February 8, 2016

This Week's Homework below

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

Appropriately for Lent (and Valentines Day), we spotlight Eva who is constantly sacrificing her time to help others. In class, when we went skating and snowshoeing, and many other times Eva has reached out to help someone in need.

(see previous Student Spotlights below)

SECRET QUESTIONS

Write to Mr L your answer in Classcraft or hand in his mailbox the  for XP!!!

LAST GRADE 3 and 4 SECRET CHALLENGE QUESTION: 

What were the 5  types of gifts discussed in class?  HINT: Two had to do with holidays, one with home, and two with you. 

(GIVING PRESENTS, GETTING PRESENTS, FAMILY, LIFE, AND A TALENT GOD HAS GIVEN YOU) 

THIS GRADE 3 and 4 SECRET CHALLENGE QUESTION: 

How are the days of Lent calculated?  

AND OUR WEEKLY
SENTENCE STRETCHLETICS 
WINNERS ARE . . . 

Anna           for a third time!!! UNSTOPPABLE!

Nate            excellent use of adding more than once

Hugh           beautiful precise language "Microsoft 10" "birch                         shelves"

Our Math capacity contest 'bragging rights' goes to . . .   Layna!

THIS WEEK'S HOMEWORK

February 1, 2016 (check for updates!)

PLEASE READ NOTES

MONDAY

Marked Work Folder: Parents please sign the front page of each assessment pack and have your child fill out the bottom part (if one) where it asks for what s/he can do well / needs to work on. Then return the folder to school.

Words sheet #15

Library books due Tuesday.

Grade 4: Practice recorder each night (bring it in each day)

Math Yellow Group: No Worksheet (due Friday)

Math Blue Group: No Worksheet (due Friday)

Language: Finish plan for your reflection called  "My Trip"

TUESDAY      LOCKDOWN PRACTICE TODAY

Words Pretest in booklet (a parent reads the current week's words for their child to spell. The child marks each word with a check mark or X using the word list.

Grade 3 Science: Finish and colour your Structures cover page. 

WEDNESDAY       ASH WEDNESDAY LITURGY 9:30
Words to Fix mistakes from yesterday's home pretest. Write each misspelled word correctly, adding a trick to remember how to avoid the mistake (eg draw the two 'l's in really into a really long giraffe neck and head).

Grade 4 Science: Grade 3 Science: Finish and colour your Pulleys and Gears cover page. 

Marked Work Folder: If not yet done, please look at marked work. Parents please sign the front page of each assessment pack and have your child fill out the bottom part (if one) where it asks for what s/he can do well / needs to work on. Then return the folder to school.

THURSDAY           REPORT CARDS GO HOME     

No Grade 4 Math sheets due tomorrow, but I am sending a sheet home showing which, if any, time skills need to be reviewed. Please practice a few of any skills indicated as needing practice (circled).


Marked Work Folder: Although many came back to school signed, many have not been returned. Some were not filled out by students (at the bottom of some assessment covers), and these are being sent home with a note. Please verify that you have signed the front page of each assessment (some were not signed but handed back to me) - you may want to remove the folder from your child's bag to avoid this. Then return the folder to school once you have had a chance to review the assessments.

Grade 3 Science: Structures cover page need to have 10 ideas (pictures of strong or stable objects, questions about strength or stability, known facts, ways we use these qualities...). Some of this may be done on the back. For example, your child could draw a strong and a different stable structure and describe them on the front side, then write questions o the back. Few students did a quality job on this and coloured their page. Please supervise to see that this is done. 

Words to Study mistakes from home pretest for tomorrow's test.

Sentence Stretchletics  (see instructions on inside cover of Words duotang) Most students are now writing a sentence in pencil (with three circled words for the current Words list), then stretching it with a blue pen or pencil. I am expecting 4-5 changes in blue. A change could be an added adjective such as "sticky", "adorable", or "jealous". It could be a phrase that replaces such as this adverbial phrase replacing the word "later": "when all eyes had closed and the busy sounds of mice had begun." However, several students still need to do one of the expectations.


FRIDAY NO HOMEWORK  ( except  SPECIAL  MISSIONS )