Good evening everyone!

I hope everyone had a wonderful night!

If your child is having picture re-takes on Friday, please send them in their house tie and have them bring their academic tie for picture.

Some students are receiving after care invoices. Please pay the after school fee as soon as possible. 

A kind reminder to not park, or stop, in the handicap parking spots, unless you have a permit. We have families who do need these spots and often come to find them taken up by cars without permits. Please pass this note along to anyone who may pick up your child/children. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. 

I sent home the Polar Expressions Publishing letter and information a few weeks back. I strongly encourage students to enter on their own time. One of my students placed third last year in the short poem category. Please keep in mind the due dates – poetry deadline is today, and the short story deadline is November 30. Good luck!

Science Fair has begun! Again, all work is to be completed in class, except the actual experiment, which is to be completed 3 times during the weekend of November 25. Students can videotape/take pictures of themselves conducting the experiment to have with them during presentations. We will be working this every day, taking it one element at a time. Students should be prepared to begin good copies on Monday, November 27. We will be holding in class presentations on Wednesday, November 29 after our Sound workshop. Students will be judged on Thursday, November 30 and parents are welcome to view the projects from 2:30-3:15.

Upcoming Dates & Events

Friday, November 17 – Picture Re-takes and Light and Sound Summative begins (good copy of summative should be completed by Friday, November 24)

Saturday, November 25 & Sunday, November 26 - Complete Science Fair experiment 3 different times at home and video tape it or take pictures

Monday, November 27 - Come to school with experiment complete and results - Good copies begin

Tuesday, November 28 - Science Fair Board set up & Bake Sale (we are not hosting)

Wednesday, November 29 - Sound Scientist in the School workshop (AM)), Casual Day, and Bake Sale & In-class Science Fair presentations

Thursday, November 30 – Science Fair – Parents are welcome to join after the judging

Friday, December 1 – Light and Sound Summative presentations

MATH:

Today we had our first lesson in our new unit, measuring linear dimensions – when you measure the length, width, height, thickness, or depth. We measure in millimetres (mm), centimetres (cm), decimetres (dm), metres (m), and kilometres (km). Millimetres are used to measure very small items (a dime) and centimetres or decimetres are used to measure small thing (items between 1 cm and 1 m – the length of my foot).  Metres are used to measure big items (length of a football field) and kilometres measure distance.

Homework:

-MMS pg 126-127

LANGUAGE:

Today we did some activities on verbs. Verbs show action and what a person, place, or thing is doing. We also focused on present tense verbs (looks), past tense verbs (looked), and future tense verbs (will look). We also spent some time on our Science Fair project. Today we watched a little video on the Scientific Method and focused on the hypothesis. A hypothesis is an educated guess/prediction of what might happen (the outcome/results of your experiment). We begin our hypothesis with “I think,” “I predict,” or “My hypothesis is…”

Homework:

-Reading for 40 minutes

-Bring in research for your Science Fair topic

UNIT OF INQUIRY:

Today we reviewed how we see. Then we spent some time going over the summative and what was expected. Because of the timing with the Science Fair, we will begin our summative tomorrow. The good copy will be due next Friday with presentations the following Friday. If students do not complete the good copy by next Friday it will be homework the following week. It is looking like we will be spending most of our days the week of November 27 working on our Science Fair good copies and display boards.  

Homework:

-Summative begins on tomorrow – all work is to be completed at school

-Summative presentations Friday December 1

I hope you have a wonderful night!

Mrs. Hocevar J