Week of February 25-March 1

• I sent home the Heritage Fair package with the students on Friday. All grade 5-8 students are required to participate. It will be held on April 10th.  The students are to have a brief summary handed in by March 12th explaining their topic and if they are doing the project alone or with a partner. I will be giving the students time to research and work on projects in class, but some of it will have to be done at home.
• Grade 5 math will have an oral quiz on their multiplication and division facts on Wednesday. We will be having our unit test on division on Thursday.
• Please be reading your 20 min. each night
• Students are doing a wonderful job creating some unique poetry! We are into our poetry unit full force! Please check out our bulletin board showcasing our color poems.
• Friday will be PJ day.
• Parent teacher interview slips will go home by the end of the week. If you have a preferred time, please let me know.
• Have a great week! It is hard to believe Friday is March 1!

Happy Islander Day!

• I hope everyone is enjoying their long weekend!
• I need to thank everyone for all of their kind comments and treats last week! I know as a staff we felt very much appreciated. I love going to work each day and I love teaching your wonderful children!
• A reminder to continue reading 20 min. each night. Fill out those passports to get your free book!
• I will be sending home an information package on the Heritage Fair later in the week. The fair will be held on April 10. I will be discussing this package with all of the students. It is required for grades 5-8.
• Have a great week everyone!

Winter Carnival Week!

* I hope everyone had a wonderful, snowy weekend. What a storm!
* This week is Winter Carnival week here at Amherst Cove.
* Candy grams will be on sale Monday and Tuesday for $0.50
* Wednesday will be school spirit day and the students are encouraged to wear blue and gold. Friday will be flag day and the students are asked to wear red and white.
* We will exchange Valentines on Thursday.
* Monday at lunch the students in Gr. 4-8 are encouraged to attend a meeting explaining a wonderful art program called Abby On. There was a letter that went home last week explaining the program.
* My grade 5 boys are working hard in math. We are learning long division and I will be introducing another divison strategy this week called "Repeated subtraction".  I would encourage them to be sure to ask questions if any "bugs are hitting their windshields" :o)
* We have started our next Science unit called Forces on Structures.
*Remember to be reading 20 min. each night.
*Have a wonderful week everyone!

Week of Feb. 4-8

• So hard to believe that we are halfway through the school year!
• Monday is food order/milk order day.
• Our class is enjoying our new read aloud called Iqbal. It is a fictionalized account of Iqbal Masih's life story. It is a story of courage and determination and the students are hanging on every word.
• Thank you to everyone for handing their persuasive writing pieces in this week.  I am hoping to have them back within the week.  A reminder for students to take their time and re-read their work carefully before handing it in. We will be starting our poetry unit this week.
• We will be starting to work on division in math this week. I love the energy my boys bring to math class!
• Remember to be reading 20 min. each night!
• Have a great week everyone.

Week of Jan. 28-Jan.31

• What an awesome week! Two players from the Summerside Storm came to our school on Tuesday of last week! I was so proud of everyone for being so polite, respectful, and full of discussion.
• Our persuasive writing piece will be due on Wednesday.
• Grade 5 math- we will be having our review tom. and test on Tuesday.
• Book orders will go home tom.
• No school on Friday, February 1 due to a PD day.
• Looking forward to a great week!

Week of January 21-25

• Thank you to everyone for working so hard last week!
• We will be diving into our persuasive writing pieces this week. Please be aware that there may be some writing for homework this week.  It all depends on how much is completed in class.
• Two members of the Summerside Storm basketball team will be stopping by to share their love of reading with our class and the Gr.4 class on Tuesday! I am so excited for this and I can't wait for my students to share their love of reading too!
• My Gr. 5 math students have been working so hard on multiplication for the last two weeks. We will be having our Math test at the end of the week/beg. of next week.  The boys have been excellent to ask questions if there is something they do not understand.
• Have a great week everyone!

Week of January 14-118

• Thank you to everyone for a great week! I love it when everyone is ready to learn! :o)
• We started a new read aloud called The Gramma War.   The reading comprehension strategy that we are focusing on is "Evaluating". Evaluating includes being able to decide if a book is fiction, non-fiction, or info-fiction, being able to critique the author's craft, having the ability to confirm or adjust thoughts or predictions, and being able to support your opinions. It is important to understand that we use multiple comprehension strategies when we read.
• We were also working on adding more detail to our writing this week and we are in the process of creating a class book called  A Quiet Place based on the mentor text by Douglas Wood. The students were coming up with wonderful descriptive pieces. We will soon be starting a persuasive piece.
• A reminder to everyone to continue to read your 20 min. each night. Parents, don't forget to pull out that orange sheet once a week or so and ask your child some comprehension questions about what they are reading.
• Grade 5 math- be sure to be reviewing your multiplication and division facts each night. We will be having our quiz not this week, but early next week!
• Hot lunch orders due tom.!
• I am very excited to hang our self-portraits inspired by Pablo Picasso. My room is full of artists. :o)
• Have a great week everyone.