Miss Timm's Notes

TUESDAY

2010-01-05T16:51:00.002-06:00

Welcome back to a New Year! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and a good break from the hustle and bustle of school.

Homework:
MATH: Finish decimals worksheet

* PLEASE BRING $3 FOR YOUR RECORDER *

MONDAY

2009-12-14T15:33:00.001-06:00

WOW! We are racing to the end, getting everything wrapped up and finished off!
I am so proud of the way that the grade 4 - 6 kids have worked so hard on both the drama and our last bit of school work.... way to go :)

HOMEWORK:
MATH: test tomorrow (6)
Science: finish information gathering for your project

THURSDAY

2009-12-10T20:52:00.003-06:00

Dear Parents

We are getting ready for Christmas and all the celebrations involved! This year, instead of a gift exchange, we have decided to collect items to send in the container to Liberia. Usually we spend about $15 on gifts for each other, and we decided that we could do a lot of good with items we collect for the same amount.
The kinds of items that we are collecting are medical and school supplies. You can send the items with your child whenever you have them, but we will be putting it together on Thursday the 17^th. Below are a list of items that we came up with that might be good to put in the boxes… you can chose some from either category or add other things that you might think of.

We appreciate your help as we look forward to making somebody else’s life better... what a neat life lesson!

HEALTH SUPPLIES & SCHOOL SUPPLIES
- face clothes - pencils - binders/duotangs - soap - pens - books - Shampoo/ conditioner - erasers - Highlighters - toothbrushes - markers - dictionaries
- toothpaste - pencil crayons - Stapler/ staples - combs - pencil cases - Calculators
- Brushes - glue sticks - loose leaf - floss - geometry sets - crayons
- band aids - rulers - white out -bandages/tensors -scissors - pencil sharpeners
-hair bands -shaving kits -deodorant

JUST A REMINDER:

> Our Christmas play is on Wednesday the 16^th at 2:30 in the Gym. All welcome!

> On the last day (18^th) we have the Turkey Dinner at lunch (all invited!) and then we are going skating at the rink until 3:30. Please make sure your child has skates and a helmet. (We are trying to arrange borrowing skates for those who do not have.)

Thanks for all your help!

HOMEWORK:
SANTA HAT DAY TOMORROW!
PLAY: learn your lines & bring your costumes
SPELLING: test tomorrow
ELA: finish book reports - DUE TOMORROW!!
SCIENCE: finish your research for your project

SANTA'S HUT TOMORROW (FRIDAY) AT THE ANGLICAN CHURCH

THURSDAY

2009-12-03T15:53:00.002-06:00

We have had a great time today, starting our 12 days of Christmas! Thanks to everybody who helped our room look awesome!

HOMEWORK:
Social: finish questions
Math: finish p. 80
ART: learn play lines
Spelling: test tomorrow
ELA : finish novels and book reports

THINGS TO REMEMBER:
- Sock hop for k-3 tomorrow
- Bring costumes for the play

TUESDAY

2009-12-01T15:55:00.003-06:00

Incredibly, we are down to just 14 school days before we are at Christmas, and time is flying! We are beginning our Christmas play, which we will be presenting at school on the December 16th.

We are also wrapping up a number of units and will be having unit tests and projects over the next couple of weeks. An important highlight is our science fair, where we will be exhibiting our Space projects after Christmas.

We have started a new unit on body images. We will be dealing with issues of puberty, weight, appearance and emotios. This is important for both boys and girls to understand and accept. Please ask your children about these topics as they may be more inclined to talk about questions or concerns at home.

The goals of this unit are:

- To empower students to form a foundation for acceptance of their bodies, based on recognition of what they can and cannot control in regards to body size and shape.

- To prepare and empower students to resist unhealthy and unrealistic cultural pressures regarding body image

- To inspire students to develop a stake in healthy eating behaviors.

Hopefully you will have a good opportunity to help you and your child to work through reasonable expectations about body size and shape together.

Important December Dates:

· December 7

Early Dismissal

· December 16th (note the date change from the 15th!)

Grade 4 – 6 Christmas Concert presents “Slap Shot Santa Scores Again”
at the school 2:40pm in the gym. Snacks to follow.

· December 18^th

Christmas Turkey Dinner at the school - all students invited (free)

· December 21^st – January 1st
Christmas Holidays

Instead of a gift exchange, this year we will be making health and school supply bags to send to Africa in our container from Eston. We would like to fill 16 bags with medical and school supplies (pencils, sharpeners, crayons, toothbrushes, sponges, facecloths, etc) The point is not to spend more than the $15 that we would normally spend on gift exchanges, but to make it a meaningful and hands on experience as kids consider what it really means to share with others. Thanks for your help!

HOMEWORK:
ART: Learn lines for the play & bring costumes
ELA: Finish your novels / novel studies
SPELLING: test as usual on Friday

Wednesday

2009-11-25T18:41:00.001-06:00

HOMEWORK:
MATH: finish p. 70 # 1-5
ELA: finish novels for ELA

PLEASE NOTE:
The drama performance will be on December 16th, not the 15th as stated in the newsletter.

MONDAY

2009-11-23T15:41:00.002-06:00

Welcome back to another week of school! It's hard to believe that we are down to 19 more school days until Christmas! EEK!! We have a lot to do before then!

IMPORTANT NOTE:
Hotdog/ hamburger lunch on Wednesday - please return note tomorrow.
We are looking for Elf hats and "Happy toy" costumes for our play

HOMEWORK:
ELA (6) : finish off "Status: Extinct" worksheets
MATH (6) : finish off homework sheets 4 & 5
Math (5) : Study for quiz on Wednesday

MONDAY

2009-11-02T17:13:00.002-06:00

I hope everybody had a very happy Halloween... we certainly had fun on Friday.

HOMEWORK:
Math: finish p. 52, 53,54
ELA: finish off your "rough rough" copy of your story

* Bring back Mom's Pantry sheets
* Bring back Trick or Treat forms
* Put together your Operation Christmas Child Boxes

HALLOWEEN ROCKS!

2009-11-02T11:20:00.004-06:00

This class is wonderful! We had lots of fun at halloween... and we ate lots of candy :)

Saturday 24th October

2009-10-24T12:01:00.004-06:00

My grovelling appologies for my poor updating in the last couple of weeks! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and relaxing time over the long weekend. We have had a very busy month, from doing Canadian Achievement Testing (CATs) with the grade 6's to a whole range of tests in Science, Social and French (thank you to the parents who I know have been working very hard with us to study!!) and Diagnostic Reading Assesments (DRA's) for both grade 5's and 6's. Although we have been very busy, I am very proud to report that both grades have been working very hard and showing off what they know in a grand fashion! This last week has been very fun, starting with our pan-cake breakfast put on by the Lions 95 - Thanks so much!! and followed by spirit week. Next week is also going to be a very busy one, with Halloween festivities on Friday. We will be having a party that day and our parade around the school. Several children have volunteered to bring various objects for the party. We will be having it in the afternoon.

HOMEWORK: French: quick test on Monday ELA: finish off editing work MATH: go over all problem areas for test on Monday

Have an excellent weekend!

TUESDAY

2009-10-13T17:55:00.003-06:00

Welcome back after a chilly but wonderful Thanksgiving! I hope you had a fantastic time with family and friends this weekend.
We are right back into the swing of things at school. The grade 6's completed the CAT tests today - great job! They have worked hard and I am very proud of them.
The grade 5's have been busy as well - and we have been gearing up for our science, social and French tests coming up in the next week or two.

Tomorrow night is a special night : our "Meet the teacher night" for grades 4-6. We will be meeting in room 8 (my room) at 7:30 - half an hour later than the Grade 1/2 meeting (so that parents can make it to both). We will be covering some important information such as reporting systems and what we are doing this year at school... but it is also a good opportunity to get to know each other.

THINGS TO REMEMBER:
UNICEF campaign
SCIENCE TEST TOMORROW

HOMEWORK:
ELA: finish newspaper write up assignment

TUESDAY

2009-10-06T17:10:00.002-06:00

Hi Everybody!

Well, it is a very busy week at school, doing CATs, learning how to conjugate verbs, exploring the space unit and finishing off our artwork. This class is working so hard, and I am very proud of you all!

HOMEWORK:
Math: finish off the estimation questions
ELA: finish off the rough copy of your story
HEALTH: finish off your smoking cartoon

See you tomorrow!

WEDNESDAY

2009-09-30T21:10:00.002-06:00

Homework:
Math: finish off first page of lesson 4 assessment
ELA: finish of rough copy of flashback story

MAGAZINE CAMPAIGN: Last day on Monday
FOOD DRIVE: last day on the 15th of October

THURSDAY

2009-09-23T19:32:00.003-06:00

Homework today:

Study for Friday's spelling test
Go through flashcards - we are going to KNOW our timestables!

Oct 9: Picture day at school

TUESDAY

2009-09-22T16:37:00.002-06:00

HOMEWORK:
SOCIAL: finish globe
ELA: finish questions, finish and hand in cartoon
FRENCH: test signed
MATH: finish off worksheet
SPELLING: practice for test on Friday

WEDNESDAY

2009-09-16T15:49:00.005-06:00

I am off to a bad start with posting everyday - my appologies! I will try to be more consistant.
We have had a very good week so far, learning lots about space and the world around us (our 2 major themes for this first part of the term).
We have also done some extremely beautiful artwork... they look wonderful!

HOMEWORK:
Spelling: finish your definitions/ synonyms, Test on Friday (Thursday for the Gr 5's)
FRENCH QUIZ ON FRIDAY! STUDY!!!!!

THURSDAY

2009-09-10T17:41:00.003-06:00

It is hard to believe that tomorrow is Friday already! This week is flying by!

Homework today:
Social: finish mini poster
Math: finish # 10 a& b

IMPORTANT NOTICES:
- note home about D'Arcy soccer tournament
- Internet usage & picture forms have to be returned
- Gr 6 immunizations forms due tomorrow!
- Terry Fox Run forms

- JNR SRC meeting this Friday (tomorrow) at lunch - bring your food with!

TUESDAY

2009-09-08T16:33:00.003-06:00

Welcome back after a beautiful long weekend. I hope you had a chance to enjoy summer at last!
Welcome to our new classmate, Julian Stocks - we're really glad that you're here!

HOMEWORK:
Math: finish to the end of #4
Finish classroom flag
ELA: finish brochure

UPCOMING EVENTS:
Junior SRC meeting on Friday at lunch in my classroom. Anybody who wants to be part of SRC is welcome! Bring your lunch!!

WEDNESDAY

2009-09-02T17:34:00.003-06:00

We have had a really busy week already, starting our units on space in science, Around the world in Social and our new French unit on buildings and places. We have also had some fun and games with our water afternoon today and the pep rally and football game tomorrow (Don't forget to wear black and red!!) and our hotdog lunch and water afternoon on Friday.

HOMEWORK TODAY:
Math: finish off up to number 2 on the word problems page

See you tomorrow!

Miss Timm

OUR FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!

2009-08-31T15:31:00.004-06:00

WELCOME BACK!

We had a fantastic first day of school today, although it was very hot! We are finally getting some nice warm weather.
I am so excited to be the 2009 - 2010 Grade 5/6 teacher this year! I will be teaching both grades together for all subjects during the afternoon, and grade 6 alone in the morning (for ELA and Math) Mrs Tawna Hansen will be teaching the grade 5's during that time.

Our first parent/teacher meeting is not until the evening of November 17th and morning of November 18th. Please mark it on your calendars because it will be an important time to go over homework, grading, discipline and any concerns you or I might have. I am really looking forward to meeting you on that day, but I would be happy to meet with you before that if you would like.

In an effort to keep up all on the same page, I have created this blog, which I will be updating daily, and the newest posts will always be at the top. There will always be homework, assignments and upcoming events on it. However, it is vitally important that students use their day planners every day, as it is the best means of communication between you and I. Organization is an essential skill to learn for high school (and life!) and we are trying to be very organized this year.

Please don't hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns, and I will happily arrange a time to meet with you. You may either call the school or email me at carie.timm@sunwestsd.ca

Looking forward to getting to know you this year!

Carie Timm

A beautiful song by a very talented musician

2009-08-29T12:50:00.001-06:00

WELCOME BACK!

2009-08-27T00:12:00.004-06:00

Welcome back to School!

I hope you had a fantastic summer holiday, and you are really excited for this year!
We are going to be doing a lot of really interesting activities this year, so be prepared to learn!

Enjoy your last couple days of holiday, and I will see you soon!

Miss Timm

THURSDAY

2009-06-18T16:31:00.004-06:00

It is hard to believe that we're down to 4 days of school! We have begun the process of cleaning up and finishing off our units, and the class worked very hard today to do the last couple unit tests. We got to play lazer tag this afternoon, which was a blast! I am proud to say that even under a great deal of fire, I picked off a lot of the class ;)

As you know, the next couple days are going to be really busy:

Friday June 19th – Social Studies projects DUE!
Swim afternoon at the Eston pool ($2 each)

SATURDAY & SUNDAY - kite festival in Swift Current if you choose

Monday June 22nd – finish up and clean up day
Tuesday June 23rd – clean up day and SURVIVOR FINALE
Wednesday June 24th – Day at the River for the elementary school. ($5 and permission forms required)
Thursday June 25th – No school, Grad (Exercises at 7:30 at the Full Gospel Church)
Friday June 26th – Pick up report cards (no school – no busses) – School closed at noon.

Whew! It will be a good time tho', and we will all be ready for holidays by Friday!

BUSY WEEKS!!!

2009-06-11T17:12:00.003-06:00

Wow - my appologies! It has been a while since I last posted!!

We are down to 10 days.... not a lot of time before summer! We have lots of wrap up things to do, so please stay on top of your assignments and homework.

SPELLING: Big test tomorrow... study hard!
SCIENCE: Text next Thursday (18th) on Environment & Ecosystems
Math: Test next Friday (19th)on Fractions and decimals
SOCIAL: Projects due in next Firday (19th)

THURSDAY

2009-05-28T17:26:00.003-06:00

Today was a busy, but very good day. We worked hard and enjoyed ourselves, especially making popcorn poetry! I am looking forward to the music evening tonight, as lots of the class has been practicing for that.

HOMEWORK:
There is a lot of work due tomorrow...

MATH: CHECKUPS due in
ELA: Novel studies due in
Book reports due in
Health: finish name acrostic

Spelling: test tomorrow

WEDNESDAY

2009-05-27T16:45:00.005-06:00

Another exciting finish to our week's survivor contest! Today the Night Stalkers got overwhelmingly voted off after a disgusting gross out food contest! Congratulations to all participants - you are very brave!

Homework today:

Math: finish checkup, study for test on Friday
Spelling: test on Friday

DUE DATES: NOVEL STUDIES AND BOOK REPORT BOTH DUE ON FRIDAY!!!!

TUESDAY

2009-05-26T17:36:00.003-06:00

Homework today:

Math: finish marking up to the check up, p.289 finished
Spelling: study for test on Friday
Science: Collect "used" things for your poster

FRIDAY

2009-05-22T16:01:00.002-06:00

Hard to believe we are down 6th last Friday of the school year! Time is flying by at a crazy rate!

HOMEWORK:
Spelling test on Monday

Have a great weekend!

THURSDAY

2009-05-21T19:53:00.002-06:00

HOMEWORK TODAY:
- Study for spelling test tomorrow
- Study for math test tomorrow (Multiplication & division of decimals)
- Math: p. 284 #5,10,15,20 p. 285 #2,7,12 p. 287 # 2, 8, 22, 26, 28, 29, 30

WEDNESDAY

2009-05-20T15:52:00.003-06:00

The challenge is on! Survivor is becoming more and more exciting, with Steller Skunks getting immunity this week, and the Wiley Coyotes getting a person voted off!

HOMEWORK TODAY:
Math: p. 281 # 1-6, p. 283 # 2-9, 11, 15, 18, 25, 27
Math Test on Friday - multiplication and division of decimals
Spelling: test on Friday

TUESDAY

2009-05-19T15:29:00.003-06:00

Welcome back to another blustery, cold day! I hope you had a wonderful long weekend. We had Senior Track and Field intersectionals today, and although they went very well, everybody wished it was a nicer day!

Homework:
Math: p. 275 # 25 & 26, p. 277 # 1-15 (odd), p. 279 # 1-4, 9, 14, 24, 28, 29 - 32
Spelling: Unit 27 # 1-4

THURSDAY

2009-05-14T15:14:00.002-06:00

Today was a busy day as we finished off DRA's. Thanks to Mrs Turner and Mrs Jamieson for their help getting done.

HOMEWORK:
Spelling: Study for test tomorrow
Math: finish lesson 18

Have a wonderful afternoon!

WEDNESDAY

2009-05-13T15:40:00.002-06:00

It was a bright but cold day here today. We're hoping summer decides to reappear some time soon!

HOMEWORK:
MATH: Finish Checkup & Hand it in.

MONDAY

2009-05-12T17:41:00.002-06:00

We have kicked off a very busy week with some wonderfully warm weather! Today's grade 7-12 Track and Field day went very well, with several records broken! In our class we started DRA (Developmental Reading Assessments), which we will continue to work on over the next couple of days.

HOMEWORK:
Math: finish 1-27 on the Checkup
Study for Math Test tomorrow

THURSDAY

2009-05-07T16:17:00.002-06:00

What an end to the day! What is going to happen to Joel and Paige??? We are finishing the end of "The mystery of Turtle Lake" and it is really exciting!
We also had a guest visit of Thane Christopherson today - the newest member of the Christopherson family! Congrats to parents and proud Sarah!

Homework today:
Spelling: test tomorrow
Math: p. 255 # 2-16 (even), 17, 18, 19 P. 257 #11-19 (odd), 21,22,23

WEDNESDAY

2009-05-06T20:42:00.003-06:00

Wednesday already! What a busy week. We start our reading assessments in the next couple of days, so we are going to be even busier!

HOMEWORK:
Math: p. 251 # 1-4 p. 253 # 1-9 (odd), 11, 15, 16, 21, 32, 34
SPELLING: unit 25 # 1-4

TUESDAY

2009-05-05T16:03:00.002-06:00

We got an interesting letter today from a boy in Medicine Hat, inviting us to be part of the Great Canadian Mail Race. We had fun today writing to other schools all over Canada. I wonder who will be the first to get one back?

HOMEWORK:
Spelling: Unit 25 # 1-4
Math: Check up and p. 247 # 1-5, 22 & 23, p. 249 # 1-10, 21-25 (odd), 27 - 30 (all)

MONDAY

2009-05-04T16:37:00.003-06:00

Welcome back to a beautiful Monday! I hope you had a wonderful weekend of bbq and being outside!

HOMEWORK:
Math: Checkup
Science: finish poster (due Friday)

THURSDAY

2009-04-30T15:49:00.003-06:00

I am sorry about my tardy updating this week!

I was at a conference on Tuesday about our new curriculums which will be arriving next year sometime! It will be very exciting to try out some new ideas :) We were lucky to have Mr Jesse Deslarlais as our sub, and he even brought out his guitar.

Homework Today:
MATH: p. 198 (1 - 23 odd), p 199 (1-6, 14 - 19) p 201 (1-3), p.. 202 (12 - 18 even), p. 203 (20, 24), p. 205 (9,10,11)
Study for spelling test tomorrow!
SCIENCE: finish off your poster (due next Friday)

2009-04-27T19:30:00.001-06:00

Welcome back! I hope you had a wonderful weekend!

HOMEWORK:

Math: day 3
Spelling: Unit 24 # 1,2
SOCIAL TEST ON WEDNESDAY!

WEDNESDAY

2009-04-22T15:45:00.004-06:00

Today was another beautiful day at school, and we celebrated Earth Day but doing a litter clean up. We also made some beautiful flowers to give to Mrs Mohan to thank her for all the work she does for us here at the school.

Our novel studies are going really well - most of the groups are finishing off their books, and we're reaching a very exciting part in our class book. Great job, everybody!

HOMEWORK TODAY:
- Finish the cummulative review! It has to be handed in tomorrow!!
- Spelling test on Friday
- Social Test next Wed.

TUESDAY

2009-04-21T19:27:00.001-06:00

Welcome back after a lovely long break! I am excited to see you all, and looking forward to these last couple months with you!

HOMEWORK:
Spelling test on Friday
Math: p. 153 finished
Social test next Wed 29th April

WEDNESDAY

2009-04-08T15:53:00.003-06:00

We had an exciting day with a presentation from Saskatchewan Rough Rider, Neal Hughes! He encouraged as all to set goals and chase after them.

HOMEWORK TODAY:

Spelling: test tomorrow

French: test tomorrow (la famille, parties du corps & les cheveaux)

TUESDAY

2009-04-07T16:50:00.002-06:00

Homework today:

Math: finish pg. 151 and 152 (# 1-15)
French: test on thursday (la Famille, parties du corps, les cheveaux)
Social: finish off rough draft of Stephen Harper or Michaelle Jean

Have a great night!

MONDAY

2009-04-06T14:25:00.001-06:00

HOMEWORK:

Math; finish p. 149 and 150
French: study for test on Thurs

THURSDAY

2009-04-02T17:31:00.002-06:00

Welcome back after Parent Teacher interviews! It was good to meet parents again and interviews went very well.

We continue with our busy week, with Junior drama presenting "Cinderella" tonight and tomorrow night. Break a leg!

We also have team picture day on Monday morning, so come ready for that.

HOMEWORK:
Book reports DUE!!!
French: study for next Thursday's test

TUESDAY

2009-03-31T15:09:00.003-06:00

This is a very busy week, with Senior Drama on Monday, Parent - Student - Teacher interviews on Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning, Music Festival from Monday - Wednesday and Junior Drama on Thursday and Friday.

Homework:
Math: finish off p. 147 11- 23
Spelling: # 2 and 5

See you tonight or tomorrow!

Thursday

2009-03-26T16:43:00.003-06:00

It looks like the weather is warming up for the weekend! Let's hope it stays nice! We have been chosen to help out with the decorations for the banner ceremony on the weekend, and this class made beautiful medalions to hang up in the gym. Thank you for all your hard work!

HOMEWORK:
Math: finish p. 145 (even numbers and 1,3,5)

No spelling test tomorrow! We are taking the week off!

REPORT CARDS COME HOME TOMORROW.
STUDENT LED PARENT MEETINGS ARE NEXT WEEK - I HOPE YOU CAN MAKE IT!

WEDNESDAY

2009-03-25T16:24:00.003-06:00

We're a little confused as to whether it is winter or spring around here! Hope you've been able to stay out of the cold today!

HOMEWORK:
Math: p. 145 (all odd)
Science: finish off the review questions

MONDAY

2009-03-23T16:37:00.002-06:00

Welcome back to a very busy week at school. Both Junior and Senior Dramas are almost at production, and we have many students very involved in those. We are also getting lots done in class in preparation for report cards (coming out this Friday) and Parent - Student portfolio interviews next week. These are student led meetings, but I would be more than happy to talk with you as well. You can pull me aside during your time or we can set up an appointment some other day.

HOMEWORK TODAY:
Math: p. 143 (1-25 odd) (don't do 3,11 or 17)
SPELLING: Corrections for misspelled words on your big spelling test.
Unit 21 #1

TUESDAY

2009-03-17T15:48:00.002-06:00

We are enjoying seeing the grass poking through the snow!! Hope you are having a great St Patrick's Day too!

HOMEWORK:

Math: p. 135 (odd) #32 & 33
Spelling: Unit 20 # 1,2, 4... STUDY FOR UNIT TEST ON FRIDAY!

MONDAY

2009-03-16T15:35:00.002-06:00

HOMEWORK:

Math: p. 133 (all)
French: finish your description physical
Math: flash cards

THURSDAY

2009-03-12T16:43:00.002-06:00

I am very excited about our book clubs! We have started 5 different mystery books in our ELA time, and I am looking forward to the excellent work this class is going to do. Already these students have shown me some great group work!

HOMEWORK:
Math: p129 # 1-39 odd and # 38
Spelling: test tomorrow

TUESDAY

2009-03-10T19:25:00.002-06:00

Wow! Today was a chilly day!

HOMEWORK:
Health: finish off the Bill Crosby questions
Math: p. 125 # 1-29
Spelling: study for Friday's test

DON'T FORGET TO WEAR YOUR JERSIES TOMORROW AND COME CHEER ON THE TEACHER/ STUDENT HOCKEY GAME!

MONDAY

2009-03-09T16:36:00.001-06:00

Hi everybody!

I am sorry that the blog has been down due to techical difficulties. We are now able to access it at school once again.

Thank you grade 6 for all your hard work in preparation for going over to the lodge. I think some of your clues were very clever!!

HOMEWORK:
Math: p.122 2- 20 (even), 21 - 24
p. 123 1-23 (all)
Spelling: unit 19 # 1&3

MONDAY

2009-03-02T17:25:00.002-06:00

I am still having problems with blogging from school, so sorry the posts are a little late!

HOMEWORK:
MATH: finish p. 119
Get your clue costume together for our lodge visit on Wed

see you tomorrow!

Thursday

2009-02-26T21:14:00.003-06:00

I am sorry about not posting this week, I have had some trouble with blogger.

HOMEWORK:
Math : finish pg. 115 (problem solving)
Spelling; study for your spelling test

Monday

2009-02-23T16:49:00.002-06:00

Welcome back! I hope you had a truly wonderful week off! We had a great 2 days in Saskatoon at the teacher's convention. It is good to be back at school though!

HOMEWORK:
Math: p. 116
Spelling: Unit 17 # 1&2

THURSDAY

2009-02-12T15:30:00.005-06:00

Today was a busy, but fun, day! We are gearing up to our valentine' s party and the carnation sale tomorrow.

HOMEWORK:
Spelling: study for tomorrow's test
Math: finish p. 110 # 1-12, 3-19
p. 111 # 2-18 (even), 19 & 20
p. 112 # 1-12
p. 113 # 1-4, 5-15 (odd)

WEDNESDAY

2009-02-11T16:39:00.004-06:00

It is hard to believe that we only have 2 days left of this busy week!

HOMEWORK:
STUDY FOR SOCIAL TEST TOMORROW!!!
Spelling: test on Friday
Math: finish p. 110 # 1-12 and 13-19 (odd)

Don't forget to make your valentine's cards!
We have a party on Friday, so if you signed up to bring something, please don't forget to get it!!

VALENTINES DAY PARTY on Friday the 13th of February.
Veggies & Dip - Codie & Ms Timm
Chips - Troy & Kelsey
Drinks - Sarah, Carissa, Olivia & Desiree
Cookies - Skye, Brooklyn, Shaunda
Music- Cody & Wyatt
Plates - Sydney

TUESDAY

2009-02-10T15:30:00.005-06:00

Homework:
Math: p.108 finish to the end of #6
ELA: finish language power # 18, 19, 20
ELA: Finish creative writing draft
SOCIAL: study for test on Thursday
SCIENCE: finish questions # 1-5

Monday

2009-02-09T15:33:00.003-06:00

Welcome back after a very spring -like weekend!
Our Picasso boxes are shaping up very nicely, and I am very excited to see the final product!

HOMEWORK TODAY:
Spelling: finish # 1, 2, 4
ELA: creative writing draft
French: finish "la familie" pages
career: do whatever you contracted to do!
Social: study for test on Thursday!

FRIDAY ish

2009-02-07T10:32:00.002-06:00

Hi everybody, thought I'd better post today, since I forgot yesterday afternoon as we all stampeded out for weekend!

Friday was a FANTASTIC day! Brainwalk was excellent, and enjoyed by all. Thanks especially to our community vollunteers who did a great job manning each of the 10 stations. 77

HOMEWORK:

SOCIAL: read over your booklet for the test on Thursday

Bring boxes for Art on Monday

Don't forget to sell carnations - the money and tickets are due back on Monday

Good luck to all our sports men and women who are playing all sorts of sports!

THURSDAY

2009-02-05T16:47:00.003-06:00

We started our new art projects today doing picasso boxes! They are tough to do, but I think they are going to look terrific when they are done!

HOMEWORK:
MATH: finish pg 106 # 1-23 (odd)
SOCIAL: test next Thursday (12th Feb) on the First Nations of Canada booklet

VALENTINES DAY PARTY on Friday the 13th of February.
Veggies & Dip - Codie & Ms Timm
Chips - Troy & Kelsey
Drinks - Aarah, Carissa, Olivia & Desiree
Cookies - Skye, Brooklyn, Shaunda
Music- Cody & Wyatt
Plates - Sydney

Don't forget to sell Carnations. Your money and tickets should be handing back on Monday
Bring boxes for your art project

WEDNESDAY

2009-02-04T17:24:00.002-06:00

It is a beautiful Wednesday today! We had a great day, and I am proud to say that the class worked really well. Good job everybody!

HOMEWORK:
MATH: finish p. 101 # 5, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19
p. 103 # 4, 6-15
p. 104 # 1 - 23 (odd)
p. 105 # 1, 8, 9, 15, 12-20 (even)

TUESDAY

2009-02-03T15:00:00.003-06:00

Today was a beautiful day! I loved watching the elementary school sliding down the very icy hill on their bellies like penguines!

HOMEWORK TODAY:
Math: finish mad minute
finish p. 100 work from yesterday

Have a great day!!

MONDAY

2009-02-02T16:40:00.002-06:00

Welcome back to school! I hope you had a fantastic weekend. It was sure nice to be running around in short sleeves.
Good luck to all our 4H students who are doing their speeches tonight - I am sure you will do a great job!

HOMEWORK:
MATH: finish mad minute page
p. 100 # 9, 11, 15, 17, 21

FRIDAY

2009-01-30T15:31:00.001-06:00

Today was another beautiful day! A great way to start the weekend!!

HOMEWORK:
NOTHING TODAY!

see you on Monday!

THURSDAY

2009-01-29T16:49:00.003-06:00

Wow! This week has flown by! Today was a great day - even with the math test! We made some milk carton ice cubes to build our igloo - so I am excited for them to freeze so we can begin our project. Pics to follow!

HOMEWORK:

French: STUDY! STUDY! STUDY!!!!

Spelling: Test tomorrow. STUDY YOUR WORDS!

Book reports due tomorrow!

WEDNESDAY

2009-01-28T16:15:00.003-06:00

A big thank you to all of the grade 5's and 6's who went out on this beautiful afternoon to sell carnations for valentines day. You did a great job.
Tomorrow the competition starts for the top 4 students from each class who sell over 20 carnations. Those students will win booster juice!

HOMEWORK TODAY:
French: (rewrite) test this Friday
Spelling: Unit 14 # 1 & 4
Math: test tomorrow! Practice your times tables
Book report due on Friday.

Enjoy this lovely evening!

MONDAY

2009-01-26T16:17:00.002-06:00

Welcome back to another frigid week at school! I hope you had a great weekend! Congratulations to the hockey team who were playing in Moose Jaw and came back with a second place! Good job!

HOMEWORK TODAY:
French: rewrite test on Friday
Spelling: unit 14 # 1& 3
Math: finish checkup, test on Wednesday ... STUDY YOUR TIMES TABLES!!!
ELA: Cave to Altimara interview question sheet and Fossils sheet
ELA: Book reports due on Friday

Wed

2009-01-21T20:10:00.002-06:00

That's it! My (new) New Year's resolulution is to post daily! I am very sorry about my posting again this week.

HOMEWORK:
Math: finish up to the end of p. 96
Spelling: study for test on Friday
French: study for test on Friday
ELA: "wonders" report due on 27th
Book report due on 30th of January

I am very excited to see the beautiful "wonders of the world" reports and to vote on them!
I am also very pleased with the incredible egg shell mosaic projects - they look fantastic!

Friday

2009-01-16T15:30:00.001-06:00

Today was a beautiful day to start the weekend!

HOMEWORK:
French test next Fri
Science test next Wed
ELA Reports due 27 Jan
Math: p. 79 : 1-24
p. 81: 1- 10

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND!!!

Thursday

2009-01-15T16:01:00.002-06:00

I have been really tardy about posting this week! SORRY!

HOMEWORK:
- Study for next Wed Science test

- Study for next Fri French test

- Study for tomorrow's spelling test

- Continue to read for your book report at the end of the month

- Math: p. 77: 1-20, 24 & 25 p. 79: 1-15

- Language power #25 & 16

- ELA: first 3 dots in Caves of Almirea story

I know we're busy with lots of tests and reports coming up, but I do want to tell you all how impressed I am by your hard work! Keep it up!!!

2009-01-12T16:37:00.002-06:00

Welcome back to a snowy Monday! Hope you had a relaxing weekend.

As you know, there are several big projects ahead of us:

1. Research project on a wonder of the world
2. Book Report (due the end of January)
3. Science Test (next Wed)
4. Spelling test (Friday)

HOMEWORK TODAY:
Math: p 75 #3- 29 (odd), 41, 42
Timestables: PRACTISE, PRACTISE, PRACTISE!!!
Spelling: study for test on Fri

THURSDAY

2009-01-08T15:38:00.002-06:00

Today was an excellent day! In health we started a new unit talking about AIDs and HIV - a really important topic in this day and age. We had a great discussion and I am looking forward to exploring the subject together. In art we started doing a reflection picture, and they look FANTASTIC so far! I am really excited to see what we can come up with.
In ELA we did a reading comprehension study - we are monitoring ourselves to see how we improve making connections to whatever it is that we are reading.

HOMEWORK:
Study for Spelling on Friday!

Wednesday

2009-01-07T15:54:00.004-06:00

I really wish it would warm up! It has been a chilly day, but a good day. Unfortuntely, we have 6 people sick today - please keep washing your hands, you do not want the nasty colds and pnemonia going around.

HOMEWORK:
Math: p71 # 29 - 40, Bits and Bytes and p. 72 #1-3
ELA: Finish the first bullet dot on p. 102
Language power: Finish up to lesson 14

UPCOMING EVENTS:
Caring Hands is putting on the movie "Kung Fu Panda" at school in the drama room on Sunday the 11th

BRAINWALK - a FANTASTIC program is coming on Friday. We are looking for some parent volunteers who would be willing to help out. Please contact me or John McPhee (the VP) if you can assist us in this.

Orientation for Volunteers:- 10:30-10:55 (We need 10 adult volunteers for Brainwalk)

K-3 - 60 students 10:55-12:00

4-6- 52 students 1:00-2:05

Tuesday

2009-01-06T15:41:00.003-06:00

Two days back, and it feels like we never left! It is great to see everybody and enjoy our time together, although I think we're all getting used to waking up early again!!

HOMEWORK:
Math: finish p. 71 # 2-28 (even)
Spelling: unit 11 # 1-3

REMINDER: we are collecting rinsed out egg shells for our upcoming art project. Please collect them for us.

Monday

2009-01-05T16:23:00.002-06:00

Welcome back to school! I hope you had a wonderful break! I am excited to get going on another semester.

Homework today:

Math: finish worksheet

Stay on Santa's "NICE LIST"!

2008-12-23T02:27:00.001-06:00

I hope you have a fantastic break! MERRY CHRISTMAS! See you next year.

Wednesday

2008-12-17T16:20:00.003-06:00

Wow! A chilly week to end off the semester! I am glad it has warmed up a little since Monday!

REMINDER: tonight is the grade 4-6 dance ($4) COME ON OUT! It will be great.

HOMEWORK:
Tests signed

Note to parents about times tables

ELA costumes for tomorrow

Ice Skates?? Do you have a pair for Friday?

Monday

2008-12-15T16:21:00.005-06:00

Today has come and gone already! There were quite a few people missing today because none of the busses were running, but we had a pretty good day (despite the cold).

HOMEWORK:

Study for tomorrow's retest in French

Bring your costume for ELA silly Fairy tales

Math: pg. 67 (all)

Check to see if you have ice-skates that fit for Friday afternoon

Happy birthday, Ty!

FRIDAY

2008-12-12T15:33:00.001-06:00

Its hard to believe that we are already down to our last week of school before Christmas! Hope you have a relaxing weekend, with not too much Christmas shopping craziness!

NO HOMEWORK THIS WEEKEND!

See you Monday.

THURSDAY

2008-12-11T19:37:00.002-06:00

It feels like a whirlwind as we head towards Christmas! We are having a good time getting ready for Christmas and finishing off all of our units.

HOMEWORK TODAY:
- BIG SPELLING TEST TOMORROW! STUDY!!!!!!!!!
- Finish off math p.65

WEDNESDAY

2008-12-10T17:18:00.004-06:00

Today was an exciting day, as we went over to the Lodge to sing Christmas carols and to do our reader's theatre play "A flea on Santa's tree??". Well done to everybody for an excellent performance.

HOMEWORK TODAY:
Spelling: Study for the BIIIIIG test on Friday
Math: p.58 # 1-8 p.62 #1-6

tuesday

2008-12-09T17:18:00.002-06:00

We are continuing on our 12 days of Christmas at a rapid pace! Today the SRC provided the movie "The Grinch" over lunch hour, which was enjoyed by many of the K-6 students.
As a class, we a busy practising for our visit to the Lodge tomorrow afternoon. We are doing a short Christmas play and singing some Christmas carols. I am really looking forward to it!

HOMEWORK:
Spelling # 1-4 and BIIIIIIIIG unit test on Friday! Don't forget to study!!

DON'T FORGET YOUR COSTUMES FOR TOMORROW!

On the 12th day of Christmas...

2008-12-04T21:08:00.001-06:00

Sorry about the late post tonight.

HOMEWORK:
- Study for Language power and spelling test tomorrow
- Study for French vocab test on Monday

Good work on your math tests - I hope to have them marked by tomorrow - looks good so far! We also start our new unit on geometric solids tomorrow!

WEDNESDAY

2008-12-03T16:09:00.004-06:00

Winter is finally here! We had many sledders out on the 1/8'' snow today! It looks like we will indeed have a white Christmas.

HOMEWORK TODAY:
- STUDY FOR TOMORROW'S MATH TEST!!!

- STUDY FOR FRIDAY'S LANGUAGE POWER TEST!

- STUDY FOR MONDAY'S FRENCH TEST!!

tuesday

2008-12-02T15:23:00.002-06:00

Today was a very good day. HAPPY BIRTHDAY CODY!
Everybody has been working very hard to produce some excellent work. I am excited to see the newspaper front page when it is done.

HOMEWORK TODAY:

Spelling: write unit 9 words in your agenda

Math: finish p. 50 CHECKUP

Immunization date change: NOW ON DECEMBER 16th.

Monday

2008-12-01T17:23:00.001-06:00

Today was a fantastic day with ECO- X! We learned a lot about the prairies and had a really good time. Many thanks to the various organizations who sponsor them.

NO HOMEWORK TONIGHT!
Our math test has been moved to Thursday to give us time to finish the review and make sure we're all on the same page.

Don't forget we also have a Language power test on Friday.

Math Joke

2008-11-30T21:37:00.002-06:00

BREAKING NEWS-A TEACHER WAS ARRESTED

Teacher Arrested

At New York's Kennedy airport today, an individual, later discovered to be a public school teacher, was arrested trying to board a flightwhile in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a setsquare, a sliderule, and a calculator.

At a morning press conference, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said he believes the man is a member of the notorious "Al-Gebra movement".

He is being charged by the FBI with carrying "weapons of math instruction."

"Al-Gebra" is a fearsome cult, "Gonzales said. They desire average solutions by means and extremes, and sometimes go off on tangents in a search of absolute value.

They use secret code names like 'x' and 'y' and refer to themselves as unknowns, but we have determined they belong to a common denominator of the axis of medieval with coordinates in every country.

As the Greek philanderer Isosceles said: "There are 3 sides to every triangle"...

FRIDAY

2008-11-28T15:44:00.002-06:00

WHEW! Weekend! This has been a very busy week as we are finishing off many different units and preparing for Christmas. You should see our room! We are in for an exciting week next week too, with ECO - X coming all day Monday, and as we make plans for visiting the lodge and performing our readers theatre play.

HOMEWORK TODAY:
Math: p. 49 (1-3), p. 47 (1-6), p. 50 (1-10)

IMPORTANT DATES:
Early dismissal on Monday.
Math Test on Tuesday (it may be pushed back till Wednesday to give us a review day)
Language Power Test - Friday

2008-11-27T16:07:00.002-06:00

Sorry about not posting yesterday - I was at the football gala! It was an excellent evening as the boys were recognized for a great season. Thanks to the class for the beautiful decorations that they made for the event.

HOMEWORK TONIGHT:

MATH: P.43 (26- 30) and finish magic square
FRENCH: finish all duotang worksheets
SPELLING: study for test tomorrow
CAREER: fill in timeline
ELA: finish story
LANGUAGE POWER: finish all corrections and # 11

IMPORTANT DATES:
- MONDAY (Dec 1st) Eco X day and early dismissal

- TUESDAY (Dec 2nd) MATH TEST

- FRIDAY (Dec 5th) LANGUAGE POWER TEST

TUESDAY

2008-11-25T16:27:00.003-06:00

Today was a fun day - with our snack experiments in health and our art projects as well as some math games and readers theatres. We are exactly one month away from Christmas and a well deserved break, but this class is doing a great job and still working hard.

There is very little homework tonight:

HEALTH: finish off your food plan
Career: finish off your timeline

SOME IMPORTANT NOTES:
ECS Juicers (Booster Juice) is selling Christmas gift cards (GREAT STOCKING STUFFERS!) in quantities of $15 for 6 (1 free) or $30 for 12 (2 free)

For our upcoming art projects, we are collecting several items and we need some help:

- egg shells (rinsed out please!) - they can be just sent in a sandwich bag - we are going to break them into smaller pieces so don't worry!
- egg cartons (the polysyrene type not the cardboard)
- small boxes (preferably cereal box and smaller)

THANKS!

2008-11-24T15:20:00.002-06:00

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING ITEMS FOR OUR OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD BOXES! WE WERE ABLE TO SEND OUR 6 BOXES TO 6 CHILDREN SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD WHO HAVE NEVER HAD A CHRISTMAS PRESENT BEFORE!

FRIDAY!

2008-11-21T15:32:00.001-06:00

HAPPY WEEKEND!

HOMEWORK:
Math: p.38 # 1,3,5,6,7 p.39 1- 9 (odd)

ECO - X FORMS

TUESDAY

2008-11-18T15:52:00.002-06:00

Today has again flown by! Soon we will be at Christmas! Did you know that we are down to only 38 days!?!

HOMEWORK TODAY:
HEALTH : do writeup of what foods you have eaten today
SPELLING: test on Friday
SOCIAL : Capitals test on Thursday

IMPORTANT NOTES:
> PARENT- TEACHER -STUDENT INTERVIEWS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING (no school tomorrow)
> OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD BOXES DUE ON THURSDAY!

See you on Thursday!

Friday

2008-11-14T15:34:00.003-06:00

Friday already!! This week has flown! Hope you have a wonderful weekend.

HOMEWORK:
Math: p.33 2-15 (even) 16- 24 (all), 26

We are doing an in-motion class challenge called "Turn it off and take it outside". We are tracking to see how many hours we can do of physical activity. Individuals can also track their own physical activity. for more information check out in-motion

Thursday

2008-11-13T15:24:00.006-06:00

Wow, it has been a very long time since I last posted! I hope you had a wonderful and peaceful Remembrance day. I was gone on Monday the 10th, and Mrs Lori Ries subbed for me. Today was a great day. We have continued on in our topic of "Peace and Conflict" and we are enjoying exploring different ideas associated with it.

HOMEWORK TODAY:
Math: p.29 1-37 (odd), 38
ELA: finish Language Power
SPELLING: test tomorrow

SOME IMPORTANT REMINDERS:
Parent - student - teacher interviews next Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. Please call Val Mohan at the office if you still need to schedule an appointment.

Operation Christmas Child boxes due in next Thursday.

FRIDAY

2008-11-07T18:33:00.002-06:00

Its hard to believe that it is the end of the week already!

We had a fun afternoon celebrating the end of our provincial testing and watching the movie "Happy Feet".

I will not be at school on Monday, but Mrs Lori Ries will be teaching for me. Don't forget that she will be giving the science and spelling tests on that day. We will also be commemorating Remembrance Day during period three (11am) and parents and family are more than welcome to come and join us.

HOMEWORK TODAY:
SCIENCE: study for Monday's test
Spelling: test on Monday