Good afternoon,

I hope everyone enjoyed the night and took the time yesterday to pay their respects. Those of you who celebrated Diwali I hope it was wonderful.

IMPORTANT DATES AND INFORMATION:

Parent-Teacher information sheets have been sent home. Please complete all sections and return as soon as possible.

School pictures have been sent home. Order forms and payments are due by Monday, November 16. Picture re-take day is November 19.

After care money due Monday, November 16…please pay on time to avoid late charges.

December lunch forms and money due Friday, November 20 by 3:30…no exceptions!

A new fundraising event has arrived!! I hope you are selling those cookies and gift cards!! From November 9-20, parent guild will be having a gift card campaign and cookie dough fundraiser. Perfect for the Christmas season, which is just around the corner. All funds raised will go towards a PA System!! GET OUT THERE AND SELL SOME COOKIES AND GIFT CERTIFICATES!! The class that sells the most will win a pizza party!! Lets go grade 4’s! Please continue to check out the Parent Guilds blog for up coming events at sjaparentguild.blogspot.ca. Parent guild will be holding a open forum for parents on Thursday, November 17 from 5:30-6:30 pm. Please feel free to join and find our more about our lovely parent guild and ask questions if you need to!!!

MATH

Today we looked at 2 lessons: shapes in our world and skeletons. Both lessons we short and they picked up on the concepts very quickly. They worked very hard today at both lessons. Unit test on Monday, November 16! Math reveiw sent home today!

LANGUAGE

Today we were finally able to read chapter 2 of ‘Little House in the Big Woods.’ I read some and the class read some. We also did our follow up activity which involved describing what Pa, Ma, Mary, and Laura do for fun!

U.O.I.

Today we looked at farm animals. Our activity consisted of explaining what each farm animal was used for and its purpose. Our summative will begin on Monday. They are to come to school on Monday with all of their research so they can begin thier rough copy!

I hope everyone has a wonderful evening! Stay dry and try not to be blown away!!!

Mrs. Hocevar J

Working hard at math!

Rehearsing for our Remebrance Day Assembly! Those are the only pictures I have as I was apart of the assembly!!