Daily News - Tuesday, April 24th

Just a few organizational reminders:

• We are starting a Drama Club at Belfast. Information notices and permission forms went home today with interested students. We are hoping to start next Monday, April 30th so please send the permission form back with your child as soon as possible.
• Subway order forms are DUE by Thursday of this week. Subs are $3.50.
• New book order forms went home today. They are DUE Monday, April 30th.
• There is NO school on Friday, April 27th as it is a PD day.

Here is the nightly homework:

Both:

1. Read

Grade 4:

1. Word Study - Blind Sort
2. Math - P. 130-131 - Finish #s 1-4 and 6-10

Have a great evening!

Daily News - Monday, April 23rd

Hello everyone,

Order forms for Subway lunches went home today. They need to be filled out and returned with $3.50 by Thursday of this week, and we will have Subway lunch next Wednesday, May 2nd.

Both:

1. Read

Grade 4:

1. Word Study - Timed Sort
2. Math - Choose 2 times of the day from the sheet. Draw a picture of what you would be doing at that time of the day.

Have a great evening!

Daily News - Wednesday, April 18th

Both:

1. Read
2. A reminder that school library books need to be returned if students would like to take out new books on Friday.

Grade 4:

1. Word Study - Word Hunt - Record in HW log
2. LA - Reading Response Letters are DUE tomorrow. Although students get time in school to work on these, it will be helpful for some to work on it at home as well.

Luke Gaudet, the Easter Seals Ambassador, will be at our school tomorrow at 9:40 a.m. We are very excited to listen to his presentation!

Have a great evening!

Read-A-Thon Moments

I have included some photos of our Easter Seals Read-A-Thon from this past Friday. Enjoy! I know we did :)

Practicing for Reader's Theatre.

Enjoying some Tumblebooks!

Poet's Paradise - Buddy Reading

Reading in the tent!

Baker's Delight - Working together to make delicious spider cookies.

Sneaky hunter :)

Reading rocks!

Mmmm - chocolate.

Enjoying the final performances.

Daily News - Monday, April 16th

I hope you had a wonderful weekend! Here are the daily details:

Both:

1. Read
2. Return school library books by Wednesday

Grade 4:

1. Word Study - Timed Sort - Record in HW log
2. Math - Division quiz tomorrow
3. LA - Reading Response Letters due Thursday

Enjoy the sun!

Daily News - Friday, April 13th

So much for bad luck on Friday the 13th. We had an AMAZING Read-a-Thon today!! Not only did we raise an incredible amount of money ($581.50!!! )for such a worthy cause, we shattered our class goal for number of books read all together (our goal was 150 and we ended up reading 452!!!).

Students spent all morning at a variety of stations, reading a variety of texts! They spent time cozied up in a tent reading self selected books, they spent time in "Poet's Paradise" doing some buddy ready with poetry, they carefully followed a recipe at "Baker's Delight" in order to make some VERY tasty spider cookies, they enjoyed books online, and each group rehearsed and performed a play! Needless to say Ms. MacDonald and I were both so very proud of this group of children. They were so responsible, inclusive, and kind throughout the whole morning. It was such a pleasure to take it all in. We also took many pictures and are hoping to share them on the blog over the weekend, so stay tuned!! Thanks again to everyone who participated!!!

For anyone who is interested, we used "Tumblebooks" to listen and read along with stories online. There is a free link to this website through the provincial libraries. Here is the link if you want to check it out at home:

http://www.tumblebooks.com/library/asp/home_tumblebooks.asp

Remember to READ over the weekend folks! And grade 4 students need to finish up their division question sheets for Monday.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Daily News - Wednesday, April 11th

We are gearing up for the Read-a-Thon! Pledges are coming in and thoughts of reading are dancing in the children's heads! Ms. MacDonald and I are very excited about the variety of stations the children will do during the morning. As you may know, one of those stations is a Reader's Theatre station. Students were split into their groups today, and they all chose parts. If there is anything at home that they could use for costumes or props, please send it to the school with your child. These costumes and props are just for fun, please don't purchase anything new :) Students are also encouraged to come in their pj's and to bring pillows, blankets, or stuffed animals - anything that will make for a cozy reading area!

We have also been working on division in grade 4 math. The past few days we have focused on long division. It is just an introduction in grade 4, but if you are able to do some extra problems with your child at home, that would be a great way to support their learning.

Enjoy another wonderful, sunny evening!

Daily News - Thursday, April 5th

We had a wonderful day today filled with Easter treats. Thanks to Mrs. Vaive and the Student Council, everyone enjoyed a huge, outdoor egg hunt today! It was lots of fun! Also a huge thank you to Cathy Shaw for the treat bags for the students!

I would like to remind everyone that due to the short week, we will have our Word Study test on Tuesday. Written sorts can be done over the weekend, and I will collect notebooks on Tuesday. Also, we will NOT have a new Word Study next week.

Also, any students who have not finished their Reading Response Letters, they are due on Tuesday as well.

I would like to wish everyone a very happy long weekend! Enjoy the extra time with family!

Daily News - Wednesday, April 4th

Hi everyone,

Our class will be participating in the Read-a-Thon fundraiser for the Easter Seals Campaign this year. Notices with information and pledge sheets went home today. This has previously been something the younger grades have done, but we thought we would make it the biggest and best one yet! On April 13th, students in the K-4 classes will all dedicate their morning to reading! Students are encouraged to collect pledges or donations from family and friends over the next week. Luke Gaudet, this year's Easter Seals Ambassador, will be at our school on April 19th and we will present him with the money then. It is a wonderful way to support a very worthy cause. Pledge sheets and money will be collected on or before next Friday, April 13th.

Word Study News! Since we do not have school this Friday we will have our Word Study test on Tuesday when we get back. Students can do their Written Sort over the weekend. Therefore, we also will NOT have Word Study next week as it is also a short week.

Tonight's homework:

Both:

1. Read
2. Collect pledges/donations for Easter Seals

Grade 4:

1. Word Study - Word Hunt - Record in HW log

Have a great evening!

Daily News - Tuesday, April 3rd

Hi everone,

Thank you to everyone who sent items to the school for grade 3 science. It's greatly appreciated! If anyone has any more paper towel tubes or shoeboxes, please send them in with you child.

Here is the nightly homework:

Both:

1. Read

Grade 4:

1. Word Study - Blind Sort - Record in HW log

Have a great evening!

Daily News - Monday, April 2nd

Apologies for this delayed posting, but I thought it may be still be helpful. Here is the nightly homework.

Both:

1. Read
2. We're looking to collect the following materials for Grade 3 science. Anything would help!
1. Toilet paper/paper towel rolls (inside tubes)
2. Shoeboxes with the lids
3. Empty 2 L plastic pop bottles

Grade 4:

1. Word Study - Timed Sort - Record in HW log
2. Health - Write down your Health Goal
3. Math - P. 307 #s 1-4

Enjoy this beautiful evening!

Some Things We're Proud Of!

Hi everyone! Recently I have finally gotten around to photographing some things we've been working on in grade 3/4, and thought it would be nice to share it with you. Enjoy :)

The classroom library. A cozy corner to enjoy a good book!

The Biomes projects. The grade 4's spent a lot of time researching Biomes, and wrote
Descriptive Reports about 1 particular one. The final products turned out beautifully!

"Owen and Mzee" became a class favourite! A story about 2 very unlikely friends, and the importance of never giving up! Grade 4 students painted the mural, came up with the themes that presented themselves in the story, and created their own personal response to the book!

The grade 3's did a unit on Plants in science. They created these lovely wheels to display their knowledge of the life cycle of a plant! They are lovely and bright in the hallway, and make us all look forward to the blooming buds in spring!