Homework and Reminders Dec. 20, 2018.

ONE MORE DAY!!!!!!

Homework:
Literacy:
Essays are due TOMORROW!!! I have attached Nic's essay to the google classroom folder for tomorrow. Please feel free to look at it and compare your essay to it. Please make sure that you are looking for past tense errors!

Health:
Presentations are tomorrow!

Reminders:
**Pride assembly is tomorrow at 9:20
**We are presenting a French song wear what you need to???

Homework Dec. 19, 2018.

Literacy:
Essays are due on FRIDAY- ERROR PROOF!

Social Studies:
Know about your Coat of Arms! Talk to your parents!

Secret Santa is being shared tomorrow!

Homework and Reminders Dec. 18, 2018.

Literacy:
Essays due tomorrow- FULL ROUGH DRAFT

Science:
Be ready to debate! Hand in notes

Social Studies:
What is your Coat of Arms

Reminders:
** McMichael Art program tomorrow!

Homework and Reminders Dec. 17, 2018.

Homework:

Literacy:
FIX your essays!!!! Rough drafts are due on Wednesday!

Math:
Worksheet, both sides

Science:
Be able to debate on Wednesday, partner or not! Do your research!

Social Studies:
What is a Code of Arms?

Reminders:
**McMichael Art Program forms due tomorrow
**Secret Santa presents due tomorrow

ESSAYS????

Happy Saturday! Please make sure that you have submitted your 3rd paragraph as well as the first 4 other paragraphs into the CORRECT google classroom assignment! You should have submitted your Intro, 1st, 2nd and 3rd paragraph into the 3rd paragraph assignment. Please double check that you did this if you would like feedback!

Homework and Reminders Dec. 14, 2018.

Homework:

Literacy:
3rd Body paragraph was due today, please make sure that you have submitted everything into the correct google classroom to ensure that you get feedback!

Science:
Begin your research- Task 2 in google classroom- For and Against Space Exploration

Social Studies:
This was not homework, but on Tuesday we will be talking your family Code of Arms. Maybe start the conversation now about if you have one or not and what is on it.

Math:
You should have handed in your work on Area and Area of Triangle today if you were done. If not it is homework.

Health:
Final assignment will be presented on Friday Dec. 21.

Reminders:
**McMichael Art Program is on Wednesday, please remember to pay for the program online and bring in your form.

Homework and things to talk about tonight...

Homework:

Math:
Math retest is coming home tonight. If it is not a level 3, their homework is to make the corrections tonight and decide if they are going to continue learning and take another retest. Tests must be signed and brought back by tomorrow otherwise there will be phone calls home to confirm you have seen their tests.

Social Studies:
All poem presentations are completed and were amazing!!! Please talk to your child about how they did and next steps to be more successful for their next presentation.

Literacy:
3rd Body paragraph is due tomorrow with all corrections from the thesis, 1st body paragraph, and second body paragraph. The Rubric and success criteria will be coming home tomorrow.
Final rough submission with conclusion paragraph is due Wednesday Dec. 19, final good copy submission is due on Friday Dec. 21.

Reminders:
**McMichael's Art Program forms

Homework and Reminders

We participated in some drumming today! All students had a great time :)

Homework:

Math: 

Math Retest tomorrow! 

Literacy:

Body paragraph #2 is due tomorrow

Body paragraph #3 is Due on Friday

Reminders:

**Secret Santa presents due Tuesday Dec. 18 or 19, present exchange is Dec. 20

**McMichael's Art form due as soon as possible. Program on Dec. 19. 

Homework and Reminders Dec. 10, 2018.

Homework:

Literacy:
2nd Body Paragraph is Due on Wednesday, we will only have a little bit of time to work on this on Wednesday, do not plan on having time to finish your paragraph in class. Please submit your paragraphs into the classroom folder 2nd body paragraph, 1st body paragraph and thesis. The 3rd body paragraph is due on FRIDAY!!!! We will have class time on Thursday and Friday to work in class, but everything should be submitted by the end of class. Students should be using ANY feedback thus far to continue working on their paragraphs! I should be doing less feedback with each paragraph!

Math:
Math Retest Wednesday
No homework, but we are starting our Measurement unit, students can begin practicing finding the perimeter, area and surface area of different shapes, rooms anything that could be measured for real life situations. The expectations are:

• estimate, measure, and record quantities, using the metric measurement system;
• determine the relationships among units and measurable attributes, including the area of a parallelogram, the area of a triangle, and the volume of a triangular prism.

Science:

No homework, we will be having fun with some debates on Wednesday morning focusing on the purpose and benefits of Space Exploration. 

Social Studies:

PRESENTATIONS ARE TOMORROW!!!! Please review your rubric to make sure that your power point/slide show meet the expectations. Be ready to present in any order. 

Reminders:

**Everything Electives are do now! If you have not paid for the programs, please send a cheque or cash ASAP! 

**McMichael's Art program form and payment are do at the latest by Dec. 18- Next Tuesday.

**Secret Santa Presents need to be in the classroom by Wednesday Dec. 19, present exchange is on Dec. 20. 

Homework

I have finished marking everyone's first body paragraph and corrections on their thesis (those that handed in). I will be staying in tomorrow at morning recess for more support.

Math tests also came home on Friday, please remember to get it signed and brought back tomorrow! The retest will be on Wednesday Dec. 12, I will also be doing extra help on Monday at morning recess for those that would like.

Social Studies presentations will be on Tuesday. Total memorization is expected!!! No cue cards! 

Homework and Reminders Dec. 6, 2018.

We had a visit from some special creative elves today!!! I am not going to post the final picture in case it becomes a present for some parents :) 

Homework:

Math:

Math test will be handed out tomorrow and we will take it up, it is very obvious who studied and who did not. The math re-test will be on Wednesday Dec. 12. 

Literacy:

Thesis fixed from feedback and 1st body paragraph due tomorrow.

Science:

KWL charts are due at the end of the class! 

Social Studies:

Poem and power point presentations are on Tuesday- total memorization! 

Reminders:

*Elective forms are due tomorrow! 

*McMichael Art project is due as soon as possible

Homework and Reminders Dec. 4, 2018.

Homework:

Literacy:
1st Body Paragraph is Due on Friday
Introduction Paragraph corrections Due on Friday

Math:
We began our measurement unit today, I'm hoping to have the math test marked and handed back by the end of day tomorrow, math re-test will be on Monday Dec. 10! 

Science:
Task 1 is due on Friday

Social Studies:
Poem and power point/ Presentations begin on Tuesday Dec. 11

French:
Test has been changed to Friday- NOT OPEN BOOK

Reminders:
**A permission form for McMichael's Art Gallery painting session at RHPS came home today, please pay with School Cash Online.
**Students have decided to do a secret santa, the money value is set to a limit of $10.00. Presents will need to be in class by the last week of school, date to be announced.
**Last week for ELECTIVES!!!!!! Get your forms in!!!
**Tomorrow is Walk to School Day, Whole school DPA at 2:40, and PJ Day Here is the link for Cotton Eye Joe to practice... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEkXCYrQUAg
**Thursday is our first VIP session at 2:00

Homework and reminders Dec. 3, 2018.

Homework:

Literacy:
Thesis and graphic organizers were due on Friday, if you just submitted it today I will get your feedback done tonight. If you already have your feedback, please take the time to make your corrections and then begin your first body paragraph.
Due dates:
1st Body paragraph Due Friday Dec. 7
2nd and 3rd Body paragraph is Due on Friday Dec. 14
Final Paper Due Friday Dec. 21.

Social Studies:
Poem Presentations Dec. 11

Science:
Task 1- google classroom Due Friday

Reminders:
Last week for electives
Please hand back Report card envelopes!!!

Due dates????

I am concerned by the number of you/students that have not handed in their graphic organizer or thesis for the Giver essay. They were due on Friday so that I could give you feedback this weekend and then start fixing it up on Monday. Please remember to submit your work on time if you would like feedback!

Homework and reminders Nov. 30, 2018.

Homework:
Literacy:
Graphic Organizer and Introductory paragraph (with thesis) is due today!!!

Math:
Math test on Monday

Social Studies:
Poem and power point due on Tuesday Dec. 11- Memorized!!! Ready to present on Tuesday!

Reminders:
***Daniel have a great trip :)
*Elective forms are due on Friday Dec. 7
*Report card envelopes are due ASAP
*Every student counts survey still has to be completed by some students.
*Arts program on Dec. 10 and 11
*Have a great weekend :)

Homework and Reminders Nov. 29, 2018.

Homework:
Math:
Fractions Part 2 will be on Monday, we began our review today, we will continue tomorrow and then students will bring home the study sheet for extra practice and review for Monday.

Literacy:
Thesis and introductory paragraph are due on Friday
Graphic organizer is due tomorrow- online- google classroom, 3 points with details and page numbers

French:
Test will be on Thursday Dec. 6- NOT OPEN BINDER!!!! Please access google classroom to review

Reminders:
* Snow Valley forms are due next Friday
* Movie night tonight
* Report Card Envelopes need to come back
* Please complete the Every Student Counts Survey ASAP
* Pride assembly tomorrow at 9:20

Homework and Reminders Nov. 27, 2018.

Homework:

Math:
Question #6 and fix ups. Question #6 should be copied down in their notebook, they need to put recipe ingredients into ratio's.
Math test will be on Monday, review on Friday- fractions, to decimals, to percent, to ratio

Literacy:
Graphic Organizers are due on Friday, they have class time tomorrow to complete it but then I expect that it is complete and handed in at the beginning of class on Friday.

Social Studies:
Begin memorizing the We Are More poem, we will work on your slide show on Thursday.

Reminders:
*Movie night is on Thursday

Rick Hansen Families,

 

WINTER ELECTIVES ARE BACK!  Our grade 4-8 students will be given the opportunity to enjoy two, fun-filled days up Snow Valley in Barrie, Ontario (Wednesday, January 9th and Thursday, January 24th).  Sign up your child for skiing, snowboarding, or tubing.  Registration packages outlining all the details have been sent home with every student.  Please return your completed forms, and please make your payments using SchoolCashOnline on or before December 7th.​

 

Homework and Reminders Nov. 19, 2018.

Homework:

Literacy:
Discussion Questions are due on Thursday this week!
Last points project is due on Monday Nov. 26- This should cover the entire book and you need to be at 100 points or over by Monday!

Reminders:
Forms are coming home today for Snow Valley, please return AS Soon As Possible! (Dec. 7th at the latest!)
Autism Awareness Presentation tomorrow morning.

Homework and Reminders Nov. 16, 2018

Homework:

Math:
Re-test on Monday!

Literacy:
100 points project week 4

Reminders:
Please complete the Every Student Counts Survey and bring back the form with a parent signature and language completed in.

WINTER ELECTIVES ARE BACK!  Our grade 4-8 students will be given the opportunity to enjoy two, fun-filled days up Snow Valley in Barrie, Ontario (Wednesday, January 9th and Thursday, January 24th).  Sign up your child for skiing, snowboarding, or tubing.  Registration packages outlining all the details have been sent home with every student.  Please return your completed forms, and please make your payments using SchoolCashOnline on or before December 7th.

Homework and Reminders Nov. 15, 2018.

Reminders:
Every Student Counts Survey- please complete with your child/parent and return the paper to Mrs. Lummiss by tomorrow!

Homework:

Math:
Textbook work, pg. 363 #5, 6, 7
Math RE-TEST is Monday

Language:
Discussion Questions Ch. 16-19
100 Points Project due on Monday

Science:
Page about the Planets.

Pictures of 2018- Lummiss' Class

Homework and Reminders Nov. 13, 2018.

Homework:

Math:
Fraction wall into common decimals- no calculators

Art:
Due tomorrow

Dance:
Presentations and write ups due tomorrow!! USE THE EXPECTATIONS!

Reminders:
Every Student counts survey!

Homework and Reminders Nov. 12, 2018.

Reminders:
Jr. Mixed Volleyball Try-outs are on Wednesday Nov. 14 at 8:00am!!!

Every Student Counts Survey information is coming home tonight! Please complete the survey (parent and child together) by Friday and hand the form back to Mrs. Lummiss with the Language that you completed it in written on it. 

Math tests are coming home today, please review, sign and return to Mrs. Lummiss ASAP! Re-test will be on Monday.

Homework:
Art:
Due tomorrow (soft deadline, HARD deadline is on Wednesday)

Math:
We are going to back to our fraction unit to finish off the expectations for term 1- changing a fraction into a decimal and percent and back again. This will be about a week and a half long, a quick quiz will happen by the end of next week.

Dance:
Presentations and write up are due on Wednesday by the end of gym class.

Homework and Reminders Nov. 8, 2018.

Homework:

Math:
Test Tomorrow
Graphs Due tomorrow

Literacy:
Discussion Questions Due tomorrow
Points Project Due Monday

Social Studies:
Chart about different Tribe Due Monday

Art:
7 Elements of Art Due Tuesday

Dance:
Due Wednesday

Reminders:
Remembrance Day Assembly at 9:30- WEAR BLACK

Homework and Reminders Nov. 7, 2018.

Homework:

Literacy:
-Discussion Questions for Chap. 11-15 are due on Friday. There will be NO class time to work on these, please complete for homework. The questions are in google literacy classroom.
-Week 3 points project is Due on Monday. You have until Nov. 26 get accumulate 100 points.

Math:
-Math Graph is due on Thursday, class time to complete it, due at the end of the period.
-Math Data Management Test is on Friday, review/study sheet is available on google Math classroom, we will review tomorrow in class.

Social Studies:
-Chart about the tribe characteristics is due on Monday

Art:
-7 Elements of Art is Due on Wednesday Nov. 14

Reminders:
Remembrance Day Assembly is on Friday at 9:30, all welcome!

Homework and Reminders Nov. 6, 2018.

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We are having some issues with students at recess and lunch time when there is not a constant adult figure in the portable. Some students are locking the door from the inside out as well as throwing and kicking balls around the room. This is causing damage to personal items (mine as well other students) and students getting upset with others that are not listening and following the expectations. I have spoken to the class to ensure that the message of "breaking" the rule is clear. From this point forward if students are caught breaking the rules, they will be calling home immediately and possible further consequences will occur in the office. Please have a conversation with your child about expectations in the portable at recess and lunch.

Homework:

Math:
Personal Graph is Due on Thursday- please READ the rubric and SUCCESS CRITERIA and complete accordingly.
Math Test on Data Management is on Friday- review on Thursday
People that are fixing up marks have until Friday to do so!!!

Literacy:
Discussion questions for chapter 11-15 due on Friday
Project from 100 point project due on Monday Nov. 12

Art:
7 Element Art assignment due Tuesday Nov. 13- no class time to work on it. Self assessment and rubric to be handed in on Tuesday.

Reminders:
Friday is our Remembrance Day Assembly at 9:30- all welcome

Homework and Reminders Nov. 2, 2018.

Congratulations Joanie for winning the Badminton game against Mrs. Vian and Mr. D... take them down!!
Good luck to me when I have to get a make-up makeover by a grade 7 student!!!

Reminders:
Next Friday is our Remembrance Day Assembly beginning at 9:30
Wednesday is Walk to School Day, Mismatch outfit day and whole school DPA
All students that are progressing with Difficulty have been spoke to today, parents will be notified next week.

Rick Hansen Families,

 

If you haven’t already done so, it is IMPORTANT for families to register for Edsby as RHPS will be using this platform to schedule our Parent/Teacher Interviews and Student-Led Conferences taking place in November.  Parents/guardians will need to accept the invitation sent to them from Edsby and create an account in Edsby in order to, in future, schedule a time for the student led conferences/parent teacher interviews. Instructions on how to sign up for parent/teacher interviews and student-led conferences will be sent to you on November 5^th and you will need to register for Edsby before this date.

 

Invitations to register for Edsby were initially sent out on October 19,  and subsequently on October 30 to those who have not yet registered.  Please check your junk mail folder if you are unable to find this invitation.

 

Please contact the school office if you require another invitation to join.

Dear Parents/Guardians,                           

Making new friends and making memories with old friends are important parts of the school year.  Help your child keep the fun and memories alive for years to come with a yearbook, a time capsule of the events and people that made this year unique.

Last year marked our very first yearbook, and it was a HUGE success.  The majority of our families ordered one. Rick Hansen Public School is pleased to announce that we will continue the yearbook tradition started last year.  The cost for the 2018-2019 full-colour yearbook is $26.

Please make your payment using SchoolCashOnline (https://yrdsb.schoolcashonline.com/).  Orders are due by the end of November.

Homework:

Literacy:
The 2nd project from the 100 Points Project is Due on Monday (this should include chapter 6-10 ONLY)

Math:
Today you had a chance to create a question to use for your final graphing assignment. We will go over the success criteria and rubric on Monday. That also means that this will be the last week that you can fix up your work in order to improve your mark.

Homework and Reminders Nov. 1, 2018.

Homework:

Literacy:
The 1 assignment of the 100 points project for The Giver has been  extended to Monday- Due, no class time to work on it.
4 Discussion Questions are due tomorrow.

Math:
We will be looking at relationships between data on graphs and reading graphs. What are they actually telling us?
We will also be creating a personal survey question to begin our final assignment in data management.

Social Studies:
We looked at Canada's Guest Children during WWII today in class. Partners need to complete the 2 discussion questions next class. They will be due at the end of class on Monday.

Science:
Next week we will be starting our next unit on Space! Start looking at the moon and it's relationship to earth.

Health:
We will be finishing our Health presentations tomorrow in gym class!

Reminders and Homework Oct. 30, 2018.

Thank you everyone for bringing your form and money for our trip today!!! We had an interesting trip and learned more about Anne Frank and the living conditions for Jewish people during WWII. Please continue to discuss the significance of Remembrance Day at home. Our Remembrance Day Assembly will be on Friday Nov. 9, 2018 at 9:30- All Welcome!

Tomorrow:
Tomorrow we have the Dance-a-thon from 11:30-12:15. Students are welcome to put their costumes on at recess and then to remain in them for the rest of the day, however, the day will continue with regular curriculum work.

Homework:
Nothing necessarily for tonight but the next assignment in their Literacy 100 point project is due on Friday as well as the discussion questions for ch. 6-10. They will get the discussion questions tomorrow in class.

I will also be having conversations with students about their marks at some point tomorrow. They will know if they are progressing with or without difficulty. I have given them a timeline of Friday to share with parents before I start calling. Please ask your child how they are doing and contact me if you have concerns.

Homework and Reminders Oct. 29, 2018.

ALL STUDENTS HAVE THE PERMISSION FORM FOR TOMORROW'S CLASS TRIP IN THEIR BAG!! PLEASE SIGN AND RETURN BY TOMORROW! 

Homework:

Literacy: 

-1 of the 100  points project is due on Friday- please do not start working on this yet, we have not read enough.

- Find a school appropriate song that you feel is a good representation of poetry and bring in the lyrics on Thursday. There will be an assignment that will go along with your song. 

Reminders:

Dance-a-thon and costumes on Wednesday

Pumpkin Carving tomorrow- bring pumpkin carving kits IF YOU HAVE ONE!!! 

Reminders Oct. 26, 2018.

We made it through the week!!!! This has been a busy week with several assignments due today. Most students were able to get everything completed and submitted. I would like to remind those that did not, that balancing school and life is challenging, but school should always come first! Leaving assignments to the last minute is not a good strategy!

Congratulations to Nate for winning this months Respect award and to Kassidy for winning the Responsibility award from September!

Next week will be a fun and busy week. Permission forms will be coming home on Monday for a VERY last minute trip on Tuesday to Westmount Collegiate Inst. The grade 12 students at Westmount create an Anne Frank Museum open to students and public on certain days. We have been given an opportunity to visit the school and the museum on Tuesday Oct. 30 from 12:45-2:00. This trip links directly with the novel that we just finished reading "Number the Stars" as well as our presentation that will be apart of the Remembrance Day Assembly. Due to the busing, the cost of the trip will be $15.00 per student. Please look for the form on Monday and return it on Tuesday! 
We will also be having a pumpkin carving contest on Tuesday, pumpkins will be supplied for groups of students and displayed at the Dance-a-thon on Wednesday. 
Wednesday is the Dance-a-thon, please feel free to wear your costume for the dance. 

Have a great weekend, try to get outside and play! 

Homework and reminders Oct. 25, 2018.

Math:
pg. 85 #4, 5

Science:
Brochure

Literacy:
1 project from the 100 points project (ch. 1-5)
4 Discussion questions (ch. 1-5)

Homework and reminders Oct. 24, 2018.

Literacy:
Discussion Questions ch. 1-5 (4 questions on google classroom)

Math:
Graph questions on handout from today

Science:
Brochures due Friday

Social Studies:
Presentations tomorrow

Reminders:

Rick Hansen Families,

 

It is important for families to register for Edsby as RHPS will be using this platform to schedule our Parent/Teacher Interviews and Student-Led Conferences happening in November.  Parents/guardians will need to accept the invitation sent to them from Edsby and create an account in Edsby in order to, in future, schedule a time for the student led conferences/parent teacher interviews.

 

Invitations to join Edsby were sent out October 19, 2018 for families to register for Edsby.  Please check your junk mail folder if you are unable to find this invitation.

 

Please contact the school office if you require another invitation to join.

 

Rick Hansen PS

490 Mavrinac Blvd.

Aurora, ON, L4G 0J6

Office: (905) 841-6225

Homework and Reminders Oct. 23, 2018.

This week is a busy week! We have several assignment due, some are ready to become homework and others are still mainly classroom assignments.

Assignments Due this week:

Social Studies: First Nation Power Point/Poster- Presentations start on Thursday at 9:15

Science: Invasive Species Brochure (online or paper) Due Friday- Class time to work on this Wednesday, then homework

Literacy: 1 assignment "worth 5, 10, or 25 points" Due Friday and Chapter 1-5 Discussion Questions (on google classroom- Literacy) also due Friday

French: Binder Check and test coming soon

Health: Skits to be presented on Friday- Criteria is on the Arts google classroom

Art: Not homework yet, we have one more class to finish our 7 elements of art assignment and then it will be homework next week.

Homework tonight:
Math: Complete Scatter Plot assignment, this can be done on the handout page or in your notebook. Please remember the expectations when creating a graph. 

Homework Oct. 18, 2018.

What a successful Purple Shirt Day!!! Thank you for everyone's support today, it was amazing to see all of the purple.

There is no homework tonight, however there may be some tomorrow.
Things to work on...

Science- Invasive Species Brochure (google classroom Science) Due Friday Oct. 27
Social Studies- Google Slide, due  Wednesday Oct. 25
Math- textbook page 73 #4, 5, 6

Have a great long weekend, I will see everyone on Tuesday!

Homework Oct. 17, 2018.

WEAR PURPLE TOMORROW!!!!! 

We will finishing our Science Presentations tomorrow and then talking about invasive species. This will then become a personal assignment, do by the end of next week. More details tomorrow. 

Social Studies:
Students will have one more day on Friday to finish their presentation, if it is not done it will be homework. 

Math:
We are continuing to analyze graphs, decide what graphs to use for different data, and create good questions that are not bias. Please have conversations at home that would help students think about when graphs are used in real life. 

***Reminders***
Food for the food drive
Donations for the Dance-a-thon
Reminder letters went home today (4 students) to pay for the Arts Package. This is an amazing program that is offered to students which supports our curriculum program. All of the workshops/presentations provide students with opportunities that they may not be exposed to. 

Thank you for your continued support! 

Homework Monday Oct. 15, 2018.

I good hope everyone had a good weekend! I had a lot of "fun" marking your narrative story and math re-tests.

Math re-tests and narrative stories are coming home tonight, please read them over with your student or parent and sign them.

Pledges for the Dance-a-thon and food donations are still being collected. Please remember to support our school initiative!

Homework Oct. 12, 2018.

Have a great weekend!!

Science:
Google Slide Presentations will start first thing! Please make sure that your information is ready to go on your slide presentation. Remember to use the RUBRIC that is on the back of your original page. The questions that need to be answered are on the Science classroom page, feel free to add more detail.

***Reminders***
Food drive items
Sponsorship donations for the Dance-A-thon
Arts package for those of you that have not yet paid.

Homework Oct. 11, 2018.

Math Retest Tomorrow!!!!
Science is Due at the end of class on Monday

Math:
Graphing assignment is due tomorrow (Toronto, Sydney)

Literacy:
25 points project is due tomorrow

Science:
Due on Monday

****Reminders****
Arts package money and forms
Dance-a-thon pledges!!!
Food Drive food

Homework and Reminders Oct. 9, 2018.

I hope everyone had a great long weekend! I would like to remind everyone that Slime, putty, moldable clay are NOT ALLOWED in the classroom during class time!

Homework:
Math tests came home today, please sign and return to Mrs. Lummiss as soon as possible. For those students that received a 3- or lower, the retest will be on Friday.

Science- You will be starting a research power point tomorrow, it is due on Thursday at the end of the class

Literacy: 25 point project is due Friday


Reminders:
* Arts package money and form are due ASAP online or cash
* Cross Country is tomorrow
* Dance-A-Thon pledge sheets and information will be coming out this week
* Food for the food drive!

Monday Oct. 1, 2018.

Picture Day is Tuesday Oct. 2, 2018!!!!!

Wednesday is our first Wellness Walk to school day. This means it is walk to school day, a spirit day- Jersey day, wellness day- meditation at morning recess and whole school DPA at 9:15.

Homework:

Math test is on Wednesday

Narrative story is due on Thursday

Ripley's Aquarium trip is on Friday- Be at the school by 8:10!!! 

Thursday Sept. 27, 2018.

Our Terry Fox run was fantastic!! Thank you to everyone for being so respectful to our community members and participating in our Terry Fox walk/run. Donations are being collected until tomorrow.

Friday events:
Math quiz
Art Due
Social Studies due at the end of class

Orange Shirt Day
All trip forms due!

Happy Birthday tomorrow to Kassidy!!!

Wed. Sept. 26, 2018.

Tomorrow is our Terry Fox Run and Meet the Teacher Night! Please remember to bring $2.00 for a donation towards the Terry Fox Run.
Meet the Teacher night is from 6:30-7:30, hope to see everyone there. I am still working on calling all of my parents, so if I haven't touched base with you yet, I will be sure to call you soon.

Math:
Page 359 #5, 6, 9 is for homework if it was not finished in class
Quiz on Friday for fractions!!!

Science:
Classification chart for the Johnson family is due tomorrow

Literacy:
Your Narrative story will be due next Thursday Oct. 4. At this time, it is not homework!!!

****Reminders****
Some students still have not brought in their trip form for Ripley's Aquarium. Please hand in as soon as possible!
Some students have not handed in their Student Registration Verification form, please bring back as soon as possible!

Thursday Sept. 20, 2018.

If you have not sent in your Ripley's Aquarium trip form, please do so by tomorrow!
Please return the Student Registration Verification forms as soon as possible!

Art:
We have been practicing how to colour in one direction, neatly, in the lines! We have also been learning about complimentary colours and how to colour a pattern according to the colour wheel. This finished colouring assignment is due Next Friday.

Math:
We looked at fractions sets today and identifying different sets of fractions within a whole.

Science:
Our pictures have been printed from our community walk and placed on our classification chart. We will continue this discussion on Tuesday in Science.

Literacy:
Scavenger Hunt from Number the Stars is Due tomorrow!
We are going to work on our new narrative unit tomorrow based on a picture that students were given. They need to create a story that relates to their picture, using their imagination!

Social Studies:
The requiz on the Provinces of Canada is tomorrow.
We will be continuing our learning about people immigrating to Canada in the early 1900's. 
Soon, we will be looking deeper into our own family history, and why our personal family immigrated to Canada.

Tuesday Sept. 18, 2018.

Math:
Some students have 2 questions to finish for homework from today's lesson. Prompt # 4 and 5 should be written in their notebooks. These will be due tomorrow!

Literacy:
Students are working on a Scavenger Hunt in the book Number the Stars. This is Due on Friday

Social Studies:
The retest will be on Friday!

French:
Quiz on Thursday

Reminders:
*Forms of information came home today, please review them and sign off if everything is correct. Please make necessary changes that are needed and return as soon as possible!
*Ripley's Aquarium forms are due back ASAP
*There are still 2 students that need to bring back the IBMOD form

Friday Sept. 14, 2018.

We had a great walk today over to the pond!! It was hot! But we were able to find several picture worthy species to help us understand Biodiversity and our ecosystem. We will use these pictures next week to create a large classification chart of the Animal Kingdom.

Math:
Complete the fraction worksheets that we had today.

Literacy:
Write a paragraph about the "Resistance". The question that you need to answer is "What was the Resistance during WWII?"

Have a great weekend!

Reminders:
****Trip form****
Parent Volunteers are still needed!

Homework and Reminders

Today we took some time to practice our cross country loop during DPA. All students were very successful and finished the 3 loops in just over 15 minutes. They should all be very proud of themselves for giving their best efforts. After our run we stayed outside to talk about Making Healthy Choices and Nutrition as well as several topics that relate to making healthy choices such as body image, peer pressures, family and cultural expectations ect.

Tomorrow, we are looking forward to walking over to our neighbourhood pond to research and take pictures of different species living in an ecosystem. This directly relates to our science biodiversity unit. Students are expected to take pictures of living species so that we can classify them into the 5 Kingdom Classification chart.

In literacy, we have working on punctuation and grammar. Tomorrow we will have a chance to take up our "end punctuation" sheet and continue our learning about WWII through our class novel study "Number the Stars". Students are expected to research and answer a a reading comprehension question every couple of chapters. The purpose of this is to further our knowledge about WWII but also to think critically about material that we are reading.

French:
Ma Semaine a l'ecole signed by Monday
French quiz Thursday

Reminders:
- IBMOD form
- Gym form
- Trip form

Homework and Reminders

Math:
We have started our Fractions unit and are learning how to split whole numbers into smaller fractions and how the denominator changes accordingly. We will continue our learning tomorrow by playing with the fraction rods and solving problems.

Social Studies:
Today we practiced and studied the Provinces and Territories as well as the Great Lakes in preparation for our quiz on Thursday. We had a really good discussion about September 11 and the World Trade Centers. This connected with our conversations in Language about WWII and remembrance day as well as the book that we are reading Number the Stars.

Literacy:
Students are learning how to research events in our novel "Number Stars" and connect it to the real world as well as to think critically about different events from the novel. This is being presented through comprehension research questions.

Science:
We will be going for a "community walk" on Friday morning to explore the pond close to our school and take pictures of species that belong in the 5 Kingdom Classification chart. Students are asked to bring something to take pictures with.

Reminders:
- Book of forms
- Gym Form
- IBMOD form
- Trip Permission form--- Handed out TODAY! We need parent helpers with their Vulnerable Screening Check

Homework and Reminders

This week we have been working on developing our writing skills and critical thinking skills when thinking about the moral messages found in books. The benefit of this is to help students think deeper about the material that they are presented with in different situations and to not take everything for face value. 

We have been learning about the provinces and territories and will have a quiz next Thursday. Knowing the great lakes and oceans will also be important. 

Have a great weekend!

Homework:

Literacy:

- Writing Diagnostic #2- Mary had a little Lamb.... 

"Mary should not have taken the lamb to school. What do you think?"

Social Studies:

- Practice the Provinces and Territories of Canada

- Knowing the Great Lakes and Oceans would be helpful

- Family Picture

Forms:

- Book of forms

- IBMOD 

- Gym form

Homework and reminders

It has been a good first couple of days. We are working together to figure out schedules, rules and expectations but so far so good. It has been very nice to have air conditioning these past couple of days :)

Homework for today:
Bring in a picture of you and your family
Writing Diagnostic

Reminders:
Book of forms
IBMOD form

Welcome Back!

Hey everyone, welcome back!!!
I am so excited to be back and ready for a new school year. I have a lot of exciting things planned for the year and am looking forward to meeting and getting to know all of you soon.
Please feel free to ask me anything and clarify your learning as we go.
See you soon,
Mrs. Lummiss