Week of March 19-23

• Wow! It is so hard to believe that this is the last week before March break.
• I will not be giving any new words this week.  I will be reviewing some of the words from previous weeks that have been giving the students trouble.
• This is Winter Carnival week so there will be themed days. Monday- jersey day, Tuesday-hat day and/or backwards , Wednesday-Pj day,  Thursday- Formal day, Friday- School spirit day
• I hope everyone has a wonderful and safe March break! See you in April.

Week of March 12-16

• I am so proud of all of our students for handing in their brochures and stories in on time!  Ms. Paynter is very proud of everyone as well.....way to go!
• I will have the spelling quiz from Friday on Tuesday next week (I am out at a meeting on Monday).
• A huge thank you to Ms. Paynter who will finish with us on Tuesday.  We have been very lucky to have her with us and we wish her the best of luck with her teaching career.
• Spelling words for this week:    Gr. 3    neighbor, weight, tail, said, airplane, goalie, waited, believe, field, does, where, were       Gr. 4     chief, field, neighbor, weight, ceiling, airplane, trivia, claim, tail, goalie, nailed, waited, said, believe, millionaire
• Gr. 3 math - we will be wrapping up our division unit mid- week and will be working with increasing and decreasing patterns for the next couple of weeks.  I will have a couple of new sheets for their orange duotangs for homework this week.
• Purple reading folders-  please make sure students are filling them in nightly to record their nightly reading.
• Art lessons for the first session start on Monday, March 12th.  Parents, please write me a note (one will do) that says your son/daughter has permission to stay after school for the art classes if they have registered.
• Have a great week everyone!

Week of March 6-9

• I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend!  Third term here we come!
• No school on Monday, March 5 due to a PD day.
• I wanted to say how much I enjoyed meeting with all of you at interviews.  It was wonderful to discuss the progress that your children are making. 
• We have a busy week this week in gr. 3/4!  I will be asking the students to take home their "Secret Shortcut" stories to read out loud on Tuesday evening.  When they do this, they pick up on missing words, errors, etc.  Also, it is a great opportunity for you to hear their great stories. :o)  The good copies of these stories will be due on Friday, March 9.  They will have some time in class, but some may have to be finished up at home.
• In Social Studies, the students have been working on a brochure on a continent with Ms. Paynter.  They have had 2 computer sessions to research and will have some time to work on it in class.  This project will be due on Thursday.
• Words for the week: gr.3 scrape,scrub, scratch, splat, splashing, split, spring, sprint, square, squad, string, strong          gr. 4 squinting, squashed, squiggle, squirm, squat, quieter, liquid, quotation, quiver, quarter, question, inquire, questioning, square, squad
• Have a wonderful week everyone!