Week of April 29-May 2

* When I last posted the Heritage Fair winners, I forgot to post my Gr. 5 winners. :o(  I am so sorry about that! Todd was our winner in Gr. 5 and he will be heading to the Provincial Heritage fair with my two Gr. 6 students. Second place was Jaxson and third place was Blake.
* The Grade 6 girls will be getting the HPV immunization on May 1st.
* The Grade 6 students will be having their provincial assessments on May 7,8, and 14,15th. I will be sending home an informational pamphlet next week. If you have any questions on these assessments, please feel free to contact me.
* No school on Friday, May 3 because it is Area Association Day.
* A reminder for students to be reading 20 min. each night. I will be handing out book club books on Monday so they may be choosing to read these books at night.
*Have a great week everyone.

* Spring photos will be taking place on Monday, April 22.
* Our class will be receiving "free" grilled cheese sandwiches on Wednesday. A huge thank you to Home and School for awarding our class with this generous gift!
* No school on Friday, April 26 due to a School Development day.
* I have asked students to finish the rough copy of their narrative stories over the weekend. The students will have time on Monday morning to revise and edit. Good copies will be due on Thursday.
* Gr.5 boys have started their new math unit called "Fractions and Decimals." The first outcome we are looking at is creating equivalent fractions followed by comparing fractions with like and unlike denominators.
* Congrats to our winners in our class who participated in the Legion Rememberance Day contest and also to Amber and Rebecca who will be participating in the Provincial Heritage Fair in May.
*There will be a bake sale on Tuesday to support the Easter Seals campaign. Items will be around 50 cents a piece.

* Heritage fair projects are due on Monday, April 8th.  Students will start presenting them to me Monday morning. They will probably carry over into Tuesday.
*The Heritage fair is on Wednesday! I am so excited for my students to showcase all of their hard work. They have been busy beavers all week. :o) Public can come view the projects at 1:30 in the gym with presentations at 2:15.
*Spring photos take place on Friday, April 12th.
*Grade 5 math test on Statistics and Probablility will be on Friday.
* Keep up the reading at night for 20 minutes.
*Have a great week everyone!

Week of April 2-5

• I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter break!
• A reminder that lunch money is due for the month of April tom. and book orders are due tom. as well.
• Everyone has been working hard on their Heritage Fair projects. I mentioned to the students that I will be giving some more time in class this week to work on the projects. I should be able to give them more of an exact time frame Monday.  This project is due Monday, April 8th. I want each student to have the opportunity to present to our class before the fair on Wednesday. This is when I will be marking them.
• We are continuing to work on our Statistics and Probability unit in grade 5 math.
• Our class will start looking at the text form of Narrative writing this week as well.
• Have a great week everyone!