December 7-22

• Grade 2-  We are enjoying the weeks leading into Christmas break!  Please continue to have your child read each evening and discuss with them what they have read.  There are comprehension questions at the front of the reading duotang.  I will not be assigning homework the last week of school!
• Grade 3 math- We will be having a quiz on adding and subtraction 3 digit numbers on Tuesday, December 13.  I sent home a homework sheet tonight (Wed. Dec. 7) and asked the students to hand into me on Friday.  Please continue to review math facts each night. The last couple of weeks leading into break will focus on perimeter of regular and irregular shapes.
• Grade 4- We will be having a quiz on Tuesday, December 13 on decimals to hundredths, relating decimals to fractions, and adding/subtracting decimals.  I did assign a homework sheet tonight (Wed. Dec.7) and asked them to have it done and into me on Friday.  Homework should now be multiplication facts to 81 each night.  We will be starting 3 digit by 1 digit multiplication in January, so it is very important for the students to know their facts.
• I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!  I'm looking forward to 2017 with such wonderful students!

Week of November 21-25

• I just wanted to take this opportunity to say "thank you" to all of the parents who came to parent teacher interviews. It was a pleasure meeting all of you. I love working with all of your sons/daughters each and every day!
• Grade 2-  Please continue with your nightly reading and be sure to have your child answer some of the questions at the front of their reading duotang.
• Grade 3 -  Keep up the great work on those math facts each night.  We are continuing to work on 3 digit addition (with and without regrouping) this week.  We have also been working on understanding the difference between the terms sum (addition) and difference (subtraction).  Students have been creating word problems from given criteria.  We will start our 3 digit subtraction soon!
• Grade 4-  We will continue to work on comparing and ordering fractions this week. There will be a quiz on fractions on Friday.  Our next area of focus will be working with decimals and how they relate to fractions.  Keep working on the math facts at night.  
• Have a great week everyone!

Week of Nov. 7th -10th

• I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!
• This week we do not have school on Wednesday (PD day) and Friday (Remembrance Day).
• Grade 2 LA- please continue having your child read each night and answer questions orally about what they have read.  There will be no spelling quiz this week, however I have been asking them the 103 No Excuse spelling words for Grade 2.
• Grade 3 math-  we are continuing to work on addition and subtraction of numbers to 1000 throughout the week.  Please practice math facts nightly.
• Grade 4 math-  please continue reviewing facts on a nightly basis.  Students can start to practice their multiplication facts as well.  We have been working on the following with fractions:  name and record fractions for part of a set and part of a hole, discuss where fractions are used in life, and comparing and ordering fractions.
• Have a great week everyone!

Week of Oct.24-26

• Wow! It is so hard to believe that another week has passed by!  This is a short week because of the teacher's convention.
• Grade 2 Language Arts- There will be no spelling quiz this week because of it being such a short week.  We will just be reviewing the words that we have had so far.  Please read with your child Monday and Tuesday evening and pick a few comprehension questions from the front of the duotang.  Thank you so much for signing each evening.  The students are just finishing up writing their recounts (personal narratives).
• Grade 4 math- I will be sending the adding/subtracting quiz home at the first of the week. Please sign and return.  Probably starting in mid November I will be shifting the nightly adding/subtracting practice to multiplication/division practice.  We still need to stay on top of the adding/subtracting facts though. We are starting our unit on fractions next week.
• Grade 3 math-  We will be having a quiz on Tuesday on adding/subtracting facts to 18, skip counting forward and backward by 10,100, 5, 25, 3 and 4's to 1000, and illustrating place value.  They have been working really hard in class.  Keep up the nightly fact practice.  We will be starting adding and subtracting 3 digit numbers to 1000 next.  This will include estimation and mental math practice as well.
• I hope everyone has a great week!

Week of October 17-21

• I hope everyone has a great weekend!  It is definitely starting to feel like fall!
• Grade 4 math-  I am hoping to have a quiz next Friday (Oct.21) on adding/subtracting four digit numbers to 10 000.  Keep reviewing the adding and subtracting facts each night.
• Grade 3 math-  We will continue to work on adding/subtracting facts to 18, skip counting forwards an and backwards by 3,4,5,10,100 and 25's, and place value.  It is very important for the students to be taking 15 min. each evening to be reviewing their facts to 18.  This is the only homework that I am asking them to do right now.
• Have a great week everyone! 

Week of October 11-14th

• I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend!

* Grade 2- Reading: Read for 15-20 minutes each evening.  Please continue to discuss with your  child what they have read, to ask questions about their reading 

• Note:  When you listen to your child read orally, please make sure that they are “reading” the punctuation. 
  *  When your child comes to an end of a sentence, does it sound like the end of a sentence or do they keep reading through the period as if it isn’t there?
  *  When there is a question mark at the end of a sentence, does your child change their voice to make it sound like a question?
  *  When there are “quotation marks”, does your child change their voice to indicate that someone is speaking?
  *  When there is an exclamation mark (!) at the end of the sentence, does your child change their voice to indicate excitement or a change in voice volume?
• Grade 3 math- We have been working on skip counting forwards and backwards by 10, 5, 25, 100, and are starting to count by 3's and 4's to 1000.  We start from various points.  For ex. 61, 71, 81 etc. We will also be continuing our work on illustrating place value and math facts to 18.  These outcomes will be our focus for the month of October.  Homework will be practice math facts & skip counting nightly.
• Grade 4 math- Please continue to review the addition/subtraction math facts to 18 on a nightly basis.  We will soon be shifting to our multiplication and division facts. We are continuing to work this week on adding/subtracting 4 digit numbers to 10 000.
• Have a great week everyone.

Week of October 3-7

• Welcome to the first full week of October!
• Gr. 2's-  Continue reading each evening and parents don't forget to ask your child a few of the questions in the folder.  It is very important for your child to understand what they have read.  Continue to review the spelling words nightly and the book order will be due on Friday.
• Gr.3 math-  We had a quiz on  representing numbers to 1000 and comparing numbers on Friday.  This will be going home to sign on Tuesday (hopefully).  We will be working with addition and subtraction of numbers to 1000 throughout the month of October.  Please keep reviewing the addition and subtraction facts from the back of the agenda on a nightly basis.  This is their math homework.
• Gr. 4 math- We had a quiz on Friday on representing and comparing/ordering numbers to 10 000.  This quiz will be going home this week to be signed and returned.  Throughout the month of October we will be working on adding/subtracting of numbers up to 10 000.  This includes problem solving and estimating as well. Please make sure  that your child is practicing their math facts on a nightly basis.
• I hope everyone has a great week and a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Week of Sept. 26-Sept. 30

* I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!  I would like to take this opportunity to say what a great job the students did last Wednesday.  They were so well behaved and did exactly as they were told.  I am very lucky to teach at this amazing school!

*Grade 2-  We had our first spelling quiz on Thursday and it is going home tonight in the homework bag.  Please sign and return on Tuesday.  The students did a great job with their nightly reading last week.  Just remember to sign the red duotang on a nightly basis and they will get a sticker the next day.

Grade 3 Math-  Please continue to practice adding and subtracting facts each night.  This is their homework and they are located in the back of the homework agenda.  We will be having a quiz on Friday that will be on representing numbers to 1000 and comparing and ordering numbers.

Grade 4 Math-  Please continue to practice adding and subtracting facts each night.  They are set up on a really neat website to practice these if they have access to a computer at home.  If not, the facts are located in the back of the homework agenda.  We will be having a quiz on representing numbers to 10 000 and comparing and ordering numbers on Friday.

Have a great week everyone!

Week of Sept. 19-22

• I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!  Just a reminder that there will be no school on Friday, Sept. 23.
• Gr. 2-  I am sending home a letter tom. with the students explaining our at home reading routines and our spelling routines.  Please be sure to read through the letter and if you have any questions don't hesitate to contact me at school or by email at klmullins@edu.pe.ca.  In a nutshell, the students will have a red duotang that I would like you to keep track of their nightly reading.  They will have their nightly reading books in their homework bag for the week.  The spelling list will always be in their agenda on Mondays and we will be working with these words throughout the week with a quiz on Friday (Thursday this week).
• Gr. 3 Math-  It is very important for the students to be reviewing their adding and subtracting facts to 18 each night.  The dollar store is a great spot to pick up flashcards to have at home for this nightly practice.  We are continuing to work on representing numbers to 1000 and comparing/ordering numbers to 1000 throughout the week.
• Gr. 4 Math-  Please have your children reviewing all adding and subtracting facts to 18 at night for their homework.  This is all that I am asking them to do for homework for now.  Mastery of these facts is so important before we start our adding/subtracting numbers to 10 000.    This week we are continuing to work on representing numbers to 10 000 and comparing/ordering numbers to 10 000.
• I will be sending home a letter with my gr.3 and 4 math students explaining a math site called xtramath.org.  This is a site I have the students on at school and it is for mastering all adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing facts.  It is free and is great practice.
• Have a wonderful week everyone!

Week of Sept.12-16

• I would like to welcome everyone to my blog!  I will be doing my best to update it each Sunday (this week on Tuesday night:o).  Please check on a weekly basis!
• Gr. 2 Lang. Arts-  I am having such a great week with your children.  They have such great manners and are working hard.  We have been discussing the theme of friendship and what makes a good friend.  Be sure to check the blog by Sunday because I will be explaining the homework routines that will be starting Monday, Sept. 19.
• Grade 4 Math-  I am over the moon with excitement to be teaching these students again!  I can't believe how they have grown over the summer.  This week I am encouraging them to practice their math facts nightly.  I will be sending home a letter next week explaining a math site that they can play at home for homework.  My daughters are both on it and it is super! I will explain more on the blog update on Sunday.  We have been working with our first outcome which is representing numbers to 10 000.   They have been practicing base ten pictures/words, expanded form, written and standard form of numbers.   
• Grade 3 Math-  Please have your children be practicing their math facts nightly.  I have enjoyed getting to know everyone this week.  I will be sending home a letter next week explaining a fun online math program that we will be using at school and students can use at home.  We have been working on our first outcome which is representing numbers to 1000.  This means students must read numbers, draw base ten pictures, use expanded form, and put the words in writing. 
• Have a great rest of the week!

Week of June 6-10

• I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!
• Today (Mon. June 6) will be my last after school help session for the Gr.3's and tom. (Tue) will be my last after school help session for the Gr. 6's.
• Our math assessments will be this Wednesday and Thursday for the grades 3 and 6's. The 6's will write all morning and the 3's will write all afternoon.
• Please be reviewing facts nightly and make sure the students get lots of rest! They have been working so hard and I am very proud of them.
• Have a wonderful week.

Week of May of 30- June 3

• I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!
• It is hard to believe that we are coming into the month of June.  Students should be reviewing their facts nightly.  I will be doing some final wrap-up assessments throughout the month of June.
• Gr. 3 and 6 provincial math assessments will be held next Wednesday and Thursday, June 8&9.  Please be sure your child is well rested.
• My extra help classes will be Tuesday for Gr. 6 and Wednesday for the Gr. 3's.
• The grade 3's will be having a small quiz on Wednesday and it will cover edges, vertices, and faces of 3D shapes along with sorting various polygons according to number of sides.  For ex.  triangle-3 sides, quadrilateral -4 sides, pentagon- 5 sides, hexagon- 6 sides, octagon- 8 sides.  The 4's will be describing rectangular and triangular prisms and they will have to construct these 3D shapes from a net.
• Grade 6- we have been working on transformational geometry.  This includes translations(slides), reflections (flips) and rotations (turns) of a shape.  We have also starting investigating when to use certain types of graphs to display certain types of data.  
• Have a great week everyone. 

Week of May 16-20

• I hope everyone had a great weekend!
• First of all, I would like to congratulate all of the students for being so well behaved at the Confederation Center on Thursday.
• Grade 3/4 class will continue to work on naming solid shapes and being able to determine how many edges, verticies, and faces each shape has.  We will also start to look and the difference between polygons (regular and irregular) and non-polygons.  The students will learn to sort the polygons according to number of sides. Please work on math facts nightly.
• Grade 6 will be working on transformational  geometry.  This includes performing successive translations, rotations, and reflections  of shapes.  Please continue the math fact review nightly.
• This week the grade 6 will have an extra help class on Tuesday from 245-345 and the grade 3's will have their help class on Thursday from 245- 345.  
• I hope everyone has a wonderful week.

Week of May 9-13

• I hope everyone had a beautiful weekend!
• The grade 3 and 4's have been working on sorting and classifying 3D shapes.  We have also been learning about verticies, edges, and faces of solid shapes.
• Grade 3 assessments are coming up on June 8 and 9, so please keep reviewing those adding and subtracting facts each night. I will also be having an extra help class for the gr. 3's on Thursday, May 12 from 2:45-3:45.  If students plan to stay, they will need to have a note for their homeroom teacher and they will have to be picked up.  This will be a great opportunity to review outcomes from throughout the year.
• Grade 6's will be having their quiz on order of operations on Tuesday (I was planning on having it last Thursday, but I was at a meeting).  The math assessments are coming up on June 8 and 9 and I will be having our first extra help class this Tuesday, May 10.  If students are planning on staying, they will need to get picked up at 3:45 and they must have a note for Ms. Howman to say they are staying.
• Have a great week everyone!

Week of May 2-5

• I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend and is enjoying this beautiful weather!
• The grade 3's and 4's just had a quiz on adding, subtracting, units of time, and telling time.  I will send these quizzes home tom. with the students. Please sign and return. We have been working on our next outcome which is investigating 3D objects such as spheres, cones, rectangular/triangular prisms, and cubes.  Students are exploring how many edges, vertices, and faces each object has. 
• The grade 6's have finished up constructing and sorting triangles last week and are moving into their next outcome which is understanding "order of operations." There will be a small quiz on Thursday.
• I will be starting to have  after school help sessions for the gr. 3 and 6's.  Their provincial assessments are coming up on June 8 and 9.  I will be sending out a letter on Wednesday with the dates and times.  I would encourage the students to stay and get extra practice! :o)
• Have a great week everyone!

Week of April 18-22

• Wow! Hard to believe we are into spring.  
• Grade 3/4 Math-  we have been working on telling time on digital and analog clocks over the last couple of weeks.  The 3's have also been working with units of time (seconds, minutes, hours, days, months).  The 3's have also been working on adding and subtracting numbers to 1000, while the 4's have been working on adding and subtracting numbers to 10 000.  I will be having a quiz on these outcomes on Friday for the students.  I would ask everyone to keep practicing their facts. That is my homework expectation....10 min. each night.
• Grade 6 Math-  We have been working on classifying triangles according to sides and angles over the last two weeks.  Students have also been constructing different types of triangles and understanding that the sum of the interior angles of a triangle is 180 degrees.  We will be having a quiz on this either Thursday or Friday of this week.  Please keep reviewing facts at night.
• I will be starting to have some extra help classes the second week in May for the grade 3 and 6 students in order to prepare for the math assessment in June.  I will send home a parent letter close to the end of April.
• Have a great week everyone.

Week of February 22-25

• Grade 3- the students have been doing a great job working with increasing and decreasing patterns.  They have remembered the 3 key parts when explaining a pattern....The pattern rule is it starts at 150 and adds 25 each time.  The students need 1) starting point 2) adding or subtracting 3) the amount. We are now working on representing data with tallys, line plots, and tables/charts.  The grade 3's have also been learning how to interpret information from bar graphs and this week we will be learning to construct them.  Please continue to practice facts nightly.
• Grade 4- the students have been looking at patterns in multiplication charts, 100's charts, and patterns in tables.  The grade 4's started working with pictographs and bar graphs last week and we will continue to work on  this concept this week.  It is very important to be working on their multiplication/division facts to 81 nightly.
• Grade 6- we have been working on input/output tables and finding the pattern rules within these tables. The 6's learned how to plot ordered pairs onto a Cartesian plane and then we worked on finding a pattern, creating a table with that information, and then graphing that information.  I will be assessing them on these outcomes Thursday, Feb. 25.  Please work on math facts nightly.
• Have a great week everyone!

Week of Feb. 8-12

• I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!
• Gr.3- I would like everyone to be continuing to work on their adding/subtracting facts to 18 on a nightly basis. Parents, you could also practice skip counting in the evenings by 3's, 4's and 5's.  I will be sending home their quizzes on measurement and perimeter tom. Please sign and return.  We have been working on increasing and decreasing patterns over the last couple of weeks and will be having an assessment on these outcomes on Thursday.  Our class will be looking at organizing data and displaying that data in bar graphs this week too.
• Gr 4-  please keep working on your nightly multiplication/division facts to 81.  The 4's have been working with patterns too, but we are looking at patterns in charts and tables.  The 4's will also be reviewing how to make bar graphs and they will learn how to create pictographs.
• Gr.6- great job on our quiz last week!  I have explained to the students on multiple occasions how important it is to take your time and follow the formula step by step.  We are looking at the relationships within tables of values to solve problems and the ability to represent and describe patterns and relationships using graphs and tables.
• Have a super week everyone.

Week of Jan. 25-29

• I hope everyone had a great weekend!  Hard to believe that we are heading into the last full week of January.  All of the students have been working really hard.
• Grade 3/4-  I would like to see all students practicing their facts nightly at home.  Grade 3's need to be working on +/- facts to 18.  Grade 4's should be practicing their multiplication and division facts to 81 on a nightly basis ( review of +/- will help as well).  The grade 3's have been working on measurement using cm and m.  We have been estimating the length of objects and have been measuring them as well.  The concept of perimeter has taught as well.  The grade 4s have been looking at the concept of area.  We will be having a quiz either this Friday or Monday (31st).
• Gr. 6's having been working on developing formulas for perimeter, area, and volume.  They would have had previous exposure to all of these concepts in earlier grades.  We have been working on what formula to use and when.  We will be having a quiz on Friday on this concept.  I will be offering an extra help class Tuesday at lunch for anyone feeling that they would like some help.
• Have a great week everyone!

Week of Jan. 11-15

• What a great first week back!  The students worked so hard and I am so very proud of them.
• Grade 3- Keep working on those adding and subtracting facts to 18 nightly.  We have been working on division and will be having a quiz on Tuesday, Jan. 12.  
• Grade 4- I would like to see the gr. 4's working on their multiplication facts to 81 on a nightly basis.  The hard work is paying off. I can see it!  Please don't forget to keep up the adding and subtracting facts as well.  The 4's quiz will cover their facts to 81 and the related division facts.  For example: 36 divided by 4 equals 9.  They should say to themselves "four times what equals 36?".  I will ask some 2 and 3 digit multiplication questions too.  We are starting division of larger numbers now too, but I won't be quizzing them yet.
• Grade 6-  The students have been working so hard on estimating, measuring, and drawing angles.  We will be having a quiz on this outcome on Tuesday, Jan. 12. I have been reminding everyone to keep practicing their facts at home.  
• Have a wonderful week everyone!