Happy Friday! - Day 36

Good Afternoon Families!

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

Reminders

- 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.

- Casual Day - Just a reminder that casual day forms are due by Friday, October 25. Please submit the form indicating if your child(ren) will or will not be participating.  Please note that Casual Day was not included in registration this year, so if you would like your child(ren) to participate, please submit the form and $20 cash payment.

- Winter uniforms started  Tuesday, October 15th. All students in Grade 4-6 will need to have all pieces of the winter uniform with them everyday. The winter uniform consists of SJA gray pants/skirt, navy blue socks and black dress shoes (which they already have), a white button up long sleeve crested SJA shirt, a navy blue SJA crested sweater/sweater vest, an academic and house colour tie (to be worn every Friday) and an SJA crested blazer. Please be sure to label all pieces! Blazers must be worn during transitions and around the school, but can be taken off while in class and during lunch. If you do not have any of these pieces please contact Alpa as soon as possible at alpa@multiformcanada.com.

Please note that the uniform store will be closed from October 15th to October 24th. If you need to purchase any uniforms please make sure all orders are placed by October 10th 2019 by email: alpa@multiformcanada.com or online www.multiformcanada.com.

November Lunches - The lunch site is now open. It will close Wednesday, October 30th at 3:00pm
Special of the month: Chicken Stir Fry which is available every Friday. All payments are to be made through quickbooks by November 6th.

Lost & Found - Please have aa look through the lost and found items, now located in the gym, as the school will be donating all left over items to the Salvation Army on November 4th at 4pm.

Quote of the Day - Bringing a little inspiration to your day! 

Take a look at what we accomplished today!

Inquiry into Math:

Today we continued working with money by making change. We used subtraction to figure out what our change was and then we looked at how we can represent our change in bills and coins:

Inquiry into Language:

Spelling Lesson 7 tests have been sent home. Please review the test with your child and have them correct any misspelled words 10 times each. 

Today we continued to work on our rough draft for our light and sound reports. Most students worked together to edit each others work. Students have been given the weekend to work on fine tuning their rough drafts. Another editing session well be held on Tueday. 

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:

Tody we continued learning about light with Ms. Frizzle and her class:

We will soon be exploring how light and colour are related, so for homework, your child has been assigned a book about colour blindness on Raz Kids to help them become familiar with the topic. 

Congratulations to our Beaver Den Challenge winners! 

French - Please check Mme. Stella's blog under specialist links.
Physical Education- Please check Mr. Orr's blog under specialist links. 
Music - Please check Mr. Oliver's blog under speacialist 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 7  Test signed + corrections
- Read 30 mins
- Work on Report rough draft

Math – Workbook - pg. 82 & 83

Unit of Inquiry – Raz Kids - Colour Blindness + reading comprehension

Extra - 

Important dates/items:

October 29 - Picture Day
October 30 - Casual Day
October 31 - Halloween/ Harvest Spirit Day

 
See you tomorrow, Ms. Samuel