Don't blink, because if you do, you might miss the last two months of school which are going to whizz by. Here is a list of upcoming important dates:
May 14- Pizza
May 16- Jump Rope for Heart
May 19- No School-Victoria Day
May 20- Leave for MacSkimming
May 21- Back from MacSkimming (6:00pm)
May 23- Garden Sale
May 28- Pizza
June 2 to June 6- EQAO
June 13- School of Rock
June 16- Chalk Festival
June 19- Alternative Sports Day at Summit
June 23- Leaving Ceremony and Picnic in the Park
June 24- Visit new classrooms
June 25- Last day for students
Whew...just typing it all makes me tired. On top of all of this, we will also be doing school work and covering curriculum! Right now, we are wrapping up our unit on fractions, decimals, percents, and ratios. We will be looking at probability next. In Social Studies, we are doing an in-house research project and presenting them by building website using Dreamweaver. In LA, we are hoping to complete two big writing projects before the end of the year and we are working on "accountable talk". This is teaching the students about how to actively participate in discussions. We are also working on a major art project with the help of Michelle (Paisley's mom). It involves print making and the results will blow you away.
I also heard back from Trevor Finlay, our resident Blues in Schools artist. He will be available to perform with our class at Bluesfest. The is scheduled for July 13th at 12:15pm.
The overnight is next week! The kids need to be prepared upon returning from the long weekend. Stephanie (our class coordinator) is making calls for food donations. These should be packaged separately from the students' luggage and dropped off in the foyer on Tuesday morning. If possible, please limit the students' luggage to two bundles: one bag for their clothing and one bag for their sleeping bags. Labelling their belongings is always a great idea. All parents are welcome to come by. Even if you cannot stay for the night, you are welcome to drop in on us. Please note that we will not be back until 6:00pm on Wednesday. You will have to make arrangements for pick up at this time. If you have any other questions regarding the overnight, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thanks!
