Good afternoon everyone!

I hope you all had a wonderful day! Tomorrow, Friday, September 6^th is our first House Colour Spirit Day. Dress in as much of your house colour as you can!! LETS GO KAPPA IOTA PI!! Tomorrow is also the upper schools first speaker series event, so we will be following a Day 3 speaker series schedule. 

Bloomz is a communication app I use to send quick reminders or updates. I have sent home instructions on how to sign up. Please sign up by Friday, September 13^th. The last page of the Family Handbook and September hot lunch payments are due by Friday, September 13^th. Our Terry Fox Run will also be taking place this day. Students are encouraged to come to school in their SJA gym unform.

Thursday, September 19^th is our SJA and Oakwood Welcome Back BBQ, which will take place from 4:00-5:30 PM out in our back recess area. Order forms have been sent home. Please return, along with cash, no later than Friday, September 13^th.

Homework:

-       Sign and return the last page of the Family Handbook by Friday, September 13^th

-       Register for Bloomz

-       Fill out Sibling Pick-Up form

-       Fill out Community Walk form

-       Welcome Back BBQ forms and cash

-       Terry Fox pledges

  

Important dates/items:

Wednesday, September 4-Friday, September 6 - Neophyte Week

Friday, September 6 - House Colour Day

Friday, September 13 - Terry Fox Run

Thursday, September 19 - Welcome BBQ

Friday, September 20-Friday, September 27 - Fall Fundraiser

Wednesday, September 25 - Casual Day

Monday, September 30 - Orange Shirt Day

Today we continued our IB Attributes, Attitudes, and Skills artwork, which will be displayed around the classroom, as well as our IB Portfolio front cover. We continued the DRA process and enjoyed our second house game of the year.

Tomorrow we complete our OWA (Ontario Writing Assessment) pre-assessment and write our comprehension aspect of our DRA.

French fun!

House game #1!

Ms. Cass and her partner all set to earn Kappa Iota Pi some points!

House game #2!

Look at these mommies!!

Unit of Inquiry

Our first unit will be ‘What’s the Matter’ and will begin on Monday. We will be exploring the three states of matter, completing experiments, and participate in a Scientist in the School workshop. Our summative will be our science fair project. Stay tuned for more information. 

Homework

Inquiry into Mathematics

Our first unit will begin on Monday and will focus on whole numbers. This unit should take us to the end of the month with the test taking place sometime during the last week.

Points to Remember

Homework

Inquiry into Language

Our first novel study will be Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. This novel study will consist of comprehension questions with aspects of our DRA (Diagnostic Reading Assessment) tied in. Weekly spelling lessons and tests will begin on Monday. Our DRAs will be completed this week for Term 1. All students will be tested at a DRA level 50, which is grade level. Students will be re-tested at a lower if necessary.

Homework

Have a wonderful night!

Mrs. Hocevar