that we have some special projects that we are focusing our time on in class that may require some homework. As a result, I am ceasing the regular homework routine until after Christmas. Students are still expected to read for a minimum of 20 minutes each night.

I am currently trying to upgrade my qualifications by taking a computer course. I am currently doing a research project on blogs. I will be making a questionnaire for you to fill out. I would greatly appreciate your cooperation with this little project. Thanks!

We are going to be doing a special project to celebrate this season of giving. We are going to open up our own little Take Out Restaurant! In groups, we are going to be choosing group snack menu items. These snacks will be nutritious, delicious, and somewhat cost effective. Our categories are baked goods, fruit, vegetables, savoury, and a surprise category. The students are then going to have a lesson on persuasive and descriptive language in order to help us create a menu. We will take orders from each of the homerooms (except of kinders-sorry!) and then, next Thursday, we will prepare the snacks, serve them, and clean them up. This will be our gift to the school in order to spread joy.
I will definitely be looking for volunteers next Thursday. Once we have taken our orders, we will also be asking for donations for our ingredients. Any other costs will be made with our class funds. Tomorrow (Tuesday) we will be brainstorming our menu. If you have appropriate cook books, please send them in. Thanks!