Merry Christmas!

• I just wanted to make a quick note saying I did not send the gr. 3/4 quiz home yet.  Between Xmas Concert, Amazing Race, and the last day of school, I did not get to see the 3/4's. I didn't think it would be a good idea to send them home on the last day.  I will send them home the first day back in January!  
• Happy holidays and have a great New Year!

Merry Christmas!

• Gr.3/4 -We are continuing work with division and will continue into the new year.  Please sign and return the quiz that went home with the students.
• Gr. 6- We have started to look at estimating and measuring angles.  We will continue these concepts along with drawing angles in the new year.
• I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Looking forward to 2016!

Week of December 7-11

• I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!  The countdown to Christmas is on!
• The grade 3/4's will be having a quiz on Friday.  This will include:  Gr.3- adding and subtracting facts to 18, and multiplication (drawing equal groups pictures, arrays, and repeated addition) up to products of 36.  We are working through division, but I will not be assessing that outcome on Friday.  The 4's will be assessed on multiplication facts to 81, I have been asking them to study their facts each night.  Also, they will be completing 2 and 3 digit multiplication by 1 digit. I do not assign a lot of math homework, so I do expect that the students are taking 10 min each night to stay on top of adding, subtracting, and multiplication facts.
• Grade 6's will be having a quiz on Friday (Dec. 11). This will include multiplication and division of decimals.  It is very important for students to be reviewing math facts each night.  We have noticed in class that sometimes our adding/subtracting facts cause us little errors, so reviewing these are very helpful too.
• Have a great week everyone.

November 26- December 3

• Grade 3/4- I would like to see everyone continue working on their math facts each night.  The gr. 4's should be reviewing multiplication facts up to 9x9 each night.  I will send home a multiplication handout next week with the grade 3's. Our focus in this grade is understanding the concept of what multiplication means by working with arrays, equal groupings (pictures), repeated addition, and skip counting.  The 4's are learning 2 and 3 digit by 1 digit multiplication problems as well. I will introducing division in the next week or so. 
• Grade 6- should be reviewing math facts nightly.  I told the class they were having a small quiz on factors, multiples, prime, and composite numbers tom. (Friday).  They have been starting to work with multiplication of decimals.  Estimation of where the decimal goes is a focus within this outcome. The students need to say to themselves "What makes sense here?"

Week of November 16-19

• I hope everyone has had a beautiful weekend!  The weather is definitely becoming cooler out there.
• Grade 3/4-  We are continuing our work with skip counting  by 3,4,10, 100 and 25's forward and backwards.  The 3's are beginning to look at multiplication as equal groups, arrays, and repeated addition.  For example, 3x5 would be 3 groups of five, 5+5+5, or an array that may look like this 3 rows of 5      *****
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• We will be doing lots of practice drawing the equal group pictures and arrays to match the multiplication fact.  The grade 4's will be doing the same except they will be working with math facts up to 9x9.
• Grade 3/4 will be having a math quiz on their adding and subtracting facts to 18 on Wednesday.
• Grade6-  The grade 6's have been working on factors and multiples of numbers.  Also, we have been learning about prime and composite numbers.  I will be discussing an assignment with them Monday that I am thinking will be due on Thursday.  It will be a math/art activity on multiples of a number.  
• Have a wonderful week everyone.

First week of November!

• I hope everyone has a safe and happy Halloween!
• Great costumes today! We are very lucky to go to such an amazing school with such creative administrators!
• Grade 3/4- The grade 3/4's will be having a quiz on Tuesday.  I will be assessing fractions and place value to 1000 for the grade 3's and fractions, decimals, and relating decimals to fractions for grade 4.  The students have been working really hard and I am very proud of them.  Please keep practicing adding and subtracting facts to 18 nightly.  We will be starting multiplication in November!
• Grade 6-We will be having a quiz on Tuesday. It will be on improper fractions, mixed numbers, ratio, and percent.  We have continuously been reviewing concepts from September as well which were representing large numbers and integers.  They all have been working hard and are asking questions when they do not understand a concept.  This is such an important skill to have and I am so proud of them.

Week of October 19-21

• I hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful October weekend!
• This is a short week because of the teacher's convention on Thursday and Friday (no school for students on these days).
• Gr. 3/4 - We will continue with our work from last week which includes representing fractions, comparing and ordering fractions with the same denominator (gr.3) and same numerator/denominator (gr.4). The fours have also been working with decimals to hundredths. We will also be continuing to work with numbers up to 1000 (3) and 10 000 (4).  It is very important for ALL students to be reviewing their adding and subtracting facts to 18 on a nightly basis.
• Gr. 6- We will continue to work with improper fractions/mixed numbers, ratio, and percent this week.  I need students to continue reviewing their math facts on a nightly basis.
• A great website to practice facts is www.playkidsgames.com, click on math games, then math fact practice.  The students are familiar with this site from class.
• Have  a wonderful week!

Week of Oct. 13-16

• Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! I hope you all are enjoying your long weekend.
• Grade 3/4 - We will be continue to work on fractions this upcoming week with  the focus being comparing fractions. The grade 4's will start to investigate decimal numbers to hundredths and how decimals relate to fractions.  I would like everyone to continue working on their adding and subtracting facts to 18 on a nightly basis.
• Grade 6- We will continue to work on converting improper fractions to mixed numbers and vice versa this week.  We will also be starting to compare and put the improper fractions and mixed numbers in order.  I would like the students to continue to practice their multiplication and division facts on a nightly basis.  
• A huge thank you to everyone  who voted for our school during the "Adopt a School" contest!
• Have a wonderful week everyone.

Oct. 5-9

• I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend!
• I will be sending quizzes home on Monday to grade 3/4 and grade 6 students.  Parents, please sign and return to school on Tuesday.  
• Grade 3/4- the students have been working very hard and my expectation for their math homework is nightly fact practice 10 min.  We are starting to look at fractions this week.  It is important to understand where we use and see fractions in our everyday lives.
• Grade 6- we are shifting gears and starting to look at mixed numbers and improper fractions this week.  I briefly introduced the topic at the end of the week to the students and they seemed to grasp the concept.  We will be starting with a lot of hands on practice with manipulatives to show what a mixed number actually is (whole number and a proper fraction).  
• Please vote for our school on the Indigo -Adopt a School contest!
• I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving with your families.  I am very thankful for your children!  I love my job and they are a joy to teach.

Week of September28- October 2

• What a beautiful weekend!  I hope everyone had a relaxing time with friends and family.
• Great job to everyone on Friday for participating in the Terry Fox Run.  We had a great time. Thanks so much to Sharon for handing out the apples at the end of the day.
• Grade 6- I would ask that everyone continue practicing your math facts each night.  We will also be having our quiz on Tuesday.  This will include representing large numbers and numbers less than ten thousandths.  Representing numbers includes the following:  writing the number in standard form, written form, expanded form, and base 10 words.  The students have been doing wonderful with this outcome.  We will also be comparing and ordering integers on this quiz too.
• Grade 3/4 math-  We were originally going to have this quiz on Friday, but I wanted the students to have the full class to write it ( we had the Terry Fox walk for part).  I will be asking the students to represent numbers to 1000(gr.3) and 10 000(gr.4).  This will include the following:  writing the number they hear, expanded form of numbers, written form, using base ten pictures and words. We have also been working on comparing and ordering numbers too. Please have the students practicing their adding and subtracting facts to 18 each night.  That is their homework for me...practice,practice, practice :o)  Their facts and strategies are in their homework duotang that Mrs. Cox sends home.
• When the quiz is completed and corrected, please sign and return with your child to school.
• Have a great week everyone!
• Don't forget to vote for ACC in the Adopt a School contest!

Week of Sept.21-25

• I hope everyone had a beautiful weekend!  The weather was amazing.
• All three grades had a wonderful week, with lots of hard work.  
• This week in gr.3/4, we will be reviewing how to represent numbers to 1000(gr.3) and 10 000 (gr.4).  This means students will write the number they hear in standard form, expanded form, and in base 10 pictures.  We will be comparing and ordering numbers this week as well. I will be giving an assessment on these outcomes on Friday.  Please be reviewing math facts nightly! These are improving, but we need to have them in 3 seconds.
• This week in grade 6 math, we will be continuing to work on our "boot camp" which is a review of a variety of skills that the students would have learned in previous years.  They are also learning about representing numbers into the hundred millions and less than ten thousandths.  The students will be introduced to integers (positive and negative) this week.  I am feeling that our assessment for these two outcomes may fall around Sept. 30, however the students and I will determine the exact date later this week.  Keep working on those math facts at home!
• Have a great week everyone!

Week of September 14-18

• Wow! What a great first week back to school.  I would like to thank everyone for attending the "Meet the Teacher" night.
• Grade 6 math- I would encourage everyone to continue working on their multiplication and divisions facts this week for homework....10 min a night would be great.
• This week we are reviewing basic skills and we are looking at different ways to represent numbers greater than one million.  The standard form of a number is the number itself.  Ex.  7 845 223.  The expanded form of a number looks at the place value of each digit.  Ex: 7 000 000 + 800 000+ 40 000+ 5000+ 200 + 20 + 3.  And the written form of the number  is the number in words.  Ex:  seven million eight hundred forty-five thousand two hundred twenty-three.

• Grade 3/4 math-  I would ask both grades to be practicing their adding and subtracting facts to 18 each night this week for homework.  This is so very important!  
• This week Grade 3 will be learning ways to represent numbers to 1000 and the grade fours will be representing numbers to 10 000.  The standard form of  a number is simply the number itself. Ex. 8954.  The expanded form of a number looks at the place value of each digit. Ex: 8000+ 900+50+4.  The written form of a number is the number in words. Ex: eight thousand nine hundred fifty-four.
• Have a great week everyone!

Welcome Back to School!

• Welcome back to another school year!
• I am very excited to be teaching two math classes this year- grade 3/4 math and grade 6 math!
• I hope everyone has a wonderful long weekend and I will see you all on Tuesday!

Entering our Final Week!

• It is so hard to believe that we are entering the last week of school!
• We will be having our school-wide reading fair on Monday.  It will be open to the public from 2-2:30pm for the public.  The students have been working so hard and we are all excited to hear about all of their favorite books.
• Our trip to Shining Waters will be this Tuesday. Thank you to everyone who handed in permission forms and/or money.  If you haven't handed it in yet, please do so on Monday. Students should have their bathing suits, towels, lunch/snacks, water, sunscreen, and proper footwear.
• School Supply money of $45 is now due.
• I would ask everyone to do a check at home for any books from our classroom. Please bring them back to the class if you find any.
• Let's have an amazing last week together!

First Full Week in May!

• I am so excited to be back to school tomorrow!  I would like to say a huge thank you to Ms. Kidd for doing such a wonderful job filling in for Mrs. Ramsay over the last eight months. On that note, I would like to take this opportunity to welcome Mrs. Ramsay back to ACC!  We are very excited to have you back.
• We will be having a busy week!  The music festival is this week along with a visit to the Borden library to see author Bill Swan on Wednesday.
• The students will have an opportunity to purchase Goji's frozen yoghurt on Thursday.
• We have started looking at attributes of triangular and rectangular prisms and symmetry in math.  We will be constructing these 3D shapes this week with marshmallows and straws. Should be lots of fun.
• In social studies the students have been reviewing the continents and oceans.  We will have a quiz on the seven continents and oceans on Friday.
• Have a wonderful week everyone.

Week of April 13-17

• Bring on the sunshine!  I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend.  It was so nice to see the sun.
• I had a multiplication/division fact oral quiz scheduled for last Friday which we did not get to.  I will be having that middle of the week so please keep reviewing facts nightly.  We will be having a quiz at the end of the week on telling time, writing dates, and finding area of shapes.
• Please continue reading 20 minutes each night.
• Book orders will be due this Thursday, April 12th.
• Goji's will be for sale again this Thursday.
• Have a great week!

Week of April 7-10

• Hi! I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter break.  I am looking forward to getting back to school tomorrow to see everyone.
• Spring photo day is Tuesday, April 7th.
• Lunch order day is tomorrow. Don't forget to hand in your money first thing in the morning to Ms. Kidd.
• Please continue reading 20 minutes each night this week.  Parents don't forget to be asking your child to tell you what they have been reading about.
• I just gave the students a math fact quiz on Thursday.  I need to remind everyone how important it is to be reviewing math facts for 10 minutes each night.
• I have introduced all of our foundational learnings in math.  We will constantly be reviewing these until June.  They are the following:  showing numbers to 10 000 in different ways, adding and subtracting numbers to 10 000, multiplying 2 and 3 digit numbers, dividing numbers, exploring fractions of a whole and set, decimals to hundredths, math facts to 81 (mult. and dividing), and finding area of regular and irregular polygons.  We will be continuing with all of our other math outcomes until June as well.  
• There will be school on April 17 and the 24.  These used to be professional development days, but now are regular school days.
• Have a wonderful week everyone!

Week of Feb. 18-20

• Wow! What a storm!  I hope everyone is staying safe and gradually getting dug out.
• A huge thank you to everyone who sent in snacks or volunteered their time for teacher appreciation week last week.  I feel so blessed to be able to teach where I do and it is because of the students, parents, and staff.  You are wonderful!
• Book orders are due on Thursday, February 19th.
• Please don't forget the field trip permission forms and toonies for our trip on Friday.
• It is Winter Carnival week! Ms. Kidd sent home a handout explaining all of the special days and activities.
• Please keep reading 20 min. each night and review our math facts to 9x9. 
• Have a great week everyone.

Week of February 9-13

• I hope everyone had a wonderful snow-filled weekend!  I am hoping we will get a full week in this week.
• The students are improving with their math facts to 81.  This still needs to be reviewed on a nightly basis.  Keep up the great work.
• I will be giving the students a review (review sheet will be going home) in Social Studies this week on the topic of "Exploration". We will be having a small quiz close to the end of the week.
• Keep up the 20 minute nightly reading.
• Have a great week everyone!

Week of January 26-29

• It is hard to believe that we are entering the last week of January!
• There will be no school this Friday, January 30 due to a PD day.
• The students wrote a multiplication quiz on Thursday and I must say they have been steadily improving with their math facts. It is very important to have a quick recall of these facts which is why I assign them for homework on a nightly basis.  We are starting to focus on division this week with the understanding of the direct relation between the two (multiplication and division).
• Continue reading 20 minutes each night.
• Book orders should arrive this week.
• I would like to remind everyone to send a note if your child is staying for after school activities.  
•  A huge thank you to everyone involved in providing our students with the breakfast program.  This is a wonderful idea and the students love it.
• Have a wonderful week everyone!