There's No Day Like a Thursday! - Day 12

Good Afternoon Families!  

Please read all the information below to get the latest scoop on our day! 

Take a look at what we accomplished today!

Reminders

- Thursday, September 19th is our SJA and Oakwood Welcome Back BBQ, which will take place from 4:00-5:30 PM out in our back-recess area. Order forms have been sent home. Please return, along with cash, no later than Friday, September 13th.

For those of you who are attending the BBQ today, please ensure you bring your tickets and sheet to the BBQ to receive your dinner!

Our Fall Fundraiser is quickly approaching! What used to be our Spring Fundraiser is now our Fall Fundraiser and we need your help. This year, all funds raised will go towards our Art Productions, physical activity equipment and more Chromebooks. There will be a variety of exciting events and amazing prizes for students to win through their participation. These include sitting in the teacher chair for a day and decorating Mr. Oliver’s face with makeup!! The class who brings in the most money will win a pizza and movie party. For students in Grade 3-6 who bring in a minimum of $40 on top of the daily activities will attend a trip to Glow Zone and those students in JK-Grade 2 will attend a trip to Kidsport.

Daily Fall Fundraiser Activities – Each activity costs $2.00!!
Monday, September 23rd is PJ Day.
Tuesday, September 24th is Popcorn Day. 
Wednesday, September 25th is Ice Cream Sandwich Day.
Thursday, September 26th is Wacky Thursday.
Friday, September 27th is Casual Day and Dance Party (JK-Grade 2) and Electronics Day and Casual Day (Grade 3-6).

October Lunches

Site is now open. 

Site closes Wednesday, September 25th at 3:00pm 

Special of the month: 3 pancakes with vanilla cream with an option of syrup for $5.00 OR 1 pancake with vanilla cream with an option of syrup for $2.50 on Fridays. 

All payments are to be made through quickbooks. 

** A kind reminder to please order under the correct teacher and grade! For example: Samuel, Grade 4

Quote of the Day: 

Library with Mrs. Hayward:

Today the class discussed the Polar Expressions Competition with Mrs. Hayward.

Polar Expressions is back again this year and they are looking for students to have the chance to publish poems and short stories in an upcoming book. Information sheets have been sent. Students who are interested in this competition can do so on their own time, as class time will not be given. The deadline for poems is November 29^th and the deadline for short stories is December 6^th. 

Some students signed out a few short stories and poetry books to look at some examples.

It's also National Talk Like a Pirate Day. What's your pirate name? 

Inquiry into Math:

Today we wrote our Number Patterns Unit Test. Test Scores will be sent home for review as soon as they are all graded.  

Our next unit will be Whole Numbers. We will be writing our show what you know pre-assessment tomorrow. Don't worry, it's just a quick check to see what we already know about the unit. 

Sign up for Caribou Math:

A copy of this letter has been sent home with your child. Please return it to me and I will pass it along to Mrs. Haag. 

Inquiry into Language:

Today we read chapter 4 of Anne of Green Gables in class. We learned that Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert were not expecting a girl at all. Matthew appears to like Anne, but it seems that it's taking Marilla a little more time to warm up to here. So far, the plan is to send Anne back to the orphanage in exchange for a boy, but Anne is trying to talk Marilla out of it. Stay tuned to find out what happens to Anne next.

Spelling Lesson 2 test: Friday, September 20th 

Grade 4 Spelling	Grade 5 Spelling
Objective: to spell one- and two- syllable words with short vowel sounds TIP: If a word or syllable has a vowel and it comes at the beginning or between two consonants, it usually stands for the short-vowel sound	Objective: to spell words with the hard and soft c and g sounds TIP: ·       When a c or g is followed by the vowel e , I, or y, it usually spells its soft sound ·       When c or g is followed by a, o, or u, it usually spells its hard sound

Spelling procedures are as follows:

1.     Copy your spelling words into your agendas in cursive

2.     Define your bonus words

3.     Complete spelling lesson activities

4.     Hand in completed spelling activities on Wednesdays

5.     Study for spelling tests nightly

How do I know if I know my spelling words? Well, can you use them in a sentence? Can you define the word to someone else? Do you know other words that have the same meanings (synonyms)? Do you know words that mean the opposite?

Unit of Inquiry:

Don't forget, there will be a  re-test for our first map quiz tomorrow: Friday, September 20th. Please study your map. 


The kids continued to discover the Canadian Shield and the Hudson's Bay Lowlands on their own. We are quickly approaching the end of our physical regions trip, only 3 more stops to go. Once the class has learned all they can about Canada's physical regions, they will be creating a 3D map of each region using the information they learned over the past week. This activity will begin on Monday. 

  

Music- Please check Mr. Oliver's blog under specialist links.

French - Please check Mme. Stella's blog under specialist links.

Ask your child how the rest of their day went, because I'm sure they can't wait to share it all with you!

Homework

Language – Spelling Lesson 2 -  Test Friday

- Read 30 mins (Chapter's 4-6 of Anne of Green Gables)

Math – Sign up for Caribou Math (optional)

Unit of Inquiry – Map re-test - tomorrow! Friday, September 20th (STUDY!)

Extra - Bring in Gregg le Rock form + $$
- Fall Fundraiser forms + $ are now overdue please get yours in to me tomorrow

Important dates/items:

September 20 - 27 Fall Fundraiser
September 24 - 25 Bake Sale

September 25 Casual Day
September 30 Orange Shirt Day
October 4 Nea Archi Event (for new families) 7 - 9 pm

 
See you at the BBQ, Ms. Samuel