Week of February 25-March 1

• I sent home the Heritage Fair package with the students on Friday. All grade 5-8 students are required to participate. It will be held on April 10th.  The students are to have a brief summary handed in by March 12th explaining their topic and if they are doing the project alone or with a partner. I will be giving the students time to research and work on projects in class, but some of it will have to be done at home.
• Grade 5 math will have an oral quiz on their multiplication and division facts on Wednesday. We will be having our unit test on division on Thursday.
• Please be reading your 20 min. each night
• Students are doing a wonderful job creating some unique poetry! We are into our poetry unit full force! Please check out our bulletin board showcasing our color poems.
• Friday will be PJ day.
• Parent teacher interview slips will go home by the end of the week. If you have a preferred time, please let me know.
• Have a great week! It is hard to believe Friday is March 1!

Happy Islander Day!

• I hope everyone is enjoying their long weekend!
• I need to thank everyone for all of their kind comments and treats last week! I know as a staff we felt very much appreciated. I love going to work each day and I love teaching your wonderful children!
• A reminder to continue reading 20 min. each night. Fill out those passports to get your free book!
• I will be sending home an information package on the Heritage Fair later in the week. The fair will be held on April 10. I will be discussing this package with all of the students. It is required for grades 5-8.
• Have a great week everyone!

Winter Carnival Week!

* I hope everyone had a wonderful, snowy weekend. What a storm!
* This week is Winter Carnival week here at Amherst Cove.
* Candy grams will be on sale Monday and Tuesday for $0.50
* Wednesday will be school spirit day and the students are encouraged to wear blue and gold. Friday will be flag day and the students are asked to wear red and white.
* We will exchange Valentines on Thursday.
* Monday at lunch the students in Gr. 4-8 are encouraged to attend a meeting explaining a wonderful art program called Abby On. There was a letter that went home last week explaining the program.
* My grade 5 boys are working hard in math. We are learning long division and I will be introducing another divison strategy this week called "Repeated subtraction".  I would encourage them to be sure to ask questions if any "bugs are hitting their windshields" :o)
* We have started our next Science unit called Forces on Structures.
*Remember to be reading 20 min. each night.
*Have a wonderful week everyone!

Week of Feb. 4-8

• So hard to believe that we are halfway through the school year!
• Monday is food order/milk order day.
• Our class is enjoying our new read aloud called Iqbal. It is a fictionalized account of Iqbal Masih's life story. It is a story of courage and determination and the students are hanging on every word.
• Thank you to everyone for handing their persuasive writing pieces in this week.  I am hoping to have them back within the week.  A reminder for students to take their time and re-read their work carefully before handing it in. We will be starting our poetry unit this week.
• We will be starting to work on division in math this week. I love the energy my boys bring to math class!
• Remember to be reading 20 min. each night!
• Have a great week everyone.