Good afternoon everyone!

I hope you all had a wonderful day! Monday is the beginning of our first full week and gym. Please ensure students are dressed in their gym uniform ready to board the bus with proper gym shoes at 9:00 AM.  Students will change into their school day uniform after gym.

The following items are due by Friday, September 13^th. Thank you to those who have already returned the forms.

-       Sign up for Bloomz – please use instructions that were sent home

-       Sign the last page of the Family Handbook – it was emailed out yesterday

-       September hot lunch payments are due – please pay on time to avoid interest

-       Welcome Back BBQ forms and money

Our Terry Fox Run will also be taking place Friday, September 13^th. Students are encouraged to come to school in their SJA gym uniform. Don’t forget about those pledges!! I will be accepting pledges all week long!!

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

-       Welcome Back BBQ forms and cash

-       Terry Fox pledges
-        Complete the get to know you sheet and make it pretty

Important dates/items:

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 held our first House Colour Spirit day and our final house game of Neophyte week! Please see below the current house point standing…Kappa Iota Pi has some work to do!!

Zeta Beta Pi – 317,500

Theta Sigma Psi – 311,000

Kappa Iota Pi – 280,100

Check out the beautiful house point jars!

Thanks to these Kappa Iota Pi members for decorating our awesome jar!

Look at these two battling for first place in the hula-hoop off!! Great job to both who eventually tied for first - they could have gone on for ever!!

Today we met with our JK reading buddies! We only had a few short minutes to read to them today, but we look forward to reading to them again soon! The rest of the day was a rather boring day in Grade 5. We wrote our OWA pre-assessment and our DRA. I hope to grade the DRAs by the end of next week, so that anyone who needs to be re-tested can do so the following week. 

Reading with our reading buddies for the first time!

Working on our OWA pre-assessment!

Unit of Inquiry

Our first unit will be ‘What’s the Matter’ and will begin on Monday. We will be exploring 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 weekend!

Mrs. Hocevar