Feb. 20-23

• I hope everyone had a wonderful Islander Day weekend!
• Some dates to remember- Friday, Feb. 23 is wear red and white to support Canada day!  
• Feb. 28 is wear pink to stop bullying day.
• Please have students fill in their nightly reading duotangs with the title of their book and for how long they have read.  
• Gr.3 math- I am sending home our multiplication quiz on Tuesday.  Please sign and return to school.  We will be working on our division unit over the next couple of weeks.  I will be sending home 2 pages in their orange duotangs this week to be completed by Friday.
• Spelling words -Gr3.  lunches, flowers, ducks, games, millions, noses, rivers, sharks, streets, teams, boxes, windows.       Gr.4-  churches, beaches, clouds, flashes, blankets, peaches, wishes, buildings, boxes, bubbles, wrenches, buses, phones, rainbows, millions
• Ms. Paynter has been teaching the students our next form of writing....narrative.  The students have been coming up with so many wonderful ideas.  The students will have a story to be handed in and graded, but that hasn't been assigned yet.  
• The students will have a match quiz in social studies on Thursday and a map quiz that will include the seven continents and 5 oceans on Friday. We will be sending home a review sheet for them to study off of.  
• Book orders are due on Thursday, February 22.
• Have a wonderful week.

Week of Feb. 12-15

• I hope everyone had a very nice weekend!
• I would like to welcome Sara Paynter from UPEI.  She will be a student teacher in our classroom until March 13.  
• No classes on Friday, Feb. 16 due to a PD day and Monday, Feb. 19 is Islander Day!
• Spelling words for the week looks at R influenced vowels.  Gr. 3- sharp, start, germ, after, morning, birth, swirl, first, burst, torn, sports      Gr. 4- spurt, lurch, blurt, scorn, sworn, thirst, burst, porch, storm, swirl, sharpening, thirsty, bursting, started, sports.
• Sara will be starting a new social studies unit next week along with a Narrative writing unit.
• I will be handing back Science quizzes on Monday. Please sign and return.
• Explanatory writing pieces titled "My Fav. Dessert"  will be due on Tuesday (good copy).
• Students should be reading 15-20 min. each evening and recording it in their duotangs.
• Have a great week!

Week of Feb.5th- 9th

• I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend!
• Our spelling words will stay the same as last week.  I didn't have enough time with these words and prefixes and suffixes are a very important principle that I would like to have some more time with.
• Students are continuing to work on their Explanatory writing pieces throughout this week.  Their topic is "My Fav. dessert."  We have decided on the due date of Tuesday, February 13th for the good copy. I will have their rubric to them by mid-week and they should be reading their piece aloud at home to be sure it sounds the best it can.
• Congratulations to the 3's and 4's for winning the PEI Sumdog math contest!  We have won a subscription for 6 months.  This site is a great way for students to practice math at home!  They set a goal.....and achieved it. Way to go!
• We will be having a students teacher start with us next week.  Her name is Sara Paynter and she is currently attending UPEI.  She will be with our class until March 13.
• There will be art lessons being offered by Maurice Bernard in the upcoming weeks. Check the school website for more information.
• A reminder for each student to be filling out their nightly reading log.
• Have a great week everyone!