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!

Winter Carnival Week!

• I want to take this opportunity to say a big congrats. to everyone who participated in the Royal Canadian Legion Poster and Literary contest.  Winners for the Colour Poster Grades 4-6: 1) Jason 2) Rebecca 3) Todd and the winners for the Poem Grades 4-6: 1) Rebecca 2) Morgan 3) Dakota
• This is Winter Carnival week! There are special days planned. Tuesday will be Beach day, Wednesday will be Crazy Hair/PJ day,  Thursday will be Neon day, and Friday will be ACC spirit day.
• We wrapped up our Health unit and have begun our Science unit on "The Human Body."  One of my favorites!
• Grade 5's will be starting a new math unit this week on statistics and probability.
• Students have been working on their ABC Autobiography. We will be deciding a due date for this assignment tom.  It is my expectation that they have a couple of descriptive sentences for each letter of the alphabet.
• Let's have a great week!

• It is so hard to believe that we are starting the second half of our school year!
• I have been reading over the persuasive writing assignments and I hope to have them returned by Tuesday.  I am very proud of the hard work that my students put into these.
• Mystery at Cranberry Farm projects are due on Tuesday.  There are four pieces to this project in case the outlines have been lost in the shuffle :o) 1) Title page 2) Artistic portion 3) Written portion and 4) The Most Exciting Part handout.  The students have had lots of class time to work on this project.
• We will be wrapping up our Health unit on Friday with a quiz.  I will be giving the students their review on Wednesday or Thursday.
• Lunch orders due tom.
• Congratulations to everyone who placed in the Legion poster/poem contest.  I have the official placings at school and will post those names first of the week (I did not want to make any mistakes).
• Have a great week!

• We have been working on our persuasive writing all week.  I have asked the students to have their rough copy completed for Monday.
• Mystery at Cranberry Farm project will be due on Tuesday, February 7th.  I am very excited to read through the students projects.
• A reminder that there is no school on Wednesday, February 1st.  This will be a Professional Development Day.
• Book orders due tom.
• I will be sending lunch orders home on Thursday.  Monday, February 6th is lunch order day.
• Thanks to Tammy for the delicious muffins!
• Let's have a great week everyone!

• We are finishing up Mystery at Cranberry Farm this week.  The students have loved every second of it and I am sad to be finishing it on Tuesday.  Keep an eye out for a novel project that I will be assigning mid-week.
• We are continuing to work on our persuasive writing throughout the week. The students will be choosing their topic to write about mid-week as well.
• My math students were on fire this week!  I am so proud of their efforts!
• I would like to extend an invitation to any parent/guardian who would like to come in and read a favorite book to our class for Family Literacy Day on Friday, January 27. If you are interested, you can either send in a note, give me a call, or send an email (klmullins@edu.pe.ca) to set up a time. We would love to have you!
• Last full week of January....let's have a great one!