Good afternoon everyone!

I hope everyone had a great night!

We will be leading our Remembrance Day ceremony tomorrow. I have put together a PowerPoint presentation and have assigned volunteers to read certain slides. As a class we will be reading the poem, ‘In Flanders Field.’ I have sent home copies of the poem and printed out the reader’s slides for them to practice. We will have a chance to practice tomorrow as well!

Important information and reminders:

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

Aftercare invoices have been sent home. All payments are due by November 18.

Skating forms are due by November 16.

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 October 27 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.

Scholastic orders are due by November 25.

LANGUAGE:

Today we used our language period to complete a Remembrance Day craft. We also worked on Science Fair. I have approved all topics and today we wrote out the question we will be asking. We also created a due dates for when certain times will be due.

Homework - Remember to read for 30 minutes each night!

-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! Some helpful websites are sciencebuddies.org or http://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/Resources/Sciencefair/

MATH:

Today we completed our pre-assessment for our next unit – measuring length, area, and perimeter. This unit will take us into term 2!

Homework –

Unit of Inquiry:

Today we watched a Magic School Bus video on how light reflects. During this video we completed a worksheet. They all did an amazing job. That is a hard task, which proved easy for them!

Homework –

I hope you have a wonderful night!

Mrs. Hocevar J

Our amazing sound art!