Tuesday, October 2, 2018

Good afternoon everyone!

I hope you had a wonderful night!

Tomorrow is a Day 3 (gym – from now on students will be bussed to the new Athletic Centre – be on time for school and dressed in your gym uniform). Scientists in the School Matter workshop permission forms and money due no later than Tuesday, October 9th

What a fun morning we had...everyone did so well and seemed to really enjoy themselves. A big thank you to Mr. Cory at the Old Pro Driving Range for teaching us how to hit a ball!































What a crew!


Watching TV while eating lunch and warming up!

Winter uniforms begin Tuesday, October 9th. Please ensure that all students have all of the pieces and that all pieces are worn on a daily basis (grey skirt/pants, navy blue socks, black dress shoes, long sleeve button up white dress shirt, navy blue sweater/sweater vest, tie [academic Monday-Thursday and house colour tie on Friday], and a blazer). Students will be required to wear all the pieces during morning announcements, field trips, and during transitions if going from one classroom to another. Please see Ms. Alpa for any uniform requests or inquirers. She can be reached via email - alpa@multiformcanada.com or via website - multiformcanada.com **The uniform store will be closed from Tuesday, October 2nd to Wednesday, October 17th.

Soccer Practice Times
Elementary Girls and Boys – Tuesday and Thursday 4-5PM
U12 Coed and U12 Development Program – Monday and Wednesday 4-5PM

**Please note that students doing any after school activity, soccer, karate, yoga, etc. will be charged until 4:00 PM in aftercare, when they will be dismissed to their program with their coach!**

Caribou Math Contest is an online mathematics contest that is held 6 times per year. Last year we did a trial run with a few students from Grade 6 and above. This year we are going to offer it to students in Grades 3 and up. This is something that will be done on a student’s own time. This will not be a focus of our math program. That being said, Dr. Kaur and Mr. Lee-Guide have offered to run a math club on Wednesday morning beginning at 8:00 AM for those who are interested – the math club has begun. There is a $15 annual fee that must be paid online at registration and the test times begin at 7:15 AM. Committed students will write the tests on:

Wednesday, October 17th, 2018
Wednesday, November 14th, 2018
Wednesday, January 16th, 2019
Wednesday, February 13th, 2019
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019
Wednesday, May 1st, 2019

Permission forms were sent home. Please follow the instructions at the bottom of the page to register your child and pay the fee and return the permission form to me.

Don't forget about Polar Expressions Publishing! The poetry deadline is November 16th, 2018 and the short story deadline is November 23rd, 2018.

Important dates/items:
Thursday, October 4 – International Day
Friday, October 5 – No school – PD Day
Monday, October 8 – No school – Thanksgiving Monday
Monday, October 15 – Scientists in the School workshop
Wednesday, October 17 – Math test
Thursday, October 25 – Picture Day
Tuesday, October 30 – Bake sale & casual day
Wednesday, October 31 – Bake sale & Halloween/Harvest Spirit Day

Unit of Inquiry

Today we began discussing the summative and wrote out the due dates. We also took some time to begin researching possible experiments - please ensure that all experiments are measurable and that you are able to conduct your experiment at least three times.

Our What’s the Matter summative is fast approaching. This summative will be their science fair project and it must relate to matter.  An outline with due dates and a rubric will be sent home either tomorrow or Thursday. We will begin on Tuesday, October 9 - a kind reminder that this is an in-class project only. Please do not do any work at home unless it has been stated. We will be working on rough copies the week of October 9th. The experiment will be completed at home during the weekend of October 13th and 14th. Good copies will be completed on October 15th and 16th, with board set up taking place on October 17th. The due date for this summative will be Thursday, October 18th with in-class presentations happening then and on Friday, October 19th. Please note that students will be required to show their display again during our SJA Science Fair, which takes place on Friday, November 16th. A great website to check out is sciencebuddies.org.

HOMEWORK

-UOI summative due Thursday, October 18th
-Presentations taking place on Thursday, October 18th and Friday, October 19th






Researching experiment ideas! 

Inquiry into Mathematics

Today we wrote our pre-assessment for our next math unit – Number Patterns. This is a very short unit with only 5 lessons. Our math test will take place on Wednesday, October 17.

Points to remember:

HOMEWORK

-Number Patterns math test Wednesday, October 17

Inquiry into Language

Today we continued working on our France International Day project.

Please see below the groups and topics. Parents and families are welcome to join us on Thursday, October 4th from 2:30-3:15. Any French food donations would be greatly appreciated!! Please dress in blue, red and white, or wear something French! Thus far, we have croissants, baguettes, and quiche coming. 

Music and Dress – Joshua, Vishva and Mitansh
Artwork and Dance – Aanika and Emana
Cuisine – Eva and Liliana
Toys, Games and Sport – Willem, Chesley, Manny, and Ronit
Products and Imports/Exports – Munira and Elina
Laws and Policies – Jasmeet and Himmat
Rules and Customs – Aarnav, Rajan and Divyansh

HOMEWORK

-Lesson #4 spelling test on Thursday







International Day craziness!!

Have a wonderful night!


Love Mrs. Hocevar

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