• I hope everyone had a wonderful long weekend!
• Due to the fact that we have had back to back snow days, I am moving the date of our Mystery of Cranberry Farm project to Monday, February 24th.  I originally told the students it would be due on Friday.  This way everyone will have the weekend to finish it up.
• Next week is winter carnival week.  There will be theme days such as: Feb.24 is twin day, Feb.25 is jersey day, Feb. 26 is pink shirt day and movie theater day, and Feb. 27 is math theme day and we will be having math mania in the afternoon.
• The permission forms for the movies were to go home on Wednesday, but because of the storm(s) I am hoping they will get home on Friday.  I will have a letter attached to the permission form explaining the snacks.  For $5.00, the students can get a kids pack.  We have to pre-order these and the money needs to be handed in with the permission form.  The canteen will not be open for orders the day of the movie.
• There will be no school on Friday, February 28th because it is a Collaborative day for teachers.
• Continue reading for your 20 min. each night.
• We have started our fractions and decimals unit in grade 5 math.
• Parent teacher interviews are coming up on March 6 (evening) and March 7.  I will probably follow a similar schedule as last time.  If you have any specific times you would like, please let me know. 
• Have a great week everyone!

Week of Feb. 10-14th

• Candy grams will be sold for 50 cents each on Monday and Wednesday of this week.
• Wear purple on Wednesday in recognition of Family Violence  Prevention week.
• We finished our novel!  The students loved it!  We will be starting a novel response this week in class.
• No school on Feb. 17 because it is Islander Day.
• I gave out a science assignment on Friday.  It is due this Friday and the students pick two out of the list to complete.
• We started our fractions and decimals unit at the end of last week.  We will be exploring equivalent fractions and comparing decimals.  We will also be relating decimals to fractions.  Don't forget to continue to review math facts at home.
• Congratulations to Cole for placing 1st in the Remembrance Day poster contest and to Kirstin for placing third.
• Keep reading 20 min. each evening!
• Have a wonderful week everyone.

Feb. 3-7

• Lunch orders are due tom. for the month of Feb.
• Continue reading 20 min. each night. Parents, don't forget to ask your child to talk about what they are reading.
• We are reading Mystery at Cranberry Farm and the students are loving it and so am I!
• We will be starting fractions and decimals this week in gr. 5 math.  A reminder to continue reviewing the math facts each night.  Goal 3 sec. for multiplication and 5 sec. for division.
• Book orders are due Wednesday.
• Have a great week everyone!