Week of May 14-18

* I want to take this opportunity to say how proud I am of everyone for doing such a fantastic job at the Music Festival last week.  Congratulations!
* Parents please sign up to volunteer for the "build day" on June 2.  I am getting so excited. My dad and I will be there.  Web site is on the home page for the school.
* A quick reminder to send in school supply money for those of you who haven't paid yet.
* Rough copy of our fictional/fantasy stories will be due on Wednesday. We will be revising/editing on Wed., Thur., and Fri. with Mrs. Brant.
* We will be having a Social Studies quiz on Thursday. I will be asking the students to name the seven continents and  the five oceans.
* Please continue to read 20 min. each night.  Parents it is a good idea on a couple of these nights to simply aask your son/daughter to talk about what they have read to you.
*Thank you to Amber for bringing in the healthy treat last week!
* I hope everyone has a wonderful long weekend!                                 

Week of May 7-11

* A reminder that lunch orders for the month of May will be due tom. morning.
* All permission forms for the music festival must be in tom. as well.  We will be performing at the festival on Tuesday.
* Book order due tom.
* Our Geometry unit wrapped up on Thursday in our Grade 5 Math class. We will be starting fractions and decimals tom.!  Great work everyone!
*  We will continue to work on our narrative writing this week. Students are starting rough drafts of their "fantasy" stories.
*  Please sign up to volunteer on June 2 for our build day. The web site is http://www.borden-carleton.ltbk.ca/ .  Hope to see everyone there!
* School supply money is now due. Thank you to all those who have sent it in already!
* A reminder for all students to be reading 20 minutes a night. Keep filling up those bookmarks!
* Let's have a great week!                                                                                                                               

Week of April 16-20

• Thank you so much to everyone who sent in Easter treats for our class!
• A big congratulations to Isaac and Amber who participated at the Provincial Science Fair.  Amber placed in the top 8!
• We will wrap up our Human Body unit in Science this week. It is looking like our quiz will be on Thursday.
• Procedural writing assignment is due on Monday (tom.).
• The Gr.5 students are continuing to work on our Geometry unit.
• Tuesday will be "Twin Day".  Students can pay a toonie and support the Easter Seals Campaign. 
• The countdown is on!  June 2 will be a very exciting day at Amherst Cove.....build day!  Be sure to sign up to volunteer!
• Have a great week everyone!

• Congratulations to our Science Fair winners!  1st place-Isaac, 2nd place-Amber, 3rd place-Rebecca and Dakota.  Good luck to Isaac and Amber who are competing at the Provincial Science Fair on April 3.
• Good luck to Rebecca, Mason, and Lucas who are competing at the Zone Badminton meet.
• The Gr. 5's have wrapped up their unit on Statistics and Probability.  We are now starting our unit on Geometry.
• We are working on our Procedural Writing throughout the week. I would encourage everyone to be reading 20 min. at home each evening.
• Thank you to Tammy and Skyler for bringing in the yummy muffins last week!
• Spring photos will be taken on Friday, April 13.
• I hope everyone has a fantastic Easter weekend! (No school on Friday, April 6th and Monday, April 9th)

Final Week Before March Break!

• I wanted to take this opportunity to thank every parent for coming in for interviews.  You are all so supportive.  I couldn't dream of a better place to teach.  Thank you.
• Science Fair will be held on Tuesday, March 13 (March 14 storm date). Viewing will be open for the public from 1:00-2:00 p.m.
• Grade 5's -If you would like to bring your project in on Monday to have some time to rehearse, you are more than welcome to!
• Let's have a great final week before break!

Week of March 5-9

• Parent teacher interviews will be held on Thursday after school and Friday morning of this week.  No school on Friday.
• Report cards go home on Wednesday of this week.
• Science Fair for Grade 5-8 will be held on Tuesday, March 13 (storm date Wed. Mar.14).
• Our storyboards/bus sequencing reports are due on Thursday, March 8.
• Have a great week everyone!

• Wow! What a week! Last week was our Winter Carnival and we ended with a BANG.  On Friday, we received an unbelieveable announcement from Let Them Be Kids.  Our school was a recepient of a grant for funding for a new playground.  We all received T-shirts and it looks like Saturday, June 2 is the big build day. I was so proud of all of the work that the playground committee has put forth.  What a caring community! I am a very lucky teacher!
• ABC Autobiography will be due on Tuesday.
• Science quiz on the Digestive and Respiratory systems on Wednesday.
• Book orders due on Wednesday.
• Science Fair for Gr. 5-8 on Tuesday, March 13.
• I will be sending home parent teacher interview slips tom. please sign and return.
• I am very proud of everyone for staying on top of their work. It is so much easier to stay organized when we stay on task in class and when we decide to do a bit of work each night.
• Let's have a great week!