Week of Sept. 8-12

• Wow! What an amazing first week. Ms. Kidd and myself had so much fun with all of the students. They came ready to learn and we LOVE this!
• Meet the teacher will be this Tuesday evening at 6:30 and we hope to see everyone there.  
• Thank you so much for getting all of the forms in so quickly. I enjoyed reading all of your letters.
• Book orders will be due Friday.
• Nightly math homework will consist of reviewing math facts.  This will be very important because the Provincial Math Assessment takes place on Oct. 1 and 2.  I will have a handout ready for parents on Tuesday night.
• Ms. Kidd will be launching the Language Arts routines on Monday.  She would like the students to be reading at least 20 min. each evening.
• Food orders are due first thing Monday morning.
• Have a wonderful weekend/week everyone!

Welcome Back!

• Hello everyone!  Ms Kidd and myself would like to say how excited we are to see everyone bright and early tom. morning.
• Get a good night sleep and let's get ready for an amazing year!
• See you all tom.!

School is Out!

• Thank you to all of my students for a wonderful last day of school.
• It has been my pleasure teaching all of you this year.  Thank you for all of your hard work.
• Parents, thank you for all of your support over the year.
• Remember to keep reading over the summer!
• I hope you all have a wonderful summer and I want to wish you the best of luck in grade 5 and 6.

Week of June 16-20

• I can't believe that it is our last FULL week of school!   The school year has gone by so quickly! 
• Please hand in the Shining Waters permission form.  We will be going on Friday, June 20th with a rain date of Monday, June 23.  Please remember to bring a lunch, or money for a snack, towel, bathing suit, sunscreen, water bottle, etc.
• Please hand in school supply money if you haven't already done so.  I am still missing a few and it is important to have it in before the end of the school year.
• We will have a busy week finishing some things up.  Science quiz on Wednesday. Students should look over their review.
• Rough copies of our stories in language arts will be due on Tuesday with good copy due Friday morning.
• Grade 5 math quiz tom.
• Please take a look around home to see if there are any classroom books. It would be great if I could have them all returned before the end of the year.
• Last day of school is Wednesday, June 25th.
• Have a great week everyone!

June 2-6

• I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend.
• Final set of lunch orders are due tom.!  So hard to believe that June is here. 
• Our poetry assignment will be due on Wednesday, June 4.  
• Grade 5 math-continue to review math facts nightly.
• Spring concert will be this Friday, June 6th.
• Grade 5's need to have their personal safety forms in by Tuesday at the latest.
• Continue reading your 20 min. each night.
• Have a great week everyone!

Week of May 26-30

• I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!
• I placed our final book order last week! I am hoping they will be in by the end of this week.
• Continue reading 20 min each evening! Parents remember to ask questions about what your son/daughter is reading.  Try to finish your passport!
• Grade 5 math finished our unit on Statistics and Probability.  We are now into Geometry. Please continue to review your math facts nightly.
• Our Social Studies reports will be due on Tuesday, May 27th.  I have reminded students to read their work out loud to be sure everything makes sense and sounds the best it can.  Also, check for spellings and capitals.
• We are finishing up our poetry unit and will be deciding on a due date for our poetry assignment this week.
• The students have created some beautiful art pieces over the last couple of weeks! I am so proud of them!
• I am still looking for one more chaperone for Shining Waters.  It is on Friday, June 20 with the rain date on Monday, June 23.  Mr. Gallant has the forms for the free criminal check at the school.  This has to be completed before you can chaperone.
• Have a wonderful week everyone.

Week of May 12-16

• Happy Mother's Day to all of the moms/grandmothers out there! I hope you are having a beautiful day. I hope the gifts that the students made put a smile on your faces because they worked so hard!
• I will be sending home the final book order of  the year tom! So hard to believe!  It will be due the following Monday.
• We have booked Shining Waters for our end of the year field trip. The date is Friday, June 20 with a rain date of Monday, June 23. If you are interested in chaperoning, please let me know.  You will have to have the criminal check completed if you haven't already.  Mr. Gallant has this form and it is free of charge.
• Continue reading 20 min. each night!  I am getting more and more passports passed in which is awesome!This means a free book from the book order!
• Grade 5 math will be having their test on double bar graphs and probability at the end of the week!  You can expect a couple of homework assignments this week.  Also, continue to review math facts nightly.
• In class tom., we will be deciding on due date for our report in Social Studies.  The students have been doing lots of research, taking notes, and they have started rough drafts.
• Hot lunch money for Wednesday's lunch is due tom.
• No school on Monday because of the long Victoria Day weekend.
• We are on the homestretch!  Thank you for all that you do to support your son/daughter. I truly love spending every minute of each day with them!  They have grown so much!
• Have a wonderful week everyone!