Thankful

I have many reasons to be thankful these days...


I am thankful that I had two lovely parents help me with our dream catcher craft this morning. I would have been lost in a sea of knots if it weren't for them. Thank you Shauna and Sharron!

I am thankful that we all got to experience Student Vote today. The polls are now closed and the results will be released soon.


I am thankful that we had such a great class meeting the other night. Thank you to everyone who came out. I hope I was able to answer as many questions as possible. If you are still wondering about something, please do not hesitate to drop me a line.

I am thankful for a great week with the kids in 310. I have enjoyed singing songs with you, finding out how to survive zombie attacks, watching you sweat during our gym stations, seeing you work quietly during math and language, and hearing all of your interesting questions during social studies. I am also thankful that many of you found our new method for division helpful. Please come and ask me for help if you are still having some trouble with division and multiplication.

I know I will also be thankful for all of the wonderful writing assignments that you will all finish soon. I am looking forward to reading your four paragraphs, your procedural writing for our haunted house, and your brochures for Halloween Fun.

Next week, I will be thankful when we work together and have a succesful freezie sale. We also can be thankful that we have a fun haunted house and field trip in our near future.

I hope you have many reasons to be thankful too. Enjoy your long weekend!

Clean and Spiffy

Picture day is tomorrow. I hope everyone come all shiny and spiffy.
Our class meeting is also tomorrow. Hope to see you all there. I promise...no longer than an hour. See you tomorrow!

Terry Fox

A reminder to everyone that our Terry Fox Run is tomorrow. We will be going rain or shine. Students should dress appropriately and bring a water bottle. We will be eating our second nutrition break at the park so the more litterless your lunch is, the better.
Students from 207 are collecting Toonies for Terry and pledge forms for the run can be brought in at any time.
I have heard back from many people about the class meeting. I hope that most of you will be able to attend.
Thank you to everyone for handing in your homework on time!

Referendum

We have been taking a close look at the Ontario election in our class. Today we discussed the referendum. If you don't know what the referendum is about, ask! Someone from our class should be able to help you understand the question so that you can make an informed choice.

Our class meeting will be next Tuesday at 6:00. I hope everyone can make it to this very important event.

It's Settled

Well, it looks like we're all here to stay. There will be no changes in the junior grades so we can all take a collective sigh of relief. Now that we know that no one is moving, we can look at booking our Class Meeting. I would like to have one as soon as possible but I would also like to maximize participation. I am going to propose next Tuesday at 6:00. This will be an opportunity to discuss homework routines, future projects, group snack, and any other issues. I hope at least one member of every family can attend.
The second homework booklet was handed out today. Please continue to make homework a priority at your house.

Sick

As you've no doubt heard, I went home sick today. It seems as though we're dropping like flies in room 310. I encouraged everyone to try and stay healthy today.
I will be off again tomorrow. This time it will be to take my son to two appointments. I am going to do my best to stop by the Family Breakfast first.
In class, we have successfully conquered multiplication. Yeah for us!
In Language, we've moved on from sentences to paragraphs. The students are busy writing one of each of the four different types: descriptive, expository, persuasive, and narrative.
We are also in the midst of a hot election. To better understand the election process, we've been participating in a mock activity. The students have been divided into "political parties" based on their hotdog topping preferences (why have all our social studies lessons been food based?). Some parties are bigger than others and thus have more representatives to send out to the "ridings" at our school. The votes have not all been cast yet but I'll be sure to update you on the winner as soon as all the ballots have been counted and recounted.
Have a great weekend.

Multiplying Methods

Today in math we began our look at multiplication. We discussed three different methods: the old school way, the break it down method, and the new school way (aka lattice method). By the end of class, most students said they were feeling fairly confident with at least one of the methods. Ask your student which way they multiply!

We began a new routine calle Goal Setting today. This is a weekly assignment we will complete in class. It requires the students to set two meaningful, realistic, and measurable goals. One goal will be an academic goal and one will be a personal goal. Ask your students which goals they set for themselves this week.

Please continue to hand in the Parent Questionnaire forms.