Good afternoon everyone!

I hope everyone had a great weekend. It is hard to believe that we are in November with the wonderful weather!

Please label all uniform pieces - both gym and school uniform.

Important information and reminders:

No school this Friday (Remembrance Day) or Monday (PD Day).

The SJA Parent Guild has partnered with classes and teachers to help raise funds for technology items. Each class has chosen a specific theme and will create a gift basket to be auctioned off at the Christmas Concert on Wednesday, December 21. Our grade 4 class has chosen to put together a ‘baby basket.’ We are encouraging each student to donate $10 or buy an item(s) valued at $10. Please return the ‘Classroom Basket Auction’ form with item or money donation no later than Tuesday, November 15. These forms have been sent home. We thank in you advance for your donation.

The MYP students are putting together a used winter clothing drive for Syrian Refugee families living in Mississauga. We are asking for gently used winter gear such as hats, mitts, snow pants, boots, coats, scarves, etc. The clothing drive will run from now until November 18.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year!! That’s right grade 4 parents. Our annual Holiday Fundraiser is back and running until November 18. Order forms have been sent home. This is a wonderful opportunity to begin shopping for the holiday season, which is fast approaching. Money raised will be going towards technology items, which we desperately need!! Ask your family, neighbours, and co-workers to support this fantastic fundraiser... we have cookies, treats, and gift cards! We did extremely well last year, so lets see if we can do even better! Thank you so much in advance for your support.

LANGUAGE:

Today we began spelling lesson #9. We wrote the words in our agenda and began the corresponding activities. We also began to discuss science fair. I have sent home their journals for you to review.

Homework - Remember to read for 30 minutes each night!

-Spelling lesson #9

-Science Fair topic due tomorrow – it must be measureable -sciencebuddies.org or http://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/Resources/Sciencefair/ are helpful websites for topics.

-Science fair experiment to be completed the weekend of November 19^th and 20^th. Good copy and display board set up begins Monday, November 21 and continues on Tuesday, November 22. In class presentations will happen on Wednesday, November 23 and we will be officially judged on Thursday, November 24. We will be working through our Science Fair journal every day – no work should be completed at home!

MATH:

Today we completed our unit 6 math test. I will mark as soon as I can and send home.

Homework –

Unit of Inquiry:

I heard the sound skits went wonderfully! Well-done grade 4’s! Today we began our 2-week unit on light. We began by looking at a picture and labeling the different types of light we saw and what would happen if we did not have light…could we do the same activities?

Homework –

I hope you have a wonderful night!

Mrs. Hocevar J